UPA-II's big ideas undone by poor implementation

The record of the United Progressive Alliance's (UPA's) second term is full of dashed hopes. There was no shortage of big ideas when it took office. Some of them were even transformative; others were essential reform. But there were failures at every step. Insufficient attention was paid to co-ordination between various wings of the government; political conviction did not go deep enough; the legal groundwork laid was frequently faulty; and planning for proper implementation and evaluation came too late in most cases.

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