what policies of Rajiv Gandhi do you appreciate
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Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated this week two decades ago. Yet in a brief span of public life of seven years, from 1984 to 1991, he sponsored and left an indelible mark on India. The principal new ideas for India after its freedom movement—decentralization; technology in service of man; resource-based agricultural growth; economic reform and the concept of India as an autonomous great power were the ideas of this young prime minister. Today, instead of destroying each institution, the country sorely needs a strategic vision.
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Former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi took India to the 21st century. Photo: Getty Images
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PCO booths revolutionised communication network down to villages
Rajiv Gandhi introduced computerised railway reservation tickets
Voting age was reduced from 21 years to 18 years
Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi, at 40, was the youngest prime minister of India. In his five years of rule from 1984 to 1989, the young leader made some sincere efforts to take the country to the 21st century.
Rajiv Gandhi laid the foundation of a modern India. He left an imprint of modernity