‘Intellectual foundation needed for reforms 3.0’ Top Searches ‘Intellectual foundation needed for reforms 3.0’ Surojit Gupta / Jul 27, 2021, 06:35 IST FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail Vijay Kelkar, a former finance secretary and veteran policymaker, has been closely associated with several crucial reform initiatives over the years. In an interview to TOI, Kelkar, who also served as the chairman of the 13th Finance Commission, calls for governance and administrati reforms as well as knowledge-based policies. Excerpts: What should be the policy focus in the medium to long term? Compared to 1991, there are several new problems. You have had a number of successful reforms measures in 1991 but, in some areas, there have been inadequacies. So, we have to handle both — new challenges and some earlier ones as there are areas where we have not done enough progress.