Kamal Akhter, Rajya Sabha MP of Samajwadi Party that has extended parliamentary support to the government, said: 'The government has failed to handle the problem of unemployment.'

Political parties are also critical of the government the way it has handled the issue of security.

BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi accused the government of 'surrendering the national interest' with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signing a joint statement with Pakistan in Egypt last month delinking terror from the composite dialogue with Islamabad and also included a controversial reference to trouble-hit Balochistan.

'On the issue of security, the government has taken mainly administrative steps without taking state governments into confidence and lacks people's participation without which it would be difficult to counter the problem of terrorism,' Pandhe explained.

However, according to historian Ramachandra Guha, 100 days could not be a yardstick to judge a government's performance.

'I am not sure if we can evaluate the government on what they have achieved and what they have not. Many things have happened and policies have been framed. I will give them 50-50,' Guha told IANS.

The criticism notwithstanding, the government is flagging certain decisions, like setting aside a whopping Rs.391 billion ($8 billion) for the UPA's National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme.

Also, the government saw through a historic Right to Education Bill that ensures free and compulsory education to children aged between six and 14 years, ushered a revamped Companies Bill and unveiled a draft direct tax code that will replace the nearly five-decade-old Income Tax Act.