Changelog
A transparent record of major source, verdict, audit, methodology and RTI updates on Sarkari Vaade. Entries are listed newest first. For verdict-level history per promise, open the audit trail on the promise card.
See also: Methodology · Editorial Policy.
16 May 2026
- Verdict updatePunjab
Punjab Verdict Finalisation Sprint — conservative tightening on 8 rows before beta launch. No source URLs or original guarantee wording changed.
- Old:
- Verdict distribution: Fulfilled/Policy Delivered 3 · Partially Fulfilled 5 · In Progress 11 · Not Proven 11 · No Public Data 1. fully_audited: 1. rti_likely: 18.
- New:
- Verdict distribution: Fulfilled/Policy Delivered 3 · Partially Fulfilled 4 · In Progress 12 · Not Proven 11 · No Public Data 1. fully_audited: 1 (PB22-01.01 only). rti_likely: 18. All 31 Punjab rows now at review_level = 'Verdict finalised'. Softened: PB22-02.01 (pilot-only acknowledged), PB22-03.03/03.04 (verdict text aligned to existing Not Proven bucket), PB22-03.06 (media-only sources flagged), PB22-03.07 (cashless-medical sub-claim flagged unproven), PB22-04.01 (Fulfilled → Partially fulfilled to match bucket), PB22-04.03 (party press release excluded as final proof, bucket moved Partially Fulfilled → In Progress), PB22-11.01 (continuing pre-AAP scheme).
Reviewer note: Conservative pass: no upgrades. Media reports and party/CM claims were not used as final proof. PB22-01.01 fully_audited retained — PSPCL Commercial Circular 06/2025 directly continues the 300-unit free-power regime. PB22-06.03 (One MLA One Pension) kept as Fulfilled/Policy Delivered — Act actually notified by Punjab Govt per LiveLaw legal reporting and govt notifications index; primary remains punjab.gov.in/impnotifications. No fake URLs added. Gujarat (114 promises, fully_audited 3) and Himachal (38, fully_audited 1) untouched.
- Source updatePunjab
Punjab Deep Source Sprint — verdict-specific PSPCL circular attached to free-electricity rows; PB22-01.01 promoted to fully_audited.
- Old:
- Official source attached: 14 · Candidate source identified: 15 · rti_likely: 18 · fully_audited: 0.
- New:
- Official source attached: 14 · Candidate source identified: 15 · rti_likely: 17 · fully_audited: 1. PB22-01.01 primary swapped from Finance budget index to PSPCL Commercial Circular 06/2025 (docs.pspcl.in) which directly continues the free-power subsidy under GoP letter no. POWER-PR/28/2024-POWER REFORMS/213 dated 11.03.2025 for FY 2025-26 — verdict (Fulfilled) directly proved by the implementing utility; rti_likely cleared. PB22-01.02 primary swapped to the same PSPCL circular; verdict and fully_audited unchanged (per-household bill-reduction data still pending).
Reviewer note: Bar applied per project rule: fully_audited = true only when the official source directly supports the specific verdict, not just topic existence. PB22-01.01 cleared the bar — PSPCL is the implementing utility and the FY 2025-26 tariff circular is the operative regulatory document continuing the 300-unit free-power regime. Fully_audited rejected for the rest of the priority list (PB22-04.01 Mohalla Clinics, PB22-04.04 ₹10 lakh health cover, PB22-06.01 anti-corruption helpline, PB22-06.03 One MLA One Pension, PB22-11.01 free bus travel for women, PB22-05.02 govt jobs) because no verdict-specific official artefact with numbers or implementation status surfaced (only topic-level or index pages). No fabricated URLs. No verdicts, original wording, or other Punjab rows modified. Gujarat (114, fully_audited 3) and Himachal (38, fully_audited 1) untouched.
- Source updatePunjab
Punjab RTI Batch 1 cleanup: four additional promises marked RTI-likely for department-level implementation data.
- Old:
- rti_likely flag: 14.
- New:
- rti_likely flag: 18. Newly flagged: PB22-03.02 (teacher regularisation order/counts), PB22-04.01 (Aam Aadmi Clinics district-wise operational count & footfall), PB22-04.04 (₹10 lakh health cover notification & beneficiary/claims data), PB22-05.02 (department-wise sanctioned-vs-filled govt jobs since 16 March 2022).
Reviewer note: RTI Batch 1 analysis identified that these four promises have official/topic-level evidence (vigilance page, PDC clinics page, finance budget, recruitment portal) but department-level implementation data still missing. Source-gap notes appended with the specific department (School Education / H&FW / State Health Agency / Dept of Personnel) and missing dataset. No verdict, source URL, original wording, official_source_status, or fully_audited values changed. Gujarat (114, fully_audited 3) and Himachal (38, fully_audited 1) untouched.
- Source updatePunjab
Punjab Source Sprint 2 — strengthened official sourcing on 5 priority guarantees and formalised the RTI-likely flag across the dataset.
- Old:
- Official source attached: 12 · Candidate source identified: 16 · Official source needed: 1 · RTI likely needed (status): 2 · Public reference only: 0 · rti_likely flag: 0 · fully_audited: 0.
- New:
- Official source attached: 14 · Candidate source identified: 15 · Official source needed: 0 · RTI likely needed (status): 2 · Public reference only: 0 · rti_likely flag: 14 · fully_audited: 0.
Reviewer note: Upgraded to Official source attached: PB22-06.01 (anti-corruption helpline → Punjab Vigilance Bureau page publishing the 9501 200 200 action line) and PB22-05.01 (employment generation → Punjab Rozgar / PGRKAM official govt-jobs portal). Upgraded from Official-source-needed to Candidate: PB22-09.02 (de-addiction → Punjab Health & Family Welfare landing page). Primary swapped to official Health Dept page on PB22-09.01 (drug-free Punjab); primary swapped to SSWCD state-schemes index on PB22-02.01 (women ₹1,000/month). rti_likely=true set on all 14 Punjab rows whose gap-note already cited RTI as the next step. No verdict, final_verdict, original wording, or fully_audited values changed. No fabricated URLs — every source resolves to a real Punjab government / department / govt-corporation page. Gujarat (114, fully_audited 3) and Himachal (38, fully_audited 1) untouched.
- Source updateHimachal Pradesh
Himachal Source Sprint 2 — official / government-affiliated sources attached for 11 of the 13 newly added Pratigya Patra rows; verdicts still pending review.
- Old:
- 13 new rows: Official source attached 0 · Candidate source identified 0 · Public reference only 13 · rti_likely 13 · fully_audited 0.
- New:
- 13 new rows after sprint: Official source attached 5 (HP22-18.01, 19.01, 22.01, 25.01, 28.01) · Candidate source identified 6 (HP22-21.01, 23.01, 24.01, 26.01, 08.04, 08.05) · Public reference only 2 (HP22-20.01 Youth Commission, HP22-27.01 80% local jobs) · rti_likely 13 · fully_audited 0. Himachal-wide: Official source attached 19 · Candidate source identified 17 · Public reference only 2 · rti_likely 25 · fully_audited 1.
Reviewer note: Sources used: HP Government press releases (himachalpr.gov.in) for cabinet decisions on service regularisation (PUB 360/2025), DA + pensioner arrears (PUB 693/2024), Himachal Pradesh Rajya Chayan Aayog (PUB 993/2023), Nazrana hike to deities (PUB 217/2025), drug enforcement against employees (PUB 196/2025), and Information & PR notification for the Himachal Pradesh Patrakar Kalyan Yojna 2017; HP PWD Roads page; HP Art, Language & Culture PR; HP Industries PR. None of the 13 rows were marked fully_audited. No verdict, final_verdict, original wording or fully_audited values changed. No fabricated URLs. Existing 25 Himachal rows untouched. Gujarat (114) and Punjab (31) unchanged.
- Dataset expansionHimachal Pradesh
Himachal Expansion Sprint 1: 13 additional preliminary Pratigya Patra promises added from contemporaneous press coverage; full official PDF still not located.
- Old:
- Himachal total: 25 promises (Preliminary dataset, source audit in progress).
- New:
- Himachal total: 38 promises. Counters — Official source attached: 14 · Candidate source identified: 11 · Public reference only: 13 · rti_likely: 25 · fully_audited: 1 (HP22-01.01 unchanged).
Reviewer note: Added rows: HP22-18.01, 19.01, 20.01, 21.01, 22.01, 23.01, 24.01, 25.01, 27.01, 28.01 (high-confidence) and HP22-08.04, 08.05, 26.01 (medium-confidence). Sources: The Tribune (5 Nov 2022) and Indian Express (5 Nov 2022) Congress manifesto coverage. All new rows: verdict=Not yet reviewed, fully_audited=false, official_source_status=Public reference only, rti_likely=true. Dataset remains 'Preliminary dataset, source audit in progress'. No existing 25 Himachal rows changed. Gujarat (114) and Punjab (31) untouched.
- Source updateHimachal Pradesh
Himachal Source Sprint 1 — replaced public/media references with Himachal government / govt-affiliated sources on 13 of 25 promises.
- Old:
- Official source attached: 7 · Candidate source identified: 10 · Official source needed: 2 · Public reference only: 6 · rti_likely: 17 · fully_audited: 1
- New:
- Official source attached: 14 · Candidate source identified: 11 · Official source needed: 0 · Public reference only: 0 · rti_likely: 12 · fully_audited: 1 (HP22-01.01 unchanged).
Reviewer note: Rows updated: HP22-03.01, 04.01, 04.02, 06.01, 06.02, 07.02, 08.01, 09.01, 10.01, 11.01, 13.01, 16.01, 17.01. Sources used: himachalpr.gov.in press releases, HPERC tariff order, MMSY portal, Rajiv Gandhi Day-Boarding PR, HPMC MIS apple PR, HPTDC Devbhoomi Darshan, HPPCL R&R + Luhri HEP-I LARR notification, UD Dept MMSAGY page, HP Personnel Dept transfer-orders archive, HP Panchayati Raj central-schemes page, HP Budget Speech 2024-25 (ebudget.hp.nic.in). No verdicts, final_verdict, promise text or fully_audited values changed. Gujarat and Punjab rows untouched. No URLs invented; every source resolves to a real government / govt-affiliated / govt-corporation page or PDF.
- Data correctionHimachal Pradesh
Normalized official_source_status across all 25 Himachal rows to the standard 5-value enum and added a structured rti_likely boolean column.
- Old:
- 21 of 25 rows used free-text status labels (e.g. 'Official government source', 'Department homepage + media context', 'Public/media reference'); RTI flag was embedded as a trailing string in notes.
- New:
- Official source attached: 7 · Candidate source identified: 10 · Official source needed: 2 · Public reference only: 6 · rti_likely=true on 17 genuinely RTI-relevant rows.
Reviewer note: Display/structural cleanup only. No verdicts, source URLs, original wording, or fully_audited values changed. Gujarat and Punjab rows untouched.
- Feature updateHimachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh 2022 Congress Pratigya Patra / 10 Guarantees imported as preliminary dataset.
- New:
- 25 promises mapped (HP22-01.01 → HP22-17.01). Audit status: Preliminary dataset, source audit in progress.
Reviewer note: Reconstructed from contemporaneous reporting of the Congress Pratigya Patra / 10 Guarantees. Official Congress-hosted PDF not yet located; only HP22-01.01 (Old Pension Scheme) is currently marked fully audited against an official HP Government PR.
- Data correctionGujarat
Removed duplicate Family Card promise (GJ22-14.02). Both 14.01 and 14.02 originated from the same manifesto line.
- Old:
- 115 Gujarat promises
- New:
- 114 Gujarat promises
Reviewer note: No verdicts or source URLs changed on remaining 114 promises.
- Source updateGujarat
Source Sprint 10 — further reduction of Wikipedia-as-primary sources and reclassification of public-reference-only promises onto official department / scheme portals.
- Old:
- Wikipedia primary: 42 · Official source attached: 17 · Public reference only: 13
- New:
- Wikipedia primary: 22 · Official source attached: 24 · Public reference only: 0
Reviewer note: Replacements point to gov.in departmental anchors and scheme portals. No verdicts, manifesto wording or fully_audited flags were changed.
- RTI updateGujarat
First RTI priority batch identified — 10 highest-priority Gujarat promises selected for first RTI filing.
- New:
- 10 promises with department, missing-evidence note and draft RTI question prepared in the tracker.
Reviewer note: Selection-only exercise. No RTIs filed, no verdicts changed, no database fields written.
- Feature updatePunjab
Platform prepared for Punjab 2022 (AAP Election Guarantees) import. State selector, /promises?state=punjab routing, RTI tracker state filter and dynamic 'Original guarantee wording' label are now ready. Punjab data not yet imported — state remains marked as coming soon.
- New:
- Punjab listed in state selector as 'coming soon'; methodology clarifies that guarantees/sankalp patras/pratigya patras/vision documents are tracked as their original commitment format.
Reviewer note: No Gujarat data changed. No Punjab promises inferred or imported.
- Feature updatePunjab
Punjab 2022 AAP Election Guarantees imported as preliminary dataset.
- New:
- 31 promises imported (review_level=Preliminary reviewed, audit_status=Relevant evidence review pending). Punjab state activated in the live state selector. RTI-likely rows surfaced in the RTI tracker via existing tracker logic.
Reviewer note: All verdicts, sources and original guarantee wording preserved exactly from the source CSV. No promise marked fully audited. No Gujarat data modified.
15 May 2026
- Verdict updateGujarat
fully_audited count raised to 3 under the strict audit bar.
- Old:
- 0 promises fully audited
- New:
- 3 promises fully audited
Reviewer note: fully_audited = true is only set when the official source directly supports the verdict-specific numbers, status or completion — not just the topic or scheme existence.
14 May 2026
- Source updateGujarat
Wikipedia-as-primary sources reduced across multiple source-audit sprints (Sprints 1–9).
- Old:
- 102 promises with Wikipedia as primary source
- New:
- 42 promises with Wikipedia as primary source
Reviewer note: Replacements were department portals, scheme dashboards, budget pages and official press releases. Verdicts were not changed during these replacements.
- Source updateGujarat
Official source attached count increased through Sprints 1–9.
- New:
- 17 promises now have official_source_status = 'Official source attached'.
10 May 2026
- RTI update
Internal RTI Tracker workspace added for promises where public official evidence is missing and an RTI may be required.
- New:
- Admin-only /rti-tracker?admin=1 with draft RTI questions and localStorage status.
Reviewer note: Draft-only workflow. No verdicts, sources or manifesto text are changed through the tracker.
6 May 2026
- Methodology update
Methodology page published explaining how promises are tracked, verdict categories, source hierarchy, source status labels and the fully-audited bar.
- New:
- /methodology live and linked from header, hero and footer.
4 May 2026
- Feature update
Audit Trail (expandable) added to promise cards — shows primary/secondary sources, candidate official source, fully-audited flag and last reviewed date.
2 May 2026
- Feature update
Public source status panels added to every promise card (source strength, source status, source gap note).
- New:
- Source status, source strength and source gap note visible on each public promise card.
25 April 2026
- Data correctionGujarat
114 promises mapped to their original manifesto wording.
- New:
- 114 promises with original_manifesto_text populated.
Reviewer note: One-to-one mapping from manifesto items to trackable promises. GJ22-14.02 was later merged into GJ22-14.01 as both came from the same Family Card Yojana manifesto line.
20 April 2026
- Feature updateGujarat
Gujarat 2022 BJP Sankalp Patra added as the first manifesto on the platform.
- New:
- Manifesto document linked, party + election year recorded.
This page is the public-facing changelog. Internal source-audit sprint notes and RTI draft questions live in the admin workspace and are not published.