Politics of Change The

In his career as a civil servant N.K. Singh held several key positions in the ministry of commerce and industry of his home cadre and the finance ministry at the centre. As additional secretary (economic affairs) expenditure secretary revenue secretary secretary to the prime minister and later as member Planning Commission N.K. Singh navigated the system to help steer India's economic liberalization from 1991 to 2004. In his weekly column 'From the Ringside' written for the Indian Express Singh dissects explicates and critiques the infrastructure centre-state relations the opening up of the insurance sector petroleum prices and their deregulation and changing global perspectives on India among other topics.