Inflation was higher whenever the Congress governed at the Centre, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, asserting that India’s unemployment rate is the lowest among big countries. Mr. Singh made the remarks at election rallies in Punjab’s Ferozepur and Anandpur Sahib parliamentary constituencies.
The Union minister said the inflation rate was 2% from 1947 to 1950, and it “increased to 13.8% during Nehru’s time. From 1964 to 1966, it was over 10%”.
During Morarji Desai’s government, the first thing that was done was to lift restrictions on the movement of farm produce from one state to another, Mr. Singh said.
As a result, inflation, which had touched 30%, came down to 7%, he claimed.
-PTI
