The Reformers
The bureaucrats, economists, and politicians who drove the 1991 reforms.
P.V. Narasimha Rao
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Finance Minister
P. Chidambaram
Minister of State for Commerce
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Commerce Secretary
Amar Nath Verma
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister
Naresh Chandra
Cabinet Secretary
Jairam Ramesh
Officer on Special Duty, Prime Minister’s Office
Suresh Mathur
Industry Secretary
Deepak Nayyar
Chief Economic Adviser
Rakesh Mohan
Economic Adviser, Ministry of Industry
C. Rangarajan
Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, 1982–1991
R. Venkataraman
President of India
S. Venkitaramanan
Governor, Reserve Bank of India, 1990–1992
S.P. Shukla
Finance Secretary
K.P. Geethakrishnan
Revenue Secretary and Finance Secretary
Y.V. Reddy
Joint Secretary, Balance-of-payments Division
N.K. Singh
Joint Secretary, Fund Bank Division, Department of Economic Affairs
Ashok Desai
Chief Consultant, Ministry of Finance
Pranab Mukherjee
Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
Raja J. Chelliah
Chairman, Tax Reforms Committee
I. Ramamohan Rao
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