For the last four years of UPA governance, the Finance Minister (FM) vociferously celebrated the Bharat Nirman Programm as Government’s most ambitious rural infrastructure initiative so far taken by any Union Government for the development of the Rural India. Undoubtedly, it is ambitious one as it covers six crucial components— irrigation, rural roads, rural housing, rural water supply, rural electrification and rural telecommunication connectivity, which have been implemented through various Central Sponsored Schemes (CSS) such as Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Program (AIBP), Pradan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Accelerated Rural Water Supply Program (ARWSP), Indira Aawas Yojana (IAY), Rajeev Gandhi Grammen Vidyuktikaran Yojana (RGGVY) and Village Public Telephony (VPT). Though, the FM has not hesitated to make allocations in the Union Budget for the last four years, but in reality it has not been translated to big outcomes in enhancing rural infrastructure. The Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) in its recent Response to Union Budget (RUB, 2008-09) has exposed the blatant lies of the UPA Government and consider the whole programme as another sham in order to politicking the rural voters.
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