The Indian Liberal Group is a think tank founded in 1965 by

Minoo Masani Minocher Rustom "Minoo" Masani (20 November 1905 – 27 May 1998) was an Indian politician, a leading figure of the erstwhile Swatantra Party. He was a three-time Member of Parliament, representing Gujarat's Rajkot (Lok Sabha constituency), Raj ...

, author and parliamentarian, to promote the liberal point of view and educate the public on the concept of

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. Its headquarters is in

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. Meera Sanyal serves as the current president.

Organization structure

The ILG has local chapters, a state executive and a national executive. National Conventions are held every two years. All current members of the organization can attend the National Convention, which serves as the policy making body.

People

Among the founding members of the Group were Prof. B. R. Shenoy, H.V.R. Iyengar, Fredie Mehta,

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, Sophie Wadia, and G V Sundaram. S.V. Raju is the immediate past president of the organization.

Activities

Indian Liberal Group presents a Liberal Budget every year as an alternative version to the Annual Budget presented to the Parliament by the Union Finance Minister. Eminent economists are part of the drafting committees of these Liberal Budgets. On October 8 and 9, 2010, ILG organized a symposium titled "India - the next decade" in Mumbai. The local chapters organize perform a variety of activities like Minoo Masani Memorial Lectures, protests for the cause of Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims, organising a 'parliament of students' on board exams and campaigns to improve the quality of education in Medical colleges.

References

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External links

Indian Liberal Group Official site

Official site of Meera Sanyal
as an Independent Candidate in the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections for

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