Triggered by a post on FB, I started looking at the major policies
and changes done by governments ( including some not so good stuff) over
the course of Independent India. Below is a quick list:
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
- William Shakespeare
-- Nehru Era --
1961: Indian Army liberates Goa from Portuguese. It becomes a UT
1962: French ruled Pondicherry becomes a UT of India
-- Indira Gandhi Era --
1969: ISRO Founded
1971: India Pak war. Bangladesh formed.
1974: Pokhran 1
1975 - 1977 : Emergency
1980: BJP formed.
1984: Assasinated
-- Rajiv Gandhi Era--
1985: Anti defection law passed
1985: Shah bano case set the precident for alimony for Muslim women.
1986: MTNL & VSNL created
1991: Assasinated.
-- Narasimha Rao Era --
1991: Economic Liberalization. Manmohan Singh is Finance Minister.
1992: Babri Masjid demolished. Kalyan Singh (BJP) was CM.
1992: SEBI act
1993: Bomb blasts in Mumbai
1994: NSE setup
-- Vajpayee Era : NDA --
1998: Pokharan 2
1998: Lahore bus journey.
1998: National Highways Development Project
1999: Kargil War
1999: Kandahar. Kathmandu flight hijacked. Terrorists released for passengers.
2001: Tehelka sting operations on BJP and NDA members accepting bribes.
2001: Attack on parliament.
2002: Prevention of Terrorism Act
2002: Godhra (Gujrat) massacre
-- UPA 1 & 2 --
2005: RTI act enacted.
2005: RTE act enacted. Lead to a decrease in primary school dropouts.
2005: SEZ ( Special Economic Zones) enacted. This was crucial for the rise of India as a software power as investments in SEZ were separated from the normal investments.
2006: NREGA . Though opinion is divided on this one.
2007: Modernization of Delhi and Mumbai airports.
2008: Mumbai Terror attack
2011: MNP ( Mobile Number Portability). Now you can change carriers without changing number.
2012: Elimination of Polio
-- Narendra Modi Era --
2014: Planning commission scrapped. NITI ayog instated.
2014: JanDhan Accounts.
2015: FDI Reforms. FDI Cap on defense increased to 49%
2016: Demonetization. 86% of money in circulation was pulled out.
2017: GST.
2018: Electrification 100%. Remaining 26,296 of the unelectified villages (total: 5,97,464 as of 2014) connected.
I plan to make this into an infographics. If you have ideas as to what to incorporate, please leave in the comments below.
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
- William Shakespeare
-- Nehru Era --
1961: Indian Army liberates Goa from Portuguese. It becomes a UT
1962: French ruled Pondicherry becomes a UT of India
-- Indira Gandhi Era --
1969: ISRO Founded
1971: India Pak war. Bangladesh formed.
1974: Pokhran 1
1975 - 1977 : Emergency
1980: BJP formed.
1984: Assasinated
-- Rajiv Gandhi Era--
1985: Anti defection law passed
1985: Shah bano case set the precident for alimony for Muslim women.
1986: MTNL & VSNL created
1991: Assasinated.
-- Narasimha Rao Era --
1991: Economic Liberalization. Manmohan Singh is Finance Minister.
1992: Babri Masjid demolished. Kalyan Singh (BJP) was CM.
1992: SEBI act
1993: Bomb blasts in Mumbai
1994: NSE setup
-- Vajpayee Era : NDA --
1998: Pokharan 2
1998: Lahore bus journey.
1998: National Highways Development Project
1999: Kargil War
1999: Kandahar. Kathmandu flight hijacked. Terrorists released for passengers.
2001: Tehelka sting operations on BJP and NDA members accepting bribes.
2001: Attack on parliament.
2002: Prevention of Terrorism Act
2002: Godhra (Gujrat) massacre
-- UPA 1 & 2 --
2005: RTI act enacted.
2005: RTE act enacted. Lead to a decrease in primary school dropouts.
2005: SEZ ( Special Economic Zones) enacted. This was crucial for the rise of India as a software power as investments in SEZ were separated from the normal investments.
2006: NREGA . Though opinion is divided on this one.
2007: Modernization of Delhi and Mumbai airports.
2008: Mumbai Terror attack
2011: MNP ( Mobile Number Portability). Now you can change carriers without changing number.
2012: Elimination of Polio
-- Narendra Modi Era --
2014: Planning commission scrapped. NITI ayog instated.
2014: JanDhan Accounts.
2015: FDI Reforms. FDI Cap on defense increased to 49%
2016: Demonetization. 86% of money in circulation was pulled out.
2017: GST.
2018: Electrification 100%. Remaining 26,296 of the unelectified villages (total: 5,97,464 as of 2014) connected.
I plan to make this into an infographics. If you have ideas as to what to incorporate, please leave in the comments below.
