NEW DELHI -- Facing a harsh political reaction that has paralyzed the Indian Parliament, the governing Congress Party announced on Wednesday that it would suspend plans to allow foreign multibrand retailers like Wal-Mart to open stores in India. The decision, announced in Parliament, was a setback for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and seemed...
JALANDHAR, India -- For multinational merchants like Wal-Mart, it seemed to be the long-awaited opportunity to jump into India with both feet. But on Monday that moment appeared to be delayed once again. Late last month, as part of a push to modernize his nation's notoriously inefficient retail economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that...
NEW DELHI -- India's Parliament met a major demand of the protest leader Anna Hazare on Thursday by agreeing to consider his proposed anticorruption legislation, but it remained unclear whether Mr. Hazare would finally end a hunger strike that has spawned a nationwide popular movement and deeply shaken India's government. By late Thursday, Mr....
Manmohan Singh (f. 26. december 1932 i nuværende Pakistan) er Indiens premierminister siden 2004.
Manmohan Singh er medlem af det Indiske Kongresparti og er Indiens første premierminister af sikh herkomst.
Singh var finansminister i 1991-96 under premierminister Narasimha Rao, og i denne periode gennemførte Manmohan Singh som finansminister en række økonomiske reformer, der liberaliserede den hidtidige stærkt protektionektiske indiske økonomi. Indien led på dette tidspunkt af et stort betalingsbalanceunderskud, men reformernes støtte til indiske investeringer i den indiske industri og it-sektor resulterede i at Indiens økonomiske vækstrater efterfølgende var blandt de højeste i verden.