Manmohan Singh Retirement
April 8 , 2024
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- Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ends his 33-year-long parliamentary innings in the Rajya Sabha.
- He served as a governor of Reserve Bank of India during1982-1985.
- He became a member of the House for the first time in October 1991.
- He was the finance minister in the Narasimha Rao government from 1991 to 1996 and the Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014.
- He played vital role in introducing significant 1991 economic reforms in India.
- He also served as deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) among others.
- He is credited with the launch of social welfare initiatives such as guaranteed job schemes -MNREGA - and right to education for every child.
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