Re:India's pro-business Modi storms to historic election win
by 3apo on Friday May 16, 2014 @01:50PM
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Do you have numbers for the inflation as well?, which has more direct impact on the people than GDP. I know people were scandalized when onion prices increased 300-400% last year. For right/wrong reasons, congress got blamed for that.
BJP Government
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1999 - 8.8%
2000 - 3.8% (Dotcom bubble busts)
2001 - 4.8%
2002 - 3.8%
2003 - 7.9%
Average GDP growth during BJP government - 5.82%
Congress government
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2004 - 7.9%
2005 - 9.3%
2006 - 9.3%
2007 - 9.8%
2008 - 3.9% (Recession hits)
2009 - 8.5% (Congress is re-elected for another 5 years)
2010 - 10.3%
2011 - 6.6%
2012 - 4.7%
2013 - 4.8%
Average GDP growth during Congress government - 7.51%
Considering that Narendra Modi has frequently pushed the GDP growth he achieved as the Chief Minister of Gujarat in his election campaigns, I think it is fair to recognise that on a whole, that atleast in terms of GDP, Congress did much better than BJP.
(I voted for neither BJP or Congress, so I'm unbiased on this)