India slowly repealed many of these burdensome regulations in the 1980s, when Nehru’s grandson, Rajiv Gandhi, was in power. Then, following reforms initiated by his successors atop the Indian National Congress, Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh, India entered a confident new era of flourishing growth and socioeconomic dynamism.
20世纪80年代尼赫鲁外孙拉吉夫·甘地（Rajiv Gandhi）执政期间，印度逐渐取消了许多造成沉重负担的监管。随后，他在国大党的衣钵继承者拉奥（Narasimha Rao）和辛格（Manmohan Singh）继续发动改革，让印度进入了充满自信的新时代，增长繁荣，社会经济活力四射。