
Tonight at 10, Sagarika Ghose asks whether there is anything to celebrate over 20 years of economic reforms.

10:06 AM, Jul 25, 2011

It's been 20 years since Manmohan Singh opened up Indian economy and freed up Indian entrepreneurship. In 1991, when Singh became the finance minister in the PV Narasimha Rao-led Congress government, the country was close to bankruptcy and had mortgaged its gold to pay for loan installments. India's fiscal deficit in 1991 was close to 8.5 per cent of GDP and the balance of payments deficit was huge. The Government...

10:12 AM, Jul 22, 2011

It's been 20 years since Manmohan Singh opened up Indian economy and freed up Indian entrepreneurship. In 1991, when Singh became the finance minister in the PV Narasimha Rao-led Congress government, the country was close to bankruptcy and had mortgaged its gold to pay for loan installments. India's fiscal deficit in 1991 was close to 8.5 per cent of GDP and the balance of payments deficit was huge. The Government...

09:57 AM, Jul 21, 2011

In 1991, when Manmohan Singh became the finance minister in the PV Narasimha Rao-led Congress government, the country was close to bankruptcy and had mortgaged its gold to pay for loan installments. India's fiscal deficit in 1991 was close to 8.5 per cent of GDP and the balance of payments deficit was huge. The Government had to choose between continuing with its populist socialist economic structure or pursuing reforms at...

10:24 AM, Jul 20, 2011

In 2011, India's Foreign Exchange Reserve stands at $315.72 billion, but 20 years ago, in 1991, the foreign exchange reserves were barely a billion dollars and FDI was almost non-existent. In 1991, when Manmohan Singh became the finance minister in the PV Narasimha Rao-led Congress government, the country was close to bankruptcy and had mortgaged its gold to pay for loan installments. India's fiscal deficit in 1991 was close to...

11:48 AM, Jul 19, 2011

In 1991, when Manmohan Singh became the finance minister in the PV Narasimha Rao-led Congress government, the country was close to bankruptcy and had mortgaged its gold to pay for loan installments. India's fiscal deficit in 1991 was close to 8.5 per cent of GDP and the balance of payments deficit was huge. The Government had to choose between continuing with its populist socialist economic structure or pursuing reforms at...

01:39 PM, Jul 18, 2011