UPA 2’s deep freeze

UPA 2’s paralysis has become common knowledge. The Sunday Express laid out some of the areas in which the government appears to have abandoned the very idea of decision-making. New legislation has seemed to be too hard for the UPA’s floor managers, with the monsoon session of Parliament proving to be a dud; in the process, a large part of the line-up of crucial higher education bills remains stuck, and the social cost of each wasted session in delaying the urgent project to impart skills to India’s youth is high indeed. Then there’s the power sector, isolated by Deepak Parekh as particularly problematic; intermittent power has hit not only households but also India’s struggling manufacturing industries.

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