Working Plank
? CMs of states that efficiently implemented aam admi schemes were able to deliver the goods
? YSR spent Rs 5,000 crore on health. Two and a half million farmers benefited from the loan waiver.
? In BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh, the Rs 3 per kg rice scheme was a big hit. NREGS implementation was good.
? In Rajasthan, development schemes brought the Congress success
A new government is at our doorstep. Here's a list of things it needs to do in the first 100 days of power.
Action 100: Social Sector
1. Set up ministry for skill development
2. Tackle malnutrition
3. Launch national mission for female literacy
4. Beef up NREGA, launch plan for urban poor
5. Pass Right to Education Bill
6. Amend Land Acquisition Act
Despite the Planning Commission and the PMO's objection to packaged food in government creches, women and child development minister Renuka Chowdhury wrote to states in February to provide these to the children
In April she approached the Supreme Court for a directive that would make her note to the states legally binding
When the 2004 elections resulted in victory for the Congress Party and its allies, Sonia Gandhi could have become Prime Minister. However, she declined and bequeathed the highest position to Dr. Manmohan Singh. By rising above the craving for power and position that exists in politics, she showed that her vision for India was truly different.
Bankura by now has become synonymous with Basudeb Acharia. For the eight-time MP from this constituency in West
Bengal, increasing connectivity between his home turf and the rest of the country has been of foremost importance. He argues that better connectivity spurs development.
Former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda's constituency Hassan, which also happens to be his home district, is quite possibly one of the best nurtured electoral regions in Karnataka. His rivals in the Congress and bjp concede that if development alone were the criterion, he and his family would
win the seat for decades to come.
Mamata Banerjee is a cult figure." This is how a Iwl resident of her constituency describes her. "She is I sure to crush her opponent, who is no match for her," he adds. This comment comes from a member of the upper middle class, the self-same group that analysts predict is least likely to vote Trinamool Congress because of the Tata Nano issue.
