Cut non-plan government expenditure by 10%
“our commitment to reduce non-plan expenditure by 10 per cent, which was stated in our Party's election manifesto”
The verdict
The 1991-92 budget cut non-plan spending excluding interest by 4.9% against the 1990-91 revised estimates, and by about 15% against what would otherwise have been needed. The government called the pledge fulfilled using the second measure; on the plain measure it was about half the target.
Rule applied: Partially kept: 25–49% of the target met → 4
Evidence timeline
- Budget24 Jul 1991· Ministry of FinancesupportsBudget Speech 1991-92 (Manmohan Singh) ↗
“The provision for non-plan expenditure, excluding interest payments, in the current year represents a reduction of 4.9 per cent compared with the provisions in the revised estimates for 1990-91, and a reduction of almost 15 per cent in relation to what we would have had to provide this year”
More economy promises from this manifesto
Roll back prices of essential commodities to July 1990 levels within the first 100 days
“The 100-day price rollback is still waiting for its first day.”
Promise ID inc-ls-1991-002 · drafted 5 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON