Enact a National Employment Guarantee Act with a legal guarantee of 100 days of work a year
VAADA POORAKept9/10
“Promised 'immediately'; the Act arrived about 15 months after the swearing-in.”
National Common Minimum Programme of the Government of India (UPA), May 2004
- Released
- —
- Term
- 22 May 2004 – 22 May 2009
- Prime Minister
- Manmohan Singh
- Promises tracked
- 31
- Gol Gol Index
- 13% vague (lower is better)
Seed set: 31 promises (4 vague) out of an estimated 150+ commitments in a 24-page programme.
- Vaada PooraKept14
- Der Aaye Durust AayeKept late2
- Aadha AdhuraPartially kept7
- Tareekh pe TareekhStalled2
- Coming Soon™Not started1
- Hawa HawaiBroken1
- Gol Gol BaateinNot scorable4
0/100
BDum Hai
Rated 27 of 31 promises
“Dum Hai”
Every tracked promise
31 of 31
Raise public spending on education to at least 6% of GDP, half on primary and secondary
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept3/10
“6% of GDP was the goal; the needle stayed near 3%.”
Raise public spending on health to at least 2-3% of GDP over five years
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept3/10
“Two to three percent of GDP was the target; under one percent was the arrival.”
Introduce a national health insurance scheme for poor families
VAADA POORAKept9/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Legislate one-third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies
TAREEKH PE TAREEKHStalled2/10
Tareekh pe tareekh. Tareekh pe tareekh.
Repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA)
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Enact the Lok Pal Bill into law
COMING SOON™Not started0/10
“The Lok Pal Bill was promised in 2004; the law came nine years on.”
Make the Right to Information Act more progressive, participatory and meaningful
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Eliminate the Centre's revenue deficit by 2009
HAWA HAWAIBroken0/10
“Zero revenue deficit by 2009 met a global financial crisis instead.”
Sustain economic growth of at least 7-8% a year over a decade
VAADA POORAKept9/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Preserve, protect and promote social harmony and enforce the law without fear or favour
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Provide a corruption-free, transparent and accountable government at all times
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Gol gol baatein detected. Measure karne ke liye kuch nahi mila.
Set up a National Commission on enterprises in the unorganised sector
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Expand social security, health insurance and other schemes for unorganised-sector workers
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, funded mainly by the Centre
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept6/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Enact legislation on domestic violence and gender discrimination
VAADA POORAKept9/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Amend the Constitution to set up a Commission for Minority Educational Institutions
VAADA POORAKept9/10
Set up a National Commission on backward sections among minorities, report in six months
DER AAYE DURUST AAYEKept late7/10
Create a Backward States Grant Fund to create productive assets
VAADA POORAKept9/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Set up an Administrative Reforms Commission to prepare a blueprint for public administration
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Introduce VAT early after the technical homework is completed
VAADA POORAKept9/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Complete household electrification in five years
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept3/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Launch a comprehensive urban renewal programme and expand social housing for slum dwellers
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept6/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Give women equal rights of ownership of assets like houses and land
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept6/10
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Urge states to confer ownership of minor forest produce on forest workers
VAADA POORAKept9/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Declare Tamil a classical language
VAADA POORAKept10/10
Arre wah! Ye toh sach mein hua.
Complete the Sethusamudram project and other long-pending state projects expeditiously
TAREEKH PE TAREEKHStalled2/10
Tareekh pe tareekh. Tareekh pe tareekh.
Raise FDI inflows to two to three times the present level
VAADA POORAKept10/10
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.
Carry out economic reforms with a human face that spread rural prosperity
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Gol gol baatein detected. Measure karne ke liye kuch nahi mila.
Pursue an independent foreign policy promoting multi-polarity
GOL GOL BAATEINNot scorable
Gol gol baatein detected. Measure karne ke liye kuch nahi mila.
Research notes
Text read from a locally cached PDF of the CMP (pipeline/.cache/raw/cmp.txt, printed page numbers); the original download URL was not recorded, so sourceUrl is null and the release date (May 2004) is not confirmed to a day. Web search was unavailable and PIB, Parliament, India Code, Economic Survey and most newspaper sites blocked fetching. Evidence therefore relies on Wikipedia summaries (one source each, medium or low confidence), World Bank WDI API series, and one PRS India Act PDF. Every verdict needs editor review against PIB, Parliament and Economic Survey primary sources.