Modi Govt’s performance on jobs, healthcare and law & order rated below average by Jharkhand voters

The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and RA Asterisc Computing & Data Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (RAAC) conducted perhaps the largest ever voter survey in any one country. The All India Survey was conducted across 534 Lok Sabha constituencies with 2,73,487 voters participating in this exercise spread among various demographics.

Focussing on Jharkhand, the survey covered approximately 7000 respondents across all 14 parliamentary constituencies of the state, providing an analysis of 10 most important governance issues as rated by the voters of the state.

Key findings by the survey are:

• The Jharkhand Survey 2018 shows that Better Employment Opportunities (47.08%), Better Hospitals/Primary Healthcare Centres (40.08%), and Better Law and Order/Policing (34.51%) are the top three voters’ priorities in overall Jharkhand
• The performance of the government on all top three voters’ priorities of Better Employment Opportunities (2.11 on a scale of 5), Better Hospitals/Primary Healthcare Centres (1.90), and Better Law and Order/Policing (2.39) was rated as Below Average
• In rural Jharkhand, topmost voters’ priorities were Better Employment Opportunities (47%), Agriculture Subsidy for Seeds/Fertilisers (42%), and Electricity for Agriculture (40%)

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• The performance of the government on rural voters’ priorities of Better Employment Opportunities (2.15 on a scale of 5), Agriculture Subsidy for Seeds/Fertilisers (2.06), and Electricity for Agriculture (2.09) was rated as Below Average
• In addition, the government has performed poorly in Better Hospitals/Primary Healthcare Centres (1.90) and Sand and Stone Quarrying/Mining (1.97) in rural Jharkhand
• For the urban voters in Jharkhand, the topmost priorities were Better Law and Order/Policing (55%), Better Employment Opportunities (48%), and Better Hospitals/ Primary Healthcare Centres (46%)
• The performance of the government on urban voters’ priorities of Better Law and Order/Policing (2.10 on a scale of 5), Better Employment Opportunities (1.99), and Better Hospitals/Primary Healthcare Centres (1.91) was rated as Below Average
• In addition, the government has performed poorly on Better Roads (1.9) and Better Public Transport (1.94) in urban Jharkhand.

Read the full report here: https://adrindia.org/content/jharkhand-survey-report-2018-0