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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Flagship Governance Programmes: Who Did it Better, UPA-II or Modi Government? -Ravi Nair

Flagship Governance Programmes: Who Did it Better, UPA-II or Modi Government? -Ravi Nair

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published Published on Nov 22, 2017   modified Modified on Nov 22, 2017
-TheWire

A recent article claimed that the Modi government has significantly improved or tweaked the implementation of various schemes started by the UPA-II administration. But the numbers quoted need to be questioned.

The Wire recently published an article titled ‘Modi May Have Repackaged 23 UPA Schemes But Most of them Are Working Better Now’. The authors’ main thesis is that even if the names of the government schemes have been changed or have been slightly repackaged, the Narendra Modi government is implementing the programmes much more efficiently than the previous government.

Towards the end of the article, the authors chart out a comparison of the performance of various schemes and projects. However, there are deep flaws with this analysis, as pointed out in the first part of our series.

Continuing on with our series, let us consider their comparison of the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) and the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY).  In recent months, the Modi government’s electrification scheme has assumed centre-stage in terms of political narrative.

To support their claim of 108,642 villages electrified under RGGVY in 9 years from 2005 to 2014, they used this link. To support the claim of 14,175 villages electrified in two years under the Modi government, authors used this dashboard.  

The basic premise of their argument itself shows Modi government is under performing and is far behind what UPA’s achievement of electrification of 12,071 villages every year. Because as per the authors’ own account, the Modi government is electrifying only 7,087 villages in a year which is 4984 villages or 59% of what UPA did every year.

Despite this, the DDUGJY has been promoted as a runaway success after the name change by many government officials and in particular, former power minister Piyush Goyal. Over the last year, Goyal has tweeted selective data to show his and Modi government’s achievements are much better than the previous regime. Take a look at the tweet below.

Please click here to read more.

TheWire.in, 20 November, 2017, https://thewire.in/198512/flagship-governance-programmes-better-upa-ii-modi-government/


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