Three years of UPA-II: Scams, policy paralysis and economic mess

The UPA government completes three years in office today, battling the sticky perception of policy paralysis.

Hopping from crisis to graver crisis, the UPA presents a picture completely different from its first term, when even the presence of a feisty Left did not stop it from showing decisiveness on reforms.

In its second avatar, the script has gone horribly wrong.

The market, elated by UPA’s comeback three years ago, is now thumbing its nose at it.

All indicators - the sensex, rupee, growth - are flashing red as the government caves in to its coalition partners without a fight, shoveling all meaningful reform into deep freeze.

UPA's economic management clearly has been disastrous. And the icing on its disastrous second stint has been a series of scams completely eroding credibility.

ET looks at key indicators over the last three years: