constitutional liberal
Charan Singh
Chaudhary Charan Singh
1902–1987
Also known as: Chaudhary Charan Singh, के. चरणसिंह, चौधरी चरण सिंह, चरण सिंह, के. चरण सिंह
How Charan Singh is discussed in this archive
Referenced in 3 other works , including Industrial Relations , Agricultural Policy of Swatantra Party , and THE DANGERS OF JOINT CO-OPERATIVE FARMING .
In Industrial Relations : Charan Singh's June 1979 note against extending bonus to railwaymen is reproduced in the appendix and used to anchor the employer-side case that bonus has become a statutory privilege of an organised minority at huge fiscal cost.
In Agricultural Policy of Swatantra Party : Charan Singh is cited as the Congress Minister who resigned office rather than support the Nagpur cooperative-farming resolution, illustrating that resistance crossed party lines.
In THE DANGERS OF JOINT CO-OPERATIVE FARMING : Charan Singh, a Congress member with unrivalled expertise on agrarian policy, is quoted to show that opposition to cooperative farming crossed party lines.
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- Industrial Relations · 1979
- "a note from the then Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Charan Singh, addressed to Prime Minister Morarji Desai, opposing the grant of bonus to railwaymen and other employees of Government departmental undertakings" · introduces the appendix and Charan Singh's argumentative role
- "Charan Singh argues that extending bonus to railwaymen would obligate it for all Central Government employees at an annual cost of about Rs.600 crores against a deficit budget of Rs.1,345 crores for 1979-80" · summarises the fiscal core of his case
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- Agricultural Policy of Swatantra Party
- "Congress Ministers like Sri Charan Singh of the U.P. (who has had to resign office on account of his bold opposition in Nagpur)" · Charan Singh's principled resignation is held up as evidence of broad-based opposition to the Congress agricultural programme
- THE DANGERS OF JOINT CO-OPERATIVE FARMING
- "Mr. Charan Singh, who is a member and leading light of the Congress Party, has made a lifelong study of this subject much better than anybody else." · Masani invokes a Congress insider's expertise to bolster his case against cooperative farming
