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03/02/23 08:49 AM IST

Former PM Manmohan Singh conferred Lifetime Achievement Honour in UK

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  • Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh was recently conferred a Lifetime Achievement Honour by the India-UK Achievers Honours in London for his contribution to economic and political life.
Dr. Manmohan Singh
  • Dr. Manmohan Singh was born in Gah, today Pakistan. His family migrated to India during the 1947 partition.
  • He obtained his doctorate from Oxford in Economics. He worked for the UN between 1966 and 1969.
  • Between the 1970s and 1980s, Manmohan served as the Chief Economic Advisor of the Government of India, Head of the Planning commission, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, etc.
  • He faced the economic crisis of 1991 during Mr. Narasimha Rao’s period.
  • Of all the achievements of Mr. Singh, the nuclear agreement signed with the US is seen as historic.
  • Under this agreement, India agreed to place its civil and military nuclear facilities under the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency).
  • With this India received an exemption from the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
Source- Indian Express

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