Veteran Journalist Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya (AK Bhattacharya) has authored a new book titled “India’s Finance Ministers: From Independence to Emergency (1947-1977)” which highlights the role of India’s finance ministers who shaped India’s economy in the first 30 years(from 1947 to 1977) after Independence. The book is published by Penguin Business an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Buy Prime Test Series for all Banking, SSC, Insurance & other exams
The book is divided into 3 main parts: Nehru and his finance ministers, those under Shastri and Indira Gandhi, and Indira Gandhi as her own finance minister. Economic Journalist AK Bhattacharya is the editorial director of Business Standard and the writer of a long-running column – Raisina Hill. he has also served as the editor of the Pioneer and Business Standard. As the book makes it clear, though Nehru was a towering personality, the finance ministers he worked with like John Matthai, CD Deshmukh, TT Krishnamachari and Morarji Desai were no pygmies.
Sushil Kumar Modi passed away on May 13, 2024, at the age of 72, after…
The appointment of the Prime Minister of India is a crucial process that follows the…
Richard Slayman, aged 62, the first person to ever receive a genetically modified pig kidney…
Wipro, a leading IT major, has announced the appointment of Vinay Firake as the Chief…
Neeraj Chopra, the reigning Olympic and world champion in javelin throw, started his 2024 season…
Rice, a staple food for billions of people worldwide, holds immense cultural and nutritional significance.…