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	United Progressive Alliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is the present ruling coalition of political parties in India.
		UPA was formed soon after the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.
		This alliance is externally supported (supporters are not part of the government) by the four main leftist parties; Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party and All India Forward Bloc.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance (188 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Tomorrow’s meeting of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is to be a “Budget- specific” exercise which will discuss the broad contours of the new government’s first rail and general budgets.
		UPA sources said the meeting was earlier slated for June 25 but it was rescheduled for tomorrow so as to give sufficient time to the government to incorporate the inputs received from the UPA members.
		Since the UPA government has now been in power for a month, the UPA meeting is also likely to discuss how the new government proposes to implement the ruling alliance’s Common Minimum Programme (CMP).
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040618/main7.htm (351 words)

	National Democratic Alliance (India) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Also representing the alliance are Lal Krishna Advani, who is the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha; Jaswant Singh, who is Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha; and Charnjit Singh Atwal, who is the Deputy Speaker in the Lok Sabha.
		The announcement of the National Democratic Alliance in May of 1998 signalled the first step in the building of the coalition, which formed the Government in 1998, but collapsed within a year due to the AIADMK pulling out.
		The formation of the United Progressive Alliance, the Congress-led coalition, was inspired by the structure of the NDA, with one major national party at the helm and several regional parties participating.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(India) (702 words)

	Country Strategy and Program Update 2005-2007 - India - ADB.org
		At the federal level, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by the Indian National Congress has come to power, supported by the Left Democratic Front (LDF), although the latter has not joined the Government.
		Progress on policy reform is another performance evaluation block in the 2003 CSP.
		Progress was also good during the year on reforms in several sectors.
	www.adb.org /Documents/CSPs/IND/2004/csp0100.asp (1524 words)

	NAC includes food security, employment
		The National Advisory Council constituted for implementing the United Progressive Alliance's common minimum programme in its maiden meeting on Saturday decided to include food security, agriculture and employment in its 10 policy papers, which will be prepared in a fortnight, NAC member K V Krishnamurthy said.
		Chaired by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, the meeting held in Sonia's 10 Janpath residence included various experts who have been requisitioned by her to finetune the government's strategy for implementing the CMP in the concerned sectors.
		The Congress chief is also the chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance government headed by prime minister Manmohan Singh.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/jul/17tara.htm (315 words)

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		The United Progressive Alliance and the Left parties position themselves for a fight on the issue of the interest rate cut on Employees Provident Fund.
		THE United Progressive Alliance government is in for tough times on the Employees Provident Fund issue, with the Left parties being extremely unhappy with its decision to reduce the interest rate on EPF deposits by 1 percent.
		The UPA is aware of this and, therefore, its leaders are not worried about the Left's threats.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20040910005602400.htm&date=fl2118/&prd=fline& (746 words)

	@Cities Alliance e-Newsletter - October 2004
		Accordingly, the Alliance has moved purposefully to promote city-owned, generated and designed initiatives, with consistently positive results: there is no substitute for the clarity with which the Mayors of cities like Addis Ababa, Amman, San Fernando and São Paulo have set their own developmental priorities.
		The Presidents of United Cities and Local Governments have called on governments to adopt these recommendations when they are debated in the UN General Assembly and have pledged to work closely with the UN to implement them.
		The CCRA is the African Chapter of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), to which Father Mkhatshwa is President, along with the Mayor of Paris (France) and the Mayor of São Paulo (Brazil).
	www.citiesalliance.org /publications/newsletters/oct-04.htm (5691 words)

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		The idea to form a coalition of progressive webgroups came from the manager of an MSN discussion forum called Night Watch 2, the hope was that as many groups as possible could be linked together in order to assist in the flow and spread of progressive thinking and ideals.
		The Progressive Webgroup Alliance as a whole does not necessarily endorse or take responsibility for each and every view expressed on an allied groups message board, the content in a section on a specific subject, or email sent to a list.
		As historians, teachers and scholars we oppose the expansion of the United States empire and the doctrine of pre-emptive war that have led to the occupation of Iraq.
	geocities.com /progressivewebgroupalliance/home.html (6208 words)

	Congress turns down Mamta's call for alliance
		Significantly, senior leader A B A Ghani Khan Chowdhury, a strong advocate of such a grand alliance, is not attending the Congress plenary.
		She said Congress always stood for strengthening the secular politics in the country and that was why Congress president Sonia Gandhi gave a call in January 2004 for consolidation of secular forces in the country.
		That had paid dividends and led to the formation of the United Progressive Alliance government at the centre, she said.
	www.rediff.com /news/2006/jan/21cong8.htm (199 words)

	Ungluing the UPA \| Hard News
		Speculation is rife in Delhi's political circles regarding the prospects of a snap poll as it is believed that the arrangement between the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the Left is beginning to unravel.
		That it cannot anymore bear the strain caused by USA's insistence that India vote against Iran in Vienna and the shifting goal posts of the civilian nuclear deal that entails separation of nuclear reactors for civilian and military purposes and placing the former under full scope safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
		The Left believes that the UPA is succumbing to US pressures in this regard and has threatened to withdraw its support if it crossed the laxman rekha of the NCMP.
	www.hardnewsmedia.com /portal/2006/03/377 (821 words)

	India: UPA government forced to put disinvestment plans on hold
		India’s United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government announced the temporary suspension of its disinvestment/privatisation programme last Thursday, after a member of the Congress Party-led coalition threatened to quit the government if it proceeded with the sale of a 10 percent interest in the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC).
		But the UPA cabinet, which includes six DMK ministers, sanctioned the sale at its June 22 meeting, and the DMK as a partner of the UPA and a member of the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition has supported a raft of disinvestment-privatisation decisions.
		The DMK only asked for the UPA to suspend the NLC disinvestment, but the Congress-leadership deemed it wise to suspend the entire disinvestment programme, which is supposed to raise some 10,000 crore rupees ($2.2 billion)—money that the government badly needs to meet its revenue projections.
	wsws.org /articles/2006/jul2006/indi-j11.shtml (1471 words)

	Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) is all set to quit the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government
		The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) is all set to quit the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on Tuesday as the ruling coalition is yet to come forward with a clear statement on the demand for separate statehood to Telangana region.
		They were demanding that the UPA make a categorical announcement that a bill to create a separate state would be tabled in the winter session of Parliament.
		UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi had set up the three-member committee last year to look into the demand for separate Telangana.
	stories.indobase.com /article_10866.shtml (474 words)

	Education in India: What does the Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance have to say on Education?
		Here're the extracts relating to education from the draft of the Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance Government (UPA) led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which has just been sworn in.
		The UPA government pledges to raise public spending in education to least 6 per cent of GDP with at least half this amount being spent on primary and secondary schools.
		The UPA will ensure that nobody is denied professional education because he or she is poor.
	prayatna.typepad.com /education/2004/05/what_does_the_c.html (376 words)

	networkideas.org - A Brief Outline of a Critique of the Common Minimum Programme in respect of Public Sector and Public ...
		The UPA government is committed to the public sector strategy articulated by the Congress during 1991-96 and by the United Front during 1996-98 when Shri Murasoli Maran was the Industry Minister.
		The UPA government is committed to a strong and effective public sector whose social objectives are met by its commercial functioning.
		The UPA is pledged to devolve full managerial and commercial autonomy to successful, profit-making companies operating in a competitive environment.
	www.networkideas.org /alt/jul2004/alt05_Common_Minimum_Programme.htm (1983 words)

	Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
		Election analysts have said that those 40 seats from Tamil Nadu alone could have decided the outcome of the elections, in which the Congress-led alliance scored a stunning, surprise victory over the favoured BJP and its alliance.
		Modi is currently facing a serious rebellion within the BJP unit in Gujarat, since a sizeable faction of it blames him for the BJP's electoral defeat at the national level.
		Apart from Muslims in Gujarat, journalists, activists, politicians and socially and economically marginalised groups such as tribals and women became victims of POTA and were arrested and subjected to abuse and torture in prisons across the country.
	www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=23958 (823 words)

	domain-b : indian business : economy : governance : Draft of CMP finalised, to be released today
		New Delhi: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) yesterday finalised the common minimum programme (CMP) which will be made public today.
		According to sources there was "broad consensus" on the CMP at the meeting of UPA leaders.
		A note prepared by the CPI (M) for the meeting had also called for a deletion of reference made to public-private partnership in infrastructure.
	www.domainb.com /economy/governance/20040527_draft.html (299 words)

	UPA’s anniversary blues \| Hard News
		All of this took the shine from what the UPA considered its crowning achievement of two years in office, notably, the Indian economy growing at a tigerish clip of 7.5 to 8 per cent; relatively low inflation; and rapid build-up of foreign exchange reserves due to surging inflows of foreign portfolio and direct investments.
		Disturbingly from the Congress’ perspective, the Left and UPA allies (DMK, RJD and PMK) are likely to derive all the benefits of pandering to the backward caste votebank while it gets alienated from its upper-caste support base.
		This is the prospect staring at the UPA after managing to survive in office for two years.
	www.hardnewsmedia.com /portal/2006/06/477 (761 words)

	Sonia Gandhi's promise to Bihar
		Araria: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who is on a day-long visit to Bihar today promised a new era of development for the state if Rashtriya Janata Dal led-Secular Democratic Forum (SDF) comes in power.
		According to the Bihar Congress spokesman Kripanath Pathak, people were impressed by the performance of the UPA government at the Centre which had taken several steps for the uplift of the rural poor, women and other vulnerable sections.
		Amid the several media exit poles indicating UPA lagging behind the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after two phases of polls, both alliances have campaigned restlessly for the third phase, in which polling will take place for 57 assembly seats.
	www.indiatraveltimes.com /news/news2005/nov05/nov1105_news6.html (456 words)

	Sleight of Hand — India, Iran, & the United States
		For the past six months the United States and the European Union (EU) have led a full court press to haul Iran before the UN Security Council for violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NNPT) by supposedly concealing a nuclear weapons program.
		The strikers were led by four Left parties that are crucial allies of the Congress-dominated United Progressive Alliance government.
		A few days later, the Iranians reversed themselves, claiming that their President had never actually talked with the Khaleej Times, and the Indians quickly announced that the gas and pipeline deal was still on.
	gnn.tv /articles/1801/Sleight_of_Hand_India_Iran_the_United_States (3573 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 28, 2004
		ON a pleasant, rainy afternoon unusual for this time of the year, the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) released its Common Minimum Programme (CMP), a please-all document seeking to balance the reformist zeal of the Congress with the...
		FORMALLY announcing the burial of the Ministry of Disinvestment, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) on Thursday took the middle path on the overall disinvestment policy, stating that it was "generally" against privatisation of profit-making...
		The UPA Government's common minimum programme (CMP) has said that the Government would consult trade unions whenever changes are...
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2004/05/28/index.htm (408 words)

	Alliance stays, says TNCC chief - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President G K Vasan made it clear on Wednesday that the alliance between the Congress and the DMK would continue for the coming elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly and no one should undermine it.
		Endorsing the view of Congress spokespersons Ambika Soni and Anand Sharma that party president and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi alone was authorised to decide on the alliance issue, he said the AICC decision was binding on state units and “Tamil Nadu cannot be an exception”.
		Mr Vasan said the alliance question should be left to Mrs Gandhi and Mr Karunanidhi, who is the leader at the state level of the Democratic Progressive Alliance.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/mar032005/n10.asp (446 words)

	Jharkhand government in minority as four ministers quit
		Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was Tuesday reduced to a minority after four ministers quit and aligned with the opposition United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
		With the four ministers quitting, the ruling alliance's strength in the 82-member assembly has been reduced to 39.
		While the rebels were in talks with the opposition for a few days, the drama intensified Monday midnight when police detained Kamlesh Singh, who belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), as he was on way to Kolkata, apparently to join the other three rebel ministers who were camping in Gurgaon.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060905/441851.html (557 words)

	Hindustan Times:: Leadership Summit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The party, which was forecast to display a lukewarm performance, managed a surprise victory and came to power at the center.
		Gandhi then was unanimously elected to lead the 19-member coalition government, christened, United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
		She today is an Indian in all her ways and is all set to take this country to new horizons.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/specials/leadership2005/sonia_gandhi.shtml (318 words)

	MacroScan - Budget 2004-05 : Farmers are the new untouchables
		For the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, and now the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, farmers have become the new untouchables.
		Unfortunately, the UPA too is following the same model of economic growth.
		And the World Bank reluctantly acknowledged, though belatedly, ''the gap between some of India's largest and poorest states exhibit slow progress in human development indicators; low growth rates particularly in the agricultural sector.
	www.macroscan.com /anl/jul04/anl120704new_untouchables.htm (2109 words)

	The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Nalgonda News : CITU trains guns on United Progressive Alliance Government
		NALGONDA: State president of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) R. Sudha Bhaskar has called upon the working class to fight against the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government's reported "moves to bring in changes in some laws to hamper the interests of workers in the country."
		Addressing the concluding session of the district unit meeting of the CITU on Monday, he said that efforts were on to amend acts such as Industrial Dispute Act and Contract Workers' Act.
		Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu
	www.hindu.com /2006/01/31/stories/2006013113140300.htm (204 words)

	Congress Sandesh - June, 2004
		But they are all united in one thing and something they all know doing - obstructing the proceedings in Parliament.
		Full text of the Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance.
		The President of India outlines the economic agenda of the United Progressive Alliance government which promises economic growth, employment and assured livelihood.
	www.congresssandesh.com /june-2004 (299 words)

	United for Peace : Demonstrations and Activities During the Democratic National Convention (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A coalition of Boston area, progressive community organizations, non-profits, and unions will be hosting what promises to be an exciting event—the Boston Social Forum (BSF).
		The goals of the event are simple: encourage various social movements to exchange information, network with one another, form new alliances, and push our movements forward a bit more towards the next stage of our development.
		We invite all progressive activists, interested community members, and delegates to the Democratic National Convention, to come to the BSF and become part of the global process to build a better, more human-centered society.
	www.unitedforpeace.org /article.php?id=2426&print=1&printsafe=1 (1021 words)

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