Former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh presented a copy of his latest book "To the Brink and Back: India's 1991 Story" to President Pranab Mukherjee.
Ramesh said the President congratulated him for his gripping first-hand account of that momentous period of India's political and economic history.
Interestingly, the book not only discusses Mukherjee's role in the economic reforms programme implemented by P V Narasimha Rao and Dr Manmohan Singh during June-August 1991, but it also carries the detailed note prepared by him for a meeting of the Congress Working Committee held on February 19, 1991.
This note has been brought into the public domain for the first time and was important the ideas that formed part of the reforms initiatives.
The President fondly recalled his intimate personal and professional association with Ramesh for almost three decades when he met him last night.
Ramesh said the President expressed his confidence that the book would not just have enormous appeal among the general reading public but would also serve as a valuable reference source.
