Roll back prices of essential commodities to July 1990 levels within the first 100 days
HAWA HAWAIBroken0/10
“The 100-day price rollback is still waiting for its first day.”
Indian National Congress (I) Election Manifesto, General Election 1991
- Released
- 15 Apr 1991
- Term
- 21 Jun 1991 – 16 May 1996
- Prime Minister
- P. V. Narasimha Rao
- Promises tracked
- 30
- Gol Gol Index
- 17% vague (lower is better)
- Original
- Read the manifesto ↗
Seed set: 30 promises (5 vague) from a manifesto of about 64 pages, assembled from excerpts because the full text could not be found online.
- Vaada PooraKept14
- Aadha AdhuraPartially kept9
- Hawa HawaiBroken2
- Gol Gol BaateinNot scorable5
0/100
BDum Hai
Rated 25 of 30 promises
24% of verdicts are low-confidence. Treat this score as a rough band.
“Dum Hai”
Every tracked promise
30 of 30
Give constitutional status and powers to panchayats and nagarpalikas
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Reserve 30% of seats in local governments and other statutory bodies for women
VAADA POORAKept9/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Launch a national mid-day meal programme covering every child in primary schools
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept4/10
“Every child was promised lunch; about a third got it before the bell rang on the term.”
Protect the disputed Ayodhya structure until a negotiated or court settlement
HAWA HAWAIBroken0/10
Cut non-plan government expenditure by 10%
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept4/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Set up a corporation for the welfare of backward classes within the first 100 days
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Provide 1,000 million man-days of employment a year through employment programmes
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Build more dwelling units for poor backward classes, SCs and STs in villages
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Give a massive thrust to food processing and agro-based industries
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Find an innovative solution to the One Rank One Pension demand of defence pensioners
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept5/10
“Asked for One Rank One Pension; got One Ad Hoc Increase.”
Implement the Indira Mahila Yojana as the focal point for women's development
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept5/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Implement the New Education Policy vigorously to wipe out illiteracy
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept5/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Set up a composite Rapid Action Force to quell communal riots
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Give the Minorities Commission statutory status
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Legislate punishments for female infanticide and foeticide to protect the girl child
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Legislate to keep places of worship as they stood on 15 August 1947
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Bring peace to Punjab
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Tax exemptions for profits reinvested in housing, highways, school buildings and drinking water
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Ensure indirect taxes do not push up prices of listed essential items like salt, cycles and sarees
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Set up an office of Commissioner for Women's Rights to act on atrocities against women
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept5/10
Enforce the ban on indecent representation of women in posters and advertisements
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Gol gol baatein detected. Measure karne ke liye kuch nahi mila.
Intensify Operation Blackboard in primary schools
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Continue full constitutional and legal protection for minority educational institutions
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Strengthen and strictly enforce laws against child labour
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept5/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Extend universal immunisation and oral rehydration to the entire child population
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept5/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Fight anyone who raises a hand against another in the name of religion
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Defend India's sovereignty, territory and borders
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Gol gol baatein detected. Measure karne ke liye kuch nahi mila.
Make science and technology policy people-oriented and provide more funds for R&D
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Gol gol baatein detected. Measure karne ke liye kuch nahi mila.
Build urban night shelters and Sulabh toilets for the urban poor
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept5/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Research notes
The original 1991 manifesto was not found online (not on archive.org, AICC site archives, or Google Books with preview). Promise wording comes from (a) the 'Salient Points of Previous Manifestos' page on the 2004 AICC website (Wayback copy), which quotes 1991 manifesto passages beside 1996 ones; (b) Manmohan Singh's 1991-92 and 1992-93 budget speeches, which paraphrase manifesto pledges; (c) news reports. All quotes are therefore quoteIsExact false. Outcomes rely on Economic Surveys and budget speeches (indiabudget.gov.in) plus Wikipedia for laws, because eparlib/rsdebate and India Code were unreachable from the research machine. The economic liberalisation of 1991 went well beyond what could be verified as promised and is not scored.