Country indebted to former PM Manmohan Singh for economic reforms: Nitin Gadkari

way2barak, Nov.8: Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said the country is indebted to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the economic reforms. Addressing TIOL Awards 2022 event, Gadkari said the economic reforms started by Manmohan Singh as finance minister in 1991 gave a new direction to India.

He recalled that he could raise money to build roads in Maharashtra when he was a minister in Maharashtra in the mid-1990s due to economic reforms initiated by the former prime minister. Gadkari asserted that liberal economic policy is for farmers and poor people. “India needs a liberal economic policy with the intention to provide benefits to poor people,” added Gadkari. He said China is a good example of how liberal economic policy can help in the development of any country