Gandhinagar – Gujarat's Chief Minister, Bhupendra Patel, has approved ₹4179 crore for development projects in seven Municipal Corporations and twelve Municipalities across the state. This allocation supports the "Urban Development Year-2025" initiative, which aims to improve urban areas and empower citizens. Chief Minister Patel approved these projects under the Swarnim Jayanti Mukhyamantri Urban Development Scheme, to expand public welfare works in cities during this urban developmen...Read More

Gandhinagar: To harness the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for efficient governance and citizen-centric services, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has approved the AI Action Plan 2025–2030. The initiative aims to integrate AI into key sectors such as governance, healthcare, education, agriculture, and fintech for faster and smarter decision-making. A 10-member Expert AI Task Force Committee was earlier constituted to explore the potential use of AI across mission-critical areas. The acti...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel held a meeting with the senior secretaries of the state government departments to review the progress of the first quarter performance of their departments against the provisions of this year's budget. In the meeting, the Finance Department gave details that the expenditure on the implementation of the planned provisions of their budget by various departments of the state government has increased by 23.4 percent in the first quarter compared to the ...Read More

Gandhinagar: In a relief for rural property owners, the Gujarat government has announced that title deeds (Sanads) confirming ownership of residential properties in rural areas will now be provided free of cost under the Swamitva Yojana. Until now, beneficiaries were required to pay a survey fee of ₹200 as per provisions of the Land Revenue Act, 1879, to obtain the official title deed. The Swamitva Yojana, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and implemented through the Panchayati Raj D...Read More

Porbandar - The Government of Gujarat has announced that this year’s State-level Independence Day celebrations on August 15 will be held in Porbandar, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi. The tradition of holding the State’s main Independence Day event outside the capital city of Gandhinagar was initiated by then Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The practice has since been carried forward by successive Chief Ministers to promote regional inclusivity and participation across the state. The ce...Read More

Vadodara: At least 20 persons died this week after a slab of Gambhira bridge near Mujpur on Anand - Vadodara highway collapsed. The locals had time-and-again complained about poor situation of the bridge. The State government has suspended four engineers/public works department officials in this incident. In a latest development, today the Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has approved administrative sanction of ₹212 crore for the construction of a new two-lane high-level bridge replacing the old...Read More

Gandhinagar: Due to the ongoing monsoon season, the State Government has adopted an approach to restore roads that have been damaged and issued clear directives to the Roads & Buildings Department to ensure that all such damaged roads are promptly repaired, with strict instructions to complete the work at the earliest. Under the Roads and Buildings Department, more than 10,000 citizens across the state have registered on the ‘Guj-MARG’ application. Through this platform, a total of appro...Read More

Gandhinagar: On the day of his retirement from the Indian Police Service (IPS), it is learnt that the Director General of Police in Gujarat, IPS Vikas Sahay, has been given six-month extension in service by the state government. Sahay's term will now end on the last day of this calendar year instead of  30th June. June 1965 born Vikas Sahay joined the IPS cadre in August 1989. He was appointed as DGP of Gujarat (State Police chief) in March 2023. In the rank of seniority, Dr. Shamsher Singh (...Read More

  Gandhinagar:  Gujarat Chief Minister has announced the launch of the Gujarat Electronics Component Manufacturing Policy-2025 (GECMS-2025). The new policy aims to transform Gujarat into a global hub for electronics component manufacturing by attracting investments exceeding ₹35,000 crore and creating a significant number of high-skilled jobs. Double Incentives for MeitY-Approved Projects A standout feature of GECMS-2025 is its provision for 100% top-up support to projects approved ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat today evening announced its orders for transfer of 13 IAS officers. (1) Ashwani Kumar, IAS (RR:G4:1997), Principal Secretary to Government, Urban Development & Urban Housing Department is transferred and appointed as Principal Secretary to Government, Sports, Youth 6 Cultural Activities Department via M. Thennarasan, IAS transferred. Ashwani Kumar, IAS (RR:GJ:19B7) would continue to hold additional charge of the post of Principal Secretary to Gove...Read More