Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola lobbied for greater fiscal autonomy for India in the Raj years. Sir Purshottamdas Thakurdas resigned from the Legislative Assembly to protest differential duties on British and non-British cotton goods, and co-founded FICCI along with G.D. Birla.
The Indian Civil Society has lambasted the Narendra Modi-led New Delhi regime for its criminal negligence amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that the Indian government has lost its credibility to represent the people of India, and called for strong global political commitment to address the challenges in public health care.