Manmohan+Singh

= Manmohan Singh = 



- **Basic Information ** o Current City: New Delhi, India o Hometow n: Gah in West Punjab (now in Pakistan) o Sex: Male o Birthday: September 26, 1932 o Political Views: Democrat o Religious Views: Sikh o Bio: Manmohan Singh is the fourteenth Prime Minister of India. He was born to Gurmukh Singh and Amrit Kaur on September 26, 1932. He was a hard studier during his standard schooling and was then accepted to many universities, including Punjab University, University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, where he wrote a thesis entitled "India's export performance, 1951-1960, export prospects and policy implications". He then became a member of the Indian National Congress Party. He has been married to Amrit Kaur since 1958 and has three daughters. Manmohan Singh is known as the architect of India's economic reform. In the 1990s, he single-handedly brought the country back from a looming bankruptcy. Although his economic policies were popular, Singh was not able to maintain his seat, and Lok Sabha gladly occupied it. In the late 1980s, he was the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. In 1991, he left that position and instead headed the Finance Ministry. He was able to fend off the near economic crisis that ensued and was therefore regarded as a hero. During his time as Finance Minister, he brought economic growth up from an annual three percent to an annual eight to nine percent growth. He was first elected into the upper house of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, in 1991, then was re-elected in 2001 and 2007. When the Bhartiya Janata Party was in power from 1998-2004, he was the Leader of the people against this party, or the Opposition. He was sworn in as Prime Minister on May 22, 2004. Today, he is still the Prime Minister of India, and is working hard to make many reforms to aid all of the causes that need to be aided in India. Also, the development of the Indian economy has remained at a high eight or nine percent annually since his going into office in 2004. o Favorite Quotations: 
 * “The essence of Hinduism is that the path may be different, but the goal is the same.”


 *  “From the beginning, as a thinking student of 15, 16 years ago, I was troubled by the grim poverty that I saw around me.”


 *  “India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.”


 *  “Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.”


 *  “Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.”
 *  “I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.”


 *  “There seems to be some success in our search for peace and harmony now.”


 *  “Our vision is not just of economic growth, but also of a growth which would improve the life of the common man,”

- **Relationships ** o Mother: Amrit Kaur o Father: Gurmukh Singh o Daughters: Upinder Singh, Amrit Singh, and Daman Singh o Sons: None o Brothers: Surjit Singh and Daljit Singh o Sisters: Narinder Kaur - **Likes and Interest **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> o Activities: Helping the president rule India well o Interests: Indian Government o Music: Unknown o Books: Indian Fiction o Movies: Bollywood Movies o Television: Unknown - **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Education and Work **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> o High School: N/A o College/University: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Punjab University, Chandigarh], the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|University of Cambridge] , and the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|University of Oxford] o Employer: Economic Affairs Officer, 1966 and Chief, Financing for Trade Section, UNCTAD, United Nations Secretariat, New York, 1966-69 President, Indian Economic Association, 1985 Chairman, (i) UGC, March 15, 1991 to June 20, 1991, (ii) India Committee of the Indo-Japan Joint Study Committee, 1980-83 and (iii) Committee on Commerce, August 1, 1996-December 4, 1997 Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, January 15, 1985 to July 31, 1987 Governor, Reserve Bank of India, September 16, 1982 to January 14, 1985 Director, (i) Reserve Bank of India, 1976-80 and (ii) Industrial Development Bank of India, 1976-80; Economic Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Trade, India, 1971-72 Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, India, 1972-76 Advisor to Prime Minister of India on Economic Affairs, December 10, 1990 to March 14, 1991 Secretary-General and Commissioner, South Commission August 1, 1987 to November 10, 1990 Secretary, Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs), Government of India, November, 1976 to April, 1980 Member-Secretary, Planning Commission, April, 1980 to September 15, 1982 Member, (i) Finance, Atomic Energy Commission, Government of India, (ii) Finance, Space Commission, Government of India,(iii) Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, 1983-84 Member,(i) Committee on Finance,(ii) Committee on Rules, (iii) Committee of Privileges and (iv) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance Leader, Indian Delegation to (i) Indo-Soviet Monitoring Group Meeting, 1982, (ii) Indo-Soviet Joint Planning Group Meeting, 1980-82 (iii) Aid-India Consortium Meetings, 1977-79, (iv) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Cyprus, 1993 and (v) Human Rights World Conference, Vienna, 1993 Attended as member of Indian Delegations (a) South-South Consultations, New Delhi, 1982, (b) Cancun Summit on North-South Issues, 1981, (c) Aid-India Consortium Meetings, Paris, 1973-79, (d) Annual Meetings of IMF, IBRD and Commonwealth Finance Ministers, 1972-79 (e) Third Session of UNCTAD, Santiago, April-May, 1972, (f) Meeting of UNCTAD Trade and Development Board, Geneva, May 1971-July 1972 and (g) Ministerial Meeting of Group of 77, Lima, October, 1971 Deputy for India in IMF Committee of Twenty on International Monetary Reform, 1972-74 Associate, Meetings of IMF Interim Committee and Joint Fund-Bank Development Committee, 1976-80 and 1982-85; Alternate Governor for India, (i) Board of Governors,IBRD, 1976-80, (ii) Board of Governors IMF, 1982-85 and (iii) Board of Governors Asian Development Bank, Manila, 1976-80 Governor for India on the Board of Governors of the IMF and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1991-95 Participated in Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Meeting, Kingston, 1975; represented Secretary-General UNCTAD at several Inter-Governmental meetings, including Second Session of UNCTAD, 1968 and Committee on Invisibles and Financing related to Trade Consultant to UNCTAD, ESCAP and Commonwealth Secretariat Political Career Union Finance Minister, June 21, 1991 to May 15, 1996 Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha; elected to the Rajya Sabha in October, 1991 and re-elected in June 1995 Awards Recipient of honorary degrees of DLitt from Panjab University, Chandigarh, Guru Nanak University, Amritsar, Delhi University, Delhi, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupathi, Panjabi University, Patiala, University of Mysore, Mysore, University of Bolonga, Italy, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Nagarjuna University, Nagarjunanagar and Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra Recipient of honorary degree of (i) Doctor of Laws from University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, (ii) Doctor of Social Sciences from University of Roorkee, Roorkee and (iii) DSc from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar and (iv) Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala Conferred,(i) University Medal for standing first in BA(Hons), Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1952, (ii) Uttar Chand Kapur Medal, Panjab University, Chandigarh, for standing first in M.A.(Economics) 1954, (iii) Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College, Cambridge, 1956 and 1957, (iv) Adam Smith Prize, University of Cambridge, UK, 1956, (v) Padma Vibhushan, 1987, (vi) Euromoney Award, Finance Minister of the year, 1993 (vii) Asiamoney Award, Finance Minister of the year for Asia, 1993 and 1994, (viii) Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress Association, 1994-95, (ix) Justice KS Hegde Foundation Award, 1996 ,(x) Nikkei Asia Prize for Regional Growth by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. (NIKKEI), publisher of Japan's leading business daily,1997 and (xi) Lokmanya Tilak Award by the Tilak Smarak Trust, Pune, 1997. Publications India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth, Clarendon Press, Oxford University, 1964

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ALBUM 1: Indian Government ALBUM 2: Indian Economy ALBUM 3: Dr. Manmohan Singh
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Photos ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">(15 photos; 5 in each album)

Groups ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Click here to find a group to join! You must join 10 groups from this site and this site only!!

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">GROUP 1: **

[|PROUD2B_INDIAN]
- EXPLANATION: This is a group about people that are proud to be Indian. Obviously, Manmohan Singh is very proud to be Indian, because he is the prime minister. That is why I chose this group.

GROUP 2:

__[|national-forum-of-**india**]__
- EXPLANATION: This is a group in which people talk about India's problems. Because he is India's Prime Minister, he would take into account any problems that Indian citizens may bring up. He could then mention these problems to the Indian Parliament.

GROUP 3:

[|wwfmumbai]
- EXPLANATION: This is a group that promotes nature funding in India. Singh is a very involved man in many aspects of government. With this group, he can also participate in various fundraisers for nature causes.

GROUP 4:

[|voiceofindiagroup]
- EXPLANATION: This is a group similar to the national forum of india group mentioned above. Because he is India's Prime Minister, he would take into account any problems that Indian citizens may bring up. He could then mention these problems to the Indian Parliament.

GROUP 5:

[|**India**_Vision_2020]
- EXPLANATION: This is a group dedicated to finding ways to make India a leading world power by 2020. Because Singh can help make this happen, he can join this group. He could listen to people's requests about what to do as Prime Minister, and he could then implement these requests to better India's future.

GROUP 6:

__[|eGovINDIA]__
- EXPLANATION: This group is like Facebook for Indian politicians. They can communicate via this group, and it can help make government work much quicker. Being the Prime Minister, Singh should join this group so as to be able to communicate with fellow parliamentarians.

GROUP 7:

__[|speakoutforum]__
- EXPLANATION: This is another group similar to the other two forums mentioned above. Because he is India's Prime Minister, he would take into account any problems that Indian citizens may bring up. He could then mention these problems to the Indian Parliament.

GROUP 8:

__[|**Democracy**_Human_Rights]__
- EXPLANATION: This group focuses on the expansion of democracy, and also the human rights problems in India. Although India is not the largest human-right-violating country, it still has some trouble with such problems. Singh can join this group, showing the citizens of India that he supports human rights reform, gain support, and win the next election for Prime Minister.

GROUP 9:

__[|end-**poverty**]__
- EXPLANATION: Poverty is a huge problem in India. About 75 percent of the population (900 million), live in slums, below the poverty line. Because of this, Singh should join this group to show citizens of India that he is working hard to try to end poverty in India.

GROUP 10:

[|love4india]
- EXPLANATION: This group is exactly what it sounds like: a group in which members share their love for India. Singh would obviously be an excellent candidate for this group, because, since he is the Prime Minister of India, he loves India very much, and he is doing as much as he can to help make India successful in the future.

Quizzes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-weight: normal;">Click here to find a quiz to take! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> You must take at least 5 quizzes from this site and this site only!! **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">QUIZ 1: What Type of Weather Are You? - RESULTS Snow - EXPLANATION I chose this quiz because I was interested to see what type of weather Manmohan really symbolized. I think snow makes sense for Manmohan, because as snow sticks to the ground, Manmohan's actions really do make a difference for India. QUIZ 2: What Kind of Novel Are You? - RESULTS Sci-Fi/Fantasy - EXPLANATION I was interested to see what kind of book Singh would be, because he has an interesting philosophy. I was surprised to see that it was Sci-Fi/Fantasy, because I would imagine, being the prime minister of India, that he is a "down-to-earth", realistic type of person. QUIZ 3: Which Era Are You From? - RESULTS Now - EXPLANATION I wanted to see in what era Singh would prefer living. I am glad to see that that era is now. QUIZ 4: What Color Represents You? - RESULTS White - EXPLANATION Singh is a sort of hybrid personality. For that reason, the color that symbolizes him is white, a mixture of all colors. QUIZ 5: What Kind of Imagination Do You Have? - RESULTS Smooth Imagination - EXPLANATION I wanted to see what type of imagination Singh has, because it is important to his period as minister. I'm glad to see that he looks to the future and helps people with a quality of understanding. **