[The fact that with just two days to go for the first phase of the sixteenth Lok Sabha poll to commence the Modi Brigade has abjectly failed to bring out an election manifesto clearly underlines the sheer absurdity of its claim to "efficiency".]
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIM/2014/04/04&PageLabel=11&EntityId=Ar01000&ViewMode=HTML Policy paralysis pulled Guj growth down?In 10 Years, State Slipped 5 Places >From 11 To 16 On Effectiveness IndexTIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Is there a policy paralysis at the Centre or are the states to be blamed? The debate is set to gain ground days ahead of the Lok Sabha polls with the release of India Public Policy Report, 2014 (IPPR), which has for the first time measured state level performance of policy effectiveness and its impact on growth. Interestingly, the report shows Narendra Modi's Gujarat slipping on this particular index. The report was prepared by Rajeev Malhotra, a senior IAS officer and economic advisor to former FM Pranab Mukherjee. It has mapped the performance of policy effectiveness in 26 states, with Gujarat showing a marked decline -- from the 11th position in 2001 to the 16th in 2011. The top five states on the policy effectiveness index for 2011 are Sikkim, Mizoram, Goa, Punjab and Delhi. At the bottom of the table are Odisha, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and West Bengal. The report has tracked policy effectiveness through four indices -- rule of law, livelihood opportunity, social opportunity and physical infrastructure development. Except infrastructure development, Gujarat has been found lagging on most other parameters. Releasing the report, Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen alluded to the "danger of the state rankings on the policy effectiveness index being hijacked by the political debate" on the eve of the general elections. Sen, who is also a member of the 14th Finance Commission, said the report has made an important contribution to the public policy discourse in the country. Malhotra, who has vast experience, having worked with the plan panel and the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva, developed the component indices that are supposes to "reflect human well-being from being able to enjoy livelihood opportunities, a socially meaningful life to security of life and rule of law and amenities for a sustained improvement in living standards". The analysis undertaken for the period 1981 to 2011 provides evidence for some commonly made observations on India's development process and some other less recognized outcomes. The IPPR finds that at the all-India level, there is a gradual, but only a marginal, improvement in policy effectiveness index over the three decades. It is being compromised by a near stagnation in expansion of livelihood opportunities and deterioration in the law & order and justice dispensation environment of the country. *DELHI, PUNJAB TOP LIST * India Public Policy Report, 2014, has mapped performance of policy effectiveness of 26 states The top five states on the policy effectiveness index in 2011 are Sikkim, Mizoram, Goa, Punjab and Delhi At the bottom of the table are Odisha, Bihar, MP, Assam and West Bengal Report tracked policy effectiveness through four indices -- rule of law, livelihood opportunity, social opportunity and infrastructure -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
