Jokes tend to capture truth more effectively than analysis. They have a way of making facts easier to swallow. The most recent joke going around is: What is the difference between the UPA and NDA governments? In the UPA we had a government and no PM and in the NDA we have a PM and no government. The joke highlights the tension of one year of Prime Minister Modi's government. While the PM is still riding high in the public's image, the government is looking quite ordinary. The government as a whole is getting tied up on execution and floundering on detail. What makes matters worse is the highly centralised government PM Modi has set up. Every thing goes through the PMO and everything gets the PM's clearance. His micro-management is fast resulting in policy paralysis of a different kind. Source: Zee News

"Suit-boot ki sarkar"

PM Modi has a tendency to be thrilled by ideas, but bored by the details.

Take his legislative agenda, the government is all over the place and does not have a clear vision in mind. Their confusion has taken the rhetoric out of their hands. Resulting in the BJP getting the image of being pro-corporates and anti-poor.

Their amendments to the Land Acquisition Bill did not help either. The proposed amendments have indicated to some that the interests of farmers are being ignored. Primarily because the new bill allows big businesses to take possession of land without the consent of farmers.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance 2015 was another contentious piece of legislation passed by the government. This ordinance allows NRIs and PIOs to vote in Indian elections, however, it does not include the rights of migrant labourers. Men and women who travel the country in search of work do not have the right to vote outside their home constituency, and the government has done nothing to help.

The data above represents UPA II and May (2014) - May (2015) | Source: Graph by ScoopWhoop, Data from India.com

*IIP - Index of Industrial Production. NPA - Non-Performing Assets.

In terms of Inflation, PM Modi has gotten extremely lucky, massive cuts in global crude oil prices automatically tempered his challenges with inflation and subsidies.