Report Card
Our accomplishments in office have been solid and substantial. They speak for themselves. They have given the people of our country a new hope, a new pride, a new sense of trust in the administration.
Creating the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and extending it to all districts is historic. This programme is improving the lives of the poorest sections of our society.
The Right to Information Act has made administration at all levels transparent and more accountable. It has enabled the participation of a very large number of citizens in the processes of governance.
The national mid-day meal scheme in all primary schools of the country has given lakhs upon lakhs of under-privileged children better nourishment and health. It has made school-going more attractive.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Navodaya Vidyalayas and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas are giving our children a new future.
The national rural health mission is ensuring that adequate health facilities are more accessible in remote and rural areas.
All states have received unprecedented funding from our government for development activities and schemes. Unlike the NDA, the Congress-led UPA government has not discriminated against any state. Non-Congress governments have been misleading the public by claiming the Centre’s programmes as their very own. It is here that all of you have a special obligation to make the people aware that we are responsible for these programmes.
Our farmers are the backbone of our country. Under Indiraji’s inspired leadership, they were thekhidmatgars of the Green Revolution. The massive loan waiver scheme, the reduction in interest rates, the huge expansion in irrigation and the hefty increase in procurement prices have made their lives and those of their families more secure.
Over 90% of our countrymen and women work in the unorganised sector. They do not have the benefit of trade unions or labour laws. For the very first time, we have legislated social security, in the form of life and health insurance and old age pensions. Programmes like the aam admi bima yojana and theIndira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme have begun to make a difference in their lives.
-Sonia Gandhi
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