Bjp Manifesto 2014 | A Report Card

Report Card In the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, an independent and non-party group of citizens, concerned about the serious risks being faced by our democracy and constitution, launched a campaign to ensure every Indian is registered, votes and makes an informed choice. As part of making an informed choice, we decided to assess the ruling party BJP’s 2014 election manifesto and compare the commitments they made with actual delivery. We have kept our assessment factual, based on the government’s own reports or credible public reporting. We are able to back up every single assessment with authentic sources, based on data available.

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No party takes electoral manifestoes seriously, all of them over promise and under deliver. But the performance of the BJP has been disappointing and their claims highly exaggerated, mostly based on selective use of partial data.

Here is the summary of our findings. BJP Manifesto Promised

Delivered

BJP Manifesto Promised

Delivered

CORRUPTION

UNORGANIZED SECTOR WORKERS

EMPLOYMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

RURAL AREAS

NOTE-BANDI

SCS, STS AND OBCS

PRICE RISE

WOMEN

S I M P L I F I E D TA X R E G I M E

MINORITIES

INFRASTRUCTURE

H E A LT H

MAKE IN INDIA

INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

I N D U S T RY

C U LT U R E & H E R I TA G E

A G R I C U LT U R E

JAMMU & KASHMIR

BJP Manifesto Promised

Delivered as Promised

No change

Did Not Deliver

SETTING UP AN

GROWING NUMBER OF

E F F E C T I V E L O K PA L

ALLEGED SCAMS:

Lokpal not appointed.

3.4 Lakh Cr Rajasthan refinery scam

AVA I L A B I L I T Y O F I N F O R M AT I O N TO EMPOWER PEOPLE

50,000 Cr Adani Group Power Scam

Pending RTI requests: 2014-15 2017-18

8.5 lakhs

14.5 lakhs

40% cases rejected by the Central Information Commission in 2018

20,000 Cr Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd (GSPC) scam

14,500 Cr HUDCO scam

Only 3 of the 11

11,300 Cr

sanctioned Commissioners appointed

Nirav Modi scam

1700+ writ petitions

9,000 Cr

by central government blocking information to people

BALCO disinvestment scam

Corruption

9,000 Cr CURBING ELECTION EXPENDITURE

Vijay Mallya scam

USD 5 billion

7,000 Cr

highest ever spent in Lok Sabha elections in India in 2014

Lalit Modi scam

2,000 Cr

4X

Tur Dal scam

increase in anonymous funding of political parties in 2017-18

fisheries scam

95% of anonymous funding through electoral bonds to BJP

BJP Manifesto Promised

400 Cr 80 Cr Jay Shah scam

Rafale Scam

Delivered as Promised

No change

Did Not Deliver

Employment & Entrepreneurship S T R AT E G I C A L LY D E V E L O P I N G L A B O U R - I N T E N S I V E S E C T O R S

Export Growth Rate

Readymade Garments

Textiles (excluding Readymade Garments)

Gems & Jewellery

Leather & Leather Products

April 2014

30%

30%

2%

40%

April 2018

-20%

5%

-15%

0%

B J P W I L L A C C O R D H I G H P R I O R I T Y T O J O B C R E AT I O N & O P P O R T U N I T I E S F O R E N T R E P R E N E U R S H I P NSSO: Unemployment at a 45-year high at 2017-18

6.5% 6.1

6.1%

6% 5.5%

Immediately after demonetisation in Nov 2016, India’s labour participation rate fell to 45%; 2% of the working age population, i.e. about 13 million, moved out of labour markets.

5% 4.5% 4%

3.75 3.54

3.53

3.62

3.46

3.41

3.49

3.52

3.51

3.5%

Jobs lost Dec ‘17 to Dec ‘18

11 million

3% 2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

India Unemployment Rate

WE WILL SET UP WORLD CLASS INVESTMENT AND INDUSTRIAL REGIONS AS GLOBAL H U B S O F M A N U FA C T U R I N G Fresh investments declined across all major sectors except construction

New Projects (Rs trillion)

Construction & Real Estate

4.0

Services (other than financial) Electricity Mining 2.0

Manufacturing

New investments (public and private combined) in India plunge to 14-year low in December quarter of 2018 Dec 2016

BJP Manifesto Promised

Delivered as Promised

Mar 2017

Jun 2017

Sept 2017

No change

Dec 2017

Mar 2018

Jun 2018

Sep 2018

Dec 2018

Did Not Deliver

LOSS OF INFORMAL JOBS

More than 99%

Price Rise

Currency deposited in the bank

SPECIAL COURTS TO STOP

Note-bandi

35 Lakhs

HOARDING & BLACK MARKETING

Jobs lost

None formed.

1.5 Cr Reduction in labour force

SETTING UP A PRICE S TA B I L I Z AT I O N F U N D

1.5%

Formed with a meagre corpus of

Loss in GDP points

INR 500 Cr.

2.25 Lakh Cr Loss in GDP

FOOD PRICES

13,000 Cr

Food Consumer Price Index inflation rate

RBI expenditure on demonetization

April 2014

9.2%

high cost of living

November 2018

-2.61%

deflation farmers hit

Simplified Tax Regime C U T T I N G T H E R E D TA P E , S I M P L I F Y I N G T H E PROCEDURES & REMOVING THE BOTTLENECKS

`1 Lakh Cr

A N G E L TA X Startups in India are facing tax issues

shortfall in revenue collection

More than 70%

More than 50%

Demanded in tax returns in some cases

decline in compliance among regular taxpayers in 2017-18

Upto 30% of the funds raised

Nearly 900 changes in rules and procedures causing massive confusion and loss to businesses

BJP Manifesto Promised

Delivered as Promised

No change

Did Not Deliver

D I A M O N D Q U A D R I L AT E R A L P R O J E C T

Not even 1 full corridor sanctioned

Infrastructure

Out of 6 corridors identified for Diamond Quadrilateral connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai

BULLET TRAIN

M A N U FA C T U R I N G S E C T O R GROWTH FOR EMPLOYMENT &

Work is yet to start Loans from Japan Loan Installment Land Acquisition

Make in India

`1 Lakh Cr

Not Received

Not Started 4000

Only Direct Jobs Promised

A S S E T C R E AT I O N Share of manufacturing in the GDP 2014 2017

Monthly manufacturing (Index of Industrial Production) IIP growth (y-o-y) May 2014

LOW COST HOUSING FOR

15.07 15.0

4.6 2.8

E V E RY FA M I LY

May 2018

Number of houses built under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban and Rural)

Share of manufacturing in total FDI

NDA-2 UPA-2

1.03 Cr houses 1.21 Cr houses

No. of homeless people in India

18 Cr

UPA-2 NDA-2

44% 28%

Percent of Indian share in global manufacturing exports 2014 2018

2% 2%

Industry CONDUCIVE, ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR

MSME SECTOR (MICRO AND SMALL

'DOING BUSINESS'

MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES)

Ease of Doing Business index India’s rank

Credit to MSME sector:

142

2014 2018

March 2015

77

December 2016 (post Demonetization)

B A R R I N G T H E M U LT I - B R A N D R E TA I L S E C T O R

May 2018 (year-on-year rates)

11.2% -2%

8.4%

100% FDI in multi-brand retail by foreign retailers like Wal-Mart and Carrefour – proposed with conditionalities

BJP Manifesto Promised

Delivered as Promised

No change

Did Not Deliver

MINIMUM OF 50% PROFITS OVER THE COST OF PRODUCTION FOR T H E FA R M E R S Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations not implemented Effective increase in Minimum Support Price

only 10 to 20% P R A D H A N M A N T R I FA S A L BIMA YOJANA

`1000 or less

actual compensation amounts received per farmer profits for insurance companies every year

100’s of Crores

FA R M E R S ’ S U I C I D E S Since 2016 – government has stopped publishing the National Crime Records Bureau reports Decline in number of suicides unlikely Intensifying agrarian distress with deflation in food prices and limited increase in Minimum Support Price

BJP Manifesto Promised

Unorganized Sector Workers

Agriculture

Delivered as Promised

ISSUE IDENTITY CARDS TO THE UNORGANIZED SECTOR LABOURERS

Less than 1% Labour Identification Numbers (LIN) for 45 crore unorganized workers

SETTING UP A DEDICATED WORKERS BANK

Not Set Up

JAN DHAN ACCOUNTS Number of inoperative/ zero-balance accounts 2014 2019

77% 30%

PENSION AND HEALTH INSURANCE SAFETY NETS Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PMSYM) scheme announced in 2019

0 benefits received yet

No change

Did Not Deliver

Rural Areas

A D E Q U AT E F U N D A L L O C AT I O N F O R S C H E M E S & F O R S C , S T, O B C s & OTHER WEAKER SECTIONS Allocation in 2019 Interim Budget Development Action Plan for Scheduled Castes Required of total budget outlay: Actually allocated:

16.6% 2.32%

Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes Required of total budget outlay: Actually allocated:

EVERY VILLAGE WILL BE CONNECTED T H R O U G H A L L - W E AT H E R R O A D S

P R I N C I P L E S O F S A M A J I K N YAY

June 2014 - 56%

(SOCIAL JUSTICE) & SAMAJIK S A M R A S ATA ( S O C I A L H A R M O N Y )

of the target habitations under PMGSY were connected

• Parliament Passed Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2018 restored some powers of the Act.

July 2018 - 88% of the target of PMGSY (II) have been connected

2017-18

12 km/ day 27 km/ day

Average road length constructed per day 2013-14 2017-18

69 km 134 km

'PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SINCHAYEE Y O J A N A ' - ' H A R K H E T K O PA A N I '

10% completed watershed development projects under the scheme

74 out of 99 projects construction pending, of field canals and command area development

MGNREGA

`8,000 Cr

`20,000 Cr

unpaid wages as of January 2019

budget allocation shortage in 2019-20

BJP Manifesto Promised

SCs, STs and OBCs

• But only Rs. 147 crores allocated for protection of dalit women under the Act

National highways constructed per day 2013-14

8.6% 1.6%

Delivered as Promised

• About Rs. 750 crores has been allocated for Cow Protection • Brutal repression of Dalit groups protesting for their rights in April 2018 • Cynical victimization of activists and intellectuals who speak up for dalit, adivasi and minority rights

IMPLEMENTATION OF RESERVATION

90% decline

in direct recruitment of employees in central government from the SC-ST-OBC in 2014-15

ENSURE THAT THE TRIBAL LAND IS NOT ALIENATED

10 Lakh+ adivasi families face eviction

due to failure of state to defend the tribal families rights under the Forest Rights Act

VAN BANDHU KALYAN YOJANA (VBKY) Budget allocation 2015-16 2017-18

`200 Cr `1 Cr

The national centre for tribal research has not been set up either!

No change

Did Not Deliver

C O M M I T T E D T O 3 3 % R E S E R VAT I O N I N PA R L I A M E N TA RY A N D S TAT E A S S E M B L I E S THROUGH A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Women's Reservation Bill [The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 2008] -

Not passed

C R I M E S A G A I N S T W O M E N - S T R I C T I M P L E M E N TAT I O N O F L AW S R E L AT E D T O W O M E N , PA R T I C U L A R LY T H O S E R E L AT E D T O R A P E . 39 40

39 37

35

28

30

Number of cases per hour

26

21

23

22

24

20

10

0 2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Crimes Against Women in India, 2007- 2016

Women

NCRB data is not available post-2016 for further trends.

B E T I B A C H A O – B E T I PA D H A O Global Gender Gap Index Rank

Overall

Educational Attainment

Health & Survival

2014

114

126

141

2018

108

114

147

Only marginal improvement in overall ranking globally and actual decline in health and survival indicators.

BJP Manifesto Promised

Delivered as Promised

No change

Did Not Deliver

Minorities

'HEALTH ASSURANCE TO ALL INDIANS AND TO REDUCE THE OUT OF POCKET SPENDING ON HEALTH CARE' Minor increase in health budget share 2014 2019

PEACE AND SAFETY FOR MINORITIES

1.83% 1.99%

Ayushmaan Bharat

1984 anti-Sikh riots

Benefitting private insurance companies at the cost of public health system

high profile conviction of Sajjan Kumar

National Health Mission budget

2002 anti-Muslim riots

2014-15

high profile acquittals of Maya Kodnani, Babu Bajrangi, etc.

2019-20

61% of health budget 49% of health budget

2.4% of total government expenditure – health share stagnant between 2014 and 2019

C O W - R E L AT E D M O B LY N C H I N G

125 incidents 297 victims 46 deaths

I T- E N A B L E D H E A LT H C A R E D E L I V E RY

Muslims – almost all victims

NeHA (National e-Health Authority) and DISHA (Digital Information Security in Healthcare Act) remain work in progress

T R I P L E TA L A K

National Health Policy 2017 poses great privacy threats to citizens’ health data

For Muslim women

AIIMS-LIKE INSTITUTES IN EVERY STATE

Passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) bill with jail term for the husband for illegally divorcing his wife.

22 new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) institutions announced since 2014 - Mangalagiri, Nagpur, Gorakhpur, Kalyani, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Jharkhand and other places.

For Hindu Women BJP opposed equal rights of entry to Sabarimala Temple.

0 of these have moved beyond planning stage

CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) BILL

Muslims excluded in granting citizenship to refugees from other religions

Assam Accord spirit breached leading to massive protests across North-eastern states

BJP Manifesto Promised

Health

ENSURE A 'SWACHH BHARAT' BY GANDHIJI'S

Delivered as Promised

1 5 0 T H B I R T H A N N I V E R S A RY I N 2 0 1 9 28 states and UTs declared Open Defecation Free based on toilet construction Number of reports of continued open defecation in many regions Manual scavenging not addressed

1 person dying every 5 days cleaning sewages

No change

Did Not Deliver

Institutional Reforms

Culture & Heritage

DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF COURTS AND

R A M T E M P L E I N AY O D H YA .

J U D G E S I N T H E S U B O R D I N AT E J U D I C I A RY

5,223

Not built.

Vacancies in trial courts

A N AT I O N A L C AT T L E D E V E L O P M E N T

2,76,74,499

BOARD WILL BE SET UP

Cases pending in subordinate courts

"Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog" or "national cow board" set up in 2019

22,036 posts of higher and lower judicial officers in lower courts vacant

UNIFORM CIVIL CODE

EXTEND FAST TRACK COURTS TO ALL LAYERS

UCC not formed

O F T H E J U D I C I A RY

The Law Commission has said a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is neither necessary nor desirable

Fast track courts in operation: March 2017

524

Jammu & Kashmir

Not extended

BJP Manifesto Promised

444

93%

people killed in militancy-related deaths in 2018 – highest since 2009

rise in number of security personnel killed in terrorist incidents between 2014 and 2018

Youth joining militancy

6 126

2013 2017

Militants killed 2008 2018

339 250

Delivered as Promised

176% rise in the number of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir

28 terrorist incidents every month between 2014 and 2018

No change

Did Not Deliver