Experts argue that India should strengthen the late former PM's legacy by focusing on privatisation and improving education and healthcare Manmohan Singh, the soft-spoken economist who rescued India from near-bankruptcy to make it one of the world's fastest-growing major economies,

India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who steered the country through sweeping reforms and paved the way for its emergence as a global economic powerhouse, has died. He was 92.

Authorities in India have declared a seven-day mourning period to honor Manmohan Singh as politicians and public paid tributes to the country’s former prime minister widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program.