{"id":2385,"date":"2020-11-16T14:01:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T14:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/IL\/?page_id=2385"},"modified":"2025-09-28T20:16:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T14:46:43","slug":"forum-of-free-enterprise","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/indianliberals.in\/gj\/periodicals\/forum-of-free-enterprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum of Free Enterprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1855&#8243; img_size=&#8221;243&#215;353&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]The Forum of Free Enterprise (FFE) was set up in the year 1956 by A D Shroff. It was established with the idea of organizing like-minded people to counter the socialistic and anti-private sector propaganda of the Nehru government. His vision was to keep the organization non-partisan and non-political in nature. His unequivocal statement was that \u201cWe are not a political organization. Our main, if not the only, objective is of an educative character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The forum believed in educating and shaping public opinion towards ideas of a free society and to dismantle the myths about free enterprise that were created by the government.<\/p>\n<p>The council of management included some prominent liberals of the time including S K Sen, M A Sreenivasan, Sardar Mohan Singh, Narayan Dandekar, Minoo Masani, F S Mulla, T M Desai, K C Cooper, F P Mehta, M A Master and many more liberals championing the cause of free enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>Since its establishment in July 1956 till January 2010, the forum has published a total of 674 booklets on vital subjects related to economics and free enterprise. Prominent economists, businessmen and industrialists, educationists and numerous scholars have penned these booklets. They reached a great number of readers in over 9,500 colleges and management institutes, members of parliament, over 25 chambers of commerce.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary budgetary speeches given by the great liberal Nani A Palkhivala were first delivered from the platform of Forum of Free Enterprise in March of 1958. The attendance reached a staggering 100,000 during the last three budgetary speeches that Palkhivala delivered. These attendees were a part of one of the biggest gatherings of people anywhere in the world on an economic subject.<\/p>\n<p>The Forum is still alive and active in educating and spreading ideas of free enterprise as visualized by its founding fathers.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Issues&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_raw_html el_id=&#8221;custom_grid_view&#8221;]JTVCY3VzdG9tX2NvbnRlbnRfZ3JpZCU1RCUwQQ==[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1855&#8243; img_size=&#8221;243&#215;353&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]The Forum of Free Enterprise (FFE) was set up in the year 1956 by A D Shroff. It was established with the idea of organizing like-minded people to counter the socialistic and anti-private sector propaganda of the Nehru government. 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