Last decade under Manmohan Singh was wasted: FM

The last decade under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was "wasted decade" like that of <g data-gr-id="18">1970s</g> and 80s because decision making had shifted out of PMO unlike now, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday. There was no outside interference with the working of the Modi-led NDA government, he said.

"The Prime Minister unquestionably has the last word. No government, no Finance Minister or any other ministers can ever implement series of changes and reforms without <g data-gr-id="16">full</g> backing of the Prime Minister," he said at India Economic Convention.

He further said that it is a tribute to the electorate that they elected a majority government after 30 years.

"After 30 years, India got a single party majority government though we are still a coalition government and we will probably continue to be one," he said.

This had made the Prime Minister's Office the final arbiter in decision-making, in stark contrast to the policy paralysis witnessed during the past decade due to the marginalisation of the PMO, where decision-making lay with those outside the government, he said.