Report Card of Congress led UPA2

Price Rise:At the time of May 2009 poll, the UPA had promised a number of ambitious programmes in the first 100 days of its second term in office. They all remain on paper, but the most glaring is the failure to reduce the price of essential commodities. Food items have become costlier and scarcer during the second term of the UPA. Never before the centre looked so puzzled and helpless before price rise of food articles. As a consequence, the food inflation has been hovering around an unprecedented 18 per cent under the UPA.

Scams Galore: The UPA-II had a huge share of scams to discredit it. The IPL scam, the 2G spectrum scam and the phone snooping controversy, The Madhu Koda scandal, The Wheat scam (For instance, Cargill purchased good quality grains from Indian farmers at Rs 8 to 8.50 per kg while the government has placed orders for import of wheat from Cargill Inc. at Rs 16 per kg. )and Rice scams. The government’s handling of the CBI in the investigating agency’s probe into numerous scandals like disproportionate assets of Lalu Yadav, Mulayam Singh and Mayawati has proved how low the UPA can stoop to shield itself from political threats by misusing and compromising the impartiality and independence of the central agency. Equally controversial was the CBI role in burying the Bofors investigation.

1. Minority Affair Ministry: The Social condition of Minority is deteriorating day by day. Congress wants to play the minority card in every election by inflicting fear and chaos among the minority towards majority. Congress always advertises itself as priest of minority in India. If congress is in vanguard in safeguarding the minority of India then why most of the minority in India are still living below the average poverty and why congress has been carried out any program to life the social status of Muslims in India. Out of 63 years post independence 80% India was under direct rule of Congress then what does Ranganath Mishra Report mean on status of minority? Congress party always create animosity among the Muslims and Hindus in India so they can get the benefit out of hostility between the two communities.

2. UPA came though collision and poor quality of elections. Man Mohan Singh was put forward as Mr. Clean and so called expert. He was neutral and harmless to Sonia Household and other rivals in congress. It does not trust its own allies. RJD, SP and BSP voted in favour of government during cut motion despite this Rahul Gandhi speaks of going solo in upcoming state polls in Bihar & UP. Congress does not trust Trinmool Congress but supports corrupt ministers like Raja for the support of DMK. It’s a virtually allies v/s Congress party like situation at Centre.

3. Dr could not alter anything even by a bit. Instead it is worsening. All this goof up when our PM is an Economist from Oxford, Home Minister from Harvard and Montek from World Bank + we have a lot of professors from Cornell etc. ...................All theory and no practicality ! Our current Prime Minister is a typical case of good brand & poor performance!

4. His government still continues to call J & K and Naxalite problem as typical law order problem. No changes could be brought by him in 7 years period. When government launched the Maoist offensive, it was clueless that the entire battalion would be wiped off! It just expressed its regrets!



5. Poverty line : According to Suresh Tendulkar committee report , poverty line for the rural areas is Rs. 15 and Rs. 19 in Urban areas. Whereas , according to Arjun Das Gupta , any one earning less than Rs. 20 per day falls below the poverty line

What can you get in Rs. 20 per day per person: ( Tea one cup Rs. 2 , Lunch Rs 10 , Tea evening Rs. 2 Dinner Rs. 10 ) This is the cheapest meal option ( Though ,we still have to find a stall that can serve you such cheap meals ). Also, with this, we must highlight the following daily requirements: 1. Breakfast – Rs.5/- 2. Lunch – 10 Rs. 3. Evening tea and something to eat – Rs. 5/- 4. Dinner – Rs. 10/- 5.Clean water to drink , and taking care of the basic hygienic – Rs. 2 6. Clothes to wear with washing Rs. 5 Per day ( at least 1500 per year – two sets of an upper garment and an under garment and daily washing will need a minimum earning of Rs. 5 day ) 7. Healthcare & Savings for unforeseen contingencies (Rs. 5 per day ) 8.Travel for going to take meals or get to work for earning the daily subsistence is not accounted for 9. Shelter to sleep, with bed sheet and seasonal clothing for winter and rain – 5 Rs / day One needs at least Rs. 37-50 per day to stay alive on the basics necessities of life On what basis the government calculates the BPL?.

Agriculture land is diminishing and its productivity is very poor. There is no evidence of his government doing basic work in this sector. On other hand agro land is being recklessly converted for profiteering MNCs and Indian businessmen for malls and opulent townships for a fraction of Indians. Result- both agriculture and price situation has worsened and gone out of hand. It is simple brainless functioning and anti-national.

6. Repeatedly CJIs have been mentioning that judiciary needs expansion and reforms and it costs a just few thousand crores every year. But it is surprising that Manmohanji has not bothered at all in this direction. Without fair, fast and clean judicial system how law and order can be controlled? Why he has not done anything he owes explanation to nation.

7. It is praised that he succeeded in recovery from recession. Where was recession in India? India and china type countries can’t have recession internally. It was in USA and Europe. Even if we assume it was, okay who benefited? Corporations who have thrown outstanding profit results in last many years. So again this profit came from citizens. These profits have not come from significant productivity rise but by price rise and profiteering and incentives given at cost of common man.




8. Clueless government
The 3G auction was expected to raise about Rs.32000.00 crore and it raised about Rs.69000.00 crore !! Normally , the statistical error is expected to be + or – 5 % , and that is the standard accepted level of error. If the government’s projections were left behind by a whopping 100 % , what do you call such a government ? Pranab da can rejoice, but not because of his colleagues or his planning!

AND NOT TO SPEAK OF THE 2G SPECTRUM- THE APATHY/FOOLISHNESS/SCAM RESULTED IN A LOSS OF RS 30000+ CRORES TO THE NATION.

Same happens for inflation : Since the UPA government has taken over in May 2009, the inflation has touched double digits , Government talks like an astrologer that the inflation will come down in the next 6 months ( and this has been the talk for the last one year ! ). It does not tell why and how will the inflation come down? Also, what is the government doing to bring the inflation down? The government is heavily depending upon the divine intervention (rain God ). Time to think practically, and work more Dr.Singh !

9. Glaring Foreign Policy Failures: His government has completely failed to make any progress in normalising relation with neighbouring countries and China. Merely wagging tails before USA and its institutions is not diplomacy and beneficial to India.

10. Schemes like NREGA are badly conceived and badly managed. Half of this money is going in pockets of politicians and babus. The only beneficiaries of these schemes are corrupt politicians and babudom. No wonder prices are going up due to fiscal deficit and reckless multiple taxation started in country.




11. Health Care- By providing only 0.36% to healthcare (we need 3% and not addressing the huge paucity of trained nurses and doctors, this government shows how serious it is on healthcare for the poor. Developing six AIIMS at a cost of hundreds of crores of rupees is more grandiose than useful.

12. Equally dismal is the government record on providing safe drinking water, developing infrastructure and providing affordable health care. The much-touted road projects are mired in controversy within the cabinet with the Minister for Environment and Minister for Shipping and Transport pulling in opposite directions.




13. Divided House: Not a day passes without reports of one or the other of its ministers sparring at another or a party functionary. Jairam Ramesh’s criticism of the Home Minister in a foreign country hit headlines. Similarly, the Congress was leaking scandalous stories about the NCP ministers to the media—be it on import-export of food articles or the civil aviation or IPL. The Congress double-talk on terror and the Maoist menace has considerably undermined the Home Ministry and compromised the internal security of the country.

A section of the ruling party seems to be cohorts with the Maoists and Islamist fundamentalists. They ventilate the agenda of the underground enemies of the nation from the official pulpit and frustrate the efforts of the security forces.

14. Failure in fund utilisation:A CAG report said over one lakh crore is being returned as unspent plan funds every year as programmes remain on paper. Another CAG report revealed that 97 per cent of funds earmarked for border roads remained unspent Most other departments have similar tales to tell.

If we conclude, Manmohan is nothing but a paper tiger and paper expert, he has no freedom to even act, he has outdated bureaucratic functioning, he lacks typical political leader's stature, grass root work and superior vision and over all, the UPA government is a miserable failure.

Mere GDP growth rate is not achievement. Anyone can do it without thinking of consequences social, financial, economic and environmental.