Congress political party in India.

1. Submitted by:
Azam Khan

2. Indian National Congress
•Chairperson
Sonia gandhi
•Parliamentary Chairperson
Sonia Gandhi
•Leader in Lok Sabha
Sushikumar sindhe
•Leader in Rajya Sabha
Rahul Gandhi
•Founded
1969 (INC Indira)
1885 (historical)
•Headquarters
24, Akbar Road, New Delhi
•Newspaper
Congress Sandesh

3. HISTORY OF CONGRESS IN INDIA
 The pre-independence era :
 The Congress was founded by Indian and British members of
the Theosophical Society movement, most notably A.O. Hume.
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the first President of the INC.
At the time of the Quit India movement, the Congress was
undoubtedly the strongest revolutionary group in India, but
the Congress disassociated itself from the Quit India
movement within a few days. The Indian National Congress
could not claim to be the sole representative of the Indian
people as other parties were there as well notably the Hindu
Mahasabha, Azad Hind Sarkar, and Forward Bloc.
 The post-independence era:
 The party remained in power for thirty continuous years
between independence in 1947 and its first taste of electoral
defeat (at the national level) in 1977.

4. The post-independence era
 The party remained in power for thirty continuous years between
independence in 1947 and its first taste of electoral defeat (at the
national level) in 1977.
 Following the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, the Indian
National Congress party leaders nominated Rajiv Gandhi to be the next
Prime Minister. He took office by storm, winning major election victory,
and leading the Congress party by winning 411 seats out of 542, in the
Indian Parliament. He helped improve the economic, foreign and
security policies of the country, during his tenure.
 Afterward, former treasurer Sitaram Kesari took over the reins of the
party and oversaw the Congress support to the United
Front governments that ran from 1996 to 1998. During his tenure, several
key leaders broke away from the party, and serious infighting broke out
among those left. In 1998, Sonia Gandhi finally accepted the post of
Congress President, in a move that may have saved the party from
extinction.

5. Economic policy
 Initially and for a long time, the economic policy of the INC
was centred around the public sector and aimed at
establishing a "socialistic pattern of society". However, after
the recent adoption of Economically Liberal policies started
by Manmohan Singh the then Finance Minister in the early
1990s, the economic policy of INC has been changed
somewhat and it is now adopted free market policies, though
at the same time it is in favour of taking a cautious approach
when it comes to liberalising the economy claiming it is to
help ensure that the weaker sectors aren't affected to hard by
the changes that come with liberalisation.

6. Hits of UPA
 The achievements of successive Congress governments are indelibly
marked on the contemporary face of our country.
 These are the few schemes that congress has launched for the
development of the indian society.
 Congress achieved the Green Revolution and the White Revolution
bringing new prosperity to our kisans.
 THEY LAUNCH DIFFERENT SCHEMES ,EG, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas YoJANA
 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (:राष्ट्रीय कृ षि षिकास योजना) (National
Agriculture Development Scheme) is a State Plan Scheme of Additional Central
Assistance launched in August 2007 as a part of the 11th Five Year Plan by
the Government of India. Launched under the aegis of the National
Development Council, it seeks to achieve 4% annual growth in agriculture .

7. Conti..
 It is the Congress that launched extensive anti poverty , rural
development & employment programmes like
 Gramin Bhandaran Yojna ,
 Integrated Rural Development Program
 Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
 Mahatma National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Gandhi
 It refers to the world's largest welfare program
 This act was introduced with the aim of improving the purchasing
power of semi- or unskilled rural people of India. It was enacted by
legislation on 25 August 2005. The scheme provides a legal
guarantee for at least 100 days of paid employment in every
financial year to adult members . The outlay for the scheme
was 4000 billion (US$61 billion) in FY 2010–11.

8. Food security bills
- The current food grain allocation of the states will be protected
by the central government.
- The state governments will provide food security allowance to
the beneficiaries in case of non-supply of foodgrain .
 Public distribution system to be reformed.
- The eldest woman in the household, 18 years or above, will be the
head of the household for the issue of the ration card.
- There will be state and district level redress mechanisms.

9. 2G Spectrum Scam
The Spectrum Scam, also known as the 2G spectrum scam is the largest
political corruption in the history of modern India. The corruption
led to a loss of $40 billion to the Government of India. The 2G scam
led to Raja's resignation.
In the scam, the telecom bandwidth-spectrum was grossly undervalued
and was offered to a chosen few with vested interests. An FIR filed by
the Central Bureau of Investigation claims that the allocation of 2G
Bandwidth was not done as per market prices. This resulted in a scam
worth Rs. 200,000,000,000 (US$ 4,540,000,000).
A. Raja has submitted his resignation on November 14, 2010. Reports for
a further criminal investigation and action on Raja has been filed by
the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and the Central Burea of
Investigation .

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