Why are we doing this?

Manifestos are long, complex documents written in dense language. They contain dozens of specific commitments — schemes, laws, projects, financial outlays, timelines — bundled together. After the election, the public conversation moves on. Government dashboards exist, but they are scattered across hundreds of departments, scheme portals, budget books and CAG reports. No single, citizen-friendly place tracks the original promises against what the government has actually done.

The result: voters cannot easily judge a government on the commitments it was elected to deliver, journalists have to start from scratch each time, and even sincere governments struggle to show what they have completed.

• To make manifestos accountable in plain language. Every promise on Sarkari Vaade is mapped to its original manifesto wording and re-stated in simple, citizen-friendly terms.
• To anchor every verdict in public evidence. We rely on government websites, budgets, CAG reports, official dashboards, gazette notifications and RTI replies — not opinion, not speeches.
• To be transparent about what we do not know. Where evidence is missing, we say so openly instead of assuming fulfilment or failure.
• To stay non-partisan. The same methodology applies to every state and every ruling party. We are not for or against any government — we are for the evidence.

• Informed voters. Citizens should be able to walk into the next election with a clear, evidence-backed view of which manifesto promises were kept, partially kept, or left undelivered.
• Stronger public-record habits. When official sources are routinely cited and gaps are visible, governments are encouraged to publish cleaner, more accessible data.
• Easier journalism and research. Reporters, students, researchers and civil society organisations should be able to use Sarkari Vaade as a starting point rather than rebuild the dataset every time.
• Credit where credit is due. Promises that have genuinely been delivered should be marked as such, with the official source attached, so good work is visible.
• An honest record of gaps. Where promises remain unfulfilled, the public record should reflect that — without exaggeration and without erasure.
• A repeatable model across states. Gujarat is the first state live; the same method is being extended to every state we cover.

• It is not a campaign for or against any political party.
• It is not a substitute for official audit institutions such as the CAG.
• It is not a place where opinion overrides evidence — verdicts change only when stronger evidence appears.

Sarkari Vaade is a public-interest project. If you find a stronger official source, or believe a verdict needs review, please share the source and promise ID with us. Every submission is reviewed before any change is made.

Use the Submit Evidence page to send us the source and promise ID. To understand how we map promises and assign verdicts, read our Methodology.