The NIPFP (the think tank of finance ministry where I work) had immense opportunities to work with him. It is interesting to recall that in 2004, when Singh was named as Indian Prime Minister, India was embarking into a Common Minimum Programme with dual objectives of economic growth and equity. I remember it was a tough call, given the constrained fiscal space for expenditure design for the poor under the new fiscal rules to contain the mounting fiscal deficits.
Making efforts to phase out revenue deficit, while designing innovative revenue spending for MNREGA to ensure job guarantee schemes, was a tough call during his regime.
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