Roads, airports, power, toilets, gas, bank accounts, hospitals and the economy. Here is what the Congress-led UPA left in 2014, and what the BJP-led government has delivered since. Every figure links to Parliament replies, PIB, RBI, NITI Aayog or ministry data. Don't take our word for it. Tap the source.
Congress governed India for about 54 of its first 67 years: 1947–77, 1980–89, 1991–96 and 2004–14. Every "Congress era" figure on this page is where India stood after those years, in 2014.
Drag the handle left into the Congress years or right into the BJP years. Every number is the latest official figure as of that year.
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Twenty-five receipts. "Congress era" is where India stood in May 2014. "BJP era" is the latest official figure.
What Congress left in 2014, multiplied. Drawn to one scale.
The economy of 2013, in the numbers reported at the time. This is what the BJP inherited.
Average annual inflation stayed in double digits for five straight years, FY10 to FY14.
Govt White Paper on the Economy, Feb 2024 · reportThe current account deficit hit a record share of GDP in 2012–13, driven by oil and gold imports.
RBI data, Jun 2013 · Business StandardThe rupee hit an all-time intraday low against the dollar on 28 August 2013.
Business Standard, Mar 2014 · sourceMorgan Stanley grouped India with Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey as the "Fragile Five", economies most exposed to foreign capital flight.
PTI / NYT, Jan 2014 · sourceMetro lines commissioned per month until May 2014. The current pace is about 6 km a month.
PIB, Dec 2024 & Aug 2025 · PIBCases from Congress-era governments where a court convicted someone or the Supreme Court struck the decision down.
The newly nationalised LIC bought about ₹1.26 crore of shares in Haridas Mundhra's companies at above-market prices. The Chagla Commission held the Finance Ministry responsible, and Finance Minister T.T. Krishnamachari resigned in February 1958.
Former Union telecom minister Sukh Ram was convicted in November 2011 and sentenced to five years in jail. The Delhi High Court later upheld the conviction.
On 24 September 2014 the Supreme Court cancelled 214 coal block allocations as illegal and arbitrary. In December 2017 a special CBI court convicted former coal secretary H.C. Gupta, former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and others.
On 2 February 2012 the Supreme Court cancelled all 122 2G licences issued under telecom minister A. Raja. A 2017 trial court verdict acquitted the accused, and the Delhi High Court admitted the CBI's appeal in March 2024.
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Decades of Congress government ended with double-digit inflation, a record deficit and a "Fragile Five" label. Twelve years of BJP built the airports, metros, highways, power lines, toilets, gas connections, bank accounts and medical colleges listed above. Check every source, then share the receipts.