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What is the full form of UPA?

By Anushree Goswami Last updated : April 20, 2024

The following are the full forms of UPA:

• United Production of America
• United Progressive Alliance

UPA: United Production of America

UPA is an abbreviation of United Production of America. It is an American animation studio, better known as UPA, active from the 1940s to 1970s. UPA produced theatrical shorts for Columbia pictures, television series for CBS, etc.

Notable series of UPA

• Mr. Magoo series
• The Boing-Boing show
• Mister Magoo's Christmas Series
• Gerald McBoing Boing etc.

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UPA: United Progressive Alliance

The United Progressive Alliance is a coalition of center-left political parties in India. After the 2004 general election, it was created. The chair-person of UPA is Sonia Gandhi, who is also the president of the Indian National Congress (INC), a well-known and most significant and powerful party in UPA.

UPA History

• UPA was created just after the general election of 2004 when no party had won the complete majority.
• The previously ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had won 181 seats in the 543-member 14th Lok Sabha, as opposed to the UPA's tally of 218 seats.
• The UPA government's policies were at the beginning directed by a common minimum programme that the alliance strikes out with successful and rewarding consultations with Jyoti Basu and Harkishan Singh Surjeet of the 59-member Left Front. Therefore, government policies were commonly recognized as center-left, reflecting the centrist policies of the INC.
• On 22 July 2008, the UPA closely survived a vote of confidence in the parliament brought on by the Left Front moving back their support in protest at the India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement.
• The UPA lost major recognition and regard in the 2014 General Elections after many elected representatives of the UPA were accused in a variety of scams and scandals.

Current members of UPA

• Indian National Congress
• Rashtriya Lok Dal
• Rashtriya Janata Dal
• Indian Union Muslim League
• Mahan Dal
• Kerala Congress
• Socialist Janata (Democratic)
• Revolutionary Socialist Party ( Rebel)
• Peace party of India
• Janata Dal (United)

Past Members of UPA

Following given below is a record list of Political parties which were allied with UPA some time ago but, due to some reason withdrawn from the coalition.

These parties are:

• Telangana Rashtra Samith
• MDMK
• Bahujan Samaj Party
• Left Front
• People's Democratic Party
• Pattali Makkal Katchi
• AIMIM
• Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
• DMK
• Nationalist Congress Party
• Jharkhand Mukti Morcha