From the record
A quiet year in the ledgers
No dated event for 1953 has yet been extracted from the sources. The paper prints what is documented and leaves the rest blank, rather than guessing.
Prime Minister: Jawaharlal Nehru
The Age Of Stars
Partition, planning, aid consortia and nationalised banks.
Vol. LXXIXThe edition of 1953 · The Planned Republic1 records
- Prime Minister
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- President
- Rajendra Prasad
- Finance Minister
- C. D. Deshmukh
- RBI Governor
- Benegal Rama Rau
Bank Rate
3.5%
unchanged on 1952
Arabian Light
$1.93
+12.9% on 1952
The Ledger: what was borrowed in 1953
Full ledger →| Creditor | Instrument | Amount | US$ m | Status | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBRD | Damodar Multi-purpose Project (P009589), 1953-01-23 | 19.5 USD | 19.5 | Disbursed | verified |
Rows are listed as recorded. Some describe the same loan from different sources and must not be added together.
