2020 vision
- Widespread telecom reforms, MTNL corporatised
- Huge programme for building highways. Privatisation of PSUs gets momentum. Private ports, life insurance allowed.
- Rise in capital flows, dollar reserves touch record
NDA fails to hit even the 200-seat mark
High growth and shining image of India failed to connect with voters starved of basic minimum needs and governance
Cyber Bidda
- Largest multilateral credit as well as grants and food aid from the Centre
- Tariffs hiked in power, water and higher education
- Persuaded Gates to open Microsoft software centre
- Encouraged microfinance and self-help groups for rural women
Crushing defeat
The CEO of Cyberabad played his technology key while farmers killed themselves for crop failure
Inter Connect
- Fiscal, administrative and power sector reforms under a World Bank restructuring programme; revision of user charges
- Private partnership for water, urban planning, education
- Information kiosks to extend e-governance
- Bhoomi programme for computerisation of land records
S.M. Krishna paid the price for ignoring the backward and poor and failure to tackle the drought
