V. SRINIVAS is the Additional Secretary to Government of India in the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. He was the Advisor to Executive Director (India) in the International Monetary Fund 2003 to 2006. He served as Private Secretary to the Finance Minister of India from 2002 to 2003 and Private Secretary to the External Affairs Minister of India 2001 to 2002. He was a member of India's delegations to the Fund-Bank Annual Meetings from 2002 to 2006. As Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles he headed India's delegations to the Plenary Meetings of the International Cotton Advisory Committee from 2010 to 2012, and as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture he headed India's delegation to the Asia-Europe Culture Ministers Meeting 2014. He served as Deputy Director (Administration) AIIMS from 2014-2017.V. Srinivas was the Chairman of the Board of Revenue for Rajasthan and Chairman of the Rajasthan Tax Board from 2017 to 2018. In 2017, he was awarded the Indian Council of World Affairs Book Research Fellowship for “India's Relations with International Monetary Fund 1991-2016 - 25 years in Perspective. He is a senior administrator, a respected academician and an institution builder par excellence.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgements Chapter - I The International Monetary FundChapter - II Major Financial Crisis: From Great Depression to The Great RecessionChapter - III India’s IMF Programmes—1966 and 1981: An Analytical ReviewChapter - IV India Circa 1991 – Origins of the CrisisChapter - V The Union Budgets 1991-96Chapter - VI The IMF View - India’s Stand-By ArrangementChapter - VII Evolutionary Changes in India-IMF Relations Chapter - VIII The IMF’s Article IV Consultations 1997 – 2016Chapter - IX Finance Secretaries, Governors of RBI, Chief Economic Advisors and Executive DirectorsChapter - X My Years With The IMFChapter - XI G20 – A Decade in Multilateralism Chapter - XII The Rise of China in the International Monetary System Chapter - XIII Conclusion Index

V. SRINIVAS is the Additional Secretary to Government of India in the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. He was the Advisor to Executive Director (India) in the International Monetary Fund 2003 to 2006. He served as Private Secretary to the Finance Minister of India from 2002 to 2003 and Private Secretary to the External Affairs Minister of India 2001 to 2002. He was a member of India's delegations to the Fund-Bank Annual Meetings from 2002 to 2006. As Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles he headed India's delegations to the Plenary Meetings of the International Cotton Advisory Committee from 2010 to 2012, and as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture he headed India's delegation to the Asia-Europe Culture Ministers Meeting 2014. He served as Deputy Director (Administration) AIIMS from 2014-2017.V. Srinivas was the Chairman of the Board of Revenue for Rajasthan and Chairman of the Rajasthan Tax Board from 2017 to 2018. In 2017, he was awarded the Indian Council of World Affairs Book Research Fellowship for “India's Relations with International Monetary Fund 1991-2016 - 25 years in Perspective. He is a senior administrator, a respected academician and an institution builder par excellence.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgements Chapter - I The International Monetary FundChapter - II Major Financial Crisis: From Great Depression to The Great RecessionChapter - III India’s IMF Programmes—1966 and 1981: An Analytical ReviewChapter - IV India Circa 1991 – Origins of the CrisisChapter - V The Union Budgets 1991-96Chapter - VI The IMF View - India’s Stand-By ArrangementChapter - VII Evolutionary Changes in India-IMF Relations Chapter - VIII The IMF’s Article IV Consultations 1997 – 2016Chapter - IX Finance Secretaries, Governors of RBI, Chief Economic Advisors and Executive DirectorsChapter - X My Years With The IMFChapter - XI G20 – A Decade in Multilateralism Chapter - XII The Rise of China in the International Monetary System Chapter - XIII Conclusion Index

V. SRINIVAS is the Additional Secretary to Government of India in the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. He was the Advisor to Executive Director (India) in the International Monetary Fund 2003 to 2006. He served as Private Secretary to the Finance Minister of India from 2002 to 2003 and Private Secretary to the External Affairs Minister of India 2001 to 2002. He was a member of India's delegations to the Fund-Bank Annual Meetings from 2002 to 2006. As Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles he headed India's delegations to the Plenary Meetings of the International Cotton Advisory Committee from 2010 to 2012, and as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture he headed India's delegation to the Asia-Europe Culture Ministers Meeting 2014. He served as Deputy Director (Administration) AIIMS from 2014-2017.V. Srinivas was the Chairman of the Board of Revenue for Rajasthan and Chairman of the Rajasthan Tax Board from 2017 to 2018. In 2017, he was awarded the Indian Council of World Affairs Book Research Fellowship for “India's Relations with International Monetary Fund 1991-2016 - 25 years in Perspective. He is a senior administrator, a respected academician and an institution builder par excellence.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgements Chapter - I The International Monetary FundChapter - II Major Financial Crisis: From Great Depression to The Great RecessionChapter - III India’s IMF Programmes—1966 and 1981: An Analytical ReviewChapter - IV India Circa 1991 – Origins of the CrisisChapter - V The Union Budgets 1991-96Chapter - VI The IMF View - India’s Stand-By ArrangementChapter - VII Evolutionary Changes in India-IMF Relations Chapter - VIII The IMF’s Article IV Consultations 1997 – 2016Chapter - IX Finance Secretaries, Governors of RBI, Chief Economic Advisors and Executive DirectorsChapter - X My Years With The IMFChapter - XI G20 – A Decade in Multilateralism Chapter - XII The Rise of China in the International Monetary System Chapter - XIII Conclusion Index