Role
Chief Minister
Bhupendra Patel
Chief Minister of Gujarat · BJP
Bhupendra Patel
ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલ
Chief Minister
BJP
Gujarat
Career
Gujarat CM since 2021 (re-elected 2022)
Current Role
Since Sep 2021 · Present
Born
1962 · Age 64
Education
Civil Engineering, Gujarat University
Terms in Office
Gujarat CM since 2021 (re-elected 2022)
About
Chief Minister of Gujarat (born 1962)
Bhupendrabhai Rajnikant Patel is an Indian politician who has been serving as the 17th Chief Minister of Gujarat since September 2021. He is also serving as leader of the house in legislative assembly. He represents the Ghatlodia Assembly constituency in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly since 2017. He is a member of the BJP and started his political career working in municipal bodies of Ahmedabad..
Projects & Initiatives 6 ongoing
GIFT City — International Financial Services Centre
ગિફ્ટ સિટી — IFSC
Budget₹78,000 crore projected total investment (GIFT IFSC master plan); infrastructure built in phases by GIFT SEZ.
ReachGovt. reported: 1,000+ entities registered under IFSCA (incl. 38 banks, ~$100 bn asset base); NSE IFSC and India INX (BSE) operational.
Official agency / source
SAUNI Yojana — Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation
SAUNI
Budget₹18,000+ crore approx. (phased; Phase 1 ≈ ₹12,000 crore)
ReachGovt. reported: ~1,300 km pipeline network (≈1,203 km laid) filling 115 reservoirs across 11 drought-prone Saurashtra districts; ~6.5 lakh acres irrigated, potable water to ~80 lakh people.
Official agency / source
Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (Biennial)
વાઇબ્રન્ટ ગુજરાત ગ્લોબલ સમિટ
ReachGovt. reported: 2024 edition — MoUs/investment intentions worth ₹26.33 lakh crore across 41,299 projects; ~61,000 delegates, 140 countries, 35 partner countries. Note: MoUs are declarations of intent, not guaranteed investments.
Official agency / source
Mukhyamantri Amrutum (MA) health cover
Carried forward from Vijay Rupani · 2016–2021
Vibrant Gujarat Summit
Carried forward from Narendra Modi · 2001–2014
GIFT City
Carried forward from Narendra Modi · 2001–2014
Manifesto promise tracker
Headline manifesto commitments of the current government, with a sourced status. We track only whether each promise was kept — not its merits.
BJPBJP · manifesto 20222 Delivered2 In progress
Delivered
Since 2023
Double Ayushman Bharat health cover to Rs 10 lakh per family
From 10 July 2023 the state enhanced annual health cover under the integrated AB PMJAY-MA scheme from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh per family; as of December 2025 the scheme covers about 1.20 crore families across 2,090 empanelled hospitals.
Delivered
Since 2026
Implement the Uniform Civil Code in Gujarat
A committee under retired Justice Ranjana Desai was formed on 4 Feb 2025, submitted its report in March 2026, and the Gujarat Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill, 2026 on 25 March 2026 after a seven-hour debate, making Gujarat the second state after Uttarakhand to enact a UCC.
In progress
Since 2024
Free education for girls from KG to PG
Rather than universal KG-to-PG free education, the government launched targeted girls' scholarship schemes - Namo Lakshmi (Rs 50,000 over Classes 9-12, ~10 lakh students, Rs 1,250 crore in 2025-26) and Namo Saraswati Vigyan Sadhana (science-stream stipend, Rs 250 crore); a comprehensive free KG-PG scheme has not been operationalised.
In progress
Generate 20 lakh jobs / employment opportunities
The 2022 manifesto pledged 20 lakh jobs in five years; while the government has continued recruitment drives and reported placements through employment exchanges, no official cumulative tally confirming achievement of the 20 lakh target has been published, and lakhs of educated youth remained registered as unemployed.
Parliament Record
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