This is the Hindi translation of our book, A Quantum Leap in the Wrong Direction?
The 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’?
Saath se Vikas tak : Daave ya Chhalave? 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.
There are 14 essays by 17 contributors who are affiliated with various distinguished institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Ambedkar University Delhi Centre for Policy Research, Delhi; Azim Premji University; Political Economy Research Institute, UMASS, Amherst; Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, The Hindu [Chennai]; The Hindustan Times, New Delhi.
There are 19 tables and 72 figures in the volume supporting the arguments and views included in this volume.
An elaborate list of abbreviations [in English and Hindi] is also given in the preliminary pages for reference.
Rohit Azad teaches Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Shouvik Chakraborty is Assistant Research Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Srinivasan Ramani is Associate Editor at The Hindu. Dipa Sinha teaches at School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi. Reyazul Haque who translated this volume into Hindi, is a freelance Hindi translator. He is currently pursuing studies in Germany.
आकृति और तालिकाओं की सूची (List of figures and tables) शब्द-संक्षेप (Abbreviations] प्राक्कथन : जयति घोष(Foreword : Jayati Ghosh) आभार (Acknowledgements)
भूमिका –– रोहित आज़ाद, श्रीनिवासन रमणी, शौविक चक्रवर्ती और दीपा सिन्हा (Introduction -- Rohit Azad, Srinivasan Ramani, Shouvik Chakraborty and Dipa Sinha) PART I: अर्थव्यवस्था (THE ECONOMY) 1.मोदी सरकार : ‘सबका साथ सबका विकास’ की सच्चाई (Modi Sarkar: The Truth about Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas) 2.भारतीय बैंक की दुर्दशा: जालसाजियों का बोझ (Breaking Bad: India’s Banking Distress) 3. राजग- II: सरकार और कृषि का गहराता संकट (The NDA-II Regime and the Worsening Agrarian Crisis) 4. राजग- II: सरकार में रोजगार: हकीकत क्या है? (Employment under the NDA-II Regime: A Reality Check) PART II: सामाजिक-आर्थिक संकेतक (SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS) 5. स्कूली शिक्षा: अनदेखी और छलावे के पाँच साल (School Education: Denials and Delusions) 6.आज़ादी की कीमत: उच्च शिक्षा में राजग- II सरकार का प्रदर्शन (The Price of Freedom: The NDA-II Government’s Report Card on Higher Education) 7.खस्ताहाल सेहत की तस्वीर (Painting a Picture of Ill-health) 8. महिलाओं के कल्याण की बड़ी-बड़ी योजनाएँ (Big-Bang Programmes for Women’s Welfare: An Evaluation) 9. सामाजिक न्याय और समरसता? (Samajik Nyay and Samajik Samrasata? ) 10. आम आदमी से बेगानी पर्यावरण नीतियाँ: क्या पर्यावरणवादी मुखौटा उतर रहा है? (Environmental Policies Delinked from Aam Aadmi: Is the Mask of Environmentalism Falling?) PART III: शासन (GOVERNANCE) 11.सूट-बूट की सरकार और भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ लड़ाई (Suit-Boot ki Sarkar and its ‘Battle’ against Corruption) 12.आधा(र) अधूरा कल्याण : एक मूल्यांकन (Aadhaa(r) Adhura Welfare: A Critical Assessment) 13. मोदी सरकार: एक मूल्यांकन (The Modi Government’s Foreign and Security Policy: A Critical Assessment) 14. बिगड़ता सामाजिक माहौल: राजग- II सरकार की विषैली विरासत (Damaging the Public Sphere: A Toxic Legacy of the NDA-II Regime)
लेखकों का परिचय [Note on the Contributors]