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Introduction
 Nationalist Congress Party, which came into existence only ten years ago, has within this shortspan of time become a significant party in India. This party was whole-heartedly welcomed bythe people from the very inception in June 1999. The people gave such a massive support to theparty in the parliamentary elections that was held in 1999, just three months after the formationof the party that the Election Commission of India after assessing the performance of the party inthe elections, which the party fought all alone, conferred the “National Recognized Party” statusto the party which was the only instance in the history of the country of any party obtaining thenational status within such a short period after its formation.Now, NCP has strong functioning units in almost all the states and union territories of thecountry. The party is in government in three states, Maharashtra, Nagaland and Goa. We haveour representatives in ten more states; Kerala, Gujarat, Haryana, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand,Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Assam.NCP will be ten years old by 10th June 2009. We are thankful to the people for the support theyhave given us. We are proud of the party’s growth in these years. By the time we celebrate ournext birthday, after the elections, NCP will emerge as a leading party in our country capable of playing a decisive role in shaping the future of the country.
What NCP stands for
 NCP stands for a democratic secular society wedded to equality and social justice as wellcommitted to preserve the unity and integrity of our country.We look up at democracy as a holistic outcome of secularism in practice, ensuring equal rights,politically, economically and socially to each and everyone in the country.Secularism to us means fraternity amongst followers of different faiths, respecting each others’faith and cooperation and coexistence among them without any prejudice.By equity and social justice we mean to ensure equal opportunity for all in all spheres of life,especially for education and skill development with special affirmative action for the deprivedsections of the society.NCP would ensure the unity and integrity of India by strengthening our federal set up throughdecentralized functioning of the government and the rule of law without any prejudice to anyreligion, caste, creed, community, region, sex or status.NCP’s slogan in the election is good governance and a stable government, development oriented,transparent and corruption-free.
NCP’s concept of development
 By development, we mean overall development of the life of the common man including theweaker sections of the society in as much as it provides a better life for them, better housing
 
facilities, better food, better clothing, facilities for giving better education for their children, andbetter health facilities. All these depend on more earnings or remuneration. So the economicdevelopment should provide for more employment opportunities and more employmentgeneration schemes and projects.
NCP’s role in the formation of the United Progressive Alliance in Parliament Elections2004
 After the election, the UPA was called upon to form the government. The government wasformed on the basis of a common minimum programme (CMP) approved by the UPA partners aswell as the Left parties, who also came forward to support the government. Most of the proposalsof NCP have been incorporated in the CMP.
Achievements of UPA government
 During the UPA regime, India has recorded tangible growth in our economy and India is one of the fast developing countries in the world.The growth of agriculture sector has not only bestowed us with complete food security, but alsoenabled us to export food grains to foreign countries.The implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has been a greatrelief to the starving millions of this country.The Right to Information Act enacted by the UPA is an effective weapon for fighting corruption.The implementation of the Sachar Committee recommendations, which provide for propereducational facilities and scholarships and other assistance is a great step to bring the neglectedminorities especially Muslims, to the National mainstream of the country.The introduction of 27% reservation for students of other backward communities in allinstitutions of higher education will provide equal opportunity in the field of education.Steps to implement universal primary education will help the rural poor to get better means of livelihood and a better life for them.
Performance of NCP Ministers
 The NCP Ministers have proved by their performance their capacity in evolving effectiveschemes and programmes in their areas of operation and their efficiency for speedyimplementation of those schemes. They have been applauded by all concerned as the mosteffective ministers.
Agriculture
 
 
In a country where agriculture was being neglected for the last many years and the production of food grains was coming down and shortage of food articles was being increasingly experienced,Shri Sharad Pawar, within the last five years has worked wonders in the agricultural sector.As more than 65% of the population of our country depend on agriculture and agriculture relatedactivities for their livelihood, Pawarji knew that the prosperity of India lies in the growth of theagriculture sector and the increase in the production and productivity in the sector.Pawarji with his wide experience in the field of agriculture and extensive interaction withfarmers chalked out plans and schemes to solve the problems the farmer community wasexperiencing and implemented the schemes with determination.He managed to get the budget allotment for agriculture, which stood below 2% of the totalbudget allotment, revised and increased to 4.5%.
Steps for increasing productivity
 He was successful in attracting substantial investment in the agriculture sector, which enabledhim to provide irrigation, water and electricity supply to farmers at reasonable rates. Moreallocation of funds was made for irrigation. More land was brought under irrigation.As a step to rejuvenate agriculture sector, the National Food Security Mission was launched in2007 to enhance production and productivity of rice, wheat and pulses and make us self sufficient in food grains. The scheme was implemented in 312 districts spread over seventeenimportant rice, wheat and pulses growing states in the country. Consequently, significantincrease has been recorded in the productivity of rice and wheat in those districts. The overallincrease in production of wheat and rice in the succeeding years has been three million tons of wheat and three million tons of rice.A number of other schemes also have been launched during these five years to give focusedattention to increase productivity. The National Horticulture Mission, Central Institute of Horticulture in Nagaland, Jute Technology Mission, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna, NationalProject on Management of Soil, Health and Fertility, National Bamboo Technology & TradeDevelopment, National Project on Organic Farming are a few of them.
Farming made profitable
 Side by side with the implementation of those schemes, urgent steps were taken to solve theproblems of the farmers and to make farming profitable.
Minimum support price
 Substantial increase was made in the minimum support price of rice and wheat and other foodgrains and cotton. The procurement price of rice which stood at Rs. 550/- in 2004 has beenincreased to Rs. 900/- for ‘B’ grade and Rs. 930/- and the MSP for wheat has been increased toRs. 1,080/-.
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