The election campaign in Karnataka has seen a new trend: challenges being thrown to opponents to speak for 15 minutes on some issue deemed to be important. Mr. Rahul Gandhi challenged Mr. Narendra Modi to speak in Parliament; Mr. Modi challenged Mr. Gandhi to speak on the achievements of the Karnataka government; Mr. Siddharamiah challenged Mr. Modi to speak on crime and so on.
In keeping with the spirit of brevity, this post presents a picture of Karnataka in a few charts.
State of the Economy
The charts in this section provide information on various sectors of the economy over the term of the current UPA government in Karnataka and that of the previous NDA government. Even though both governments were coalitions, in the charts below, I take the liberty of labelling them by the main party in each coalition. The charts present yearly growth (the orange line graph) rates as well the average rate for each government (the blue bar graph).
Summary Evaluation: There can be little doubt that the present UPA government has performed much better than the previous NDA government as a far as the overall economy is concerned as well as the various sectors of the economy.
Government Finances
The charts in the section highlight the state of government finances.
Summary Evaluation: The NDA government seems to have done better than the current UPA government. The own-tax revenues were higher under NDA and the revenue deficits were lower. The UPA government has done better in terms of keeping the gross fiscal deficit in check.
Conclusion
The charts above show the present UPA government in a much better light than the earlier NDA government even though its performance as far as government finances are concerned has slipped below that of the previous government.
In keeping with the spirit of brevity, this post presents a picture of Karnataka in a few charts.
State of the Economy
The charts in this section provide information on various sectors of the economy over the term of the current UPA government in Karnataka and that of the previous NDA government. Even though both governments were coalitions, in the charts below, I take the liberty of labelling them by the main party in each coalition. The charts present yearly growth (the orange line graph) rates as well the average rate for each government (the blue bar graph).
Summary Evaluation: There can be little doubt that the present UPA government has performed much better than the previous NDA government as a far as the overall economy is concerned as well as the various sectors of the economy.
Government Finances
The charts in the section highlight the state of government finances.
Summary Evaluation: The NDA government seems to have done better than the current UPA government. The own-tax revenues were higher under NDA and the revenue deficits were lower. The UPA government has done better in terms of keeping the gross fiscal deficit in check.
Conclusion
The charts above show the present UPA government in a much better light than the earlier NDA government even though its performance as far as government finances are concerned has slipped below that of the previous government.
