Govt's performance on top 10 voters' priorities is below average: Survey

Work, and better work, is what India expects from government

“Better employment opportunities” is priority for Indian voters and they are unsatisfied with the government’s below- average performance, a survey conducted by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), an NGO, claims.

On the two other voter priorities, “better health care” and “drinking water”, the government’s performance was also rated as below average.

Actually, according to the survey, the government’s performance score on all the top 10 voters’ priorities is below average. “This evidently indicates that voters are unsatisfied with the government’s performance. The government needs to prioritise and invest more particularly in these sectors,” it stated.

“On better employment opportunities, which is the top priority among voters, the performance of the government has been rated as one of the worst (2.15 on a scale of 5).”

The ADR conducted the survey between October 2018 and December 2018, covering 534 Lok Sabha constituencies, in which 2,73,487 voters spread across demographics participated.

The three main objectives of this survey were to identify voters’ priorities on specific governance issues, voters’ ratings of the government’s performance on those issues, and factors affecting their voting behaviour.

“It is quite clear from the top 10 voters’ priorities that Indian voters’ prioritise — employment and basic amenities (such as healthcare, drinking water, better roads) — lie above all governance issues (including terrorism and strong defence/military),” it said.

“This indisputably is a result of prevailing governance deficit in these sectors that is causing deprivation to the average Indian voter besides also leading to the denial of their fundamental rights...,” the survey said.

Data and text: ADR