GUJARAT PROGRESS UNDER NARENDRA MODI ACCOMPLISHMENTS...............................................................................

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QUOTABLE QUOTES .................................................................................................. 2 AWARDS ....................................................................................................................... 4 MEDIA ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS ............................................................................ 6 DEVELOPMENT LANDMARKS................................................................................. 7 ECONOMIC HALLMARKS ....................................................................................... 16

THE MASTER PLAN - PANCHAMRUT PHILOSOPHY ................... 23

1. GYAN SHAKTHI - Emphasising and using the power of knowledge .................... 23 2. URJA SHAKTHI - Making Energy the Power of the State. .............................. 23 3. JAL SHAKTHI - Harnessing and Management of Water. .................................. 24 4. JAN SHAKTHI - Empowering the People. ......................................................... 24 5. RAKSHA SHAKTHI - Enhancing Security : Physical, Social, Economic......... 24

IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................ 25
INNOVATIONS IN GOVERNANCE ......................................................................... 25 Swagat Online - State-Wide Attention on Public Grievance by Application of Technology ............................................................................................................... 25 Power uninterrupted (to 100% villages) - Jyoti Gram.............................................. 26 Deploying Wealth to Ensure Health ......................................................................... 27 Evening Courts.......................................................................................................... 27 FUTURISTIC INITIATIVES....................................................................................... 28 Vibrant Gujarat ......................................................................................................... 28 Educating the Girl Child ........................................................................................... 29 Inculcation of work culture....................................................................................... 30 Agricultural Festival ................................................................................................. 31 Kalpasar Project ........................................................................................................ 32 PROACTIVE GOVERNANCE.................................................................................... 33 E-governance ............................................................................................................ 33 Water For All ............................................................................................................ 34 Second Green Revolution ......................................................................................... 35 Development of The Deprived.................................................................................. 36 Face Lifting Civic Amenities.................................................................................... 37 Knowledge Corridors................................................................................................ 38 INDIAS GROWTH ENGINE ..................................................................................... 39 Industrial Paradise..................................................................................................... 39 Energy With Synergy................................................................................................ 40 Growth With Discipline............................................................................................ 41 The SEZ Capital Of India ......................................................................................... 42 Infrastructure Par Excellence.................................................................................... 43 CHRONOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES ............................................. 44

POLITICS STRONG MAJORITY IN 2001 MADE IT ALL HAPPEN ....................................................................................................................... 48

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
QUOTABLE QUOTES
You are stupid if you are not (investing) here (in Gujarat) -- Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Group

It is a matter of great pride, pleasure and satisfaction for me to announce our intentions to sign in coming years MOUs worth 70,000 crores (in Gujarat) -Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Group

NOTE: 105 billion US dollars MOUs signed in 2007 Vibrant Gujarat Investors summit!!

AWARDS

Over the past five years, Gujarat has made excellent progress on all fronts and these efforts have not gone unnoticed. Whether it is rehabilitation of earthquake victims or eGovernance implementation for transparency; best practices in solid waste management or environment consciousness Gujarat has pursued excellence in several areas and won over 60 accolades and awards all along the way. Not only the number is large, if one looks at the list of awards, it includes awards and citations for a variety of sectors right from economic freedom to environmental protection, e-Governance to energy conservation, health to heritage protection and sanitation to software development, reflecting holistic development of the state. The agencies conferring these awards also range widely from International bodies like the United Nations, World Bank, UNESCO, Commonwealth Association of Public Administration and Management (CAPAM), and to various Ministries/agencies of Government of India like Ministry of power, Ministry of non-conventional energy services and institutions like India Tech Excellence Foundation, Computer Society of India and Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. Besides several sector specific awards, Gujarat ranks No. 1 in The Economic Freedom Index as per the research conducted by The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. However the icing on the cake is recognition of Modi as No.1 Chief Minister by the people, thrice consecutively in five years in India Today-ORG MARG Survey, a unique recognition ever achieved by any CM in the country. His being adjudged as the Person of the year by the readers of a weekly Chitralekha, rating ahead of Amitabh Bachchan and many others, speaks a lot about his popularity. A few of the awards bagged for different developmental initiatives/achievements in Gujarat during the tenure of Modi are:

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UN Sasakawa Award for outstanding work in the field of disaster management and risk reduction.

Oct-2004

CAPAM Gold Award from Commonwealth Associations for innovations in governance Special Commendation medal (Gold Medal) by India Trade Promotion Organization for Gujarat's Excellence in Display in the India International Trade Fair 2004 Nirmal gram award to a village in Rajkot district in Gujarat by Government of India for sanitation facilities Elitex Award by Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India Science and Technology Department for "PRAGATI", a GIS Software developed by Bhaskracharya Institute of Space Application and Geo-informatics, Government of Gujarat Gujarat awarded the status of the Best State after a survey of all the states in the country, carried out by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi. UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award for reconstruction of a Gurudwara damaged during the earthquake Best Investment environment Award by India today Most Economic Freedom Award by India Today Gujarat Pavilion given the first prize in the International Trade Fair at New Delhi. Readers of the Gujarati weekly "Chitralekha" rated Shri Narendra Modi as "Person of the Year". Tennis star Sania Mirza was ranked second and superstar Amitabh Bachchan stood third. Awards were given away on 18-05-2006. India Tech Excellence Award by India Tech Foundation for Power sector reforms and Initiatives In a nationwide survey conducted by "India Today", Shri Narendra Modi was declared the Best Chief Minister of the country. Nirmal gram award by Government of India to a few villages of Gujarat for sanitation facilities Gujarat again ranks first in the country in "Implementation of 20 point programme". Gujarat tops among 35 states of the country in "Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan". Ahalyabai National Award function, Indore. Asian Innovation Award at Singapore from Wall Street Journal and the Financial Express for Chiranjeevi Yojana (initiative for reducing maternal and infant mortality rate) E-governance award to e-dhara project (computerization of land

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Best CM

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records) ELITEX 2007 -Best E-governed State Award from Government of India Adjudged the best CM for the third time in the nationwide survey conducted by India Today - ORG Marg, a unique achievement for any Cm during a 5 year tenure

Best CM

MEDIA ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS

DEVELOPMENT LANDMARKS
Electricity for 100% of the villages in the state 100% of the time (24 hours)

Gifts received by chief minister donated for education and welfare of the girls

ECONOMIC HALLMARKS

THE MASTER PLAN - PANCHAMRUT PHILOSOPHY

Soon after becoming the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001, Narendra Modi came out with a grand strategy for overall development of the State of Gujarat - "Panchamrut Yojana" which covers five core areas.

1. GYAN SHAKTHI - Emphasising and using the power of knowledge

Emphasis on educational infrastructure, training of teachers and computersation of schools. Introducing new courses to meet the demands of time. Emphasis on total enrollment and maximum retention of children in the schools. Emphasis on girl child education. Campaigns in the villages with the mission of universal education. Creating special funds for girl child education and insurance schemes for the students. Donating gifts received by him for girl child education (Worth more than 3.00 crores). 11 new universities, 400 new colleges, 1.25 lakh new teachers, 38,000 new schoolrooms and doubling the seats for technical courses. And a massive reduction in the drop out rate at all primary levels. Campaign for imparting English education to Youth

2. URJA SHAKTHI - Making Energy the Power of the State.

Turning the loss making State Electricity Board into a profit making professionally managed company. Increase in the plant load factor, decrease in T&D losses. Venturing into large scale exploration of Oil and Gas. Setting up of a 2200 km long State Wide Gas Grid. Securing huge deposits of oil and gas in Gujarat, India and abroad. Making electricity a common mans infrastructure in all villages. Biggest CNG and LNG infrastructure in the country. Turning Gujarat into a gas based economy. Gujarat emerging as petro-capital of the country.

3. JAL SHAKTHI - Harnessing and Management of Water

Emphasis on harnessing of rain water and scientific management of water. Introduction of Micro-Irrigation Techniques. Linking the villages with a State Wide Water Grid. Interlinking of 21 rivers of the states. Near completion of Sardar Sarovar Project with benefits of water and electricity reaching 500km away from the dam. Creation of 2.25 lakh new water bodies by constructing check-dams and farm ponds.

4. JAN SHAKTHI - Empowering the People.

Involving people in the process of development. Making the Gram Sabha an effective forum for harmony, progress and grievance redressal. Encouraging uncontested elections in Panchayat raj institutions. Computerisation of village panchayats and revenue records. Celebration of famous festivals to channelise creative energy of the people. Organizing womens self-help groups for economic activities and resolution of cases through Nari Adalats.

5. RAKSHA SHAKTHI - Enhancing Security : Physical, Social, Economic

 Developing the mitigating capacity for natural and man made disasters. Making Gujarat Polio free, Leprosy free and reducing the incidence of HIV / AIDS. Reducing infant and mother mortality through innovative schemes. Creating a Seismological Research Institute.

IMPLEMENTATION
INNOVATIONS IN GOVERNANCE
Swagat Online - State-Wide Attention on Public Grievance by Application of Technology

Good governance is the key to sustainable development. Modi has been constantly innovating, aiming at excellence in governance. His understanding of the importance of technology in effective and efficient delivery of services has enabled the state to take up many innovative steps for empowering people. SWAGAT is an innovative concept that enables direct communication between the citizens and the chief minister. In Gandhinagar, the fourth Thursday of every month is a SWAGAT day wherein the highest office in administration attends to the grievances of the man on the street. Grievances are logged in, transmitted and made available online to the officers concerned who have to reply within 3 to 4 hours. The departments concerned then have to be ready with the replies, before 3 p.m., when the Chief Minister holds video conferences with all the districts concerned. Applicants are called one by one and the chief minister examines each complaint in detail. The information sent by the department is also reviewed online in the presence of the complainant and the Collector/District Development Officer/Superintendent of Police and other officials concerned. Attempts are made to offer a fair and acceptable solution on the same day and no applicant has ever left without any firm reply to his grievance. The record is then preserved in the SWAGAT database and a separate log is maintained for each case. Owing to the innovative use of technology that injects in accountability in the government machinery, the International institutions such as the Commonwealth

Telecom Organization and University of Manchester have considered SWAGAT as an excellent model of e-transparency

Power uninterrupted (to 100% villages) - Jyoti Gram

Hailing from a small town Vadnagar, Modi had witnessed frequent load shedding and power failures during his childhood days. Such power failures not only used to hamper the studies of children but also affected the economic activities in the semiurban and rural areas. Modi hence conceived a scheme called Jyoti Gram Yojana to provide 3phase, 24-hour, uninterrupted power supply to all the 18,065 villages and also to the 9,680 suburbs attached to these villages. This single initiative has brought a revolutionary change in the life-pattern and economic activities of rural Gujarat. This initiative will not only promote development of small scale industries and generation of additional employment, but will also reduce the migration of village population to urban areas. From an earlier power supply situation of 8-14 hours a day, the Jyoti Gram Yojana through its 24-hour, high quality power has given a tremendous boost to the rural economy. What is also unique about this initiative is the timebound approach of this project. Implemented in a record time of 30 months, the Jyoti Gram Yojana has enabled Gujarat to become the first state in India to achieve 100% electrification of villages. Households, commercial establishments and educational institutions in these rural areas are now truly empowered and Jyoti Gram Yojana tends to be a catalyst to give fillip to many socio-economic and educational revolution. Gujarat has always managed its power situation very well. The current power generating capacity of 9700 MW (excluding 4000 MW of captive generation) will be augmented to 15,000 MW in next five years. Gujarat is also focused on tapping non-conventional energy sources such as Wind and Tidal power and has also started commercial production of bio-diesel. The state government has already declared incentive schemes for biogas cogeneration based cogeneration, energy generation through solar photo voltaic cells, geo-thermal sources, urban solid waste and biomass. Major new generation capacities are being added by harnessing wind energy, hydro-power as well as through setting up of Gas and lignite based power plants.

Deploying Wealth to Ensure Health

Improvement in the health and nutritional status of the population has been one of the major thrust areas of the social development programmes in the state. Over the years, Gujarat has developed good health infrastructure and human resources. The State has initiated a wide variety of Public-Private Collaborations, involving NGOs/Private Sector practitioners. No wonder, Gujarat is now emerging as a global medical tourism destination. The WHO has appreciated Gujarats school health program, under which 10 million primary school children are medically examined every year. The state has recently initiated a novel scheme involving private gynaecologists in providing services related to safe delivery of pregnant women primarily from socio-economically weaker sections. The scheme called the Chiranjeevi Yojana, was launched in December 2005. The beneficiaries under the scheme are the mothers from poor families. Recently, this scheme bagged an international recognition in the form of Asian Innovation Award at Singapore from Wall Street Journal and the Financial Express. Under Matru Vandana private Gynaecologists provide free services to antenatal mothers on 9th day of each month. Almost 1000 gynaecologists are working as Matru Vandana Doctors.

Evening Courts

The piling up of court cases is a nationwide problem and everybody, from the poorest man to the highest authority, talks about 'justice delayed is justice denied;' but it is only Gujarat that came out with an innovative way to improve the situation by starting Evening Courts since November 2006. The initial response has been overwhelming. Using the existing infrastructure, 67 such courts have already been made operational

and in a short span of time, 1,16,000 cases have been disposed off. The evening courts do not imply only additional working hours but also a system which enables the common man to seek justice without wasting his working hours during the day. In addition to this, the experiment of Lok Adalat (Peoples Court) is also gaining ground. More than one million cases have been disposed off during the year 2006. Another innovative approach is the Nari Adalat (Female Court). Women groups have organized themselves into these informal judicial forums in order to redress the grievances and cases of women through consultation and negotiation. So far, 19 Nari Adalats have been set up and are functioning in a very professional manner.

FUTURISTIC INITIATIVES
Vibrant Gujarat

Modi is a man who loves challenges, and right from the day one, he has charted a definite course for the states development. During the last five years, he has successfully introduced new concepts and institutionalized them. It was under his leadership that the Vibrant Gujarat theme was conceived and the two Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summits in 2003 and 2005 together garnered 302 investment proposals to the tune of Rs 1,72,000 crores (USD 38 Billion) the snowball effect of which is now being witnessed. What is more significant is the fact that a mechanism was set in place to monitor these projects for expeditious implementation and has yielded good results- 84% of these proposals have either been implemented or are under active implementation process. Encouraged by the proactive approach of the government and the multidimensional reforms in all sectors, the global investors today are making a beeline for Gujarat which has now emerged as one of the most preferred investment destinations, and this was proved by the resounding success of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2007 held on 12th and 13th January 2007.

This two-day event which was attended by business tycoons and CEOs of the Indian and global corporate world resulted in signing of 363 MOUs (Memorandum of Understanding) and an investment inflow of USD 102 Billion. These investments are across several sectors and hold a promise of direct employment generation to over 13 lac people. Today when Modi looks back, he smilingly says, I do not know how it all happened. It is perhaps the Almighty that made me perform, with the active support and cooperation of five crore people of Gujarat. He further adds, When your intentions are good, you always get the support from all the corners. Modi is not a complacent man. He is aware that the economy of Gujarat is far ahead of many economies in South East Asia, and his dream now is to position Gujarat as a state to be reckoned with the best business hub on the international platform.

Educating the Girl Child

For any revolution, the spirit of revolt and readiness for change are essential and hence Modis emphasis on education, especially female education. Commitment, conviction and concern distinguish a statesman from a politician. Modi deposits each and every gift/souvenir received by him in the government treasury (toshakhana) for the cause of girl child education (kanya kelavani) a special fund Kanya Kelavani Nidhi has been created for this cause. Within a span of 41 years, his 13 predecessors had deposited a meagre amount of Rs.4.55 lacs, whereas the present Chief Minister has deposited Rs.287.37 lacs in a period of 5 years. He has thus set a new trend of adding to the state exchequer, the trend that may prove to be a great challenge as well as inspiration for his successors to follow. The dedication of a person of the stature of Chief Minister has influenced the society as a whole. Gradually people were touched by Modis commitment for the cause of female education and in public functions, instead of felicitating him by gifts or souvenirs, they have started donating cheques for Kanya Kelavani Nidhi. For this benevolent cause, they have voluntarily handed over more than Rs.11 crores to their beloved leader. This only vindicates the fact that when the intentions are noble and the commitment total, support flows from all directions.

Kanya Kelavani Nidhi has been created with a long term goal that no girl child in Gujarat remains illiterate; and the efforts have started yielding results. In 2006-07, the dropout rate of girl child has dwindled to 3.68 from 20.81 in 2000-01 (std 1 to 5) and to 11.64 from as high as 36.30 (std 1 to 7). The dwindling drop-out rates are equally supported by new enrolments through Kanya kelavani Rath Yatra (girl child enrolment drive), a unique initiative in Gujarat. Since 2003, every year in the month of June, the Chief Minister along with his team travels to remote villages to encourage parents to enrol their children in schools. It is a three day long statewide drive covering all the villages and the urban areas in scorching summer heat. An atmosphere of festivity and celebration is created. The young children now wait keenly to get themselves enrolled into schools. Yet another initiative is Vidyalaxmi scheme, introduced during the last 5 years in villages where female literacy rate is lower than 35% and in the urban areas for the girls belonging to the below-poverty-line families. Vidyalaxmi bond of Rs. 1000/- is given to girl students who take admission to the 1st std and 8th std. The girl receives the amount of bond with interest on completion of std 7th and 10th respectively. This ensures higher retention rate. Kanya kelavani is now a movement in Gujarat addressing the cause in totality. The initiative from the level of Chief Minister has moved the hearts of the society and state administration alike. The mood in Gujarat is to set new records; in the area of education in general and girl-child education in particular.

Inculcation of work culture

Modi believes that technology can alone foster e-Governance and that the good governance can only happen through efficient, proactive and citizen-friendly system. That is why, the Government of Gujarat initiated a massive training programme to reorient over 5,00,000 state government employees and to strengthen the administrative machinery. The Karmayogi Maha Abhiyan, (literally meaning a mega campaign of transforming employees into genuinely real workers), an initiative unique to Gujarat is all about harnessing the strengths of the government employees and sensitizing them towards their accountability as the public servants. Self motivation, communication skills,

empathetic response, proactive attitude, cost consciousness, team work no government employee ever had a formal training in these essential values of work. It is only in Gujarat that an effort has been launched to train, on a continuous basis, its karmacharis (employees) in order to transform them as karmayogis committed to work. The Karmayogi Maha Abhiyan consists of Chintan Shibirs (reflection workshops for profound thinking) as well as V-Governance. Chintan Shibirs are annual retreats for the ministers and the senior government officials for brainstorming, progress review, goal setting and developing a collective vision; while V-Governance is a unique training initiative for Vibrant Governance through change in mindset. Till date 4 Chintan Shibirs have been held and lacs of officers/employees have undergone the V-Governance training. In addition to the government officials, over 2.5 lac teachers too have undergone the karmayogi training. Today, the Government of Gujarat has a formidable team of Karmayogis trained for positive attitude, cost consciousness, citizen friendliness a team that has transformed to a-sarkari (non governmental) mode of functioning to become asarkari (effective).

Agricultural Festival

Yet another initiative unique to Gujarat is the Krishi Mahotsav. The Agricultural Festival is a knowledge sharing rendezvous of the farming community, a month-long event that brings together the farming community, the government officials, the scientists and many more connected with agriculture. What is unique about this event is that it facilitates seamless flow of knowledge from the agricultural research labs to the land. Besides practical demonstrations of modern agricultural methods and tools and guidance queries are answered and problems solved, the festive mood grips millions of farmers as the Krishi Raths travel through thousands of villages. Not caring for heat and dust the cabinet ministers, officials and hundreds of dedicated workers travel to remote villages to facilitate the process of knowledge sharing; over 227 Kisan Raths (mobile exhibitions) drive through all the villages of Gujarat to celebrate this festival of productivity. Year after year the Krishi Mahotsav has been improving considerably productivity through knowledge sharing and orientation of farmers towards value added agriculture, modern marketing methods, organic farming as well new technologies.

A snapshot of Krishi Mahotsav 2006 Guidance by agricultural scientists to 14,50,655 farmers Personal counselling to 6,74,416 farmers Guidance by APMC to 1,66,615 farmers. Distribution of 1,42,711 Agriculture Kits Distribution of 1,36,773 Horticulture Kits Distribution of 1,00,000 Animal Husbandry Kits Distribution of 98,827 Kisan Credit Cards Implementation of All-Village Employment Scheme in 10,172 villages. Creation of 11,123 self help groups Vaccination of 48.8 Lac cattle E-Grams status to 6074 villages Agricultural sowing organized in 18,719 villages

Kalpasar Project

Kalpasar Project A lake that fulfils wishes Modi has also embarked upon an ambitious project termed Kalpasar - which literally means A Lake That Fulfils Wishes. Estimated to cost about Rs.54,000 crore, this project envisages the construction of a dam of 64 km across the Gulf of Khambhat, joining Ghogha on the west coast and Hansot on the east coast of the Gulf, forming a water basin of more than 2,000 sq km. Through a 660-km canal system, 1.05 million hectares of land in coastal Saurashtra will be irrigated. The water will be available for domestic agricultural and industrial uses. In addition, the project is expected to generate 5,880 MW of tidal power. The project will have the potential to completely change the economic profile of the state.

PROACTIVE GOVERNANCE
E-governance

Modi believes in using the latest advancements in the technological field for the well being of the masses. Gujarat has the largest optical fibre wide area network in the whole of Asia, stretching over as long as 50,000 km. This provides him and other Government functionaries a platform to interact not only with the lowest-rung officers of the Government all over the state but also with the people in rural areas through video conferencing. He has introduced a novel concept of SWAGAT. Gujarat has made e-Governance functional in all its 141 municipalities. The Citizen Facilitation Centres are now functional in all the major centres of Gujarat. At the district level, taluka level and in municipal areas, computerized civic centres have been established where the concept of one-day governance has been implemented. This experiment has been further taken up to the village level by establishing e-grams equipped with Computers and Internet Connectivity. All 14,000 gram panchayats have been made e-grams. The e-dhara project for total computerization of land records has been extremely successful and widely acclaimed. The other areas of e-Governance include electronic weigh bridges and smart cards for driving licenses, online and roaming ration card system, online filing of sales tax returns, connectivity between courts and jails, creation of huge data base of youths available for employment, online availability of the Government resolutions and forms in digital format, departmental websites disseminating information on various Government schemes and activities etc. A number of awards have been bagged for various e-governance initiatives. The recent ones include the Best e-governed State award from the Government of India in January 2007 (ELITEX - 2007).

Water For All

As a party worker in his early days, Modi had observed that the shortage of water was the biggest hurdle in the growth and development of Gujarat. Hence, soon after becoming the Chief Minister, Modi focused his energies on the problem of water scarcity that Gujarat was facing. He committed himself to a mission Water for All to ensure an enhanced quality of life for all the citizens of the state; and in just five years, under his leadership, Gujarat has witnessed a water revolution. He accelerated the pace of the implementation of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Project with the dam height today raised to 121.9 metres from 90 metres five years ago, thus making the waters of Narmada river flow all across the state through canals and water transmission lines. Yet another initiative launched by his Government is the Sujalam Suflam Yojana (literally meaning water for prosperity) which aims to convert the dry and water scarce landscapes of Saurashtra, Kutch and North Gujarat into lush green and flourishing greenscapes. This scheme aims to spread the canal network right from the river Mahi in central Gujarat to the Banas in north Gujarat as well as creating additional storage capacity in various reservoirs and ponds in these areas. Gujarat was the first state to implement the unique concept of river interlinking. Modi received wide appreciation from one and all when due to his vision, the dried river Saraswati in Northern part of Gujarat, considered very pious, was rejuvenated by bringing the waters of the river Narmada. He also actively encouraged the application of all kinds of water harvesting, water harnessing and management techniques. Under his visionary leadership, watershed development, construction of check dams, khet talavadis (farm ponds), boribunds (obstructing the flow of water by putting cement filled bags) have become the governments commitment and a peoples movement. A statewide drinking water grid is also being established for providing drinking water to more than 14,000 villages and 154 towns. The result is that earlier about 4,000 villages needed to be provided water through tankers which has now reduced to less than 185.

Second Green Revolution

Gujarat is all set to lead the country into the second green revolution. With a holistic approach adopted for water management, the implementation of Jyotigram Yojana (scheme for uninterrupted power supply) for providing round-the-clock 3-phase power and a host of other initiatives including Krishi Mahotsav (agricultural festival), Gujarat has witnessed impressive agricultural performance during the last five years. Agriculture production has increased by 16 lac metric tonnes. GSDP from agriculture at current prices has increased by 128% during the period 2000-01 to 2005-06 reaching a whooping Rs. 33,659 crores. Gujarat is far ahead of the target of 4.03 % average annual growth rate set by the Planning Commission, in the first four years of 10th Five-year Plan. The overall production/cultivation cost has come down dramatically from Rs 9150 to Rs 5025 per hectare and the land brought under cultivation has increased significantly. In order to economize the use of water, Gujarat has also speeded up the promotion, awareness and application of micro-irrigation techniques such as Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation. While the centre has allocated Rs 400 crores towards drip irrigation for the entire country, the Government of Gujarat has already started work on drip irrigation schemes worth Rs 1500 Crores. The state government has also created 2.94 lac water harvesting structures like check dams, boribunds and Khet Talavdis (farm ponds) through people's participation. Gujarat now has four Agricultural Universities which are networked for collaborative research. A strategy of "Lab to Land," offering technical assistance to the farmers with the help of scientists of agriculture universities has been introduced. This Lab to Land approach has enabled agri-research from the labs to reach the grass-root levels. The Government is setting up Agri Export Zones, one covering central and southern Gujarat and two in Saurashtra region are already notified. Yet another initiative unique to Gujarat is the concept of Soil Health Cards. To ensure that the farmers know the quality of their soil and the ideal crop for their soil, a major programme of testing and analyzing the health of soil was taken up for all the villages in the state. Based on the data collected, the government has issued soil health cards to the farmers. These cards contain detailed soil analysis with recommendation for usage of right kind of fertilizers and seeds. More than one lac soil samples have been collected

and scientifically analyzed and more than 235,000 soil health cards have been distributed. Fruits and spices also saw a major jump in their production as compared to earlier years. Apart from traditional crops, the state is now going to be known for roses, strawberries, organic products and above all bio-diesel.

Development of The Deprived

The man who connotes CM as the common man is not satisfied until the fruits of states development reach the most common and those who have been hitherto deprived. There are different groups of such people and each group requires a special way to deal with. Going to the root of the problems they face, his empathetic heart came out with the steps like issue of roaming ration cards, roaming school cards, insurance cover for 3 lac handicapped, insurance cover for 12.5 million school children, specital housing colony for the snake charmers, betterment of the kite preparing community and several other awe-inspiring ideas. The fact that Gujarat ranks first in the country in the implementation of 20 point programme for poverty abolition for the last four years in a row, speaks a lot beyond ranks and numbers. As per the estimate of the Planning Commission of India, Gujarat will remain at the top in achieving the targets of poverty abolition. In fact, the government has already provided Housing to 46,263 below poverty line families at the cost of Rs. 13672.94 lacs. In the BPL (below poverty line) survey 200207, conducted to identify beneficiaries for rural development programmes, three new socio-economic parameters were included in the survey, viz., households headed by widow, female dependent families and handicapped members. This door-to-door survey covered 68.65 lac rural households of which 15.93% were identified as extremely poor and 84.07% as poor.

This new BPL list has now been placed online and the selection of beneficiaries is `based on this list. This list will be revised every year and online query of data has been made accessible to all.

Face Lifting Civic Amenities

Gujarat is not just Indias most progressive and industrialized states, it is one of the most urbanized too. The Gujarat Urban Mission aims to provide an enhanced quality of urban life and is essentially a movement that involves peoples participation to create clean, green and well managed cities as well as communities that are self sufficient and self reliant. Gujarat is the first state in the country to have made e-Governance functional in all its municipalities and municipal corporations and also the first state to have framed a comprehensive urban health policy. Financial reforms that have been implemented include accrual based double entry accounting systems and area based property tax calculations. To improve quality of life in urban areas, the year 2005 was declared as the year of Urban Development. This year witnessed conception and rapid implementation of several initiatives; door-to door solid waste collection; creation of Gaurav Paths (roads of pride) and Vikas Paths (roads of development); greening of cities through social a forestation, removal of encroachments; promoting CNG vehicles to reduce pollution; strengthening of water distribution systems; planned housing for the urban poor all these initiatives are enabling the cities of Gujarat to evolve into global cities. The malls and multiplexes that have come up in recent years have changed the face of the cities of Gujarat. Apart from this, the Government has set aside a fund of Rs.500 crores as the seed money to raise funds from financial institutions as also through public participation to upgrade the urban amenities and services such as cleanliness, sanitation, healthcare, primary education, construction of roads and flyovers, street lights, gardens and parks, sports complexes etc.

Ahmedabad is now a mega city and several world-class projects have been put on the fast track including the Sabarmati Riverfront Development and Bus Rapid Transit System. A befitting response to the state initiatives has been given by the corporate world by signing MOUs worth an investment of RS.2.05 lac crores in urban infrastructure projects - ranging from hotels to hospitals. To strengthen the amenities in the entire state and to bring the quality of life in rural areas at par with that in the cities, the year 2007 is being celebrated as Nirmal Gujarat an ongoing initiative for a cleaner and greener Gujarat.

Knowledge Corridors

For higher education, Gujarat has established five more universities. These include Nirma University at Ahmedabad, DDU at Nadiad, DAIICT at Gandhinagar, Shyamji Krishna Verma University at Kutch and Ganpat University at Mehsana. A National Law University has also been established in Gandhinagar. Apart from this, four agricultural universities have also been set up and have formed a network for collaborative research. Several new engineering, pharmacy and technical colleges have been set up and this has led to doubling of the intake capacity in the last five years. An IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) too is being planned in Gujarat. To cater to the demands of a knowledge based economy, new courses have been introduced to develop domain-specific human resources. The stretch between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar is now being developed as a knowledge corridor. Land has been allotted and several IT parks and centres of excellence are taking shape here. All such measures for human resource development are expected to bring about a revolution in educational standards in Gujarat.

INDIAS GROWTH ENGINE

Industrial Paradise

Gujarat has been at the forefront of investment attraction in the country. As per the reports published by Industry Division, NIC, Government of India, Gujarat continues to be Number One in terms of projects actually commissioned (through IEM) during the period 1991 to 2006. Ever since the process of liberalization which began way back in 1991, Gujarat has gone ahead in attracting investments in the industrial projects through IEMs. The states share in approved investments through IEMs is very high - 16% as at the end of 2006 - which places it in the league of the first two most attractive states in India. Gujarat has only 5% of Indias population and 6% of its geographical area, but its contribution to India in terms of Value of Output is 16.10%; in terms of exports it is 16% and in terms of stock market capitalization it is 30%. With over 3 lac small scale units, over 2200 large and medium industries, 83 closely integrated industrial clusters, 182 industrial estates and 33 Special Economic Zones with flexible labour laws and an easy exit policy Gujarat is one of the most industrialized states of India. However, what makes Gujarat the industrial paradise is its peaceful and hard working workforce. Gujarat has a 16.2% share in Indias industrial production whereas the percentage of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labour strife is just 0.52% - the lowest in the country.

Energy With Synergy

Gujarat accounts for 54% of India's onshore crude oil production; 50% of India's natural gas production; 46% of India's installed refining capacity and 60% of India's total crude oil import facility. It is Gujarat that has given India its largest Natural Gas discovery of 20 TCF at the KG basin and has already started implementing a 2200 km state-wide gas grid to connect the demand and supply centres. Out of this, 750 km network is already operational and another 650 km pipeline is under implementation. In the next two to three years, the Gas Grid is expected to reach all the 25 districts of Gujarat and cater to the requirements of industrial, commercial and domestic sectors. Modis relentless efforts helped setting up two LNG terminals one by LNG Petronet at Dahej and another by Shell at Hazira, both have commenced their operations. His vision of transforming Gujarat into a gas-based economy is steadily being realized with the setting of a state-wide gas grid. Door-step availability of Natural Gas promises to empower the industries as well as households and will completely change the economic landscape of Gujarat by reducing fuel costs and environmental problems. Gujarat has taken a pioneering role in utilizing Natural Gas for power generation, fertilizer production, manufacturing and transportation. With an increasing presence of upstream multinationals, downstream giants and midstream companies in Gujarat, the state has emerged as the Petro-Capital of India and leading the country towards energy sufficiency and into an exciting hydrocarbon economy. With an upcoming Special Economic Zone dedicated to Oil and Gas sector, an unprecedented growth is envisaged. Addressing any issue in totality as usual, Modi also visualized the need for an institution to undertake research and provide human resource support to the petro capital of India. Thus was born GERMI Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute - to pursue energy research and studies and develop specialized human resources for the oil and gas sector.

Growth With Discipline

Considering the overall growth potential of Gujarat, the Planning Commission had set a target growth rate of 10.2% for Gujarat in the 10th five-year plan compared to the average of 8.2% for the entire country; and true to this spirit of economic buoyancy, Gujarat achieved a growth rate of 15% in the first year itself and surpassed the target of 10.2% set by the planning commission. In fact, Gujarat has been growing at 10-11% for the last several years and all set to take on the challenges of the next five-year plan target. What is more important is that the growth is coupled with financial discipline. Soon after he became the Chief Minister, Modi focused on curtailing government expenditure and emphasized on the recovery of government dues. The sales tax income which was Rs.5,890 crores when he took over increased to Rs.10,606 crores within 4 years, more importantly without imposing any new taxes. Since last 3 years, development expenditure is more than the non-development expenditure in Gujarat, which is an unusual phenomenon. On account of the abundant availability of gas and with a view to proliferate its using both by the industry and household, he reduced the sales tax on gas from 20% to 12%. His fiscal prudence has enabled the turning around of `PSUs (Public Sector Units) such as GSFC, GMDC, GIPCL, GNFC, GACL and resulted in enhancing their market capitalization to an all time high. Another prudent step was a major restructuring drive turning around the power sector from a loss of over Rs.1900 crores in 2003-04 to a profit of Rs.180 crores in 2005-06. He also addressed certain basic issues plaguing the economy and brought about financial discipline. He has demonstrated adequate courage to hike the electricity tariff in certain sectors, checking power theft, not succumbing to the demand for undue subsidies, cancellation of fake ration cards etc. At the same time, his decisive reforms such as rationalization of taxes, system for improving cash collections for power sector and the like have improved the economic health of the state.

Over the last few years, the Government of Gujarat has also succeeded in completely wiping off the revenue deficit from the level of Rs 7,000 crores and is poised to be a revenue surplus state. The fiscal deficits have also decreased substantially.

The SEZ Capital Of India

SEZs Special Economic Zones are engines of growth and Gujarat was amongst the first states to put SEZ Act in place as early as 2004. Today, as many as 33 SEZs have been approved in the state, of which two are fully functional and others are in the process of development. Though in terms of numbers, Gujarat has only 33 SEZs, in terms of overall area for SEZs Gujarat leads and has hence emerged as the SEZ capital of India. The recent Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit witnessed massive investments in these SEZs and since most of these SEZs are manufacturing driven, they offer a tremendous employment generation potential.

Infrastructure Par Excellence

Gujarat today has one of the best infrastructures in the country comprising of 11 airports, 1 international airport, an extensive rail network and a robust road network of over 74,000 km. It has Indias highest tele-density, highest number of operational ISPs, the longest optical fibre cable network in the country and above all GSWAN Gujarat State Wide Area Network the largest IP based e-Governance network in Asia Pacific. Gujarat is blessed with a coastline of over 1600 km, the longest in the country, and is dotted with 41 ports. Today, these gateways to the world handle over 25% of Indias total cargo, 17,763 out of 18,028 villages of Gujarat are connected with pucca roads (concrete roads). This excellent rural road connectivity of 98.53% is the best in the country and translates into fast track growth. Gujarat has always believed in networking for success and it is this philosophy that has enabled it to create a networked infrastructure of the 21st century State-wide Gas Grid State-wide Water Distribution Grid State-wide IP based e-Governance Network Agri-Net for Lab to Land knowledge flow Wireless Rural Internet Connectivity Joint sector railway lines linking the ports to vast hinterland Modi believes that infrastructure is the key to the process of economic development and hence has given it the topmost priority. His Government is committed to make Gujarat a global industrial hub by decisive and result-oriented initiatives. The state-owned Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board headed by the Chief Minister himself has in place an infrastructure master plan called Blueprint for Infrastructure in Gujarat BIG 2020, entailing a total capital outlay of Rs.3,57,468 crores and encompassing 11 broad sectors such as Power, Water and Irrigation, Ports, Roads, Industrial Parks and SEZs, Urban Infrastructure, Gas, Knowledge Corridors, Railways and Airports, Tourism and Telecom Infrastructure that enables growth and empowers people to accelerate on the path of progress and prosperity.

CHRONOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES

07-10-2001 Took oath as the 14th Chief Minister of Gujarat. Came out with major initiatives including Panchamrit (strength of five elements) scheme. This is an integrated approach for all round development and includes Jal Shakti (water), Gyan Shakti (knowledge), Urja Shakti (energy), Jan Shakti (Human Resources) and Raksha Shakti (security). Organised attempt to rebuild the areas devastated by the earthquake of January 2001. Activating the village Panchayats through Gram Sabhas. "Lok Kalyan Mela" (People's Welfare Fair) scheme floated based on the idea that the Government should reach to people's doorstep, and not the vice versa. First Lok Kalyan Mela organized at Deesa, where more than 3 lakh people gathered and assistance of more than Rs.1 crore distributed. On the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake, the Chief Minister, along with his cabinet ministers and secretaries, spent nights in the quake-hit areas. Also expressed feelings by way of "Dharti Mata Pujan" (Worshipping Mother Earth). Worked day and night to restore normalcy in wake of the communal riots which spread in the aftermath of burning of a passenger train at Godhra Railway Station on 27th February 2002. "Vidyadeep" yojana for providing insurance cover to all school going children. Narmada waters supplied to Rajkot and Jamnagar through pipeline. Inauguration of computerisation of land records at Chhota Udepur - the first experiment in Gujarat. Brought the water of Narmada river to Sabarmati river the first ever river interlinking project in India. Started Gujarat Gaurav Yatra from the historical place Phagvel with the aim of re-instilling Gujarat's pride. Organised a workshop for secretaries - the first of its kind in the country, where they were asked to present the activities, programs and functioning of various departments. First step towards administrative reforms. Inauguration & dedication of National Express way No. 1 (Ahmedabad Vadodara). Successfully brought the solution of the issue of crude oil royalty pending since last 42 years in favour of Gujarat : Annual increase of Rs.850 crore to Gujarat's exchequer. Organised a Management Training for his Ministers and Secretaries at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad. The first CM to take such initiative in the country. Agreements for mutual co-operation with the Governor of Astrakhan Region (Russia) in Ahmedabad. With the aim of making the celebration of Gujarat Day as people's festival, organized grand celebration outside the capital for the first time, (at Vadodara). Historical speech in "India Today Conclave" organized at New Delhi Suggested ways of making center-state relations more cordial.

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25-06-2003 29-06-2003 15-08-2003 23-08-2003/ 2408-2003 16-09-2003 20-09-2003 21-09-2003 22-09-2003 25-09-2003

The work of increasing the height of the Narmada dam by another 5 meters started in the presence of the Governor. Narmada waters brought to Kutch through pipeline. Organized "Kanya Kelavni Rath" and "Shala Praveshotsav" as part of Girls" Education Drive, where he himself moved to tribal areas and spent there three days and nights. A massacre similar to Jaliyanwala Baug had happened at the Pal village in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat, primarily a tribal belt. No one till now had remembered those 1200 martyrs. Shri Modi unveiled a monument in the memory of those martyrs. Issued ordinance to build SEZs and industrial parks in Gujarat. The first police station of Gujarat Electricity Board opened at Rajkot as an effort to combat power theft. For the first time, celebration of Independence Day organized at Patan, instead of capital. This day was celebrated as a people's festival. Tana-Riree Malhar Festival - Vadnagar organised in a grand manner. Inauguration of Hazira LNG & port Project Surat Announced Gujarat's first Mines and Minerals Policy. Announced the New Industrial Policy, with a dream of making Gujarat a global industrial hub. New Tourism Policy announced with an aim to make Gujarat a prime attraction for the global tourists. The identity of true Gujarati spirit - Navratri Festival was started in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Shri L.K. Advani projected as World's longest dance festival. Vibrant Gujarat 2003 and Investors' Summit, an opportunity to introduce Gujarat's unparalleled entrepreneurship and business acumen to the world started : MOUs for the investment of worth Rs.66,000 crores were signed during three days. A unique initiative - Jyotigram Yojana started at Unjha. A scheme to provide 24 hour uninterrupted power supply to the villages. Interaction with the premier industrialists of the country during Economic Round Table Conference at Mumbai. Dialogue with the experts of IT sector at Bangalore with a view to promote IT investments in Gujarat. First Adijati Lok Kalyan Mela (Tribal Welfare Fair) organized at Vansda (Navsari). Dedication to the Nation of Mundra International Container terminal Mundra adipur Rail Link. Tribal Welfare Mela - Boriyach Vasana. Vibrant Gujarat : Patangotsav - International Kite Festival Timbi the first village having "E-gram" service. Various initiatives announced in the interest of farmers. A survey to determine the boundary of Kalpasar dam started. Sujalam Sufalam scheme started at Koba.

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Sanction received for increasing Narmada dam's height to 110 meters : Construction was started. Narmada Pujan Yatra Bharat Uday Yatra - Phase from Porbandar to Himmatnagar The World Bank's Green Award awarded to GSDMA (A Gujarat Government Agency). Announced formulating Nari Gaurav policy. Started a Water Revolution : An unprecedented achievement of constructing more than one lakh farm ponds within 100 days. Established the Gujarat Law University, the first of its kind in the State. "Teerth Gram Yojana" implemented to combat riots and crimes at village level. Direct flight between Ahmedabad Singapore started after vigorous efforts. Gujarat starts becoming petro-capital of India. A large oil pool found at Dholka. A unique scheme for the poor labourers "Roaming Ration Card" initiated. National awards to Gujarat in power sector. Karmayogi Sarvabhipray Abhiyaan started for inviting feedback from 5 lakh government employees Important initiatives in farmers' interest : A system to get computerized certificates of land records. Gujarat got sanction to establish three more SEZs. Rejuvenation of Sarswati river siddhpur "Swachchh Gujarat - Samras Gujarat" drive started. Insurance cover of Rs.1 lakh each to fifty thousand sanitation workers. Vibrant Gujarat Navaratri festival - Ahmedabad. Stone laying ceremony of the Apparel Park at Ahmedabad for manufacturing readymade garments with a potential to offer employment on a large scale. Inauguration of Jewellery Park - Surat. Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit inaugurated by Shri L. K. Advaniji at Ahmedabad. MOUs for investment to the tune of 1.06 lack crores signed. Year 2005 declared as "Urban Development Year" with an aim of making cities clean, beautiful and equipped with amenities. CNG buses put on roads by using CNG as the fuel in public transport vehicles to protect environment. Beginning of establishing Narmada Co-operative Irrigation Societies in the villages across Gujarat so that the farmers use the Narmada water for irrigation scientifically. Beginning of the first bio-diesel run S.T. bus in the country. Gujarat's second LNG terminal at Hazira offered to public. Gujarat became the first state having two LNG terminals. Successful planning and implementation of Krishi Mahotsav across the state to ensure that the agricultural research reaches to the land from the labs. Saraswati-Narmada Mahasangam program organized at the ancient and wellknown pilgrim place Siddhpur. Saraswati Mahasangam: Interlinking of river Narmada from southern Gujarat

to the dried river Saraswati in Northern Gujarat Beginning of Vibrant Gujarat Navratri Festival - 2005. 03-10-2005 Chiranjeevi Yojana launched for reduction of maternal mortality and infant 09-11-2005 mortality by ensuring safe deliveries of poor women by involving private gynaecologists Patangotsav at Ahmedabad 12-01-2006 An effort to boost tourism with Ranotsav at Kharaghoda. 12-02-2006 Beti bachaao abhiyaan launched to prevent female foeticide through mass 05-03-2006 awareness and legal measures Krishi Mahotsav 2006 commenced. Raths flagged off by the Chief Minister at 29-04-2006 Anand. Gujarat Gaurav Din celebrated at Porbandar. 01-05-2006 Grishm Mahotsav organized at Saputara. 26-05-2006 Starting of Kankya Kelavni Rathyatra Shala Praveshotsav-06. 16-06-2006 Kutchi New Year - Ashadhi Beej Mahotsav-2006, Mandvi. 27-06-2006 57th Van Mahotsav and Teerthankar Van opened for public. 13-07-2006 Spent three days at Surat, moved in the flood-hit areas and helped the flood15,16, & 17-08affected people. 2006 20th meeting of Western Zonal Council, Goa. 20-09-2006 Vibrant Gujarat - Navratri Festival began at Gandhinagar. 23-09-2006 Inauguration of country's first College to Career Programme (through Edusat 29-09-2006 Vande Gujarat) at Gandhinagar. Dedication of the innovative Jyotigram Yojana (completion) to the nation by 11-11-2006 H.E.The President of India Dr.Abdul Kalam Inauguration of the first ever Evening Court of the nation by Chief Justice, 14-11-2006 Supreme Court Shri Sabbarwal Historical event of signing of 363 MOUs for investment of Rs.4.60 lakh crores 12 & 13-1-2007 (102 billion USD) in presence of leaders of the Indian corporate world. 16 & 17-02-2007 Urban Summit held in Ahmedabad , MOUs for a whooping investment of Rs.2.05 lakh (46 billion USD) signed A special package for the benefit of 75 lakh tribals of the state, "Vanbandhu 27-2-2007 Kalyan Yojana" , worth Rs.15,000 crores announced "Saagar Khedu Yojana"- an innovative package of Rs.11,000 crores announced 6-3-2007 for the development of people of coastal areas "Kanya Kelavani Nidhi", a package worth Rs.11 crores declared for 8-3-2007 encouraging girl child education Package worth Rs.13,000 crores announced for upliftment of Urban poor 28-3-07 Foundation laying ceremony of four lane ring road at Ahmedabad 11-4-2007 Foundation laying ceremony of Ropeway at Girnar 1-5-2007 Setting up Seismological Research Institute- foundation laid. 20-5-2007 21,24,25,26,31-05Mahila Maha Sammelans- huge public meetings for women empowerment at 2007 various places in different districts, attended by lacs of women. Awareness created for their rights and government schemes for women empowerment. 3-06-2007 The scheme for upliftment of urban poor launched 8-06-2007 Laid foundation of Academy Bhavan

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Inauguration of Centre for Geo informatics Balbhog Yojana-scheme for supplying fortified food for aanganwadi children launched Sujalam Sufalam-river interlinking project launched- a major initiative in water management Kanya kelavani Yatra- school enrolment drive with a special focus on measures to enhance the nutrition level for children Inauguration of Gujarat International Financial Techcity Inauguration of Akrimota Power Project, a 250 MW power generation plant Launching of SCOPE (Society for Creation of Opportunity through Proficiency in English) - an initiative to provide soft skills of international standards to the youth of Gujarat at reasonable cost.

POLITICS STRONG MAJORITY IN 2001 MADE IT ALL HAPPEN

7-10-2001 24-02-2002 25-02-2002 19-07-2002 Took oath as the Chief Minister. Won the Assembly by-elections from Rajkot. Victory celebrations at Rajkot. Took oath as the Member of Legislative Assembly for the first time. Dissolved the 10th Assembly to challenge the forces maligning Gujarat's image and get people's verdict. Continued as interim Chief Minister. Voting for the elections of Gujarat Assembly. Historical verdict by the people of Gujarat expressing trust in Shri Narendra Modi and contradicting the assumptions of political observers, media experts and opposition - Won 127 seats out of 182. Swearing in ceremony of CM & his Ministers - Ahmedabad. Oath-taking ceremony in Ahmedabad's Sardar Stadium in the presence of lacs of admirers, well-wishers and party workers. First incidence in the country where the Prime Minister attended the oathtaking ceremony of a Chief Minister. Training to the MLAs of BJP. 111 days completed by the newly elected BJP Government. Unveiled the oil painting of renowned nationalist Vir Savarkar at Gujarat Assembly. Veeranjali Yatra, carrying the mortal remains of Shri Shyamji Krushna Verma and his wife Lt. Bhanumatiben, started from Mumbai. Holy bath in Sinhasth Kumbh Mela. India Today, India TV and the Gujarati daily Sandesh declared Shri Narendra Modi as the No.1 Chief Minister' after conducting a survey of all the chief ministers of the country. Jan Sampark Yatra to achieve a historical win for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the elections of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

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Presented the budget for the first time as incharge Finance Minister. Observed fast for 51 hours against the people opposing Narmada dam. First incidence where a Chief Minster had observed fast in such a way. Statue of Vir Savarkar unveiled at Mumbai. A program with the members of Young President Organisation, Bombay Chapter at Mumbai. Addressed World Gujarati Conference-2006 held at USA through video conference. Bharat Mata Temple and Amrut Mahotsav at Haridwar. Became the longest serving head of Gujarat with completion of 2063 days of rule as Chief Minister. Gujarat, since its formation in 1960, has had as many as 14 chief ministers in 47 years, but no former chief minister of the state has served for more than 2062 days. Prior to Modi, Shri Hitendra Desai was the longest serving head of the state, being in power for 2062 days. Public function held by Bhartiya Janata Party to felicitate the longest serving Chief Minister of the state. An overwhelming response received from the public with scores of people pouring from all corners of the state.