Former Prime Minister of the country and the world's best economist Manmohan Singh left the world on 26 December 2024 at the age of 92. Manmohan Singh became Prime Minister for the first time in the year 2004 in the UPA government. After that, in 2009, he became PM for the second consecutive time in UPA-2 and represented the country for 10 years. But before becoming PM, his image was that of a brilliant economist not only in the country but in the whole world.
He proved his mettle right from the Planning Commission to the RBI and while being the Finance Minister. Before he was brought into the Planning Commission, he was a professor at Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. After that he was made the economic advisor of the country. Later he was made Planning Commission and then RBI Governor and later Finance Minister. Let us also tell you which positions he held before becoming the Prime Minister.
In the year 1972, Manmohan Singh was made the Chief Economic Advisor of the country. Before that he was a professor at Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. This was the period when Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of the country. He chose Manmohan Singh as the country's economic advisor. There was an important reason for this. Before that, Manmohan Singh had worked in UNCTAD. Recognizing Singh's talent as an economist, he was then appointed as an advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Trade by Lalit Narayan Mishra. Whose talent was seen by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and made him the Chief Economic Advisor of the country.
After serving as Chief Economic Advisor for about four years and as Secretary in the Finance Ministry for a few days, his talent was seen by the entire country. After that the period of emergency started. Later, when elections were held, Indira Gandhi's government fell and a new Janata Party government was formed. After a few years she also fell. Later, Indir Gandhi once again returned to power. What happened next? Indira Gandhi again expressed her trust in Manmohan Singh and he was included in the Planning Commission of the country. From 1980 to 1982, he worked in the Planning Commission.
After that, Manmohan Singh was also made the Governor of Reserve Bank of India on the basis of his talent and economic acumen. It can be said that he is the first and only Prime Minister of the country, whose signature also appears on the country's currency notes. In 1982, he was appointed Governor of RBI under the then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and held the post till 1985. It is said that while holding the post of RBI, his relations with the then Prime Minister of the country Indira Gandhi had deteriorated.
After 1985, he worked on many posts from Planning Commission to UGC. But by the year 1991, many changes had taken place in the country, from politics to economy. The Prime Minister of the country was PV Narasimha Rao. Who were running the coalition government at that time. The economic condition of the country was very bad. In such a situation, PV Narasimha Rao handed over the reins of the country's economy and finance to Manmohan Singh. In June 1991, Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao chose Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister. After that, the whole country saw the impact of the liberalization that he started in the country.
