The Indian Liberal group was founded on 10th November 1965. The founding members included Minoo Masani, Prof B R Shenoy, Mr H V R Iengar, Dr Fredie Mehta, Mr Khushwant Singh and Madame Sophie Wadia. One of the objectives of the Indian Liberal Group as defined by them is that “the ILG seeks to emphasise the fact that a market economy by itself does not ensure an open society; that a free economy and a free society are two sides of the same coin; and that a free and democratic society alone will ensure a satisfying standard of life for the people.”
The Group believes in achieving the objectives of attaining freedom, social justice, tolerance in the society and equality of opportunity through various local chapters on the local level along with State and National level executives.
Issues
The Liberal Position – Newsletter of the Indian Liberals Group, April 2002
The Indian Liberal Group was a think tank founded in 1964 by Minoo Masani, to promote the liberal point of view and educate the public on the concept of libertarianism. The tank published newsletters titled, “The liberal position,” to help defend and promote liberal values. The issue of April 2002 is a continuation of the...
The Liberal Position – Newsletter of the Indian Liberals Group, October 2001
The Indian Liberal Group was a think tank founded in 1964 by Minoo Masani, to promote the liberal point of view and educate the public on the concept of libertarianism. The tank published newsletters titled, “The liberal position,” to help defend and promote liberal values. The purpose of these newsletters was to create a medium...
Constitution of the Indian Liberal Group, March 4, 2000
The Indian Liberal Group was a think tank founded in 1964 by Minoo Masani, to promote the liberal point of view and educate the public on the concept of libertarianism and defend the fundamental values. The Constitution of ILG was adopted on 4th March 2000. As per the Constitution, the purpose of instituting ILG was...
Basic Principles of the Indian Liberal Group, March 5, 2000
The Indian Liberal Group was a think tank founded in 1964 by Minoo Masani, to promote the liberal point of view and educate the public on the concept of libertarianism and defend the fundamental values. The framework for establishing basic principles as the guidelines for action for the ILG was instituted and adopted on 5th...
Manifesto for Indian Liberals, 1985
The Indian Liberal Group was a think tank founded in 1964 by Minoo Masani, to promote the liberal point of view and educate the public on the concept of libertarianism and defend the fundamental values. A manifesto was drawn at the Indian Liberals Conference held in the year 1985. The declaration was adopted amid a...
The Liberal Budget, 2006-07
The Indian Liberal Group was a think tank founded in 1964 by Minoo Masani, to promote the liberal point of view and educate the public on the concept of libertarianism and defend the fundamental values. This text is titled “The Liberal Budget 2006-2007” and covers the third Liberal Budget which was released three months ahead...
Trends in Government Expenditure, April 30, 2007
The Indian Liberal Group was a think tank founded in 1964 by Minoo Masani, to promote the liberal point of view and educate the public on the concept of libertarianism and defend the fundamental values. The booklet titled “Trends In Government Expenditure” was published on April 30, 2007 and was authored by K. P. Geethakrishnan....
Union Budget 2002 – 2003 : The Liberal Point of View
The Indian Liberal Group was a think tank founded in 1964 by Minoo Masani,to promote the Liberal philosophy, and to place before the country an alternative to socialists, supporting the ongoing economic reforms. The text titled “Union Budget 2002-03” is a review of the union budget for the year 2002-03. The text discusses GDP growth...
The Liberal Budget 2007-2008: Taking Reforms to the Poor
The Indian Liberal Group was a think tank founded in 1964 by Minoo Masani, to promote the liberal point of view and educate the public on the concept of libertarianism and defend the fundamental values. This text is titled “The Liberal Budget 2007-08” and covers the fourth Liberal Budget for the year 2007-08. The text...
The Liberal Budget: Building an Equitable Society, 2004
The Indian Liberal Group was a think tank founded in 1964 by Minoo Masani,to promote the Liberal philosophy, and to place before the country an alternative to socialists, supporting the ongoing economic reforms. The text titled “The Liberal Budget: Building an Equitable Society” was published in 2004 and has a total of three chapters. The...
Fifty Years After
This booklet was jointly sponsored by Project for Economic Education and Friedrich Naumann Stiftung. It is the textual summarization of the seminar held at Mumbai in April 1997, on the topic ‘India - Fifty Years After’. It discusses the various developments that have taken place in the nation since its independence. Issues persisting since 1947...
The Retreat After Socialism
The Project for Economic Education was a non-political, non-partisan programme established with the objective of enlightening the intelligent layman on economic issues. This booklet is a publication of the Project for Economic Education, and is co-sponsored by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. It contains the textual reproduction of the seventh C D Deshmukh Lecture conducted by...
Bureaucracy and the Liberal Administrator
Published by the Centre for Civil Society, a public policy think tank based out of New Delhi, this excerpt has been borrowed from Sauvik Chakraverti’s essay titled “New Public Management: Escape from Babudom”. The essay builds a case for new public management as an escape from the statist clutches of Indian bureaucracy – starting with…
Post Reform Labour and Employment Issues – The Liberal Budget
The following musing is taken from ‘The Liberal Budget’ published by the Indian Liberal Group for the year 2007-08, titled ‘Taking Reforms to the Poor’. The text reproduced below is the introduction of its third chapter on Post Reform Labour and Employment Issues. In light of the 2024 budget being presented by the newly formed...
