India, March 7 -- The late former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's family has given consent for his memorial after visiting the plot for it at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal near Delhi's Rajghat, a member of the family told HT.

Singh, the architect of India's economic liberalisation, passed away on December 26, 2024. A decision to limit the land for memorials of leaders of significance at the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal was taken at a Cabinet meeting Singh chaired in 2013.

The government accepted the Congress demand for Singh's memorial after a controversy over his funeral at Delhi's Nigambodh Ghat. The Congress said it was unsuitable for the funeral of a leader of Singh's stature.

The Union housing and urban affairs ministry's land and development ...