Jaishankar: Nehru development model led to the prevalence of bureaucracy, government is working hard to improve it

Dr. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar attended the launch of the book “Nehru Development Model” written by former Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog Arvind Panagariya. During this time, he commented on the policies of the country’s first prime minister. He said that the “Nehru development model” gave birth to the “Nehru foreign policy”. He said that together with the country, the government is also working hard to improve this policy abroad.

Jaishankar said that the author believed that Nehru’s choice put India on a determined path. He said this model and the ideologies associated with it influenced politics, administration, judiciary, media and even education.

The government is working hard to resolve the issue – Jaishankar

Jaishankar said that today’s Russia and China both clearly rejected the economic ideas of that time. People promoted by Nehru. These ideas still exist among the influential classes of our country. He said that since 2014, many efforts have been made to correct the direction, but the task is arduous.

What did Jaishankar say about the special economic model?

Jaishankar cited a 1947 statement by US policymaker John Foster Dulles that the then-government was dead wrong, but which US policymakers have maintained for decades. He said I often ask myself whether Dulles was entirely wrong. He found the answer in Pagnaglia’s book.

He said there are strong ideological motivations for promoting India’s special economic model. This belief changes from time to time, but never completely.

Jaishankar said that the fundamental reason for this situation is that socialism is the only way to fight imperialism. The idea is mainly aimed at heavy industry. For this reason, Panagariya defined it as the Nehru model of development.

The situation in India is more complicated than before

Jaishankar said that India has benefited from opening up in the past 33 years, but today the situation is more complex than ever before. He said that opening up cautiously is a good approach. At the same time, he said while talking about self-reliance, this should not be seen as protectionism but a call to strengthen national security and think and work independently.