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Narendra Modi

The Chief Minister of Gujarat

Narendra Modi

Chief Minister of Gujarat

A Man with a Mission

A Leader with Conviction

An Executive with Vision

Narendra Modi's career chronology 1972

Came to prominence as an effective 'Pracharak' with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

1974
Played a key role in the Navnirman Andolan, an anti-corruption movement.

Narendra Modi first became the Chief Minister of Gujarat in October, 2001. With his vast experience at the grassroots level in Gujarat and other States, he immediately identified the flaws in the administration. He rejuvenated the entire administrative machinery by taking various corrective measures like the organisation of Gram Sabhas for discussion and resolution of local issues. Along with key initiatives in other areas, the focus of his Government during his first tenure was on: effective delivery systems at the grassroots level - he rejuvenated the local administration, organised Lok Kalyan Melas and made the review and monitoring of schemes more effective. welfare of women and children - he created the Department of Women & Child Welfare to undertake welfare activities. supply of drinking water to scarcity prone areas - special attention was paid to the extension of piped water supply schemes based on Narmada and other rivers to scarcity prone areas. education, especially female education - effective schemes were launched to enrol children in schools, reduce drop-outs and motivate girls to attend school by implementing an incentive scheme called 'Vidyalaxmi Yojana'.

1975
Entrusted with the responsibility and appointed General Secretary of the Lok Sangharsh Samiti, Gujarat.

1984
Became one of the select few individuals to be deputed to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by the RSS.

1988
Elevated to General Secretary of the State unit and actively participated in the Somnath to Ayodhya Rathyatra led by Shri L. K. Advani and subsequently the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra lead by Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi.

1989-1995
Given charge of the BJP Election Campaign, during which the BJP lotus blossomed, culminating with the installation of the party's own Government with a two-thirds majority in the 1995 assembly elections in Gujarat.

1995
Shouldered the responsibility at the national level and was made the National Secretary of the BJP in charge of various states units like Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. reconstruction and rehabilitation of the earthquake affected areas - effective monitoring was carried out to bring the earthquake devastated areas back to normalcy and create sustainable arrangements. development of science & technology including information technology and biotechnology - he created the Department of Science & Technology to administer and promote initiatives and ventures in these sectors. On all these fronts, he took prompt and effective actions, which would result in better long term management and benefits to the people. A tech-savy person, he saw the potential of Information Technology to reach out to the people. Hence e-governance was made part of the regular administrative processes. He used devices like video and setcom

2001
Took over as the Chief Minister of Gujarat.

2002
Sworn in for his second term as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, after a landslide victory.

conferencing, telephariyad (grievances over the telephone) to monitor and communicate at various levels of administration and to get feedback directly from the citizenry. In his office and at various departments, he insists on computerised systems for reporting and monitoring. While primarily focussing on organising the administrative machinery for effective grass-root delivery systems, he also stressed on investment promotion in the State. He believes that strong infrastructure in the

first elected Government of the State in the 21st Century it was essential for his Government to lay a strong foundation for the State in the new millennium. He has categorically stated that he cares for all of the 50 million people of the State and does not believe in the division of society on the basis of religion or caste. For him, all people are equal and have to be treated equally. At the time of his swearing-in for his second term the Chief Minister, he had stated as his motto justice to all, appeasement to none. Having seen the Government and all its facets in his first tenure of 15 months, he realised that a major shake-up in the thinking process of the bureaucracy and the ministries was required and that it was time to start with a new agenda. The inter-departmental lack of coordination, lack of understanding and appreciation of the issues, duplicity of schemes and efforts at various levels, wastage, leakage and redundancies, were all addressed during this period. Owing to his prior exposure at the village and state level as well as at the national capital and various States combined with his visits and network in around 40 countries around the world, he strove to induct the best practices as well as national and international benchmarks in the functioning of his Government.

State is the only way to get investments. Investment is imperative for the creation of wealth and is necessary for the prosperity of the people of the state. With this in mind, an International Mega Event Resurgent GujaratBusiness Partnership Meet was organised at Ahmedabad in February, 2002 to bring together various players from within the country as well as from abroad, to use the launching pad of Gujarat for leaps in industrialisation, mainly in sectors like Information Technology, Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Gems & Jewellery, Garments and many others. This event was a big success. However, before the environment created by this event could fructify, unfortunate incidents like the burning of Sabarmati Express at Godhra Railway Station on 27th February, 2002 and the subsequent communal riots diverted the attention of the people, the Government and external agencies. During this time, the real political and administrative acumen of the Chief Minister was put to the test. Narendra Modi not only sailed through all these situations but emerged as an unequivocal and strong leader of the masses of the State. People started calling him the Strong Man, the Iron Man. The Elections for the Legislative Assembly of the State thereafter proved this point. He fought the elections singlehandedly and was voted to power in a grand way with a greater than two-thirds majority for his party. He realised that the thumping majority with which he won the election, had also cast tremendous responsibility on his shoulders. He has stated that as his Government was the

With in mind, he directed the organization of departmental workshops within a week of his taking over as Chief Minister for the second time. According to this initiative, each department was asked to prepare detailed presentations of their activities, their strong and weak points, the opportunities and threats - a SWOT analysis of each department. They were expected to include their future vision of the department and activities, how they would bring in c-governance, how they would generate, save and effectively use resources and what they would do to develop human resources. These detailed presentations of each of the departments of the Government were made before a house comprising of the Hon'ble Ministers of his Government as well as the Secretaries. The presentations of the departments were followed by detailed discussions and suggestions on their activities. The Chief Minister himself presided over all these presentations which often extended through an entire day. In this month long process, nearly 150 man hours were spent in understanding, analysing and forecasting the activities and charters of each department. This gave a deep insight into the functioning of the Government to all concerned. On various occasions, experts like Professors of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), the Comptroller and Auditor General of the State, Credit Rating Agencies, Bankers and achievers in various fields were also invited to present their views on the state's economy, its administration and other developmental and managerial issues.

 On conclusion of the workshops, he further directed the departments to immediately prepare comprehensive and concrete Action Plans based on the presentations and discussions. He strongly believes that the Government, educational and R&D institutions and other such bodies should work in close liaison. He has expressed that the vast experience of such institutions should be used as an input by the Government while framing the policies and processes of administration. In keeping with this policy, he led a team of all the Ministers and all the Secretaries of the Government for a workshop at the IIM, Ahmedabad. This Institute is the most renowned management institute in the country and the workshop was very useful to the Ministers and Secretaries in framing their viewpoints on various policy and administrative requirements. Narendra Modi firmly believes that governance is finally a matter of the delivery capacity of the bureaucracy and the staff. He has said that the most important way of bringing efficiency in administration is to change the work culture. By work culture, he means that the staff has to be proactive, has to be responsive to the needs of the people, has to take initiative and above all, has to have integrity and transparency in the process of thinking and working. With this in mind, he directed the organization of training programme for the officers and staff in his own office and the offices of Hon'ble Ministers. Training programmes were organised at Ahmedabad Management Association and were conducted successfully. This process is being carried further. Immediately after the formation of his Government, he started work on the agenda of economic development of the State. To begin with he moved towards attracting further investment in the State. He used the opportunity of the celebration of Pravasi Bharathiya Divas (NRI Day) by

The investors present at the interaction meets could clearly see the dynamism in the Chief Minister, the administrative machinery of the State under his leadership and a strong commitment to make Gujarat a 'vibrant global entity'. With his understanding of the State and astute diagnosis of the challenges the people have faced, he has evolved a 5 pronged approach for the development of the core sectors of the State. He calls this Panchamrit Yojana. It consists of the development of 5 core areas namely Education, Water, Electricity, Human Resources and Security of the people. He believes that the Government cannot afford to be lacking in these sectors and that very focused and concerted efforts are required. As a process of changing the work culture of the State, he believes in converting the red tape to red carpet. As per this strategy, he has already created single window clearance systems for industrial and infrastructure projects. He has also directed the creation of effective and sustainable institutional arrangements to ensure that various stake holders especially investors find it pleasant and hurdle-free to work with the State machinery. He also understands the problems in the public finance sector and is keen to reform and set right the anomalies which have crept into its management which has lead to budgetary deficits and the consequent dearth of resources for developmental programmes. He has taken steps on three fronts i.e. generating and augmenting resources of the State, saving precious resources for important developmental programmes and cutting down administrative expenditure, so that money is available for development. He has identified areas where user charges have not been revised for decades. Here, he feels that in order to make various public utility organisations run efficiently, it is necessary to allow them to manage their affairs professionally and give them the freedom to levy and collect appropriate user charges. Recently, in one stroke, a long pending issue of revision of passenger tariff in the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation, which is the monopoly service of the State for carrying passengers was resolved. Now this Corporation has been allowed to suitably increase the tariff and further to link the same with hike in the diesel prices in the market.

the Government of India on 9th January, 2003 to talk to NRIs and particularly NRGs in order to associate them with the developmental process of Gujarat and bring in inputs in terms of technology, know-how and resources. This interaction meet was organised under the auspices of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) with NRIs/PIOs/NRGs on 11th January, 2003 at New Delhi. Extensive discussions took place during this interaction meet which wil fructify into long term mutually beneficial linkages in various sectors. As an extention of this strategy, two interaction sessions - one each at Mumbai and New Delhi - were organised for the Chief Minister to meet with investors and industrialists. These programmes resulted in the orientation of the investors and industrialists towards Gujarat.

 Another organisation the Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB), which generates, transmits and distributes electricity to most domestic, commercial, agricultural and industrial users of the State has been crippled because of subsidies on the electric tariff and inefficiencies in the working of the organisation. The Chief Minister is moving strongly to rectify the anomalies which have beset this organisation. Narendra Modi has a very unique combination of understanding and knowledge of grass-root administration, openness and ability to market the State to attract investment in the industrial and infrastructural sectors and the vision to foresee emerging trends in society and the economy. He has maintained that his eyes are on the emerging and sun-rise sectors in the economy like Information Te c h n o l o g y a n d Biotechnology. For him, development and use of Information Technology sector is no longer a fashion, but a necessity. Combining the tools of information technology in his daily work is his passion. He feels that e-governance is easy governance, effective governance. He strongly believes that Gujarat, with its strong base in agricultural, pharmaceutical and marine biology has great potential in the Biotechnology sector. He has taken steps to promote this sector in the State. In February, he interacted with high profile experts in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics at New Delhi in an international workshop and invited experts and investors to Gujarat. He announced formation of a Venture Capital Fund to help kickstart this area. His vision of a developed Gujarat of 21st Century combines a robust infrastructure, world class institutions, vibrant industry, a motivated and skilled workforce and bright and talented youth. He is working relentlessly to gain the cooperation of each and everyone in this process. He emphasizes that while deciding the growth rate of the country in the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007), the Planning Commission of India has given a growth target of 8% to the entire country and similar targets to other States of the country, However, the Planning Commission has found it expedient to fix a growth target of 10.2% for the State of Gujarat, which is highest for any State of the country. This means that the Government and Planning Commission of India have realised and assessed the growth potential which exists in Gujarat. He is intent on achieving this target by working effectively on various fronts.

However, at the same time, it is his conviction that in order to hinder the growth of the country, the enemies would hit at Gujarat, which is the engine of growth in the country. He anticipates that terrorist activities including motivating, training, equipping and executing retaliations and attacks on soft targets is a constant possibility. This may happen with a view to: create and widen the gap between the majority and the minority communities. curtail and weaken the economic development of Gujarat, which is set to emerge as an economic and industrial leader. neutralise the efforts of the State to bring about the healing touch and thereby tarnish the image of the State in the national and international arena. to force the minority community to move to coastal and border areas so that terrorist activities gain ground at those places. force the State to employ security forces in large number to counter these initiatives and cause economic strain. Regular troops sucked into controlling the situation render the Indian defences imbalanced strategically. activate the sea route to smuggle arms and ammunition in addition to narcotics and drugs. use the Taliban or those elements, which hitherto were employed in Afganistan as trained manpower for subversive activities and terror infrastructure. use Gujarat as a firm base for spreading violence in other States like Raj asthan, M . P., and Maharashtra. In Sepetember 2002 there was a heinous and organised terrorist attack on a famous temple at the capital city of Gandhinagar. No wonder, why security of people finds place in his core programme i.e. Panchamrit Yojana.

He has begun the planning of a consistent and integrated strategy to counter terrorism in the State, which broadly comprises of the following: Identifying and isolating the disruptive forces from the common population. Effective action against organised gangs and anti-social elements. Professionalizing the Police and the security agencies. Modernising the intelligence and pre-cautionary agencies. Curbing the activities of anti-national organisations and platforms. Viewing terrorism as socio-political and economic issue not just a police or military issue He realises that in Gujarat the essence of counter terrorist strategy does not lie in a fragmented, compartmentalised approach. It is not to be seen as a trans border threat or a law and order problem only. It is in fact a mix of fundamentalist, narco terrorism sponsored by a hostile neighbour. Hence, he feels the need of an integrated strategy combining all organs of the state apparatus, its political leadership and the people.