N.K. Singh: ‘When Vajpayee became PM, telecom was in a colossal

N.K. Singh: ‘When Vajpayee became PM, telecom was in a colossal mess’

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When Vajpayee became Prime Minister in 1998, the telecom sector was in complete disarray. What fueled the explosive growth in the telecom sector and how did it become one of the big reform success stories? Join Pooja Mehra in conversation with N.K. Singh, Chairman of the 15th Finance commission, as they talk about the cleanup and total deregulation of the telecom sector in India.

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