Did He Stick To His Word?

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Did He Stick To His Word?
  • This year's budget increased the allocation for infrastructure by 35 per cent, from Rs 45,252 crore to Rs 61,146 crore.
  • The central government hasn't been able to push SEBs to restructure themselves.
  • If at all the PMO's been monitoring infrastructure projects, it hasn't helped.
  • This year's central plan increased the outlay for agriculture and allied services, rural development, and irrigation and flood control by a mere 13 per cent. Up from Rs 10,983 crore last year, to Rs 12,420 crore.
  • The government has announced the National Housing Policy.
  • The government is pushing hard to introduce amendments in the Urban Land Ceiling Act. But it is having trouble with the Parliamentary Standing Committee.
  • The National Information Technology Task Force has been set up, and it has submitted 108 recommendations to the government.
  • There have been virtually no reforms in the public sector. And instead of making disinvestment more transparent, the government intends using the special purpose vehicle route, which is only complicating matters further.
  • No initiative on the savings front.
  • The FIPB continues to function as before.
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