Tarlok Singh (economist)

Tarlok Singh
Born(1913-02-26)26 February 1913
Gujranwala, British India
(now Pakistan)
Died10 December 2005(2005-12-10) (aged 92)
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Occupations
Years active1937–1974
Employers
Known for
  • Poverty alleviation
  • resettlement of refugees from Pakistan
Board member ofPlanning Commission of India
(1950–1967)
Awards

Tarlok Singh (26 February 1913 – 10 December 2005[1]) was an Indian civil servant and a member of the Planning Commission of India. As an economist and policymaker, Singh was renown his role in the economic regeneration of post-Colonial India.[2]

Biography

Singh studied at London School of Economics under Harold Laski. He served on the Planning Commission of India from its inception in 1950 until his retirement in 1967. He was a member of the Indian Civil Service from 1937 to 1962. He wrote India's first five-year plan; and went on to write an additional three five-year plans.[3]

Singh was also the first Private Secretary to Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. He was the Director General of Rehabilitation in the Punjab responsible for the resettlement of refugees[4] and served as the UNICEF Deputy Executive Director (Planning) from 1970 to 1974.[5]

He was the first Chairman of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (who sponsor an annual memorial lecture in his name[1]) and was awarded the Padma Vibhushan (2000),[6] the Padma Bhushan (1962)[7] and the Padma Shri in 1954 by the President of India.[8]

Singh was awarded the 1970 Soderstrom Medal for Economics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in Stockholm.[9]

His books included Poverty and Social Change, Land Resettlement Manual for Displaced Persons, The Planning Process, Towards an Integrated Society, and India's Development Experience.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tarlok Singh Memorial Lecture Series". Indian Association of Social Science Institutions. Archived from the original on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. ^ "About Dr. Tarlok Singh" (PDF). iassi.org. Indian Association of Social Science Institutions. n.d. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b Qureshi, Sarfraz K. (1978). "Book review: "India's Development Experience" by Tarlok Singh". The Pakistan Development Review. 17 (1). Islamabad: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics: 131–133. Retrieved 16 January 2026 – via jstor.org.
  4. ^ Singh, Tarlochan (January 2006). "S. Tarlok Singh, ICS — An Obituary" (PDF). Sikh Review. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Deputy Executive Directors". UNICEF. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Padma Vibhushan Awardees". Government of India. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Padma Bhushan Awardees". Government of India. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  9. ^ Raikar, Sudhir (8 May 2024). "Remarkable Civil Servant and Redeemer of Refugees: Tarlok Singh (1913 – 2005)". LinkedIn Pulse. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via LinkedIn.
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