The development mandate for the UPA – will it deliver?

The UPA needs to deliver on its promises in the core areas of development — free and compulsory education for all, universal healthcare, affordable housing and access to water and sanitation. This article appearing in The Hindu by Dr. K.Srinath Reddy, the president of the Public Health Foundation of India provides a fine base on which the new government of Manmohan Singh can build. It would be a pity if the special interests in these sectors successfully raise a cacophony of diversionary voices to distract the UPA.