PV’s economic vision has its mark on global scenario too: Dr. Manmohan Singh
The Hindu
First PV Lifetime Achievement Award given to Dr. Srinath Reddy on PV’s birth centenary
Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao’s vision for the economic liberalisation has its transforming impact not just on the Indian economy but on the global scenario too in a certain measure, another former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said at the birth centenary celebrations of the former organised by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) here on Monday. Dr. Singh, who held the Finance portfolio in the Narasimha Rao Cabinet, who participated in the event virtually from New Delhi said: “PV was truly a ‘sanyasi’ (saint) in the spectrum of politics. He was not only a statesman but a scholar too”. He stated that the economic and foreign policy of the country was given a long-lasting shape during PV’s tenure.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.