Former PM Manmohan Singh passes away

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh passed away.

IN THE SAME year, the Right to Information Act, too, was brought in, and it has since served as a tool for higher accountability in governance.

His second term as prime minister (UPA-II 2009-2014) saw the enactment of the National Food Security Act. The later part of that term saw a host of corruption allegations against the government, including over the allocation of natural resources like telecom spectrum and coal blocks.

In UPA-I, Singh stood firm despite heavy coalition odds to sign the agreement for civil nuclear cooperation between India and the US. The agreement granted India, despite not being a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, access to nuclear technology and fuel for its civilian nuclear energy projects.