UPA is taking India on development path: Chidambaram

Coimbatore, May 1 (PTI) Union Home Minister of India P
Chidambaram Saturday said the United Progressive Alliance
Government had led the country on the path of development and
economic stability, while taking on the problems of
cross-border terrorism and internal extremism.
India had managed to tackle cross-border terrorism for
the last few years and also the demands for separate states
internally, he told Sevadal members in the south Indian city.
The government had succeeded in bringing those seeking
separate states to negotiating table, he said, adding that six
states were facing Naxal problem, which had to be tackled.
Despite all these problems, Congress with its "people-
oriented" policy was able to take the country to development
path and economic stability, Chidambaram said, adding the
country had recorded an eight per cent growth.
India's Foreign Exchange Reserves stood at Rs 28,000
crore, he said.
The government had allotted Rs 12,000 crore for rural and
road development projects, Rs 12,000 crore for food and Rs
40,000 crore for government employees' salary, the home
minister said.
The economic reforms followed by the Congress Government
since 1991 had taken India to progressive path and the country
had withstood global recession, he said.
Dwelling upon major achievements of the UPA Government,
he said the Right To Information Act, Education for All,
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme were all
people-oriented scheme and the Food Security Act would be
introduced soon for the benefit of people.
Bhartiya Janta Party and the Left parties, which were
criticising the government policies, were not able to
implement such schemes when they were in power, Chidambaram
added. PTI