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Indian National Congress

•ChairpersonSonia gandhi

•Parliamentary ChairpersonSonia Gandhi

•Leader in Lok Sabha

Sushikumar sindhe

•Leader in Rajya SabhaRahul Gandhi

•Founded1969 (INC Indira)1885 (historical)

•Headquarters24, Akbar Road, New Delhi

•NewspaperCongress Sandesh

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.

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.

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.

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 कृषि 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 .

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.

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.

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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