The views below are those of Wada na Todo Abhiyan, a national coalition of 3000 organisations and networks in India.

Despite the rhetorical recognition of the ‘twin pillars of the edifice of social sector reforms’, the UPA government has failed to take the historic opportunity to revamp the educational and health infrastructure of the country, even in the fourth consecutive budget of its government.

Development Partners yesterday announced that about 350 million dollars would be given to the Government’s 2008 general budget to support Ghana’s aim of reaching the Millennium Development Goals and becoming a middle-income country by 2015.