To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Story (30 page)

Dr Manmohan Singh on his way to presenting his first and most historic budget on 24 July 1991
.

Protests outside Dr Manmohan Singh’s North Block office on 9 August 1991. Such a protest is unimaginable these days. It will never be permitted!

Prime Minister Narasimha Rao and Finance Minister Manmohan Singh meet trade union leaders at the prime minister’s residence on 17 August 1991. G. Ramanujam, co-founder of INTUC (Indian National Trade Union Congress), is to Narasimha Rao’s right
.

The first meeting of the reconstituted Planning Commission on 19 September 1991 with Sharad Pawar, Pranab Mukherjee P.V. Narasimha Rao, Manmohan Singh, Balram Jakhar and the author in the background
.