Kudos to Rakesh Mohan for so succinctly depicting the various decisions of the Vajpayee government in the three parts series (September 10-12). Various facets of decisions and enactments of myriad legislations without the pulls and pressures of coalition partners and without scandals or any wrongdoing is a lesson to be followed by any coalition government in the future. Needless to say that all this culminated into the phrase “India Shining” which got reflected in the initial years of the UPA-I government.
There are many other path-breaking decisions taken by the Vajpayee government. For instance, the introduction of the new pension scheme
