Enact a National Employment Guarantee Act: 100 days of work a year for every rural household
VAADA POORAKept10/10
“'Immediately' took one election cycle's worth of paperwork: about 15 months.”
Indian National Congress Manifesto, Lok Sabha Election 2004
- Released
- —
- Term
- 22 May 2004 – 22 May 2009
- Prime Minister
- Manmohan Singh
- Promises tracked
- 26
- Gol Gol Index
- 15% vague (lower is better)
Seed set: 26 promises (5 vague or unscored) out of an estimated 100+ commitments in a roughly 32-page manifesto.
- Vaada PooraKept9
- Der Aaye Durust AayeKept late1
- Aadha AdhuraPartially kept9
- Tareekh pe TareekhStalled1
- Hawa HawaiBroken1
- Gol Gol BaateinNot scorable5
0/100
BDum Hai
Rated 21 of 26 promises
“Dum Hai”
Every tracked promise
26 of 26
Sustain 8-10% annual economic growth for over a decade
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept6/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Raise public spending on education to at least 6% of GDP, half on primary and secondary
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept3/10
“Six percent of GDP on schools: pencilled in, not paid in.”
Raise public spending on health to at least 2-3% of GDP in five years, 5% in a decade
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept3/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Amend the Constitution to reserve one-third of Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha seats for women
TAREEKH PE TAREEKHStalled2/10
Tareekh pe tareekh. Tareekh pe tareekh.
Make the Right to Information Act at the Centre more progressive and useful
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Enforce the law of the land without fear or favour to maintain social harmony
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Pursue an 'Agriculture First' strategy in resource allocation
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Gol gol baatein detected. Measure karne ke liye kuch nahi mila.
Bring a Rozgar plan: about one crore new jobs a year
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Gol gol baatein detected. Measure karne ke liye kuch nahi mila.
Keep agriculture growth at no less than 4-4.5% a year
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept5/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Keep industry growth at no less than 10% a year
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept6/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Introduce a national cooked mid-day meal scheme in primary and secondary schools
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept6/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Propose a national health insurance scheme for families below the poverty line
VAADA POORAKept9/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Make complete legal equality for women a practical reality, including property rights
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept6/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Establish an Administrative Reforms Commission to prepare a blueprint for public administration
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Introduce VAT in cooperation with trade and industry
VAADA POORAKept9/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Eliminate the Centre's revenue deficit in five years
HAWA HAWAIBroken0/10
Vaada hawa mein udd gaya. Pakdo pakdo!
Establish a National Commission on enterprises in the unorganised sector and a National Fund
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Devise social security measures for unorganised-sector workers against ill-health, unemployment and old age
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept6/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Amend the Constitution to set up a Commission for Minority Educational Institutions
VAADA POORAKept9/10
Launch a comprehensive urban renewal programme and social housing for the urban poor
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept6/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Tackle the root causes of corruption and the generation of black money
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Gol gol baatein detected. Measure karne ke liye kuch nahi mila.
Introduce a community-anchored health worker scheme
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Legislate ownership rights over minor forest produce for adivasis
VAADA POORAKept9/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Bring a Constitutional amendment for democratic, autonomous cooperatives
DER AAYE DURUST AAYEKept late7/10
Hua toh sahi. Bas calendar thoda slow chal raha tha.
Broaden and deepen economic reforms
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Gol gol baatein detected. Measure karne ke liye kuch nahi mila.
Research notes
Text read from a locally cached OCR of the INC 2004 manifesto (pipeline/.cache/raw/inc_p.txt, 33 PDF pages). The OCR is noisy in places, so some quotes are short exact fragments. Page numbers are the section start pages from the contents list (Rozgar 14, Kisans 16, Women 18, Education/Health 19, Minorities 20, Dalits/Adivasis 21, Food 22, Panchayati Raj 23, Informal sector 24, Infrastructure 24-26, Defence 26, Reforms 28, Industry 29, Fiscal 31) and are approximate. The download URL and release date were not recorded, so sourceUrl and releaseDate are null. Note: pipeline/.cache/raw/inc.txt is the 2014 manifesto, not 2004. Web search was unavailable and PIB, Parliament and most newspaper sites blocked fetching; evidence relies on Wikipedia summaries, World Bank WDI series and one PRS India Act PDF, so every verdict needs editor review against primary sources.