Singhal: Indian governments have not reversed economic reforms in 35 years
Raj Rishi Singhal · How 24 July 1991 Changed India | Senior Journalist On Corruption, GST, Demonetisation, Rajiv Gandhi · Oct 11, 2024 · at 35:52
Financial journalist Raj Rishi Singhal examines the consistency of Indian economic policy across alternating political coalitions since 1991.
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“If you look at economic policy and economic reforms nobody's actually walked back on that despite, you know, different governments coming in over the past 3035 years, right?”
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