Nation or kirana shops?

The first ten years after independence, India lived off its sterling balances which had accumulated during the war. These were £1 billion, equivalent of £100 billion in today’s money. In the words of C D Deshmukh, India spent the money ‘like there was no tomorrow’. Then began a hand-to-mouth existence on foreign aid from USA,USSR and anyone else who had money to give.

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