{"id":3555,"date":"2012-05-28T08:49:23","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T03:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=3555"},"modified":"2012-05-28T08:49:23","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T03:19:23","slug":"dna-column-the-a-to-z-of-upa-after-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2012\/05\/28\/dna-column-the-a-to-z-of-upa-after-3-years\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA Column – The A to Z of UPA after 3 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

My column in today’s DNA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dwight Eishenower, the former American President, was asked about his Vice President\u2019s (Richard Nixon\u2019s) contribution to the Presidency. His response was \u201cIf you give me a week, I might think of one.” This is the quote that came to mind when thinking about the achievements of the United Progressive Alliance\u2019s second stint in Government. That is not to say that they have made no positive contribution \u2013 it is just that a combination of the scams and the paralysis has wiped out anything good that may have been done from our collective memory. So on the 3rd anniversary of UPA 2 a A to Z of issues :<\/p>\n

Authority<\/strong> \u2013 no Government in the world can rule without authority. That authority is not just legal and moral, but also the capability to stand up and say \u2013 I am the Government, and this is my job because the people elected me. To be able to govern in the next two years, the Prime Minister & his cabinet need to exert authority. Or Go.<\/p>\n

Budget<\/strong> \u2013 It is all right to spend if there is a plan in place to grow and earn. The current finance minister is old school socialist and happy with spending. But, there seems to be no plan to earn. No plan to grow. Only to spend. Next two years focus on growth.<\/p>\n

Coalition<\/strong> \u2013 and management of diverse parties. The people, who are supposed to manage it, have failed. This coalition is more to prevent work than to get work done. Get them on board. Or Go. .<\/p>\n

Deficit<\/strong> \u2013 See B above. If you spend without earning, Deficits \u2013 and large ones at that \u2013 will result.<\/p>\n

Exchange Rate<\/strong> \u2013 the best thing to do when your currency starts to seek a new level is nothing. You would expect a Government led by an economist to know that.<\/p>\n

F for<\/strong> \u2026 well this is a family newspaper, and one cannot really expand the F word here. Sufficient to say that that most feel that is what has been done to the country and the economy.
\nGovernance \u2013 Governance is seeing Government in action. Not Government inaction.<\/p>\n

Higher Power<\/strong> \u2013 The buck stops at the Prime Minister. Or it should. Having a higher power that second guess decision making does no good as far as either the Party or the country is concerned.<\/p>\n

Inflation<\/strong> \u2013 when you grow you will have inflation. If you check that inflation, you will deflate growth. That is what has happened.<\/p>\n

Jokes<\/strong> \u2013 it is bad for authority and legitimacy of a Government when it becomes the butt for jokes. The solution is not to ban jokes, but get work done.<\/p>\n

Kapil Sibal<\/strong> \u2013 See J Above. The man whose defence of the Government made people more convinced that they were trying to hide something.<\/p>\n

Legislation<\/strong> \u2013 that is pending because the government mangers cannot come to an agreement with their coalition partners or the opposition. See G for Governance above.<\/p>\n

Mamata<\/strong> \u2013 the person no sane government should touch with a barge pole. Her dogma will be the death of the Indian economic dream. Dump her now.<\/p>\n

National Advisory Council<\/strong>\u2013 or the Non Accountable Counci. A bunch of civil society big wigs, whose heart overwhelms their brain.<\/p>\n

Opposition<\/strong> \u2013 see M above, and T below.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister<\/strong> \u2013 whose silence is deafening.<\/p>\n

Questionable Deals<\/strong> – Is there any deal that this Government has done that is not questionable. Do they have logical answers rather than pulling up the drawbridge ? Can they share those answers with the people?<\/p>\n

Raja<\/strong> \u2013 the telecom minister who took a policy aimed at increasing tele-density \u2013 the first come first serve policy \u2013 and murdered it, while seniors in the cabinet did nothing. If you auction all resources the cost of doing business will increase.<\/p>\n

Sonia Gandhi<\/strong> \u2013 the power behind the throne. Who along with the NAC (see N above) formulates welfare policies and prevents the Government from achieving growth that will pay for those policies.<\/p>\n

Trinumool Congress<\/strong> \u2013 see M for Mamata above. With allies like this one doesn\u2019t need an opposition.<\/p>\n

UPA2<\/strong> \u2013 it isn\u2019t United, it is regressive rather than Progressive, and the Alliance seems all but dead.<\/p>\n

V.K.Singh<\/strong> \u2013 General. The nicest thing that one can say about his tenure as COAS is that it is over. Done with. Thank God. But, another example of total mismanagement by the Government. (check A for Authority)<\/p>\n

We the People<\/strong> \u2013 see F above.<\/p>\n

X<\/strong> \u2013 marks the spot where people vote. And if state elections are any indication, the people are unhappy.<\/p>\n

Y<\/strong> \u2013 the economist\u2019 term for national Income. Dear UPA2 \u2013 focus on all aspects of that, not just government spending.<\/p>\n

Z for Zero Loss<\/strong> \u2013 the incredibly arrogant response to the 2G scam \u2013 see K above \u2013 that convinced people that something was dreadfully wrong.<\/p>\n

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