Blame Manmohan Singh for the reforms logjam

There is something deeply ironical about a political leader blaming politics for the lack of policy momentum. Prime Minister Manmohan Singhsaid in a speech last week that economic reforms do not take place because of the professional advice offered by economists but because the political leadership of the day decides to move ahead. Singh should know. He has been on both sides of the fence, first during his glittering career as a government economist and then as a politician since 1991.

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