A year later, Modi is the Prime Minister and heads a notionally NDA Government as the BJP has a majority of its own. last month he completes 1year in office, that is just more than three months of the sixty-month mandate he has secured. The promise of development was the pact that Modi fought during the elections, which resulted in high hopes from the newly formed government. Although a lot was anticipated, there was no huge unleashing moment of reforms. So as to maintain growth rate what India needs is a sustainable way. All hopes were pinned onto him after the annual growth rate of Gujarat was revealed. Also when it came to maiden budget of the Modi government it turned out to be disappointing. Although the budget came up with increased FDI in defence and Insuarance fields,markets gave a thumbs up to the budge, it did not provide anything exceptional for the common man and also left out less developed states. In normal course, a Government’s performance should really be judged at the end of five years. Modi would have wanted it that way. Recall his repeated appeal to the voters during the arduous campaign he ran: ‘You gave the Congress 60 years; give me only 60 months.’
But that is not the way it has played out for Modi. Both his critics and his supporters have been reluctant to even accord him the customary three-month ‘honeymoon period’ when no questions are asked or explanations sought. Those who have been unable to reconcile themselves to the loss of Lutyens’s Delhi to an ‘outsider’ have been nit-picking and fault-finding from the first day. As for those who placed their trust in Modi, they have been extraordinarily impatient in expecting policy and delivery. It would, therefore, be safe to suggest that he has been denied the luxury of leisure.
Modi has insisted on keeping the media at an arms length and his Ministers have dutifully complied. As a result, the Government of India is not working in the full glare of intrusive media. That is the way it should be. We could mock at Modi for not being transparent but that would be so much water off a duck’s back. Between publicity and delivery, he has opted for the latter. And delivery, as we all know, is far less exciting than grandstanding.
It would be easy to prepare a dhobi list of promises that were made in the party Manifesto as also by Modi during the campaign. And hold them up for scrutiny. That, however, would be an erroneous method to demand accountability and fix responsibility. Modi is far too shrewd to be shanghaied in this manner. What we should instead look for are big picture initiatives and results.
however, issues that appear to have escaped the Modi Sarkar’s attention. Food prices remain a discomfiting factor. Big ticket reforms related to land, labour, power, insurance, pensions are yet to take form and shape. Infrastructure spending has to gather steam. Foreign investors are once again looking at India keenly, but they need more than assurances and comfort to bet their money on India. In brief, the revival of the ‘India Story’ has begun, but it has to gather speed.
exactly one year back from now on May 26, 2014 was the glorious day for Modi when he was sworn in as the 16th Prime Minister of India. The start of the NDA era bought back the hope of Ache Din and a lot of anticipation and expectations from the Modi Sarkar. In the aftermath of 2002 Gujarat riots he had this air of controversy surrounding him nationally as well as internationally but he looked forward as a leader.
He has been praised for the economic growth of Gujarat and economic policies. And with a Prime Minister like Narendra Modi, people still look at him with a personality that incites the Hindu rage. He is known for the pro Hindu political cult that was reviled by the new force of BJP. Modi was condemned for inciting religious persecution and initiating and condoling violence in the past. However, Narendra Modi took various initiative like Swachch Bharat Abhiyan and Make In india but as of now failed to present any concrete policy to boost the economy of the country. Many policies are simply a follow up of the policies initiated by the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. When BJP was in the opposition, they opposed foreign direct investment (FDI) proposed by UPA, but now the BJP has invited FDI in railways, insurance and defence. Likewise, the Jan Dhan Yojna seems a new version of UPA’s subsidy scheme on the basis of the Aadhar card, which also made it mandatory to open a bank account. The Modi government has given old things in new packages.
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