25 years of Indian reforms
Analysing the 25th anniversary of the most momentous event in India's recent history, here's a look at views from wealth creators to business game-changers, from the reforms' inside story to the great consumption story. This is a one-stop guide to an economic revolution that's still in progress.
4 reforms that pulled India back after it ran out of money in 1991- When Narayana Murthy took 3 years and 50 trips to Delhi to import one computer
- Nehru built many strong institutions, almost all have eroded, says Swaminathan Aiyar
- Liberalisation is significant, but we still have an exit problem, says Arun Jaitley
- Liberalisation taught India Inc the need to innovate, says Cyrus Mistry
- These children of liberalisation are already stars and are inspiring the next-gen
- Changing the mindset is crucial to keep up with competition: Birla
- India must defy gravity, take-off time is now: Uday Kotak
- Why 1991 is a turning point of similar importance as 1947
- 25 years of reforms: PV Narasimha Rao, the man of that moment
- Direction of reforms must shift towards fulfilling people’s felt needs
- Why India needs an administrative innovation
- Dramatic change of the Indian workplace post liberalisation
- Middle-class in centre stage - Effects of the Great Indian consumption boom
- Devendra Raj Mehta talks about being SEBI chief, and the 7 years when 44 reforms were launched
- How these honchos changed the consumer of liberalised India
- How India changed its character and will never be meek and desperate again
- How HUL's Harish Manwani cleaned up competition post liberalisation
- What 1991 reforms have taught B-schools