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100			_aAzad, Rohit
245			_aQuantum leap in the wrong direction ? edited by _cRohit Azad
260			_aIndia _bOrient BlackSwain Publishers _c2019
300			_a315 p.
365			_aINR _b495.00.
500			_aThe General Elections of 2014 saw a resounding victory for the BJP. Projecting Narendra Modi as a decisive leader, the BJP promised sweeping changes from the Congress-led UPA governments. Its election campaign was built on the planks of sabka vikas (development for all) and freedom from corruption, along with improved governance. So, did the NDA-II government deliver on its promise of development? Or, as Amartya Sen asserted, did India take a quantum leap in the wrong direction ? A Quantum Leap in the Wrong Direction? compares the promises made during the run-up to the 2014 elections and the outcomes over the past five years. Each chapter of this book assesses different policies like demonetisation and GST; policies in the sectors of employment, agriculture, banking, and foreign affairs; its initiatives in the areas of health, education, environment, on gender, and for the marginalised sections. It assesses the government s successes in the area of governance and in addressing corruption. Moving away from partisan debates that resort to propaganda and provide no answers, the authors rely on an assessment of available official data and other reputable information, and thereby let the facts speak for themselves. This book asks whether, in the past five years, Indian economy and polity has progressed, stagnated, or regressed. Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures List of Abbreviations Foreword Jayati Ghosh Acknowledgements Introduction Rohit Azad, Srinivasan Ramani, Shouvik Chakraborty, and Dipa Sinha PART I: THE ECONOMY 1. Modi Sarkar: The Truth of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas Rohit Azad 2. Breaking Bad: India s Banking Distress Prasenjit Bose and Zico Dasgupta 3. The NDA-II Regime and the Worsening Agrarian Crisis Arindam Banerjee and Ishan Anand 4. Employment Under the NDA-II Regime: A Reality Check Subhanil Chowdhury PART II: SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS 5. School Education: Denials and Delusions Kiran Bhatty 6. The Price of Freedom: The NDA-II Government s Report Card on Higher Education Ayesha Kidwai 7. Painting a Picture of Ill-health Indranil Mukhopadhyay and Dipa Sinha 8. Big-Bang Programmes for Women s Welfare: An Evaluation Sona Mitra 9. Samajik Nyay and Samajik Samrasata? Amit Thorat 10. Environmental Policies Delinked from Aam Aadmi: Is the Mask of Environmentalism Falling? Shouvik Chakraborty PART III: GOVERNANCE 11. Suit-Boot ki Sarkar and its Battle against Corruption Roshan Kishore 12. Aadhaa(r) Adhura Welfare: A Critical Assessment Anmol Somanchi 13. The NDA-II Government s Foreign and Security Policy: A Critical Assessment Happymon Jacob 14. Damaging the Public Sphere: A Toxic Legacy of the NDA-II Regime Srinivasan Ramani
650			_aSocial indicators
650			_aIndia
650			_aPolitics and government
650			_aEconomic history
650			_aEconomic indicators
650			_aEconomic policy
700			_aChakraborty, Shouvik., jt. ed.
700			_aRamani, Srinivasan., jt. ed.
700			_aSinha, Dipa., jt. ed.,