Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee led NDA government, between the period 1998-2004, delivered the best governance in post independent India. On almost all economic parameters, India was in a better shape on 2004, when the government demitted office, that what NDA inherited in 1998, when it assumed office.
Unfortunately, in the last decade, instead of building on this foundation the economic policies of the UPA regime have resulted in a downward spiral on most economic parameters. A comparison on some of the most vital economic indicators, as they were in 2004 and as they are in 2014 tell the story in detail.