PM Modi used the example to highlight what he described as a longstanding disconnect between national planning institutions and on-ground needs.

Joginder Singh’s tenure is best remembered for the action taken in the Rs 950-crore fodder scam, which led to the resignation and arrest of then Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav

Austria’s Ambassador to India, Robert Zischg, described the newly announced EU-India Free Trade Agreement political declaration as the “mother of all deals” – one that, he says, will “affect close to two billion people”.