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Desai was Rapporteur General at the United Nations world population conference in Bucharest in 1974. Other associations included those with Planning Commission of India , Ministry of Health and Family Welfare , National Institute of Urban Affairs , Delhi Planning Board, Family Planning Foundation of India and International Review Group on ...
Morarji Desai became the Chief Minister of Bombay State on 21 April 1952, [1] following the Indian National Congress' victory in 1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election. He formed a nine-member ministry that continued till his resignation on 31 October 1956.
The Morarji Desai ministry was formed on 24 March 1977 following the 1977 Indian general election. Morarji Desai led the Janata Party to victory against the Congress party . Upon taking office, Morarji Desai became the first Indian Prime Minister not belonging to the Congress party.
Desai was elected prime minister, and became the first non-Congress prime minister of India. Desai was the second and the last prime minister to have been born in the nineteenth century. On the international scene, Desai holds international fame for his peace activism and created efforts to initiate peace between India and rival Pakistan. [1]
The Union Budget of India, also referred to as the Annual Financial Statement in Article 112 of the Constitution of India is the annual budget of the Republic of India set by Ministry of Finance for the following financial year, with the revenues to be gathered by Department of Revenue to identify planned government spending and expected government revenue and the expenditures gathered by ...
Desai was a title given to feudal lords, and others who were granted a village or group of villages in Maharashtra, and North Karnataka.The title Desai should not be associated with a particular religion or caste, though a Desai would use the title of Rao or Rai or Raje as a suffix to his name denoting he is a king of those villages, The "Desai" title was given by Maratha emperors, Mughal ...
Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai, Baron Desai (born 10 July 1940) is an Indian-born naturalised British economist and former [1] Labour politician. He stood unsuccessfully for the position of Lord Speaker in the House of Lords in 2011. [2] He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, in 2008. [3]
Padma Desai (October 12, 1931 – April 29, 2023) was an Indian-American development economist who was the Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of comparative economic systems and director of the Center for Transition Economies at Columbia University.