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UPA's Top Ten priority areas

Source: PTI
June 04, 2009 12:48 IST
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Following are the "10 broad areas of priority" for the United Progressive Alliance government in the next five years which were outlined by President Pratibha Patil in her address to the joint sitting of Parliament on Thursday:
  • Internal security and preservation of communal harmony.
  • Stepping up of economic growth in agriculture, manufacturing and services.
  • Consolidation of the existing flagship programmes for employment, education, health, rural infrastructure, urban renewal and introduction of new flagship programmes for food security and skill development.
  • Concerted action for the welfare of women, youth, children, other backward classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, minorities, the differently-abled and the elderly along with strengthened social protection.
  • Governance reform;
  • Creation and modernisation of infrastructure and capacity addition in key sectors.
  • Prudent fiscal management.
  • Energy security and environment protection.
  • Constructive and creative engagement with the world.
  • Promotion of a culture of enterprise and innovation.
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