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{{Short description|Indian bureaucrat}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Amar Nath Verma
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| office = 6th [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India]]
| term_start2 = 1991
| term_end2 = 1996
| president2 = [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]<br />[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| primeminister2 = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| occupation = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer
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| birth_place = [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
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'''Amar Nath Verma''', also known as '''A. N. Verma''', is a retired Indian bureaucrat and IAS officer who served sixth [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India]] for [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] from 1991 to 96.<ref name="official-list">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pmindia.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/list-of-prlsecy-to-PM-along-with-their-tenure.pdf|title=List of Principal Secretaries to PM along with their Tenures|website=[[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]], [[Government of India]]|access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref> Sometimes, he is recognised one of "the most influential bureaucrats" of [[Rao ministry|Rao's government]].<ref name="The Economic Times 2018">
*{{cite web | title=PV Narasimha Rao: ': Narasimha Rao's 'Yes Minister' moment: UK, please tell me how to handle babus | website=The Economic Times | date=2018-08-07 | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/narasimha-raos-yes-minister-moment-uk-please-tell-me-how-to-handle-the-babus/articleshow/65305937.cms | access-date=2021-08-12}}
*{{cite web | title=As Narasimha Rao consolidates hold on Congress(I), his style becomes more autocratic | website=India Today | date=2013-08-01 | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19920915-as-narasimha-rao-consolidates-hold-on-congressi-his-style-becomes-more-autocratic-766860-2012-12-28 | access-date=2021-08-12}}</ref>

== Career ==
Verma is a 1956 batch [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer from [[Uttar Pradesh]] cadre. He served as industry secretary in the government of India when [[Rajiv Gandhi]] took office as the prime minister. Prior to his appointment as principal secretary, he served as secretary for industry to the [[government of India]].

He reportedly played central role in [[industrial policy|industrial policymaking]] and implementation of the industrial reforms for union government.<ref name="Mital 2016">{{cite web | last=Mital | first=Ankit | title=The people behind the Great Men of 1991 | website=mint | date=2016-08-27 | url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/yxBuBRN3kdBr7AO026sHxI/The-people-behind-the-Great-Men-of-1991.html | access-date=2021-08-12}}</ref> He, along with [[Rakesh Mohan]] formed the first draft for the industries called the New Industry Policy (NIP) in 1990. The policy was subsequently implemented or adopted by [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]] and [[Ajit Singh (politician)|Ajit Singh]]. It was also adopted by [[Chandra Shekhar]] in 1991 and [[Manmohan Singh]], in addition to [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]].<ref name="Moneycontrol 2021">{{cite web | title=Three Decades Of Reforms And Still Miles To Go | website=Moneycontrol | date=2021-07-23 | url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/three-decades-of-reforms-and-still-miles-to-go-7210981.html | access-date=2021-08-12}}</ref>

After [[Chandra Shekhar]] took office as the prime minister, Verma was appointed as the member secretary of the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]], and later principal secretary to the prime minister. He later became [[Chief Whip|chief enforcer]] of Rao.<ref name="Mital 2016"/>

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