New Delhi: The UPA-2 Report Card for the people will be presented by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today. The release of the report was delayed due to the Mangalore air crash.
Here's a quick look at the hits and misses of the UPA in the first year of its second stint at the Centre.
Hits:
Misses:
Here's a quick look at the hits and misses of the UPA in the first year of its second stint at the Centre.
Hits:
- It managed to steer the economy through the worst global economic crisis in decades
- From 2008 to 2010, India grew 7.5 to 8 per cent, when most global economies contracted
- Initiating legislation on food security, right to free & compulsory education for children from 6-14 years
- Unified goods & services tax (GST), new Direct Tax Code, NREGA and Unique ID project
- Opened up education to foreign players
- Women's Reservation Bill passed in Rajya Sabha
- Proactive management of drought helped limit the damage
- Successful auction of 3G spectrum
Misses:
- One of its biggest failures has been the handling of the growing Naxal violence
- Financial sector reforms have failed to take off
- The government missed its targets in all infrastructure sectors
- There have been lapses in the implementation of NREGA, Forest Rights Act and RTI
- The government has drawn a lot of flak for infighting within the government on key policy matters
- The Congress has had to compromise with allies in order to get crucial Bills passed in Parliament and stay in power
- The government has been unable to tame spiralling food prices
- The Opposition has attacked the government for not sacking telecom minister A Raja despite allegations of corruption in the allocation of 2G spectrum
- The PM's efforts to promote peace with Pakistan at Sharm el-Sheikh was widely criticised
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