Manmohan Singh demise: The final rites of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh might be carried out at Nigam Bodh Ghat on December 28. He might be cremated with full state honours at 11:45 am on Saturday.
The Defence Ministry will make preparations for a state funeral with full army honours.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Friday paid glowing tributes to former prime minister Manmohan Singh, saying he was a towering determine in India’s political and financial panorama whose contributions remodeled the nation and earned him respect worldwide.
Within the condolence decision handed on the assembly, the CWC mourned the lack of a “true statesman” whose life and work have profoundly formed the future of India.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former occasion chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, and Congress basic secretaries Jairam Ramesh, Ok C Venugopal and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra amongst others met right here on the AICC headquarters for a gathering of the CWC to pay homage to Singh.
“Dr. Singh was a towering determine in India’s political and financial panorama, whose contributions remodeled the nation and earned him respect worldwide. As Finance Minister within the early Nineteen Nineties, Dr. Singh was the architect of India’s financial liberalization,” the CWC decision learn.
Manmohan Singh demise
Manmohan Singh handed away at AIIMS, Delhi, on Thursday night on the age of 92 resulting from age-related medical circumstances. He had skilled a sudden lack of consciousness at residence and was subsequently rushed to the hospital.
Born on September 26, 1932, Singh was not solely an economist but additionally served because the Governor of the Reserve Financial institution of India from 1982 to 1985. He was India’s thirteenth Prime Minister, serving from 2004 to 2014. As Finance Minister in PV Narasimha Rao’s authorities, Singh spearheaded the landmark financial liberalisation of 1991, which opened up the Indian financial system to overseas funding, elevated FDI, and diminished authorities management, considerably accelerating the nation’s financial progress.
Throughout his tenure as prime minister, his authorities launched a number of transformative insurance policies, together with the Nationwide Rural Employment Assure Act (NREGA), later renamed MGNREGA, which supplied a authorized assure for wage employment.
In 2005, Singh’s management additionally noticed the passage of the Proper to Info Act (RTI), enhancing transparency and accountability between the federal government and the general public. Manmohan Singh retired from the Rajya Sabha earlier this yr after serving for 33 years.