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(i) Board of Governors –
(ii) Chairman, Group 24 (a Ministerial group attached to IMF and World Bank) 1984. (iii) Presided over SAARC Council of Ministers Conference, May 1995 and November 1995. (iv) Presided over SAARC Council of Ministers Conference, April, 2007. |
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Foreign Delegations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader of Indian Delegations to:
(i) Colombo Plan Finance Ministers Conference, Singapore 1975 and Colombo 1976. (ii) Commonwealth Finance Ministers Conference, 1982, 1983 and 1984. (iii) Annual General Meeting of World Bank and IMF in 1982, 1983 and 1984. (iv) Annual General Meeting of Asian Development Bank, 1982, 1983 and 1984. (v) Ministerial Conference of WTO, Marrakesh in 1994. (vi) UN General Assembly in 1994 and 1995 and 2006. (vii) Social Summit at Copenhagen in 1995. (viii) 40th Anniversary of Asian Conference, Bandug 1995. (ix) Conference of Commonwealth Heads of Governments(CHOGAM), Auckland 1995. (x) Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference at Carte-Ghana, 1995. |
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Honors and Distinctions conferred | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(i) Rated as one of the best five Finance Ministers of the world for the year 1984 according to a survey of Euro Money, journal published from New York.
(ii) Conferred Best Parliamentarian Award for 1997. (iii) His leadership in the Ministry of Finance and other Economic Ministries was well acclaimed, nationally and internally. He was considered as the key figure in formulating economic policies of the nation for a long term. Under his stewardship India earned the distinction of not withdrawing the last installment of IMF loan to the extent of Us$1.1 billion. He was considered as ranking Minister and presided over the Cabinet meeting of the Union in the absence of the Prime Minister during 1980-1985. (iv) Conferred Padma Vibhushan in 2008, the second highest civilian Award in the county for contribution in Public Affairs.
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Social and Cultural Activities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(i) President, Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan, 1995-2001 and again from 2004 till date.
(ii) Chairman, Planning Board, Asiatic Society, Kolkata from 1984 to 1986 and 1992-1996 and from May 2004-2007. (iii) Trustee, Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, 1984-1990. (iv) Trustee, Bidhan Memorial Trust, Kolkata since 1998. |
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Book Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(i) Midterm Poll –1969
(ii) Beyond Survival: Emerging Dimensions of Indian Economy – 1984 (iii) Off the Track –1987 (iv) Saga of Struggle and Sacrifice –1992 (v) Challenges Before the Nation (on Indian National Congress)- 1992. |
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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reading, gardening and music.
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Countries visited | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Travelled all over the world.
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