Report of Development of Gujarat under Narendra Modi till 2007

8/4/2019 Report of Development of Gujarat under Narendra Modi till 2007

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GUJARAT PROGRESS UNDER NARENDRA MODI

ACCOMPLISHMENTS............................................................................... 2QUOTABLE QUOTES .................................................................................................. 2

AWARDS ....................................................................................................................... 4MEDIA ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS ............................................................................ 6

DEVELOPMENT LANDMARKS................................................................................. 7

ECONOMIC HALLMARKS ....................................................................................... 16

THE MASTER PLAN - PANCHAMRUT PHILOSOPHY................... 231. GYAN SHAKTHI - Emphasising and using the power of knowledge .................... 23

2. URJA SHAKTHI - Making Energy the Power of the State. .............................. 233. 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................................................................................ 25INNOVATIONS IN GOVERNANCE ......................................................................... 25

Swagat Online - State-Wide Attention on Public Grievance by Application ofTechnology ............................................................................................................... 25

Power uninterrupted (to 100% villages) -Jyoti Gram.............................................. 26

Deploying Wealth to Ensure Health ......................................................................... 27Evening Courts.......................................................................................................... 27

FUTURISTIC INITIATIVES....................................................................................... 28

Vibrant Gujarat ......................................................................................................... 28Educating the Girl Child ........................................................................................... 29

Inculcation of work culture....................................................................................... 30

Agricultural Festival ................................................................................................. 31

Kalpasar Project........................................................................................................ 32PROACTIVE GOVERNANCE.................................................................................... 33

E-governance ............................................................................................................ 33

Water For All ............................................................................................................ 34Second Green Revolution......................................................................................... 35

Development of The Deprived.................................................................................. 36

Face Lifting Civic Amenities.................................................................................... 37Knowledge Corridors................................................................................................ 38

INDIAS GROWTH ENGINE ..................................................................................... 39

Industrial Paradise..................................................................................................... 39

Energy With Synergy................................................................................................ 40

Growth With Discipline............................................................................................ 41The SEZ Capital Of India ......................................................................................... 42

Infrastructure Par Excellence.................................................................................... 43CHRONOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES ............................................. 44

POLITICS STRONG MAJORITY IN 2001 MADE IT ALL HAPPEN

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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 ourintentions to sign in coming years MOUs worth 70,000 crores (in Gujarat) --Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Group


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


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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 e-Governance implementation for transparency; best practices in solid waste managementor environment consciousness Gujarat has pursued excellence in several areas andwon over 60 accolades and awards all along the way. Not only the number is large, ifone looks at the list of awards, it includes awards and citations for a variety of sectorsright from economic freedom to environmental protection, e-Governance to energyconservation, 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 likethe United Nations, World Bank, UNESCO, Commonwealth Association of PublicAdministration and Management (CAPAM), and to various Ministries/agencies of

Government of India like Ministry of power, Ministry of non-conventional energy servicesand institutions like India Tech Excellence Foundation, Computer Society of India andRajiv Gandhi Foundation.

Besides several sector specific awards, Gujarat ranks No. 1 in The EconomicFreedom 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 thepeople, thrice consecutively in five years in India Today-ORG MARG Survey, aunique recognition ever achieved by any CM in the country. His being adjudged asthe Person of the year by the readers of a weekly Chitralekha, rating ahead ofAmitabh Bachchan and many others, speaks a lot about his popularity.

A few of the awards bagged for different developmental initiatives/achievements inGujarat during the tenure of Modi are:


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16-10-2003 UN Sasakawa Award for outstanding work in the field of disastermanagement and risk reduction.

Oct-2004 CAPAM Gold Award from Commonwealth Associations forinnovations in governance

27-11-2004 Special Commendation medal (Gold Medal) by India TradePromotion Organization for Gujarat's Excellence in Display in theIndia International Trade Fair 2004

24-02-2005 Nirmal gram award to a village in Rajkot district in Gujarat byGovernment of India for sanitation facilities

25-04-2005 Elitex Award by Department of Information Technology, Govt. ofIndia Science and Technology Department for "PRAGATI", a GISSoftware developed by Bhaskracharya Institute of SpaceApplication and Geo-informatics, Government of Gujarat

21-05-2005 Gujarat awarded the status of the Best State after a survey of allthe states in the country, carried out by the Rajiv GandhiFoundation, New Delhi.

01-06-2005 UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award for reconstruction of aGurudwara damaged during the earthquake

05-08-2005 Best Investment environment Award by India today

05-08-2005 Most Economic Freedom Award by India Today

27-11-2005 Gujarat Pavilion given the first prize in the International TradeFair at New Delhi.

14-10-2005 Readers of the Gujarati weekly "Chitralekha" rated Shri NarendraModi as "Person of the Year". Tennis star Sania Mirza wasranked second and superstar Amitabh Bachchan stood third.Awards were given away on 18-05-2006.

12-11-2005 India Tech Excellence Award by India Tech Foundation forPower sector reforms and Initiatives

30-01-2006 In a nationwide survey conducted by "India Today", ShriNarendra Modi was declared the Best Chief Minister of thecountry. Best CM

23-03-2006 Nirmal gram award by Government of India to a few villages ofGujarat for sanitation facilities

31-07-2006 Gujarat again ranks first in the country in "Implementation of 20point programme".

02-08-2006 Gujarat tops among 35 states of the country in "Sarva ShikshaAbhiyaan".

12-09-2006 Ahalyabai National Award function, Indore.30-10-2006 Asian Innovation Award at Singapore from Wall Street Journal

and the Financial Express for Chiranjeevi Yojana (initiative forreducing maternal and infant mortality rate)

04-11-2006 E-governance award to e-dhara project (computerization of land


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records)10-01-2007 ELITEX 2007 -Best E-governed State Award from Government of

India05-02-2007 Adjudged the best CM for the third time in the nationwide survey

conducted by India Today - ORG Marg, a unique achievement forany Cm during a 5 year tenure Best CM

MEDIA ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS


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DEVELOPMENT LANDMARKS

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


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


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ECONOMIC HALLMARKS


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THE MASTER PLAN - PANCHAMRUT PHILOSOPHY

Soon after becoming the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001, Narendra Modi came outwith 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 ofschools. 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 newschoolrooms 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.


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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 electricityreaching 500km away from the dam. Creation of 2.25 lakh new water bodies by constructing check-dams and farmponds.

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 casesthrough Nari Adalats.

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


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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 byApplication of Technology

Good governance is the key to sustainable development. Modi has beenconstantly innovating, aiming at excellence in governance. His understanding ofthe importance of technology in effective and efficient delivery of services hasenabled the state to take up many innovative steps for empowering people.

SWAGAT is an innovative concept that enables direct communication betweenthe citizens and the chief minister. In Gandhinagar, the fourth Thursday of everymonth is a SWAGAT day wherein the highest office in administration attends tothe grievances of the man on the street. Grievances are logged in, transmittedand made available online to the officers concerned who have to reply within 3 to4 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 thedistricts concerned. Applicants are called one by one and the chief ministerexamines each complaint in detail. The information sent by the department isalso 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 andno applicant has ever left without any firm reply to his grievance. The record isthen preserved in the SWAGAT database and a separate log is maintained foreach case.

Owing to the innovative use of technology that injects in accountability in thegovernment machinery, the International institutions such as the Commonwealth


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Telecom Organization and University of Manchester have considered SWAGATas 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 andpower 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 andrural areas. Modi hence conceived a scheme called Jyoti Gram Yojana to provide 3-phase, 24-hour, uninterrupted power supply to all the 18,065 villages and also to the9,680 suburbs attached to these villages.

This single initiative has brought a revolutionary change in the life-pattern and economicactivities of rural Gujarat. This initiative will not only promote development of small scaleindustries and generation of additional employment, but will also reduce the migration ofvillage population to urban areas.

From an earlier power supply situation of 8-14 hours a day, the Jyoti Gram Yojanathrough 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 thisproject. Implemented in a record time of 30 months, the Jyoti Gram Yojana has enabledGujarat to become the first state in India to achieve 100% electrification of villages.

Households, commercial establishments and educational institutions in these rural areasare now truly empowered and Jyoti Gram Yojana tends to be a catalyst to give fillip tomany socio-economic and educational revolution.

Gujarat has always managed its power situation very well. The current power generatingcapacity of 9700 MW (excluding 4000 MW of captive generation) will be augmented to15,000 MW in next five years.

Gujarat is also focused on tapping non-conventional energy sources such as Wind andTidal power and has also started commercial production of bio-diesel. The stategovernment has already declared incentive schemes for biogas cogeneration based co-generation, energy generation through solar photo voltaic cells, geo-thermal sources,urban solid waste and biomass. Major new generation capacities are being added byharnessing wind energy, hydro-power as well as through setting up of Gas and lignitebased power plants.


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Deploying Wealth to Ensure Health

Improvement in the health and nutritional status of the population has been one of themajor thrust areas of the social development programmes in the state. Over the years,Gujarat has developed good health infrastructure and human resources. The State hasinitiated a wide variety of Public-Private Collaborations, involving NGOs/Private Sector

practitioners. No wonder, Gujarat is now emerging as a global medical tourismdestination. The WHO has appreciated Gujarats school health program, under which 10million primary school children are medically examined every year. The state hasrecently initiated a novel scheme involving private gynaecologists in providing servicesrelated to safe delivery of pregnant women primarily from socio-economically weakersections. The scheme called the Chiranjeevi Yojana, was launched in December 2005.The beneficiaries under the scheme are the mothers from poor families. Recently, thisscheme bagged an international recognition in the form of Asian Innovation Award atSingapore from Wall Street Journal and the Financial Express. Under Matru Vandanaprivate Gynaecologists provide free services to antenatal mothers on 9th day of eachmonth. 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 poorestman to the highest authority, talks about 'justice delayed is justice denied;' but it is onlyGujarat that came out with an innovative way to improve the situation by startingEvening Courts since November 2006. The initial response has been overwhelming.Using the existing infrastructure, 67 such courts have already been made operational


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and in a short span of time, 1,16,000 cases have been disposed off. The evening courtsdo not imply only additional working hours but also a system which enables the commonman 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 organizedthemselves into these informal judicial forums in order to redress the grievances andcases of women through consultation and negotiation. So far, 19 Nari Adalats have beenset 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 adefinite course for the states development. During the last five years, he hassuccessfully introduced new concepts and institutionalized them.

It was under his leadership that the Vibrant Gujarat theme was conceived and the twoVibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summits in 2003 and 2005 together garnered 302investment proposals to the tune of Rs 1,72,000 crores (USD 38 Billion) the snowballeffect of which is now being witnessed. What is more significant is the fact that amechanism was set in place to monitor these projects for expeditious implementationand 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 multidimensionalreforms in all sectors, the global investors today are making a beeline for Gujarat whichhas now emerged as one of the most preferred investment destinations, and this wasproved by the resounding success of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2007held on 12th and 13th January 2007.


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This two-day event which was attended by business tycoons and CEOs of the Indianand global corporate world resulted in signing of 363 MOUs (Memorandum ofUnderstanding) and an investment inflow of USD 102 Billion. These investments areacross several sectors and hold a promise of direct employment generation to over 13lac people.

Today when Modi looks back, he smilingly says, I do not know how it all happened. It isperhaps the Almighty that made me perform, with the active support and cooperation offive crore people of Gujarat. He further adds, When your intentions are good, youalways get the support from all the corners.

Modi is not a complacent man. He is aware that the economy of Gujarat is far ahead ofmany economies in South East Asia, and his dream now is to position Gujarat as a stateto 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 henceModis emphasis on education, especially female education. Commitment, convictionand concern distinguish a statesman from a politician. Modi deposits each and everygift/souvenir received by him in the government treasury (toshakhana) for the cause ofgirl child education (kanya kelavani) a special fund Kanya Kelavani Nidhi has beencreated for this cause.

Within a span of 41 years, his 13 predecessors had deposited a meagre amount ofRs.4.55 lacs, whereas the present Chief Minister has deposited Rs.287.37 lacs in aperiod of 5 years. He has thus set a new trend of adding to the state exchequer, thetrend 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 asa whole. Gradually people were touched by Modis commitment for the cause of femaleeducation and in public functions, instead of felicitating him by gifts or souvenirs, theyhave 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. Thisonly vindicates the fact that when the intentions are noble and the commitment total,support flows from all directions.


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Kanya Kelavani Nidhi has been created with a long term goal that no girl child in Gujaratremains illiterate; and the efforts have started yielding results. In 2006-07, the dropoutrate of girl child has dwindled to 3.68 from 20.81 in 2000-01 (std 1 to 5) and to 11.64from 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 remotevillages to encourage parents to enrol their children in schools. It is a three day longstatewide 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 waitkeenly to get themselves enrolled into schools.

Yet another initiative is Vidyalaxmi scheme, introduced during the last 5 years in villageswhere female literacy rate is lower than 35% and in the urban areas for the girlsbelonging to the below-poverty-line families. Vidyalaxmi bond of Rs. 1000/- is given togirl students who take admission to the 1st std and 8th std. The girl receives the amountof 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. Theinitiative from the level of Chief Minister has moved the hearts of the society and stateadministration alike. The mood in Gujarat is to set new records; in the area of educationin general and girl-child education in particular.

Inculcation of work culture

Modi believes that technology can alone foster e-Governance and that the goodgovernance can only happen through efficient, proactive and citizen-friendly system.That is why, the Government of Gujarat initiated a massive training programme toreorient over 5,00,000 state government employees and to strengthen the administrativemachinery.

The Karmayogi Maha Abhiyan, (literally meaning a mega campaign of transformingemployees into genuinely real workers), an initiative unique to Gujarat is all aboutharnessing the strengths of the government employees and sensitizing them towardstheir accountability as the public servants. Self motivation, communication skills,


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empathetic response, proactive attitude, cost consciousness, team work nogovernment employee ever had a formal training in these essential values of work. It isonly in Gujarat that an effort has been launched to train, on a continuous basis, itskarmacharis (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 theministers and the senior government officials for brainstorming, progress review, goalsetting and developing a collective vision; while V-Governance is a unique traininginitiative for Vibrant Governance through change in mindset. Till date 4 Chintan Shibirshave been held and lacs of officers/employees have undergone the V-Governancetraining. In addition to the government officials, over 2.5 lac teachers too haveundergone the karmayogi training.

Today, the Government of Gujarat has a formidable team of Karmayogis trained forpositive attitude, cost consciousness, citizen friendliness a team that has transformedto 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 Festivalis a knowledge sharing rendezvous of the farming community, a month-long event thatbrings together the farming community, the government officials, the scientists and manymore connected with agriculture.

What is unique about this event is that it facilitates seamless flow of knowledge from theagricultural research labs to the land. Besides practical demonstrations of modernagricultural methods and tools and guidance queries are answered and problems

solved, the festive mood grips millions of farmers as the Krishi Raths travel throughthousands of villages. Not caring for heat and dust the cabinet ministers, officials andhundreds of dedicated workers travel to remote villages to facilitate the process ofknowledge sharing; over 227 Kisan Raths (mobile exhibitions) drive through all thevillages of Gujarat to celebrate this festival of productivity.

Year after year the Krishi Mahotsav has been improving considerably productivitythrough knowledge sharing and orientation of farmers towards value added agriculture,modern marketing methods, organic farming as well new technologies.


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A snapshot of Krishi Mahotsav 2006

Guidance by agricultural scientists to 14,50,655 farmersPersonal counselling to 6,74,416 farmersGuidance by APMC to 1,66,615 farmers.Distribution of 1,42,711 Agriculture Kits

Distribution of 1,36,773 Horticulture KitsDistribution of 1,00,000 Animal Husbandry KitsDistribution of 98,827 Kisan Credit CardsImplementation of All-Village Employment Scheme in 10,172 villages.Creation of 11,123 self help groupsVaccination of 48.8 Lac cattleE-Grams status to 6074 villagesAgricultural sowing organized in 18,719 villages

Kalpasar Project

KalpasarProjectA lake that fulfils wishes

Modi has also embarked upon an ambitious project termed Kalpasar - which literallymeans A Lake That Fulfils Wishes.

Estimated to cost about Rs.54,000 crore, this project envisages the construction of adam of 64 km across the Gulf of Khambhat, joining Ghogha on the west coast andHansot 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 willbe irrigated. The water will be available for domestic agricultural and industrial uses. Inaddition, the project is expected to generate 5,880 MW of tidal power. The project willhave the potential to completely change the economic profile of the state.


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Water For All

As a party worker in his early days, Modi had observed that the shortage of water wasthe biggest hurdle in the growth and development of Gujarat. Hence, soon afterbecoming the Chief Minister, Modi focused his energies on the problem of water scarcitythat Gujarat was facing. He committed himself to a mission Water for All to ensure anenhanced quality of life for all the citizens of the state; and in just five years, under hisleadership, Gujarat has witnessed a water revolution.

He accelerated the pace of the implementation of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Project withthe dam height today raised to 121.9 metres from 90 metres five years ago, thus makingthe waters of Narmada river flow all across the state through canals and watertransmission lines.

Yet another initiative launched by his Government is the Sujalam Suflam Yojana (literallymeaning water for prosperity) which aims to convert the dry and water scarcelandscapes of Saurashtra, Kutch and North Gujarat into lush green and flourishinggreenscapes. This scheme aims to spread the canal network right from the river Mahi incentral Gujarat to the Banas in north Gujarat as well as creating additional storagecapacity in various reservoirs and ponds in these areas.

Gujarat was the first state to implement the unique concept of river interlinking. Modireceived wide appreciation from one and all when due to his vision, the dried riverSaraswati in Northern part of Gujarat, considered very pious, was rejuvenated bybringing 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, watersheddevelopment, construction of check dams, khet talavadis (farm ponds), boribunds(obstructing the flow of water by putting cement filled bags) have become thegovernments commitment and a peoples movement.

A statewide drinking water grid is also being established for providing drinking water tomore than 14,000 villages and 154 towns. The result is that earlier about 4,000 villagesneeded to be provided water throughtankers which has now reduced to less than 185.


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Second Green Revolution

Gujarat is all set to lead the country into the second green revolution. With a holisticapproach 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), Gujarathas witnessed impressive agricultural performance during the last five years.

Agriculture production has increased by 16 lac metric tonnes. GSDP from agriculture atcurrent prices has increased by 128% during the period 2000-01 to 2005-06 reaching awhooping Rs. 33,659 crores. Gujarat is far ahead of the target of 4.03 % average annualgrowth rate set by the Planning Commission, in the first four years of 10th Five-yearPlan.

The overall production/cultivation cost has come down dramatically from Rs 9150 to Rs5025 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 SprinklerIrrigation. While the centre has allocated Rs 400 crores towards drip irrigation for theentire country, the Government of Gujarat has already started work on drip irrigationschemes worth Rs 1500 Crores. The state government has also created 2.94 lac waterharvesting structures like check dams, boribunds and Khet Talavdis (farm ponds)through people's participation.

Gujarat now has four Agricultural Universities which are networked for collaborativeresearch. A strategy of "Lab to Land," offering technical assistance to the farmers withthe help of scientists of agriculture universities has been introduced. This Lab to Landapproach 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 Gujaratand two in Saurashtra region are already notified.

Yet another initiative unique to Gujarat is the concept of Soil Health Cards. To ensurethat the farmers know the quality of their soil and the ideal crop for their soil, a majorprogramme of testing and analyzing the health of soil was taken up for all the villages inthe state. Based on the data collected, the government has issued soil health cards tothe farmers. These cards contain detailed soil analysis with recommendation for usageof right kind of fertilizers and seeds. More than one lac soil samples have been collected


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and scientifically analyzed and more than 235,000 soil health cards have beendistributed.

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 statesdevelopment 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 thesteps like issue of roaming ration cards, roaming school cards, insurance cover for 3 lachandicapped, insurance cover for 12.5 million school children, specital housing colonyfor the snake charmers, betterment of the kite preparing community and several otherawe-inspiring ideas.

The fact that Gujarat ranks first in the country in the implementation of 20 pointprogramme for poverty abolition for the last four years in a row, speaks a lot beyondranks and numbers. As per the estimate of the Planning Commission of India, Gujaratwill remain at the top in achieving the targets of poverty abolition. In fact, the governmenthas 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 forrural development programmes, three new socio-economic parameters were included inthe survey, viz., households headed by widow, female dependent families andhandicapped members. This door-to-door survey covered 68.65 lac rural households ofwhich 15.93% were identified as extremely poor and 84.07% as poor.


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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 beenmade accessible to all.

Face Lifting Civic Amenities

Gujarat is not just Indias most progressive and industrialized states, it is one of the mosturbanized too.

The Gujarat Urban Mission aims to provide an enhanced quality of urban life and isessentially a movement that involves peoples participation to create clean, green andwell 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 itsmunicipalities and municipal corporations and also the first state to have framed acomprehensive urban health policy. Financial reforms that have been implementedinclude 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 ofUrban Development. This year witnessed conception and rapid implementation ofseveral initiatives; door-to door solid waste collection; creation of Gaurav Paths (roads ofpride) and Vikas Paths (roads of development); greening of cities through social aforestation, removal of encroachments; promoting CNG vehicles to reduce pollution;strengthening of water distribution systems; planned housing for the urban poor allthese initiatives are enabling the cities of Gujarat to evolve into global cities. The mallsand multiplexes that have come up in recent years have changed the face of the cities ofGujarat.

Apart from this, the Government has set aside a fund of Rs.500 crores as the seedmoney to raise funds from financial institutions as also through public participation toupgrade 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.


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Ahmedabad is now a mega city and several world-class projects have been put on thefast track including the Sabarmati Riverfront Development and Bus Rapid TransitSystem.

A befitting response to the state initiatives has been given by the corporate world bysigning 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 ruralareas 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, ShyamjiKrishna 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 forcollaborative research. Several new engineering, pharmacy and technical colleges havebeen set up and this has led to doubling of the intake capacity in the last five years. AnIIT (Indian Institute of Technology) too is being planned in Gujarat.

To cater to the demands of a knowledge based economy, new courses have beenintroduced to develop domain-specific human resources. The stretch betweenAhmedabad 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 arevolution in educational standards in Gujarat.


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INDIAS GROWTH ENGINE

Industrial Paradise

Gujarat has been at the forefront of investment attraction in the country. As per thereports published by Industry Division, NIC, Government of India, Gujarat continues tobe 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 in1991, Gujarat has gone ahead in attracting investments in the industrial projects throughIEMs. The states share in approved investments through IEMs is very high - 16% as atthe end of 2006 - which places it in the league of the first two most attractive states inIndia.

Gujarat has only 5% of Indias population and 6% of its geographical area, but itscontribution 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 closelyintegrated 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 industrializedstates of India.

However, what makes Gujarat the industrial paradise is its peaceful and hard workingworkforce. Gujarat has a 16.2% share in Indias industrial production whereas thepercentage of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labour strife is just 0.52% - the lowest inthe country.


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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 crudeoil import facility.

It is Gujarat that has given India its largest Natural Gas discovery of 20 TCF at the KGbasin and has already started implementing a 2200 km state-wide gas grid to connectthe demand and supply centres.

Out of this, 750 km network is already operational and another 650 km pipeline is underimplementation. In the next two to three years, the Gas Grid is expected to reach all the25 districts of Gujarat and cater to the requirements of industrial, commercial anddomestic sectors.

Modis relentless efforts helped setting up two LNG terminals one by LNG Petronet atDahej and another by Shell at Hazira, both have commenced their operations. His visionof transforming Gujarat into a gas-based economy is steadily being realized with thesetting of a state-wide gas grid. Door-step availability of Natural Gas promises toempower the industries as well as households and will completely change the economiclandscape 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 ofupstream multinationals, downstream giants and midstream companies in Gujarat, thestate has emerged as the Petro-Capital of India and leading the country towards energysufficiency and into an exciting hydrocarbon economy. With an upcoming SpecialEconomic 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 institutionto undertake research and provide human resource support to the petro capital of India.Thus was born GERMI Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute - topursue energy research and studies and develop specialized human resources for theoil and gas sector.


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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 theaverage 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 of10.2% set by the planning commission. In fact, Gujarat has been growing at 10-11% forthe last several years and all set to take on the challenges of the next five-year plantarget.

What is more important is that the growth is coupled with financial discipline. Soon afterhe became the Chief Minister, Modi focused on curtailing government expenditure andemphasized on the recovery of government dues. The sales tax income which wasRs.5,890 crores when he took over increased to Rs.10,606 crores within 4 years, moreimportantly without imposing any new taxes. Since last 3 years, development

expenditure is more than the non-development expenditure in Gujarat, which is anunusual phenomenon.

On account of the abundant availability of gas and with a view to proliferate its usingboth 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) suchas GSFC, GMDC, GIPCL, GNFC, GACL and resulted in enhancing their marketcapitalization to an all time high. Another prudent step was a major restructuring driveturning around the power sector from a loss of over Rs.1900 crores in 2003-04 to a profitof 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 incertain sectors, checking power theft, not succumbing to the demand for unduesubsidies, cancellation of fake ration cards etc. At the same time, his decisive reformssuch as rationalization of taxes, system for improving cash collections for power sectorand the like have improved the economic health of the state.


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Over the last few years, the Government of Gujarat has also succeeded in completelywiping off the revenue deficit from the level of Rs 7,000 crores and is poised to be arevenue 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 thefirst states to put SEZ Act in place as early as 2004. Today, as many as 33 SEZs havebeen approved in the state, of which two are fully functional and others are in theprocess of development.

Though in terms of numbers, Gujarat has only 33 SEZs, in terms of overall area forSEZs Gujarat leads and has hence emerged as the SEZ capital of India.

The recent Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit witnessed massive investments inthese SEZs and since most of these SEZs are manufacturing driven, they offer atremendous employment generation potential.


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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 over74,000 km. It has Indias highest tele-density, highest number of operational ISPs, thelongest optical fibre cable network in the country and above all GSWAN Gujarat StateWide 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 isdotted with 41 ports. Today, these gateways to the world handle over 25% of Indias totalcargo, 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 thecountry and translates into fast track growth.

Gujarat has always believed in networking for success and it is this philosophy that hasenabled 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 andhence 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 GujaratInfrastructure Development Board headed by the Chief Minister himself has in place aninfrastructure 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 sectorssuch as Power, Water and Irrigation, Ports, Roads, Industrial Parks and SEZs, UrbanInfrastructure, Gas, Knowledge Corridors, Railways and Airports, Tourism and Telecom -Infrastructure that enables growth and empowers people to accelerate on the path ofprogress and prosperity.


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CHRONOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES

07-10-2001 Took oath as the 14th Chief Minister of Gujarat. Came out with majorinitiatives 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.

05-01-2002 "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.

26-01-2002 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).01-03-2002 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.

15-03-2002 "Vidyadeep" yojana for providing insurance cover to all school going children.

19-05-2002 Narmada waters supplied to Rajkot and Jamnagar through pipeline.

29-06-2002 Inauguration of computerisation of land records at Chhota Udepur - the firstexperiment in Gujarat.

28-08-2002 Brought the water of Narmada river to Sabarmati river the first ever riverinterlinking project in India.

08-09-2002 Started Gujarat Gaurav Yatra from the historical place Phagvel with the aim of

re-instilling Gujarat's pride.19-01-2003 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.

28-01-2003 Inauguration & dedication of National Express way No. 1 (Ahmedabad -

Vadodara).

05-02-2003 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 toGujarat's exchequer.

20-02-2003 Organised a Management Training for his Ministers and Secretaries at theIndian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad. The first CM to take such

initiative in the country.

22-03-2003 Agreements for mutual co-operation with the Governor of Astrakhan Region

(Russia) in Ahmedabad.

01-05-2003 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).

10-05-2003 Historical speech in "India Today Conclave" organized at New Delhi

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15-05-2003 The work of increasing the height of the Narmada dam by another 5 meters

started in the presence of the Governor.

18-05-2003 Narmada waters brought to Kutch through pipeline.

13-06-2003 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.22-06-2003 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 thememory of those martyrs.

25-06-2003 Issued ordinance to build SEZs and industrial parks in Gujarat.

29-06-2003 The first police station of Gujarat Electricity Board opened at Rajkot as aneffort to combat power theft.

15-08-2003 For the first time, celebration of Independence Day organized at Patan, insteadof capital. This day was celebrated as a people's festival.

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Tana-Riree Malhar Festival - Vadnagar organised in a grand manner.

16-09-2003 Inauguration of Hazira LNG & port Project Surat

20-09-2003 Announced Gujarat's first Mines and Minerals Policy.

21-09-2003 Announced the New Industrial Policy, with a dream of making Gujarat a

global industrial hub.

22-09-2003 New Tourism Policy announced with an aim to make Gujarat a primeattraction for the global tourists.

25-09-2003 The identity of true Gujarati spirit - Navratri Festival was started in thepresence of Deputy Prime Minister Shri L.K. Advani projected as World's

longest dance festival.

28-09-2003 Vibrant Gujarat 2003 and Investors' Summit, an opportunity to introduce

Gujarat's unparalleled entrepreneurship and business acumen to the worldstarted : MOUs for the investment of worth Rs.66,000 crores were signedduring three days.

17-10-2003 A unique initiative - Jyotigram Yojana started at Unjha. A scheme to provide24 hour uninterrupted power supply to the villages.

06-11-2003 Interaction with the premier industrialists of the country during Economic

Round Table Conference at Mumbai.

07-11-2003 Dialogue with the experts of IT sector at Bangalore with a view to promote IT

investments in Gujarat.

19-11-2003 First Adijati Lok Kalyan Mela (Tribal Welfare Fair) organized at Vansda

(Navsari).

13-12-2003 Dedication to the Nation of Mundra International Container terminal Mundraadipur Rail Link.

19-12-2003 Tribal Welfare Mela - Boriyach Vasana.

12-01-2004 Vibrant Gujarat : Patangotsav - International Kite Festival

18-01-2004 Timbi the first village having "E-gram" service.

03-02-2004 Various initiatives announced in the interest of farmers.

05-02-2004 A survey to determine the boundary of Kalpasar dam started.

16-02-2004 Sujalam Sufalam scheme started at Koba.


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16-03-2004 Sanction received for increasing Narmada dam's height to 110 meters :

Construction was started.

20-03-2004 Narmada Pujan Yatra

30-03-2004 Bharat Uday Yatra - Phase from Porbandar to Himmatnagar

18-04-2004 The World Bank's Green Award awarded to GSDMA (A Gujarat Government

Agency).07-07-2004 Announced formulating Nari Gaurav policy.

07-07-2004 Started a Water Revolution : An unprecedented achievement of constructing

more than one lakh farm ponds within 100 days.

17-07-2004 Established the Gujarat Law University, the first of its kind in the State.

26-07-2004 "Teerth Gram Yojana" implemented to combat riots and crimes at village level.

28-07-2004 Direct flight between Ahmedabad Singapore started after vigorous efforts.

10-08-2004 Gujarat starts becoming petro-capital of India. A large oil pool found at

Dholka.

15-08-2004 A unique scheme for the poor labourers "Roaming Ration Card" initiated.

25-08-2004 National awards to Gujarat in power sector.

21-09-2004 Karmayogi Sarvabhipray Abhiyaan started for inviting feedback from 5 lakhgovernment employees

22-09-2004 Important initiatives in farmers' interest : A system to get computerizedcertificates of land records.

24-09-2004 Gujarat got sanction to establish three more SEZs.

30-09-2004 Rejuvenation of Sarswati river siddhpur

02-10-2004 "Swachchh Gujarat - Samras Gujarat" drive started.

02-10-2004 Insurance cover of Rs.1 lakh each to fifty thousand sanitation workers.

15-10-2004 Vibrant Gujarat Navaratri festival - Ahmedabad.

31-10-2004 Stone laying ceremony of the Apparel Park at Ahmedabad for manufacturingreadymade garments with a potential to offer employment on a large scale.

19-12-2004 Inauguration of Jewellery Park - Surat.12-01-2005 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.

11-02-2005 Year 2005 declared as "Urban Development Year" with an aim of makingcities clean, beautiful and equipped with amenities.

14-02-2005 CNG buses put on roads by using CNG as the fuel in public transport vehiclesto protect environment.

05-03-2005 Beginning of establishing Narmada Co-operative Irrigation Societies in the

villages across Gujarat so that the farmers use the Narmada water for irrigation

scientifically.

12-03-2005 Beginning of the first bio-diesel run S.T. bus in the country.

21-04-2005 Gujarat's second LNG terminal at Hazira offered to public. Gujarat became the

first state having two LNG terminals.

11-05-2005 Successful planning and implementation of Krishi Mahotsav across the state to

ensure that the agricultural research reaches to the land from the labs.

08-09-2005 Saraswati-Narmada Mahasangam program organized at the ancient and well-

known pilgrim place Siddhpur.

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to the dried river Saraswati in Northern Gujarat

03-10-2005 Beginning of Vibrant Gujarat Navratri Festival - 2005.

09-11-2005 Chiranjeevi Yojana launched for reduction of maternal mortality and infant

mortality by ensuring safe deliveries of poor women by involving privategynaecologists

12-01-2006 Patangotsav at Ahmedabad12-02-2006 An effort to boost tourism with Ranotsav at Kharaghoda.

05-03-2006 Beti bachaao abhiyaan launched to prevent female foeticide through mass

awareness and legal measures

29-04-2006 Krishi Mahotsav 2006 commenced. Raths flagged off by the Chief Minister atAnand.

01-05-2006 Gujarat Gaurav Din celebrated at Porbandar.

26-05-2006 Grishm Mahotsav organized at Saputara.

16-06-2006 Starting of Kankya Kelavni Rathyatra Shala Praveshotsav-06.

27-06-2006 Kutchi New Year - Ashadhi Beej Mahotsav-2006, Mandvi.

13-07-2006 57th Van Mahotsav and Teerthankar Van opened for public.

15,16, & 17-08-2006

Spent three days at Surat, moved in the flood-hit areas and helped the flood-affected people.

20-09-2006 20th meeting of Western Zonal Council, Goa.

23-09-2006 Vibrant Gujarat - Navratri Festival began at Gandhinagar.

29-09-2006 Inauguration of country's first College to Career Programme (through Edusat

Vande Gujarat) at Gandhinagar.

11-11-2006 Dedication of the innovative Jyotigram Yojana (completion) to the nation by

H.E.The President of India Dr.Abdul Kalam

14-11-2006 Inauguration of the first ever Evening Court of the nation by Chief Justice,

Supreme Court Shri Sabbarwal

12 & 13-1-2007 Historical event of signing of 363 MOUs for investment of Rs.4.60 lakh crores

(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

27-2-2007 A special package for the benefit of 75 lakh tribals of the state, "VanbandhuKalyan Yojana" , worth Rs.15,000 crores announced

6-3-2007 "Saagar Khedu Yojana"- an innovative package of Rs.11,000 crores announcedfor the development of people of coastal areas

8-3-2007 "Kanya Kelavani Nidhi", a package worth Rs.11 crores declared forencouraging girl child education

28-3-07 Package worth Rs.13,000 crores announced for upliftment of Urban poor

11-4-2007 Foundation laying ceremony of four lane ring road at Ahmedabad

1-5-2007 Foundation laying ceremony of Ropeway at Girnar

20-5-2007 Setting up Seismological Research Institute- foundation laid.21,24,25,26,31-05-

2007Mahila Maha Sammelans- huge public meetings for women empowerment at

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

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24-02-2006 Presented the budget for the first time as incharge Finance Minister.

16-04-2006 Observed fast for 51 hours against the people opposing Narmadadam. First incidence where a Chief Minster had observed fast in such

a way.

28-05-2006 Statue of Vir Savarkar unveiled at Mumbai.

04-08-2006 A program with the members of Young President Organisation,Bombay Chapter at Mumbai.

03-09-2006 Addressed World Gujarati Conference-2006 held at USA through

video conference.

27-09-2006 Bharat Mata Temple and Amrut Mahotsav at Haridwar.

01-06-2007 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 toModi, Shri Hitendra Desai was the longest serving head of the state,

being in power for 2062 days.

10-06-2007 Public function held by Bhartiya Janata Party to felicitate the longestserving Chief Minister of the state. An overwhelming response

received from the public with scores of people pouring from allcorners of the state.

Report of Development of Gujarat under Narendra Modi till 2007

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