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I don't know if I should be answering this since Balaji Viswanathan (பாலாஜி விஸ்வநாதன்) has already answered it. But since, I have had a deep interest in the outcome of the 2014 General Elections and the trajectory India takes, I would try to put in my $.02Pre Election Timeline:12th Sept'13 : Modi is appointed as BJPs PM Candidate. He had been working pretty hard,and thus this was a proud day for a Modi follower. He was one of the few politicians who gave speeches at the Citizens for Accountable Governance and made quite an impact among the youth. : Narendra Modi anointed BJP PM candidate, Advani disappointed - The Times of IndiaPre-appointment this was one of his best speeches ,in Sri Ram College :where he talks about Swarajya(self-governance/Independence) v/s Surajya(good governance)2nd Oct (Manthan) : Now, CAG (Citizens for Accountable Governance) started off as a platform where citizens (mostly young first time voters) could make an informed choice on the eve of 2014 Elections.While Rahul Gandhi attended just one, Modi attended two or three.So impressed were the guys at CAG, that they provided 'Brand Strategy' for his campaign : Page on firstpost.comHis speech on the finale day was very well received among the first time voters.Sept'13 - April'14 (Blitzkrieg Campaign) : An orator par excellence, Modi endeared the masses against the backdrop of massive corruption scandals in the UPA. The strategy of his campaign was mostly done by CAG and Amit Shah & Co. From innovate campaign slogans like "Abki Bar Modi Sarkar" to "Sabka Saath Sabka Vikaas" , the PR machinery was in full force. This articles traces the amazing journey from Sept'13 till 9th May. Page on tinyurl.comFast forward to 16th May'14 : Riding on the Modi wave, BJP wins majority on it's own. : Page on indianexpress.com. After 30 Long years. India got rid of 'coalition compulsions'. Which were seen to be the major reason for corruption, policy paralysis and zero accountability as blame could be pushed elsewhere. This day also saw, the defeat of the left-liberal ideology which almost ruined India's tremendous potential since Independence.Personally, this felt like India achieved Independence (all over again) from the Oligarchy of Gandhis.Indian election result: 2014 is Modi's year as BJP secures victoryBefore I drift off,into how much the Congress and it's socialist economic policies have hurt us, will come back to the question.So what has PM Modi achieved since assuming power?Lights ,Camera, and Action...25th May/Swearing In : In sort of a diplomatic coup, he invited heads of State of All SAARC Countries, and all heads of state except Bangladesh attended the grand swearing in. It got great International press as well : Narendra Modi sworn in as Indian PM in spectacular ceremony Though to be fair, a lot of effort was put in by MEA, Security Agencies etc,to make the swearing in a grand success.Unsung heroes of Narendra Modi’s diplomatic coup | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis28th May (SIT) : First Decision that the newly formed Cabinet made was to create an SIT as per Supreme Court orders, which the last government was dilly dallying for obvious reasons.ref : First Cabinet move: SIT on black money - The Times of IndiaMaking Bureaucracy Efficient : Like in his home state of Gujarat, Modi is trying to make the Bureaucracy accountable,transparent and most importantly effective.1. Ex-TRAI chief Nripendra Mishra, who has a great track record, was made the principal secretary to the PM. He was so important for Modi, that the government had to pass an ordinance route to clear the route for his appointment.Why Modi govt is determined to take Nripendra Misra alongOrdinance pushed in 2 days to clear Nripendra Misra's path to principal secretary post - The Times of India2. Spymaster Ajit Doval : Ex-RAW chief in 2004 Congress Govt, Modi hired the best man to re-establish India's security infrastructure by bringing in Ajit Doval. The only IPS Cadre to ever win the Kirti Chakra, Doval is a man of impeccable integrity and great intelligence who can fix most of India's internal security problems. Ajit Kumar Doval was therefore appointed as the NSA(National Security Advisor)Pakistani media went into a hysteria, post Doval's appointment :Exposing Ishrat Jahan Case :Quora : Is Ajit Kumar Doval, the best you can get?Unofficial blog : AJIT DOVAL'S PERSPECTIVESNSA Ajit Doval's new status effectively dwarfs many in Cabinet3. Bureaucratic Reshuffle : 48 Appointments including Reshuffles were made at the joint secretary level, in one of the biggest in Indian Bureaucracy .Narendra Modi approves transfers, appointments of 48 bureaucratsImportant Decisions Of Modi SarkarTransfers at midnight: biggest bureaucratic reshuffle - Hindustan TimesModi govt carries out first major bureaucratic reshuffle - Hindustan Times4. Accountability: The government introduced a series of measures to bring in accountability from bureaucrats through attendance tracking system, file tracking system (to go live by Dec End'14)India’s work-shy bureaucrats face attendance trackingIt brings in e-SamikSha : A digital platform to track the files.e-SamikSha: A new digital monitor for bureaucracy to rein in slackersMinimum government,maximum governance : Keeping up with his maxim of less government (regulation) and more governance (cutting the red-tape), PM Modi undertook a lot of bold steps : 1. Scrapping of GoMs and EGoMS : One of the major reasons of Policy Paralysis in the 2nd term of the UPA coalition was like the extra fat around the government's belly. The liposuction was done as one of the first moves by the PM.GoMs & EGoMs scrapped to expedite decisions2. Planning Commission Scrapped (15th Aug'14): In one of the boldest moves, signalling a shift away from the Soviet Style Centralized Planning , this relic of Nehruvian-Socialism was scrapped.--PM Modi announces scrapping of Planning Commission, new body to be set up to foster 'cooperative federalism' - Hindustan Times--New body set to replace Planning Commission3. A few more action scenes :In line with expediting the pending infrastructure projects, PMO took control of Project Monitoring Body ,set up by the erstwhile government to fast track huge projects : PM Modi takes control of oversight panel to speed up $300 bn stuck projectsA lot is being done on the 'governance' side which will be evident in the laws that were passed by the Lok Sabha in the Budget and the Winter Sessions of 2014.Legislative Reforms : As of Dec'14, no big-ticket/big-bang reforms were passed (or allowed to be passed in some cases) which the industrialists had expected. Not surprisingly the Lok Sabha's productivity in both the sessions of Parliament was over 100% (More was done than was planned to be done at the outset ) : Budget session productivity hits a high of 104% - The Times of India and for Winter Session : Lok Sabha records highest productivity in last five yearsBelow,I will go through briefly with the comparatively major steps the government took as far as modifying existing law or creating new laws was concerned.a. Juvenile Justice Act : Major change was that for those above 16 years, Heinous crimes,the child will be tried as an adult. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014b. Judicial Reforms (Pending Constitutional Amendment subject to ratification by 50% Indian states) : This will eliminate the Collegium system of appointing judges and make it more transparent to the Nation. Cabinet clears constitutional status for Judicial Appointments Commission As of 26th Dec, the states ratified the same, and it may get presidential nod soon. Higher judiciary appointments through NJAC soon, says Sadananda Gowda - The Times of India7 key highlights of the Judicial Appointment Commission Bill | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysisc. GST Constitutional Amendment : In what has been ascribed as the biggest indirect tax reform in the history of Independent India, Lok Sabha passed the Constitutional Amendment for introduction of GST to replace a myriad of Central,State,Local taxes. This is in line with Modi's promise of removing LBT (Local Body Tax) which he termed as "Looton Batoon Tax".The key features of GST Constitutional Amendment Bill 2014Why India Inc wants GST so badly: FAQTo be fair, the credit entirely goes to Arun Jaitely, who took the states on board,before tabling it in Lok Sabha.An un-updated link : GST Indiad. Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2014 : It was high time to replace Archaic laws and it was done in two installments.Modi government prepares bill to repeal 36 archaic lawsThe law commission of India in Sept'14 came out with a report on many such 'Junk Laws' : Page on lawcommissionofindia.nic.inSadananda Gowda to focus on bringing down litigation, junking obsolete laws - The Times of IndiaLaw ministry to scrap dated lawsIn the winter session, the bill passed LS to repeal 287 of the around 700 junk laws that India has. Centre identifies 287 more outdated laws to repeale. Coal and Insurance (Ordinances) : To meet the energy requirements of the Country, which relies on Coal, the Centre re-promulgated the Coal Sector Ordinance, to auction off the coal blocks, as they could not be passed in Rajya Sabha. Similarly , FDI in insurance was increased upto 49%.Cabinet approves ordinance on coal and insuranceGreen signal for reforms: President Pranab Mukherjee signs ordinances on insurance and coal - The Economic TimesOther small steps taken by GoI:Decriminalize Suicide : Government decriminalizes attempt to commit suicide, removes section 309 - The Times of IndiaThird Gender : Hijra: India's third gender claims its place in lawMany more important bills have passed the Lok Sabha, and pending in the Rajya SabhaList of Bills on Government's Agenda in Parliament's Winter SessionMotor Vehicles Act : Stricter penalties for Driving violations. New Motor Vehicle Act Proposes Intelligent Driving SolutionsNew Motor Vehicles Act proposes big fines for uninsured vehicles owners - The Economic TimesA Slew of new initiatives: [edit :added pics]Swachh Bharat : As already pointed out, in one of the most ambitious projects 'Clean India', it will in long run (if all goes well) benefit the poor people the most. PM has stressed time and again,that it's a non-political clarion call to clean up our streets,lanes,communities and own. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Clean India is responsibility of all 1.25 billion Indians, says PM Narendra Modi.Digital India: Another huge initiate of the PM, 'Digital India' seeks to penetrate Broadband internet to even the remote Indian Villages by 2019. Google,FB and most of all Microsoft has expressed deep interest in this initiative. Also, digital literacy (through NPTEL and similar platforms) can reach the villages when free/cheap internet is made available in a big way. But it's main object is to offer all government services made online. (e-Governance, tele-medicine.) News : Google in race with Facebook, Microsoft for a slice of digital India , Modi Cabinet approves Rs 1 lakh crore Digital India projectModel Village (Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna) Another good initiative for the MPs to adopt a village each (without additional funding) . I personally doubt though how many MPs will be serious about this : PM Modi's Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana: 7 key features.MyGov.in: A Platform for Citizen Engagement towards Good Governance in India: Under PM Modi's initiative, NIC created this portal to crowd-source ideas for effective. governance News : PM Narendra Modi launches portal, MyGov, for citizens to contribute in governance. In the long run, the farther e-governance penetrates,the lesser the corruption. This,highly depends on India having un-interrupted power.Make In India : Another pet project of PM Modi ; it aims at transforming India into a manufacturing in (and for) India. It was launched with much fanfare, but it's yet to kick start as Foreign (and Indian) Corporates are still on a wait-and-watch mode. If successful,India as a manufacturing hub can employ millions and lift them out of poverty. As India imports a lot of it's defense manufacturing, PM's push is to manufacture India's defense requirements within. More on it under the defense and Internal security section. Focus on electronics: It's expected that India's import bill of electronics may exceed it's Crude Oil by '22. Make in India: Ministries told to prefer domestically-manufactured electronic goods. News : Who's who of India Inc : Modi's Make in India mantra: FDI is First Develop India. (Edit : Had missed the below two. Thanks Gyaneswar Panigrahi )Srameva Jayate (Efforts Alone Triumph)/ Labour Reforms : Though the industry did not get it's dream of "hire and fire policy" (which would have wrecked havoc in Indian Politics), PM Modi brought in the much needed end to Inspector Raj. Now, the inspections were only to be done, for units randomly selected (via a Centralized System) and the report uploaded in a time bound,transparent manner. Modi rolls out labour reforms , Narendra Modi launches key labour reforms, promises better work culturesJan Dhan Yojna (Zero Balance Bank Account) : In possibly the largest exercise of Financial inclusion, PM Modi's Govt along with all National Banks a scheme to allow the poor, to open zero balance bank accounts. Jan Dhan balance tops Rs 5,000 crore mark, nearly 7 crore accounts opened - The Economic Times . Though it has received it's fare share of criticism, that it will overburden the current banking Infrastructure. Is Jan Dhan really a success?. The intent of the Govt though,was that the poor at least has an account so that the Govt can go ahead with the roll out of DBT (Direct Benefits Transfer)Man-ki-Baat (Voice of Heart?) : Though it can be seen as an initiative under the mygov portal , Modi has effectively used the Radio stations to reach out to even the most remotest of villages, on pertinent social questions. This way, he can even communicate (one way) with those in the remotest of village (as radios can even run on batteries). This may not have tangible benefits economically, but letters are pouring from all over India to PM's office on a range of social issues. For eg. The latest was on the menace of drugs : Man Ki Baat: Modi links drug money and terror. It is generally well received : Modi's 'man ki baat' was heard by 66% of listeners in 6 cities(Changing) Foreign Policy : In most countries , Foreign Policy does not change with a change in the government. However, given absolute majority, and knowing that the world is evolving intoa multi-polar power centers, Modi has given huge importance to Foreign Policy (mainly to check the growing domination of China.It all started with his swearing-in ceremony, which invited the heads of state of all SAARC nations.From look East, GoI has evolved into act-east . He has traveled to 7 countries in the past 7 months. : List of Prime Ministerial trips made by Narendra ModiHe was very well received at the Bricks and G20 summits.: It was decided that A BRICS bank established. It unfortunately went to China, but as per the agreement it will be headed by an Indian. Top 8 things PM Narendra Modi said at BRICS summit - The Times of India It's effectiveness,given it will be operated out of China, remains to be seen. What the new bank of BRICS is all aboutThough, his US and Japan visit can be seen as more of optics,because major things that India wanted, din't go through. However, he made the world notice him. US and India were going through a tough time in deplomatic relations ,especially after the Khobragade incident. Modi's visit seems to have cooled a lot of tensions and US is looking at India in quite a different light. US think tanks ,especially after the elections ,had been calling for a more strategic partnership with India : An Opportunity to Reenergize U.S.–India Relations . Or take for example the case of Richard Verma, whose appointment as US Ambassador to India was cleared in 7 Days by a bi-partisan vote : Understanding Richard Verma's Swift Senate Confirmation as U.S. Ambassador to IndiaIndia warms up to Israel (Finally!!) : Indian-Isarel relationship has always been strange. It was only in 1992 that Diplomatic Relationship between the two countries was formally established and Israel set up it's consulate in Mumbai. However, Modi being soft towards Israel (mainly due to ideological leaning and Israel inviting him , when he was the 'shunned' CM) ,the government is engaged with Israel at the highest levels. PM Modi may be the first Indian Prime-minister to vist Israel. Junking the age 0ld "Non Alignment" movement, PM Modi is all for closer ties with Israel : India’s shift away from Palestine could spell the Non-Aligned Movement's doom - Opinion. Which is being seen in Foreign Policy Circles as a diplomatic coup. There's a lot of buzz in Israeli press as compared to our Indian press about this new "Strategic Partnership" : The Times of Israel . The 'arab press' is worried about this : Why Modi’s India aligns more closely with Israel than with Palestinians . Israeli defense firm as a promo video launched this (funny and chauvinistic) Bollywood like song, signifying our common goals and interests :More on Defense ties with Israel, in the defense section.Tony Abbot and Modi's Chemistry : Modi's visit to Australia bore more fruits compared to US/Japan (feel feel to disagree) as the Governments signed the long pending civil nuclear deal : Energy-Starved India Signs Civil Nuclear Deal To Get Uranium Supplies From Australia. This will pave way, for generating nuclear energy in India,especially after the nuclear reactors we are building with Russia,go live. Tony Abbot's Interview : India, Australia seal civil nuclear deal. A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is expected to be signed in an year.In the meanwhile, Modi addressed the parliament of Nepal, visited Bhutan,Myanmar and seeks to work together with these governments for common interests. (Checking rise and hegemony of the dragon).A tough message to Pakistan was sent when ceasefire violations were responded in kind, the secretary level talks stopped when Pakistani officials met separatists and so son.India held it together at the WTO talks and helped keep India's food security program safe. (Though that program itself faces massive leakages)[Edit: Added following] Chemistry with Japan PM Shinzo Abe : Abe and Modi share a special friendship which was quite evident when they greeted each other :India sees Japan as a closer friend under PM Modi. This did not yeild though, in the nuclear deal. Also, Modi continues to be a special interest in Japanese press : Narendra Modi - The Japan Times. Japan agreed to invest upto $35 Billion into India during the vist : 10 highlights of Modi's visit to Japan. The two countries agreed to have deeper defense and security ties. This bonhomie also seeks to check China : Why India’s Modi and Japan’s Abe Need Each Other — Badly[Edit The Section Energy were added later on]Energy (Power Sector) : As a part of it's Manifesto , BJP had promised to "Ensuring a basic level of Infrastructure to all - Home, Electricity, Water, Toilets and Access.[sic]" . Similar to his home state of Gujarat, the PM want's each state to have un-interrupted power supply,thus saving a lot on diesel among other things. His focus has also been on Clean Energy. As one of the below report puts it "There is a tangible shift in policy focus on the sources of power. The government is keen on promotion of hydro, renewable and gas-based projects, as well as adoption of clean coal technology."Solar Power : India Plans the World's Largest Solar Power Plant. Currently the biggest solar plant in India is in MP [151 DC MegaWatt] : Solar power plant inaugurated in MP - India's largest solar power plant inaugurated in MP. Where as the largest being planned will have a 750 mega watt output : World's biggest solar power station to come up in Madhya Pradesh. International Press is quite interested : Can Narendra Modi bring the solar power revolution to India?Nuclear Power : The landmark Nuclear Deal signed between India and US by the then PM Manmohan Singh, could not bring in foreign investors due to India's Strict nuclear liability laws , which put off the suppliers. PM Modi is not in favor of diluting these laws but creating and insurance pool,which will encourage the US firms to supply the technological know-how,fuel and the nuclear reactors (which will mostly be Made in India under Joint Ventures) to satisfy India's huge electricity demand. News : India to complete process of placing nuclear power reactors under IAEA safeguards. Insurance pooling idea has gotten the international players ready to re-think : Exclusive - India looks to sway Americans with nuclear power insurance plan.Policy reforms on the power side : The body IBEF (Indian Brand Equity Forum) has an informative summary on the power sector in India spanning from 12th Plan to the 13th Plan : Power Sector in India, Indian, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Solar Power . GoI came up with a report in Dec'14 and set it's TargetsThe Mos Of Power,Coal and Infrastructre (Piyush Goyal) had an interesting take on Capitalism and Socialism and how India Inc. needs to do it's part in Nation Building :Impetus on Defense, National Security and Space: Modi in his election speeches, had made quite harsh allegations on the UPA for the ill-treatment of our Armed forces and the rapidly deteriorating Security agencies due to government apathy. He was quite right. Various voices accused the UPA of playing 'votebank-politics' over National Security; most notably Ajit Doval himself who was the then IB Chief. A legal student's blog on POTA/TADA and laws alike : The need of POTA. The vision for the next five years for Internal Security were summed up as : " Developing internal security, under which a policy of ‘zero tolerance’ to terrorism, extremism, riots and crime would be pursued." Ref: NDA Treads where UPA Dithered on Defence, Security.In sync with the Make-In-India campaign, GoI started with manufacturing the much needed submarines internally : Six submarines to be ‘made in India’Since FDI in defense sector was increased to 49% , some firms have started showing interest in manufacturing locally. French defence firms back PM Narendra Modi's "Make in India" pushIndian firms excited about new opportunities : Indian firms tool up for defense orders on Modi's 'buy India' pledge. Defense analysts were also happy with the 'intent' of Modi's government : Clearing of defence deals shows intent of Narendra Modi Government, says Uday BhaskarForeign media too was interested in the clearance of large purchase by the defense acquisition council : India Under Modi to Buy First Heavy Weapons Since 1980sThe contentious issue of OROP (One Rank One Pension) : BJP had promised in it's manifesto that it would implement OROP on coming to power. This had been promised by the previous governments also,but never given much consideration later on. 'One-rank one-pension' scheme before next budget: Manohar ParrikarThe PM has tried to boost the morale of the forces by visiting them during Diwali in Siachen.Internal Security wise, the new NSA is overseeing through NIA, the Burdhwan blasts as well as the highway in Assam. This was never seen before. Also taking over the probe of the blasts from Bengal Police was done in the interests of National Security. Burdwan blast: Doval visits blast site, takes stock. NIA has joined CBI in the Saradha Chit fund scam : NIA, CBI join forces to track Saradha-JMB ‘link’SMART Policing : Though far off from the police reforms, PM made clear that modernizing the police force is one of his aims. PM Modi makes pitch for SMART policing There are a lot more interesting things going on in Defense but, it's best to follow Indian defense forums for the specifics.MODI Wave: As pointed out by Balaji Sir, BJP has won the states of Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and shown a good performance in J&K (where it was not even an entity). BJP knows very well it's numbers in Rajya Sabha need bolstering for it to pass key reforms (in future). It was therefore essential to win as many elections in states till 2016. This is what India looks like post the state elections (BJP and it's allies in orange)First time since Independence, BJP has more MLAs than the Congress! : At 1058, BJP has most MLAs nationwideApart from numbers, owing to India's federal structure, Centre can just be a facilitator, the Nation can only progress if the states progress. (Unlike say communist China, where the party can do as it pleases in any state,except maybe the autonomous regions)In Maharashtra, it was successful in displacing a massively corrupt Congress-NCP government which wasted 15 years in office. The new CM Devendra Fadnavis seems promising. Also Modi cut their unruly ally Shiv-Sena to size.Haryana : A clean Chief Minister Mr. Khattar, seems to be promising,but hasn't done anything huge since coming to office.Jharkhand: Since the creation of the state around 12 years ago, it has witnessed 9 CMs and 3 President's Rules. Finally it has a stable government,and looks ahead for development.Coming up : Elections in Delhi (2015) , Bihar and Tamilnadu (2016) and most importantly UP in 2017. All three have seen huge corruption (save Delhi for 49 days of Arvind Kejriwal) and hence if Modi wave sustains,GoI's plan will find easier implementation at the state level.Criticism : The government is not without it's fare share of criticism. Especially the row over conversions : Conversion row could derail BJP in Delhi Assembly polls.I was expecting the PM to change or repeal the APMC Act (Agricultural Produce and Marketing Act) : Is criticism of APMC Act in line with farmer sentiment?Fiscal Conservatism : This has perhaps been the least criticized aspect of Modi Govt and specifically of Finance Minister Jaitely's (mostly he is not at all criticized in the MSM!)The fiscal conservatism has in trying to stick to the audacious target of 4.1% Fiscal Deficit, the government cut money from areas which are quite vital. For eg. Health Care : India slashes health budget, already one of the world's lowest .Pressuring RBI for Interest Rate Cut have kind of irritated the RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. He has stated that the rate itself is not the problem, but the high NPAs (non- performing assets) are. On 2nd Dec'14, he left the rates unchanged and what followed in the press interaction,gives the reason why that was so :Page on rbi.org.in [--edit--Added below--]THE SHAMEFUL : Being pro Modi, the only decision of the Center which I found to be absolutely reprehensible,nay shameful was to deny moderate increase in Pension to disabled soldiers. It had to take our Hon. Supreme Court,to knock sense into the insensitive decision of Modi Govt : Supreme Court rejects Centre’s appeal denying benefit to disabled soldiersBut most of all, what PM has done,has given us Hope! ,hope for a better,cleaner and stronger India.

Off-page search engine optimization is not just about links.It goes deeper than that. For example, brand mentions (your site URL or brand name mentioned on another site without a hyperlink) are an integral aspect of off-page search signals.As smart bloggers and content marketers, we usually start with on-page SEO.But we don’t stop there. Because, to a large extent, the things that matter to Google often happen away from your web site.Depending on your marketing goals, the time you spend on off-page search engine optimization will vary. Dr. Pete Meyers from Moz observed that many web site owners spend about 30% of their time on off-page factors, and 70% on on-page factors. For other web site owners, those percentages are reversed.Off-page SEO simply tells Google what others think about your site. For example, if you’ve got a lot of valuable links pointing to your pages, search engines will assume that you’ve got great content - the type that provides value for users.Otherwise, why would people waste time linking to it?People only cite, reference and share content they like. Even in a brick-and-mortar business, if your product is helpful and affordable, you’ll get a lot of word of mouth referrals from your current customers.Search engine optimization can be scary, especially when you don’t know what steps to take to rank your fresh content pages in Google top 10. But, if you can develop a basic understanding of on-page and off-page optimization, you’ll be way ahead of your competition.If you’re ready, I'm going to walk you through everything you need to know about off-page search optimization.What is Off-Page SEO?“Off-Page SEO” refers to all of the activities that you and others do away from your website to raise the ranking of a page with search engines.Though many people associate off-page SEO with link building, it goes beyond that. Many activities that don’t result in a standard link on other sites are important for off-page optimization.On-page search engine optimization happens within the site, while off-page SEO happens outside the site. If you write a guest post for another blog or leave a comment, you’re doing off-page site promotion.Preparing a Site/Page for Link BuildingLinks are still very important to Google. In fact, it’s almost impossible for Google to determine the value of any web page if there are no links pointing to it -- no matter how useful, fresh, or in-depth the page content might be.Site owners are often tempted to skip initial preparations for link building. But it’s important that you give this top priority, because preparing a site will ensure that you’re mindful of the links you sent to them.Dr. Peter J. Meyers reviewed some of the brands that won (and lost) at Google search in 2015. Sites that lost ground in organic search rankings didn’t have a strong foundation.Sure, the majority of these sites have strong domains that have been around awhile, but the basic elements that boost a page’s power aren’t there.So how do you ensure that your web pages are ready for link building?i). Laying out your internal pagesOptimized internal pages can make a huge difference in your overall rankings. This includes interlinking your pages using random keywords (with more emphasis on your brand name).According to Brian Dean’s famous post, “Google’s 200 Ranking Factors,”The number of internal links to a page indicates its importance relative to other pages on the site.More specifically, you should have silo pages that connect to your category pages and supporting pages (posts). That way, when you send a link to the homepage, the juice flows through your category and supporting pages, thus boosting your search performance.Smart search engine optimization professionals don’t just throw links at a page. Instead, they lay out the pages so that each link will pass SEO juice to other interconnected pages.None of your internal pages should stand alone. Make each page an integral part of your site and include seamless navigation. This is essential to your site users and your appeal to search engines.Ideally, pages addressing the same or related topics should be linked together in order to provide a rich experience for the users.In search engine optimization, internal pages are often overlooked. Most SEOs and site owners don’t realize that much of a site’s “SEO value” flows from how the internal pages are structured.This is usually made possible when you have links from high-value pages on the same site. Silo your pages properly if you want a healthy link equity between your internal pages.Ken Lyons shared 3 ways to ensure that your internal pages are well-structured and your links evenly distributed, before going out to get inbound links from external sources:Remember that it’s no longer only about the quantity of links you have. The quality of links to your internal pages is as important as the structure of the pages themselves.In fact, sometimes reducing the number of links pointing to your internal pages could help your SEO efforts.For example, CMS North America, a manufacturer of 5 axis CNC machines, had an established website with 170 indexed pages. Yet, the site wasn’t generating substantial search traffic.By auditing their site using the Internal Link Juice Tool, they discovered that the site had 168 links pointing to the homepage.This was more than best practices called for, which is especially a problem when the SEO juice from those links doesn’t flow to internal pages.They initiated a new navigation structure and removed some of the links pointing to silo pages, while retaining the links that supported usability (such as “contact us” and support pages). In all, 70 links were removed.After 6 weeks of re-structuring the internal pages’ links and the homepage, most of the fresh pages and links had been re-crawled by Google’s spider.The company saw improved rankings for 18 of the 21 keyword phrases the site was targeting. Keywords that were already ranking on page 2 improved an average of 3.7 ranking slots.ii). Do the basic on-page SEO: On-page search engine optimization is important. After all, you don’t want Google to view your site as a neglected portal.I’m sure you’ve heard enough about meta tags and keyword density. Yet, there are other important on-page SEO factors that matter and that are often overlooked. This on-page SEO infographic from Backlinko lays many of them out for you:One of the reasons why many authority sites no longer dominate the top organic listings is because they’ve neglected basic on-page SEO.You want to link to your internal pages using the keyword that best defines that page.When you create a landing page that you would like Google to rank highly, you should pass more SEO juice to that page from your important pages.If the search engine giant is seeing a lot of pages on your site for a particular search term, and is unsure of which one to rank higher than the others, you’ll struggle to increase your search engine rank no matter how much value your provide.And that’s what the basic on-page search engine optimization process is all about. There’s no magic secret formula. Just ensure that your pages are well structured, your keywords specified, and signals are being sent to Google in the right manner. This will work towards improving your search engine ranking.Here’s an example: Daily Mail Online, a popular online magazine that ranks highly for several keywords, failed to dominate the top listings during the 2014 World Cup. Other brands took their spots:The online magazine missed out on this opportunity to attract thousands, if not millions of search users, given the sheer interest in the tournament (with a spike peak around June 18).With several brands dominating Google’s first page rankings, Daily Mail Online missed out for the term “World Cup.” Each new article published about the World Cup overlapped with Daily Mail’s landing page, which they desperately wanted to rank better than other pages (shown in pink).What's happening here is that the search engine giant is seeing lots of pages from Daily Mail Online for this search term, and is unsure of which one should be ranked highest.This has a lot to do with internal page linking -- or the lack of it.To capitalize on the trending search term at the time, Mail Online could have linked back to the hub page from every internal page (especially those related to ‘Word Cup’).This would have been a strong signal to Google that this page was significant and perhaps useful to users.Sadly, Daily Mail had lots of opportunities to link back to the hub from relevant blog posts and pages, but they didn’t do so.iii). Pick thematic keywords: Although links are still the icing on the cake, the upshot to SEO that controls every other factor is the keywords you choose.Keywords are the fundamental building blocks for your content campaign. In the diagram below, the more accurate view of on-page SEO shows that use of related keywords and primary keywords accounts for 7.5% and 40% of on-page SEO, respectively.In his book, Keyword Research: How To Find and Profit From Low Competition Long Tail Keywords, author Nathan George said that to succeed in business, you have to help a lot of people.So the question becomes, how do you find people to help? The answer: Keyword research.But not all keywords are created equal. If you want to improve the odds of driving organic traffic to your site, then you need to pick thematic keywords.The word “thematic” simply means having or relating to a particular subject.So when you’re picking keywords, focus on those that are related to a particular subject. You can’t afford to spread your net too wide. Here’s an example:Let’s assume that your business delivers WordPress theme customization services. It’s important to find the right related keywords that you can create content around.Simply plug your main keyword (wordpress theme customization) into the Google Keywords Planner search bar. Click the “Get ideas” button. Here are thematic keyword phrases:Remember that you’re in business to help others. By knowing the words, phrases, and search terms they use in search, you can more easily tailor your content to meet their needs.You can supercharge the power of your keywords by switching towards branded keywords. In other words, instead of targeting “SEO tips,” you could niche down and include your brand or domain name (e.g., Moz SEO tips, Neil Patel SEO).Domain or brand-oriented keywords usually bring up several results from the same site in Google search results.Of course, you have to create useful, high quality content. When you see several of your pages ranking in Google search results, it doesn’t matter what positions those pages hold - you can pass more link juice to them through any of the link building strategies below:Branded thematic keywords will give you an edge over the competition and serves as a leading SEO technique. No matter how many top brands are dominating the top 10 organic listings, you can find yourself driving motivated visitors to your site.When it comes to on-page search engine optimization, the title tag is the most important factor. That’s why it’s important to use your keywords in the right manner in your titles.Brian Dean did some experiments and found that when you start a title with keywords, you rank better in the SERPs.In general, the closer you place the keyword in the beginning of the title tag, the more weight it’ll have with search engines.So let’s assume you chose to target these 3 keyword phrases below:web design strategyWordPress theme developercost of website designYou can model these titles because they all place keywords at the beginning:Web Design Strategy: How to Finally Design a Website That ConvertsWordPress Theme Developer: 7 Factors You Should Consider FirstThe Cost of Website Design for Small Business OwnersStarting your title tag with the targeted keyword is important. But, that only applies when you truly want to improve the search performance of a given keyword. There are situations when you create content without focusing on a keyword. Here’s how Brian puts it:When you’re targeting keywords in on-page optimization, don’t just keep reiterating those primary keywords over and over.Instead, use synonyms or latent semantic indexing (LSI) terms. LSI keywords have one purpose - to help search engine spiders extract meaning from normal keywords (especially those with more than one meaning). For example, Apple, the computer company vs. apple, the fruit.Ideally, if you were writing content on a subject related to Apple, the company, Google expects you to mention relevant words and terms that are common to the organization.In the same vein, if I were writing about Microsoft Windows 10, in order to help Google spiders extract the exact meaning of your page and serve the right users, I’d mention words and phrases such as Bill Gates, Operating System, OS, Windows 8.0, etc.Stay away from mentioning your primary keyword (e.g., cheap airline tickets) over and over in your content. Google will view that as over-optimization and may well penalize you.When you mention other synonyms, you can optimize your content the right way (at least in the way Google and users want).If I were to write an article targeting the keyword “how to get blog traffic,” here’s what I’d do: replace the search term with these LSI keywords:How to get blog traffichow to generate traffic to blogdrive web visitors to blogget online blog visitorsAttract web traffic to my blogget web traffic to my blog by leveraging social mediaAt a glance, you can see that the above keywords are related to the primary keyword (how to get blog traffic).In your internal pages, you can use these LSI keywords in your title tags and you’ll be just fine. But, imagine what it would seem like if all your pages are were all targeting one keyword - with no variations.In Google’s ranking algorithm, the presence or absence of latent semantic indexing keywords go a long way towards determining where your web page ranks, because it’s a strong quality signal to Google.You might be wondering how you can find these synonymous words. The good news is that there are several tools that you can use to research LSI search terms. Simply follow these steps:a). First step: Go to Lsigraph.com and input your primary keyword (e.g., cheap airline tickets). Solve the captcha, then click the “Generate” Button:b). Second step: Select LSI keywords from the list. Simply locate the keywords that’ll be ideal for your content. Then use them.On-page keyword optimization all boils down to researching, choosing and integrating keywords that you can easily rank for. You don’t want to compete with top brands with higher and stronger domain authority.That’s why you should also focus on long-tail keywords. You already know how to find and use them to improve your search rankings. I generate over 20,000 organic visitors to this blog, specifically from long-tail search.With only 5 hours of work, Jamie Press turned Google Autocomplete ideas into traffic & rankings. He helped his clients to create useful content that ranked #2 and #3 in search results at the time.How to Get Relevant, Authority and User-Friendly BacklinksAlmost 100 billion searches are made on Google every month for content, products, and services. And that’s just a portion of the market.This was announced recently at Re/code’s Code/Mobile conference by Amit Singhal, senior vice president of Google Search.He also explained that more than half of those searches are coming from mobile devices.To the majority of SEOs, content marketers, and bloggers, backlinks are the most important off-page SEO factor. And, they might be right.That’s because natural links from authoritative and relevant websites act as an independent "vote of confidence," that helps search engines trust your website more.When Google's search spider crawls your site, looking for fresh content (sometimes depending on your sitemap settings), it indexes your new pages and and prepares them for search users.After your pages are added into its vast index to be returned in search results when relevant search queries are triggered, Google uses several algorithm factors to determine where those pages will rank.In the SEO world, we refer to these as Google’s ranking factors. They’re the determining factors for organic web page rankings. Fortunately, you don’t have to memorize all of the ranking factors -- good news, because according to Google, there are over 200 of them.But the most important factor as far as SEO is concerned is links. Well, not the links per se, but the impact of such links. Some other off-page factors are:In the past, if I generated 100 links to my page, and you had only 20 links, Google would view my web page as more authoritative and valuable than yours.Link quality wasn’t all that important at the time.But today, links are perceived differently. A lot of questions arise when Google sees a link pointing to your web page. For example:Where does the link come from?What prompted the site owner to link to you?What is the link quality? (I.e., is it from an authority site?)How fresh is your link?How natural is your link profile?And so on…When building links to your site or internal pages (which is more ideal in today’s SEO), focus on relevant, authority and SEO-friendly links.Let’s discuss some of the ways to get these valuable links:1). Broken link building: Even though I’ve written tons of posts on broken link building, sadly, not many people do it. Most people still rely on guest blogging. Don’t get me wrong - guest blogging is still a great way to acquire the right links.But, guest blogging can only take you far. Worse, it requires a lot of research for the right topic. Then you have to find the right blogs, write the post, submit the post and wait for it to be published.On the other hand, broken link building is easy, faster than guest blogging and could provide a substantial avenue to earn the right links.When I launched my nutrition blog, I leveraged broken link building tactics and generated a handful of natural links from trusted sites through that strategy.The opportunities are just endless when you capitalize on dead links. Because in reality, the internet is broken…literally.Lots of links that you see on authority blogs are actually dead. As hosting expires, sites are messed up during file transfer or migration or typing mistakes happen and links are bound to break. They lead to 404 error pages, which don’t appeal to users (more on this later).All these broken links are to your advantage.There is nothing new or fancy about fixing broken links. This link building tactic will never become outdated or fizzle out, because the internet will always have new broken links that need to be fixed.If you have too many dead links on your blog, and are wondering whether your search performance will be affected, you don’t have to worry. According to the Official Google Webmaster Central blog, 404 error pages or broken pages won’t affect your site’s ranking.404s are a perfectly normal part of the web; the Internet is always changing, new content is born, old content dies, and when it dies it (ideally) returns a 404 HTTP response code. Search engines are aware of this; we have 404 errors on our own sites, as you can see above, and we find them all over the web. In fact, we actually prefer that, when you get rid of a page on your site, you make sure that it returns a proper 404 or 410 response code (rather than a “soft 404”).Although Google likes to see a proper 404 error page, do you think it’s a good experience for the user? Absolutely not.When people click on your web page from an organic results page, they’re not expecting to see a 404 error page, but rather want to see the exact content they searched for.Imagine how frustrated people will be when they searched for “best digital wrist watch,” only to click on the first result and see an error page.A few of these searchers will likely mark the site address and vow never to visit again. Obviously, the user experience was poor. And there’s nothing that drives people away more than a poor user experience, which is a natural indication of your overall customer service to the searcher.The result of this can be disastrous. According to Sacramento Design Network, “85% of your business could be lost due to poor customer service.”In a nutshell, broken link building breaks down to four simple steps: conduct a backlink analysis on a relevant website, find a broken link, contact the owner, and let them know about their dead links.Since you’re helping the site owner locate non-functional links, they might do you the favor of including a link to your website. Ideally, offer a replacement link when appropriate.If I linked to a particular web page from my Neil Patel blog and found the links to be dead, I could easily replace it with another relevant and high-value resource. If that high-value page belongs to you, that’s both SEO juice and a valuable link.Trust me, you can get it right the first time, and build the right links to your web pages using this tactic. You’ll find these resources really helpful:How to Build 100 Quality Links Without Writing Fresh Content13 Efficient Link Building Strategies for Busy MarketersThe Black Belt Broken Link BuildingHow to Use the Broken Link Strategy to Get Links2). Create and distribute compelling infographics: There’s no doubt about it - infographics still work and will likely continue to work in the future.While infographics can still yield impressive results, you have to understand that not all infographics will get the job done.If you were reading QuickSprout in Q1 and Q2 of 2015, you’ll most likely agree that my infographics are top notch. In fact, I spend up to $1,000 to have a single infographic designed.However, if you’re on a tight budget or just starting out, you may not be able to afford $1000 infographics.Alternatively, you can use Dribbble to find professional infographic designers for half the price. If you decide to use Premium Content Creation for Better Marketing, you’ll get a better design – but their service costs more.A lot of content marketers still use infographics to attract the right audience, acquire authority links, and grow their email list.For instance, Ken Lyons shared a case study recently of how WordStream created a useful infographic that helped a lot of people. Interestingly, the infographic earned a link from CNN, and drove loads of traffic to its site.Ann Smarty, a prolific content marketer, created a useful infographic that generated 10 powerful links in just 2 days.Right Casino Media also generated more than 10 quality links from strong domains with its infographics.Whether you’re a B2B or B2C company, you can use visual marketing to drive engagement with your target audience and earn editorial links from the right sites.What’s more, your ideal customers will respond better to visual content than plain text. Data from HubSpot found that the human brain processes visual information 60,000x faster than plain text.That might help explain the continuing demand for infographics, which has increased by 800%.Here’s the current growth trend:I love creating and distributing compelling infographics. Like any compelling content, when you give it sufficient initial promotion, an infographic has a greater chance of going viral.The good news is that you’ll continually generate organic traffic to your blog when people start to share your infographics.In my experience, I’ve found that infographics generate 37.5% more backlinks than a typical blog post. This makes creating infographics an irresistible link building tactic that you should definitely try.If you’re ready to create and distribute infographics to improve your off-page SEO efforts, the resources below will be helpful:How to Create and Promote Infographics to Drive 5,000 Visitors Per WeekWhat I Learned About Content Marketing by Analyzing 614 Posts14 Tools to Create Engaging Infographics and Images for Your Social Media PostsOf course, there are other ways to build quality links to your web pages. For example, you can leverage blogger outreach to build relationships that will yield better links, and use social media outreach to claim unlinked brand names from relevant blogs.How to Avoid Google Penalties for Unnatural LinksBacklinks are really important, especially if you want to sustain your site’s ranking position. But we can’t talk about off-page SEO without mentioning Google penalties and unnatural links.The truth is that links can significantly affect search performance - for better or worse.If you ask pro bloggers which factor they think has the strongest impact on search rankings, many of them will say “links.”Top brands, small businesses and blog owners are also into link building. Data from MarketingSherpa’s 2012 Search Marketing Benchmark Report found that 59% of companies have done external link building.You want to avoid Google’s penalty as much as possible, because recovering from a penalty can be daunting and very difficult.Many things that used to interest Google -- such as links from high PR sites -- no longer have that strong impact.Google is now more concerned about user optimization, user intent and valuable content. The focus is no longer on the search phrases people use, but their purpose for using that particular phrase.A full backlink analysis can help you pinpoint which links are good or bad for your site - and how to stay off Google’s penalty radar.The search engine giant hasn’t yet clued the SEO community into any step-by-step process for staying safe. However, there are things you can do to ensure that your site isn’t penalized.These best practices have helped me generate over 700,000 blog visitors to QuickSprout without experiencing any penalty due to unnatural links and over-optimized anchor text.i). Create content and optimize for the users first: You probably already know what this means. The question is, are you putting your users first?To truly put users first, forget about mentioning your keywords several times in the post, especially if it doesn’t flow naturally.Putting users first goes beyond keyword usage. Sometimes you may not outright target any keyword, yet somehow your content looks too promotional.Users don’t like to be sold. Instead, help them by creating valuable content. As much as you can, integrate data into your blog posts, and use visuals to convey your message clearer.If you help them with great content, they’ll want to know more about you.ii). Diversify anchor texts: After conducting a full backlink analysis and seeing where your links are coming from, you should next work to diversify your anchor texts.Diversifying your anchor texts simply means using different keyword phrases, brand names, and generic terms so that Google will view your links as natural and not manipulative.After all, if you didn’t do anything fishy to get the links, then your links shouldn’t all have exact match keywords in their anchor texts, right?When diversifying your anchor texts, make relevance your top priority. Google will analyze your link based on the topic of the referring page and how thematically consistent it is with yours.You know that it’s impossible to control where you get links from. Anyone can share your content and link to it however they please.Since you can’t control your anchor texts or where the links come from, you should use your brand name as anchor text more often.If you’re a social media expert and you’re interviewed by a car blog, you should use your brand name as anchor text.That’s because these topics -- cars & social media -- aren’t thematic or closely related and Google uses the anchor text of external links to the page to judge the quality, relevance and usefulness of any link gotten from there.Last, but not least, make sure that you get links from high-quality sites, disavow low-quality links from thin pages, blend nofollow links into your link profile to make it natural and publish fresh content to increase brand mentions.ConclusionIt’s high time to get off your site and to network with other industry bloggers and site owners if you want to increase boost your search engine ranking.Understand that Google Penguin and other algorithm updates weren’t primarily targeting search results that didn’t have tons of incoming links.You should always use white-hat link building strategies to improve your off-page optimization.However, you need to prepare your web site to receive authority link juice as you work hard to build and earn links. Make sure your site is easily navigable.When it comes to creating a better content experience, it all boils down to answering user's questions. Start by identifying the questions asked by your ideal customers. You can find these questions on Quora, Twitter and other social networks. Creating high quality content is a top SEO technique that cannot be overemphasized.Above all, search engine optimization is not a hit-and-run marketing approach. You should approach it knowing that the efforts you put in today will pay off in the future, ultimately increasing your search engine rank and leading you to the success you desire.Most of all, be consistent and patient and you’ll gradually climb to the top of Google’s results.Which other off-page SEO best practices do you think are important for improving organic search rankings? What are your thoughts on the intersection between SEO and your social network presence?

Day 316 - 320January 6:- AAP govt scraps management quota in nursery admissionsJanuary 1: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal clarified that the odd-even scheme can't be implemented on a permanent basis. Calling it as a temporary call to curb dangerous levels of pollution, Kejriwal said that the scheme would be in practice till 15 January.December 31: After AAP suspended two officers for allegedly refusing to sign off on decisions taken by the government, around 200 officials went on mass leave today to protest against the suspension. Terming the suspension as 'illegal', the senior officers of the Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service (DANICS) went on mass leave in a show of solidarity.December 31: The Delhi High Court asked Kejriwal government about its decision to exempt women and 55-lakh two-wheelers from the odd-even scheme to curb pollution. The Court sought to know the logic behind such exemptions and asked the government to submit a report on pollution levels during the odd-even experiment from 1 -15 January.December 28: BJP workers protested outside Kejriwal’s residence and demand his resignation over the alleged auto-rickshaw permit scam. The BJP held Kejriwal and Transport Minister Gopal Rai accountable for allegedly giving permits to the auto mafia. On 26 December, the Delhi government scrapped more than 900 autorickshaw permits.Day 301 - 315December 27: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced his decision to kick-start his Punjab campaign in January. The state will go to polls in 2017. Kejriwal will start the campaign by addressing a mega rally in Muktsar next month. The Delhi Chief Minister will reportedly spend more time in Punjab from next year, AAP sources said.December 22: A criminal complaint has been filed against Arvind Kejriwal for using "defamatory" words against PM Narendra Modi after the CBI raid at the office of his Principal Secretary. An advocate has sought Kejriwal's prosecution under sections 124A (sedition) and 500 (defamation) of the IPC.December 17: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanded Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's resignation for "very serious allegations" have been levelled against him in the DDCA corruption case. Earlier, AAP had levelled corruption allegations against him.December 16: Arvind Kejriwal accused the CBI of seizing documents "unrelated" to the probe against Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar during the day-long raid. Kejriwal also claimed that a file related to DDCA was also scrutinised.The Kejriwal government finalised its slum rehabilitation policy. The proposed ‘Delhi Slum and JJ Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2015’, which was approved in a meeting chaired by Arvind Kejriwal, stated that no new slums will be allowed to come up in the capital.December 14: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to discuss the demolition drive in West Delhi that has allegedly caused death of a six-month-old infant. Prabhu and Kejriwal discussed how homeless people could be rehabilitated. After the meeting, Kejriwal announced that there will be no further slum demolition "without rehabilitation”.Day 201 - 300December 9: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh assured full support to Delhi government on implementing its odd-even scheme for plying of private vehicles in the city from 1 January. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said that his meeting with the Home Minister was very positive and he has got assurance of full support of Delhi Police as well.December 5: Describing the odd-even scheme as a drastic step that had to be taken to address the panic over pollution, Kejriwal said that it will be tried out for limited period of time and it will be stopped problems surface. He further said that Delhi’s roads will be vacuum-cleaned starting 1 April 2016.December 2: Delhi CM offered “fullest support” to people in Chennai after an unprecedented downpour created a flood-like situation. Arvind Kejriwal wrote to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa offering all resources at the disposal of the Delhi government to the flood-affected state.December 1: The AAP government passed a bunch of bills to bring major reforms in education system of Delhi. The Delhi School Education ( Amendment) Bill 2015 and The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Delhi Amendment) Bill are among the ones passed.November 28: The AAP government approved the proposal for a hike in salary and allowances of MLAs at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. In October, an independent panel appointed by the Delhi government had recommended over 400% increase in their basic salary.November 23: The BJP government at the Centre allotted Rs. 3,250 crore for decongesting and developing the national capital. After allotting an additional Rs. 96.7 crore for making Delhi cleaner, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu praised Arvind Kejriwal for roping in three municipal bodies in Delhi for the week-long cleanliness drive.November 23: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal claimed that the Aam Aadmi Party is not in the race for 2019 elections. Calling the Delhi win 'miraculous', Kejriwal said that the party is not here for power politics and it will keep working hard and with honesty.November 18: The Cabinet of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal cleared the Jan Lokpal Bill that meets the long-standing demand of the chief minister coming under the purview of the ombudsman. The Bill will be tabled in the Legislative Assembly for approval.November 13: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has launched a complaint against Delhi Police for not cooperating with the AAP government. In a letter sent to the MHA on 7 November, the Delhi government alleged that the police are “hounding” AAP MLAs by digging up old cases and slapping new ones against them.November 7: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the result of Bihar elections was a referendum against the Narendra Modi government. The people's verdict, according to AAP Chief, “has broken the Centre's arrogance”.November 5: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ordered a probe against Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) chief MK Meena for allegedly intimidating his juniors in office. The probe will be based on the reports of misconduct or misbehaviour against Mukesh Meena.October 30: Arvind Kejriwal wrote an open letter in a national daily absolving his party of any responsibility for the garbage crisis in the wake of ongoing strike of municipal workers in the Delhi. The Delhi CM clarified that MCD workers are not on strike because of non-payment of dues.October 29: Arvind Kejriwal rallied in support of Nitish Kumar as Bihar was gearing up for the third phase of Assembly polls. He appealed to the people of Bihar to vote the incumbent Chief Minister to power. Kejriwal had publicly backed Kumar’s candidature since the beginning of the elections campaign.October 28: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal condemned the Delhi Police's "raid" at Kerala Bhavan after a complaint was lodged that its canteen was serving beef. Stating that Kerala house is a government establishment, he added that the raid was an attack on federal structure.October 22: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal led a cycle rally to mark the first ever 'Car-Free Day' in Delhi. Hundreds of people joined him in the cycle rally, which was held between Red Fort and Bhagwan Das Marg.October 17: After the ghastly incident of three rapes within a week, Kejriwal reiterated his demand for full authority over the police department. Besides shaming the repeated rape of minors, he also criticized the Delhi Police for completely failing to provide safety.October 15: The AAP government extended "full support" to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan after it announced its decision to launch a major drive on 21st and 22nd November to clean up Delhi of "all garbage and debris"October 9: Delhi CM sacked environment and food minister Asim Ahmed Khan for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs. 6 lakh from a builder. Emphasizing AAP's zero-tolerance policy towards corruption, Kejriwal dared the BJP to sack its leaders – Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia and Madhya Pradesh's Shivraj Singh Chouhan – on corruption charges.September 30: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s efforts to bring all the CMs of the states together for a meeting to build a pressure group against PM Modi didn't yield a positive response. The CMs of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar intimated they would be unable to attend the function. Kejriwal was counting on non-BJP and non-Congress chief ministers to make the conclave a success.September 27: Arvind Kejriwal took at dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project ‘Make in India’ by asserting that the focus should be on ‘Making India' rather than 'Make in India'. He argued that the Centre should concentrate on “providing proper infrastructure, rendering honest services and ensuring a conducive atmosphere for making India.September 26: Although Kejriwal has been locked in a tussle with Governor Najeeb Jung over several issues since AAP government came to power, the Delhi CM rallied in his support when BJP called for his removal. Describing him as a 'good man”, he added that removing Jung will not help sand the real solution lies in PMO not interfering in Delhi's affairs.September 25: After the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) announced its decision to keep the power tariff at the prevailing level for domestic consumers, AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal attributed this development to “honest politics” of the party. The AAP-led Delhi government had urged DERC to reduce the tariff or keep it at existing levels, till an audit of the discoms is finalised.September 23: Delhi chief minister described his former law minister Somnath Bharti as an “embarrassment” to his party, AAP. He added that Bharti should surrender in a case of domestic violence and attempt to murder filed by his wife. On the contrary, other senior AAP leaders had shown solidarity with Bharti.Day 200The AAP government in Delhi will start providing education loan from 8 September onwards. Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia, who also holds the Education portfolio, said that the needy students could avail loans from the date mentioned. He was attending a programme at the Talkatora Stadium when he said this. He said, “If any student has any problem pursuing education, Delhi government guarantees the solution and will pay the fees. Rs 10 lakh education loan will be provided to students from September 8”. According to the government's scheme, the needy students will be entitled to a maximum loan of Rs. 10 lakh to pursue higher studies.A list comprising the names of five judges was sent by the Kejriwal government to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, Justice G Rohini, in connection with the appointment of a new Lokayukta of Delhi. The Lokayukta can only be appointed after the consultation with the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly and the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court as per the provisions of the 'Delhi Lokayukta and Uplokayukta Act 1995'. According to the government sources, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was recently asked by the Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung to send across proposed names for the post that has been lying vacant since November 2013.Day 199The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA launched an agitation against Delhi government on Tuesday. Pankaj Pushkar, AAP MLA from Timarpur, criticised Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his “neglect and substandard treatment of Sangam Vihar” area. While Pushkar demanded resolution of civic issues in Sangam Vihar, the party leadership refused to engage with the MLA. Pushkar had raised the issue twice in the Assembly but he was denied an opportunity to speak the third time.The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal promised one lakh jobs in next one year and free Wi-Fi in colleges to the students of Delhi University that will have students union elections soon. During a star-studded event on Tuesday, Kejriwal also promised higher education loan scheme for the students.Day 198Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday that his government was planning to set up a special unit to address the issues faced by the students of northeastern states and ensure 'better resolution'. The proposed body will be called 'North East India Support Cell and Monitoring Committee'. He said this after meeting a delegation of the members of the northeastern states. Kejriwal said, “We will set up the cell immediately to have a better coordination and resolution of your issues. The cell will look into all your problems and demands, we will put people who understand your problems in the cell".The Delhi government on Monday took back the Law Ministry from Kapil Mishra and handed its charge to the second most senior minister in the government Manish Sisodia. This is the third time in last six and a half months that the AAP government changed its Law Minister. The charge of the Ministry first given to Jitendra Singh Tomar, who was replaced by Satyendra Jain. The AAP government said that there was no major reason why this was done as Mishra was already holding the Delhi Tourism Ministry and the charge of Jal Board. According to government sources, Kapil Mishra himself wanted that someone else becomes the Law Minister.Day 197AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in the Delhi Power tariff issue, saying that the private discoms were charging way too much for power supply to Delhi. Kejriwal asked PM Modi to allow his government to terminate all existing power pacts with power generation companies so that the allegedly high tariffs can be brought down considerably. While launching the Power Amnesty Scheme in Vinod Nagar area of East Delhi, Kejriwal said “We have come to know that many power companies are ready to supply power at Rs. 2.5 to Rs. 3 per unit. When we can get electricity at this rate, why should we buy it for Rs. 5 or Rs. 5.50 per unit?”.Now the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus shelters in the National Capital will carry solar power panel over them as planned by the Delhi government. The AAP government plans to do so in order to meet the city's increasing power demand. The Kejriwal government was of the view that the solar power was the only solution in sight to satisfy Delhi's electricity requirements. Delhi's Power Minister Satyendra Jain said at the launch of the power amnesty scheme, “We are planning to install solar panel on the roofs of the city's bus shelters so that more electricity could be generated. Installation of solar panel on the roofs of bus shelters will help the government generate power. Besides, we will be self-reliant in generating electricity through solar power.Day 196Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, was in Haridwar to celebrate the occasion of Raksha Bandhan with his sister. His sister, Dr. Ranjana Gupta, is employed with BHEL in Haridwar. She tied a Rakhi on Kejriwal's wrist who spent the whole day with her family. The Delhi CM reached the holy city by Shatabdi train on Saturday morning and returned by late evening. Kejriwal was accorded a grand welcome by AAP workers upon his arrival in Haridwar.Day 195Delhi Law Minister Kapil Mishra on Friday requested Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to pass the orders to file an FIR against former Delhi CM Sheila Dixit for her alleged involvement in Rs. 400-crore Tanker Scam. The minister and the Jal Board made the request after the 200-page report of the committees probing into Delhi water tanker scam came out. The Law minister handed over the report to Kejriwal on Friday.The AAP-led government in Delhi has asked the NDA government in the centre to resend Delhi's nomination for UNESCO World Heritage Cities in 2016, after the latter withdrew it for 2015. The Delhi government severely criticised the centre's move. “Delhi government had proposed ‘Delhi’s Imperial Capital Cities’ for nomination to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Cities. However, according to the UNESCO website, the Government of India withdrew the nomination just before the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee in Bonn, Germany, in 2015. There was no communication to the Delhi government in this regard” KK Sharma, Delhi's Chief Secretary wrote to the Secretary of the Ministry of Culture.A University Special (U-Special) bus, dedicated to serve the Delhi University students, was flagged off on Friday by Delhi's Transport Minister Gopal Rai. A government official said that the Transport Ministry decided to start the service when the minister met a delegation of students 10 days back. A Facebook post by Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) said, “Taking prompt cognisance on a CYSS memorandum, Transport Minister Gopal Rai inaugurated ‘DU special’ bus service for the comfortable conveyance of DU students. CYSS is committed to raise the issues of students and the Delhi government is more than eager to give preferences to the demands of students, the future of our nation.Day 194Delhi's Power Minister, Satyendra Jain, on Thursday, said that the AAP government was working non-stop to fulfill Delhi's power requirements and install solar power plants in order to make power generation an eco-friendly exercise. The Minister said that these projects will get around 20% boost in work efficiency. The projects will generate 1,000 MW of power in next five years and around 2,000 MW by 2025. To achieve the set targets, the Delhi government will promote solar power plants based on the model of Renewable Energy Service Company (RESCO).Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Najeeb Jung, was not the elected government in the National Capital, the Kejriwal government told the Delhi High Court on Thursday. The AAP government said that the L-G was only supposed to act on the assistance and advice extended to him by the elected Council of Ministers. The government made this submission in front of a bench of Justice VP Vaish hearing the government's plea that challenged the May 21 notification from the Home Ministry allowing absolute powers to appoint bureaucrats to Najeeb Jung.Day 193Launching a direct attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Modi's Clean India campaign is a failure.Addressing a meeting in Patna, Kejriwal said that the NDA government is spending millions of rupees on advertisements related to the Swachh Bharat campaign but "not a single lane was clean". He also added that the youth were losing faith in the Central government.The Delhi BJP, on Wednesday, termed AAP government's decision of setting up a commission to probe into the CNG fitness scam as "retrogressive”. According to the Leader of Opposition in Legislative Assembly, Vijendra Gupta, the fact that the Delhi government going ahead with the its own commission despite the objection from the Home Ministry is “against the letter and the spirit of the Constitution of India”.Greenpeace India, on Wednesday, urged the Delhi Government to "capitalise" on the city's rooftop solar potential. It expects the AAP government to show commitment towards harnessing 2GW of solar power by 2025. Greenpeace also requested the AAP government to start implementing the draft solar policy presented at the Delhi Solar Roundtable Conference on 25 October.Day 192Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and complained to him that the Delhi Police was in an unwanted tussle with his government and it was time the PM intervened. “We feel as if Delhi Police is at war with Delhi government and this is not good”, he said while in conversation with media after he met Modi. Kejriwal also raised his concerns that the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung was intentionally interfering in the functioning of the AAP government in the National Capital. He stressed the need of better communication with the Union Government saying, “I told PM that we will fulfil Swachh Bharat or Digital India in Delhi, but for that better communication with Centre is needed”.The AAP government told the High Court on Tuesday that within next ten days it would come up with new guidelines for radio taxi companies operating in Delhi. The guidelines will focus on setting rules and regulations for these companies to follow in connection with the safety of women and other passengers. The government told the High Court bench comprising Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath that it was trying to make a few changes in the existing radio taxi scheme. The GPRS system will be mandatory, there will be a panic switch, and the Delhi Police will have the driver's full database with them according to the new guidelines.Day 191Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejrwal on Monday was urged by the leader of opposition, Vijendra Gupta of BJP, to dismiss his government's order of fixing an upper age limit for enrollments into the government schools. Gupta maintained that the AAP government's decision was against the very meaning and existence of the Right to Education Act. He said that a large number of students from slums and other economically backward sections will be deprived of the basic right to be educated. Gupta said, “The worst affected are the students belonging to weaker sections of the society whose parents have no regular source of income and fixed house to stay. It causes disruption in studies of their children, therefore, they are unable to get regular education as per their age... By fixing upper limit of the age, these children are not able to get admission in government schools”.The AAP government on Monday increased the number of mobile vans selling onions in Delhi at cheaper price in a bid to control the steep rise in onion prices in the National Capital. The Kejriwal government met the wholesale traders of the Azadpur Sabzi Mandi on Monday and urged them to sell onions at lower rates, to which the traders have responded positively. In a meeting held at the Delhi Secretariat, the traders told Delhi's Development Minister Gopal Rai and the Food and Supplies Minister Asim Ahmed Khan that they receive onion from the states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh at varying rates. The prices have just started coming down as huge amount of onion has been imported from Egypt and Afghanistan.Day 190The Delhi government's proposal for hiking the salaries of its mid and senior-level officers has been turned down by the NDA-led central government. An utter displeasure over the AAP government's decision has been expressed by the Union Home Ministry. The Delhi government had decided to grant time-bound pay scales to the civil servants of the Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Island Civil Services (DANICS). Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal confirmed the centre's move and said, “they will not do good work, neither will they let us”. While, maintaining that it was not consulted before issuing the orders, the MHA said, “(Home Ministery was) the competent authority to make any amendments in the DANICS Rules”.Prime Minister Narendra Modi was again at the receiving end when the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at him and blamed him for the arrest of AAP MLA Surinder Singh. Kejriwal took to twitter to express his displeasure and wrote “The Modi government gets Commando Surinder arrested. In less than 24 hours, he gets bail. What is Modiji trying to achieve?” Surinder Singh is an MLA from the Delhi Cantonment constituency, who was arrested on Friday for allegedly thrashing and beating a NDMC worker on 4 August in the Tughlaq Road area.Day 189The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is mulling over the possibility of showing the door to the tainted members of the assembly. Amongst those who can be ousted are Jitender Singh Tomar, Pankaj Pushkar and Manoj Kumar. It is believed that the Kejriwal government is thinking of taking this action in a bid to improve its image that has taken a hit in recent times and re-instill people's faith in the government and the party. If a resolution against the three suspects is passed unanimously in the assembly and is accepted by the speaker, they will be expelled. An AAP member said, “We are a party with a difference and have zero tolerance to any kind of corruption and wrong doings. Two of the three persons have caused a severe dent in the party’s image”.Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday stressed the need to provide quality education for all to get the country rid of poverty. Addressing the students of the Delhi Public School, Noida, Kejriwal said that his government was committed and trying its best to improve the quality and standard of education in government schools. He said, “I have been coming to DPS for past 13 years as a parent. My daughter passed out from this school and my son Pulkit is a student of Class 9. As a proud parent I give credit to the school for grooming children into multi-faceted individuals”.Day 188The AAP government in Delhi on Friday decided to establish a new trauma centre and make stringent laws to punish the culprits behind the disasters and tragedies like those of Uphaar cinema and Bhopal Gas Tragedy. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said this to media after holding talks with the members of the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT). A day earlier, Chairperson of AVUT Neelam Krishnamurthy had urged the CM not to accept Rs. 60 crore from the Uphaar owners – Ansals – as compensation. However, a statement by the Delhi government said, “The CM is seeking a legal opinion on the matter and will take a considered decision, which will take into account sentiments of the victims’ families. The CM told the delegation that the government will appoint counsels in these cases only after consulting the families, and will do everything possible to fast-track these cases”.The Kejriwal government on Friday assured the people of Delhi that there was enough stock of onion with the Fair Price Shops and it will be sold at the prices as promised. The CM urged the people not to panic while the market price of onion has touched a whopping Rs. 80 per kg. The government had to face the heat at the hands of the opposition, which blamed the government for mismanagement of vegetable prices in the National Capital. The government, though, warned that the onion price might just go even higher. “Further spike in prices is expected both in wholesale and retail markets as the tight supply situation would continue in the wake of likely fall in kharif production and delay in arrival of the fresh crop”, an official said.Day 187A stay on the notification tripling the circle rates of the agricultural land in Delhi was refused on Thursday by the Delhi High Court. This came as a huge relief to the AAP government as the legality of the notification was challenged by the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung, while Congress leader Naresh Kumar filed a PIL seeking a stay on the notification. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath shied away from passing an interim order to stay the notification and said that the Delhi government's stand will be heard before any orders are passed. The Kejriwal government has got 23 September as the last date to file a reply to the plea.The parents of Meenakshi, the girl who was brutally stabbed and killed last month in the Anand Parbat area of Central Delhi, were handed over cheques worth Rs. 5 lakh on Thursday. The amount of compensation was announced by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal last month when he visited the victim's house. Sandeep Kumar, Women and Child Development Minister, handed over the cheque to Meenakshi's parents.The Kejriwal-led government in Delhi was urged on Thursday by the kin of the victims of the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy not to accept compensation of Rs. 60 crore. Having lost her children in the tragedy, Neelam Krishnamurthy said that she did not want the government to accept this amount as it was “blood money”. She said, “This is not compensation awarded to remove our trauma but it is, in fact, blood money. I have sought a meeting with CM Arvind Kejriwal tomorrow. Our representation to him requests his government to refuse the amount”. The Chairperson of the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT), Krishnamurthy was of the view that money is not the solution of the problem, “Can the money ever be a substitute for losing your children? Let the Supreme Court utilise it for faster criminal justice system in the country, we would be satisfied with that. Delhi government has enough money to build a trauma centre”, she added. On 13 June 1997, a major fire broke out in the Uphaar cinema, which killed 59 people.Day 186Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, who earlier supported the stand and cause of the protesting FTII students, went an extra mile on Wednesday. He offered the agitating students to come to Delhi and hold their classes here. Kejriwal fired a series of tweets in which he said, “Delhi government can offer you space in Delhi to run your classes till the Centre agrees to your demand. If the Centre doesn't agree, we will create a full-fledged institute for students to continue here. An institute of international repute is being destroyed by Centre's wrong decisions”, he said in a number of tweets. The FTII students have been protesting against the appointment of actor and BJP leader Gajendra Chauhan as the chairman of the institute since 12 June.Under a plan to widen the National Highway number 24 (NH-24), the AAP government in Delhi has decided to strike down unauthorised roadside shanties in East Delhi. These slums fall in the Patparganj legislative assembly constituency from where the Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is the sitting MLA. However, the AAP had promised not to demolish any unauthorised colonies or slums when it re-assumed power in the National Capital, the locals claim. A notification regarding the demolition of these slums was issued about a month ago by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate. One of the residents of the slums at Nehru Camp said, “We have been living here for the last 25-30 years but the government has suddenly asked us to vacate the land without any alternative arrangement. On the one hand, government has prohibited demolition of slums and on the other hand it is ready to bulldoze our houses. This action will leave us homeless”.Day 185The Delhiites may have to pay even lesser for electricity consumption if Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his government have their way. Arvind Kejriwal maintained on Tuesday that the power tariffs in the city should be further cut down as the three private discoms in Delhi have produced undulyinflated figures upto Rs. 8,000 crore as the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) suggests. The AAP government is also contemplating on seeking legal opinion before moving the court against the publication of the final report. Kejriwal said, “If whatever has come out is true, then it will be a very big thing. The scam of Rs 8,000 crore has surfaced. Delhiites will be benefited as tariff will have to be brought down. We have received a draft report and we are studying it. Let the final report come”.Anxious with the rapidly rising water level in the River Yamuna, the AAP-led Delhi government is trying to get its act together before its too late. Delhi Minister of Irrigation and Flood Control Gopal Rai paid a visit to the river and examined the ground situation. He also visited the Flood Control body located inside the Kashmiri Gate Bus Terminus building and issued orders to the officials to take necessary steps on time. The minister also directed the officials to keep a track of the amount of water being released from the Hathini Kund Barrage and its potential impact on Delhi. The officials were further asked to keep in touch and coordinate with the authorities in Haryana.Day 184Bihar Chief Minster Nitish Kumar will be the chief guest at the 'Bihar Samman Sammelan', which will be hosted by the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government on 19 August. This move by the Delhi government is being seen as an apparent attempt to evince support for the JD (U) leader ahead of the crucial Bihar assembly polls. According to the Delhi government officials, Nitish Kumar will be the chief guest in the programme, which will be held to honour people working for the uplifting of Bihar but living in Delhi.While the face-off between the AAP-led Delhi government and the Delhi Police has already become a major concern, the latest statement by the PWD, which works under the purview of the state government, may just make it worse. The PWD, in a statement on Monday, said that it would no longer be able to look after the maintenance of the Delhi Police colonies in the National Capital. Lack of funds is what has been cited as a reason behind the PWD's alleged inability to look after the maintenance of the residential colonies. “We used to maintain the buildings. But now, we are cash-strapped and need funds. Moreover, the police buildings fall under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home Affairs, which should allocate funds. It has issued new directions that only fresh constructions will be funded by the ministry and that we should forget our dues”, a PWD official said.Day 183The AAP government in Delhi, which had earlier given 50 per cent subsidy in electricity tariff, has decided to waive off electricity bills of defaulters with an aim at bringing relief to those who are facing disputes with the power companies (discoms). The government will launch a one-time settlement scheme. Under this scheme, the criminal and civil proceedings related to electricity disputes will be withdrawn.The Kejriwal government created yet another controversy after it appointed 'tainted' bureaucrat Kamal Malhotra as the Deputy Labour Commissioner. According to a news daily, the officer was twice fined by the Union Government for alleged irregularities. The decision to rope him in was criticised even by the existing staff in the department.The Delhi government plans to conduct the first ever tree census in the city with an aim at protecting its green cover. According to a government official, the Public Grievances Commission had recently recommended the government to carry out tree census in the city. “"However, such a massive census can not be done by the government alone and involvement of Residents' Welfare Associations and civic agencies will be crucial in this endeavour”, the official said.The Delhi government is planning a scheme to rehabilitate children begging at traffic signals and streets. The government is reportedly planning a committee that will conduct inspections on the streets. The members of the committee will interact with street children and persuade them to get into child care institutions.Day 182Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attended the Independence Day celebrations on Saturday and for the first time unfurled the Indian Tricolour at the Chhatrasal Stadium in the National Capital. He was expected to announce a few plans for the city for the time to come, but he highlighted the achievements of his government during the six-month tenure in Delhi. He also attacked the previous governments over a number of issues. Kejriwal stressed the need of working closely with the Centre as well. During his Chief Ministerial speech at the function, Kejriwal hinted that the power tariffs in Delhi might be reduced further very soon. Although, in a serious tussle with the NDA led government in the Centre, Kejriwal was all praise for two of its Union Ministers. He praised the Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti, who recently expressed her willingness to see him to lay down a structured plan for the rejuvenation of river Yamuna. He also lauded Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for announcing an additional five lakh rupees each as compensation for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots with the expenses being borne by the Centre.The AAP led Delhi government found itself in the middle of yet another controversy when CM Arvind Kejriwal's name appeared in the stands of the Chhatrasal Stadium because of the way the seating arrangements for the students were made. It was criticised alike by not only the Congress party leaders but also Kejriwal's former associates and AAP leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushant . However, the AAP government said that nothing was wrong with it as this has been done by the previous governments and in the same manner. The BJP, the main opposition in the Delhi Assembly, pronounced the incident as the CM's self-propaganda, which demeaned the sanctity of Independence Day itself.100 Days of Kejriwal (AAP) Government Achievements On 24 May 2015, the Arvind Kejriwal-led government completed 100 days in office in Delhi and now, all stakeholders want to look back and review what was promised in the Election Manifesto and what has been achieved till date by the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government.The last 100 days were hectic and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal continued to remain in news, though not always for the best reasons. His time in office has been mostly spent fighting one controversy after the other. Immediately after taking over as the Chief Minister, 47-year-old Arvind Kejriwal took on party colleagues Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav in full view of the media. Arvind Kejriwal’s handling of internal dissent reflected poorly on his ability to work alongside people with divergent and sometimes dissenting views, when actually politics is all about bringing people together through accommodation and consensus.With an overactive media critically scrutinising his and his party’s every move, Arvind Kejriwal stoked yet another controversy when he issued a circular asking his bureaucrats to report any case of misreporting or defamation by any section of the media. He went on to the extent of threatening the media with legal action. This move only resulted in further antagonising of the already critical media and it took the Supreme Court to intervene by placing a stay on the implementation of the order.This ugly spat had barely moved out of media glare when another controversy broke out with Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung appointing Shakuntala Gamlin as an acting Chief Secretary in the absence of Chief Secretary KK Sharma, who was on a 10-day leave. Rather than addressing the tricky issue with tact, he responded by issuing a notification cancelling Shakuntala Gamlin’s appointment. This caused an unnecessary debate on constitutional rights between the Lieutenant Governor’s office and the Chief Minister’s office, with the matter reaching the President’s office.On its part, the MHA clarified that as per the existing rules, the LG was entitled to make the appointment; however, the MHA left it to the offices to amicably settle the matter. But CM Kejriwal refused to let it rest. He has now further hardened his position and called on for a two-day special session of the Delhi Assembly and may pass a resolution demanding full statehood. Caught up in the ugly fight for one-upmanship are the bureaucrats serving the Delhi government, whose morale is at an all-time low.In all this, the people of Delhi continue to live through the searing heat of Delhi’s summer, waiting for signs of better quality of life that they hoped Arvind Kejriwal would provide.Poll Manifesto Promises fulfilled by AAPControversy aside, there are several positive steps that Arvind Kejriwal has taken after becoming the Chief Minister. Here are some of the promises on which he has delivered, while many still await action.Power SubsidyIn the Poll Manifesto, the AAP had promised to halve power tariffs for consumers in Delhi. To his credit, one of the first actions Arvind Kejriwal undertook was to announce 50% reduction in power tariff. On the other side, not much action has been announced on how he plans to make up this shortfall.The manifesto also spoke about Delhi meeting 20% of its power needs through solar energy in the next 10 years. That translates to about 2% per year starting this year. However, 100 days have gone by and not much concerted action or investment in this regard has been seen.With Delhi succumbing under scorching heat, not much has been done towards working with discoms to ensure optimum power procurement and distribution. A new power plant for Delhi was promised but not much has been done towards allocating funds, nor has any action been taken towards land acquisition. The manifesto also spoke about optimising the Rajghat and Bawana plants for power generation without specifying how the government planned to do so. With the government bogged down with controversies, little action has been taken in this regard, while people continue to suffer power outages.Clean Drinking WaterThe manifesto spoke about people’s right to clean drinking water and promised to make 20 kilolitres of free water lifeline connection to every household. Here again, CM Kejriwal must be applauded for implementing this poll promise immediately after taking the office.The manifesto promised a water pipeline to every home in Delhi supplying clean drinking water. In the last 100 days, very few water pipelines have been laid, with large parts of Delhi still waiting for water to be made available through tankers, etc. The citizens who still do not have water pipeline connections are still a long way from getting this promise fulfilled.A network of Piaos (water kiosks) was to be set up in JJ Colonies to meet the drinking water requirements of the people; however, this summer has not seen many new kiosks being set up. The city continues to depend on tankers to meet their daily requirements of water.Another promise was on water conservation. The party promised to implement a dual water distribution system to recycle community waste water for non-domestic use. This was to be implemented in housing societies, commercial complexes, malls, etc. However, no announcements have been made in this regard.The manifesto also promised that the government would build underground water reservoirs, booster pumping stations and water treatment plants. All these require planning, fund allocation and land acquisition before any tendering process begins.Safe drinking water that meets BIS: 10500 Certification standards was to be supplied. Zonal water testing facilities in all the nine zones of Delhi were to be put up to check, test and monitor water quality levels.The manifesto also promised to initiate a program for the supply and installation of bulk and domestic water meters to monitor pressure, flow and supply using latest data analytical tools.A lot was promised on the revival of the river Yamuna – all requiring detailed planning, coordination with stakeholders, fund allocation and comprehensive monitoring.100 days have gone by; however, no word has been uttered on any of the above.Building Community Toilets and Effective Sewage SystemsThe AAP set for itself an ambitious target to provide a comprehensive sanitation system to 42 lakh people of Delhi who still do not have access to toilets and proper sewage system. The plan included building of two lakh new public toilets, half of which were to be for women. Till date, little is known regarding whether any areas have been earmarked, funds have been allocated or tenders have been issued on this account. The people of Delhi are still waiting.EducationThe manifesto highlighted the previous government’s budget allocation on education of 15% and showed that only 1.6% of GSDP was spent on education. Furthermore, the manifesto highlighted the fact that from 2003 to 2011, only 211 new government schools were opened in Delhi.The party promised to open 500 new schools and 20 new colleges. This translates to opening 100 new schools and five new colleges every year. With 100 days gone by, it is still a mystery as to how does CM Kejriwal propose to meet its target of 100 schools and five new colleges this year when neither any land has been acquired nor any budgetary provisions have been allocated.Furthermore, 17,000 new teachers are to be recruited. When this process is likely to start and how the Delhi government proposes to meet the additional cost given its already precarious financial situation are still an enigma.The party had also promised to allocate Rs. 1 lakh of untied funds to every school principal and give him/her the administrative and financial control over his employees. While this may sound a welcome step towards delegating more responsibility and freedom to principals, little has been stated on how the same will be monitored for misuse. And if these funds are made available to school principals, then from where the financial resources will come to build the much publicised 500 schools?Public HealthcareThe AAP has made some very ambitious promises to improve the medical infrastructure in Delhi. The manifesto stated that the party would increase the number of beds in primary and tertiary hospitals of the Delhi government from 10,600 to 40,000. This means that the party plans to add 29,400 beds over its term of five years. This translates to 5,880 beds per year. The per capita budget required for each hospital bed is significant and the per year funds requirement will be massive. Beds can’t be added without accompanying civil infrastructure and support staff of doctors, nurses, paramedics and technicians.With 100 days gone by, can the CM throw some light on the project status of the targeted 5,880 beds for this year? There are 4,000 vacancies for doctors and 15,000 vacancies for paramedics that the party had promised to fill immediately. Firstly, where these 4,000 qualified doctors are available for recruitment and how one raises 15,000 paramedics in a short period are a conundrum. Moreover, the question is how the Delhi government proposes to fund this additional expenditure when meeting expenses in just maintaining the existing medical facilities is a challenge. Another poll commitment had been to build 900 primary health centres in Delhi. This translates to 180 new primary health centres to be built every year over the next five years. Again, 100 days have gone and neither word nor any provision towards these has been initiated.Women’s Rights and SafetyWomen’s safety was a major poll issue for the AAP and the party promised to undertake several measures immediately to address this vital issue. The party promised to install two lakh CCTVs across public areas of Delhi and in buses, to monitor and respond to crimes in real time. To augment Delhi’s security, the party had committed to raise a Mahila Suraksha Dal comprising of new 10,000 home guards who will be recruited from the vast population that is currently working as maids or drivers or in other support services in the domestic area. Additionally, the party stated that they would use 5,000 bus marshals to monitor security in buses.While this is a laudable initiative, any recruitment by the government comes with a total cost package and a force this large will require a matching budget to recruit, train, deploy and maintain. Then there are other benefits and costs involved as well.Along with the aforementioned promises, additional working women’s hostels and shelters for the homeless had been promised. Though no numbers had been committed, what is interesting to note is that even no discussion on an action plan for implementing these has been initiated.CM Kejriwal is going to be hard-pressed to raise funds for the above.Pension Scheme for Senior CitizensThe manifesto promised immediate implementation of a universal and non-contributory old age pension system that would assure a dignified amount, indexed to inflation, to the beneficiary. The government is yet to announce any action taken so far on this account.Development of Rural Areas of DelhiThe AAP had promised several measures for improving the quality of life of those living in rural areas of Delhi by providing better water supply, electricity, education and infrastructural facilities.The party has also committed to build 100 new schools, more veterinary hospitals and 50 new ambulances. It remains to be seen how many of these have been kick-started by the Delhi government thus far and how it plans to roll out these in the remaining time it has.Regularisation of Unauthorised ColoniesThe AAP has promised and fulfilled their promise to ban demolition of ‘Jhuggis’. Furthermore, the party had promised to regularise the unauthorised colonies within one year in office and give full ownership rights to all the valid residents who had built their structures.It must be said that CM Kejriwal remains committed to fulfilling these and some work has already been started. The party plans to mobilise the ‘Mohalla Sabhas’ to assist and coordinate the same at the local level.Mohalla SabhasTowards fulfilling his poll promise for ‘Swaraj’ in Delhi, CM Kejriwal has taken an initiate to start ‘Mohalla Sabhas’, which is one of the efficient ways of empowering people and involving them to take decisions on developmental issues that impact them most at the local level. As a concept, the attempt at involving people as a part of the planning and execution process at the local level is indeed admirable.To his credit, CM Kejriwal has shown serious intent towards this and directed his team to organise a series of ‘Mohalla Sabhas’ across Delhi. The initial reactions to the initiative have been mixed, with the RWAs expressing concern at the overlap of responsibilities and becoming marginalised in the process.The ‘Mohalla Sabhas’ have been entrusted with the coordination of several developmental issues at the local level, pertaining to regularisation and development of unauthorised colonies and slums.Going forward, the concept of ‘Mohalla Sabhas’ will need further refining for standardization of processes for identifying projects, debating viability, selecting contractors, ensuring quality material supply and finally doing work audit. All of these are yet to be addressed and unless addressed quickly, it will give rise to accusations and counter-accusations regarding favouritism and corruption in selection of contractors and quality of material supply and finally creating financial irregularity.Employment GenerationThe manifesto promised:Establishing technology incubators at the college and university levelProviding 3 million sq ft of affordable incubation spaceFilling 50,000 vacancies in government departments and other autonomous bodies in GNCTUndertaking on priority to skill one lakh youth per year for the first two years and then increase it to five lakh per year for the remaining three yearsActions on all the aforementioned points are yet to be taken. This year alone one lakh youth are to be skilled. With 100 Days already gone by, the government is going to be hard-pressed for funds and time to meet the promised targets on any of the above. The party has already opposed FDI in retail in Delhi. It remains to be seen what measures the Delhi government will take to attract investors to the state, for creation of new jobs, which is not just a necessity but a priority.Infrastructure DevelopmentThe AAP has promised to work towards making Delhi a modern and green city. Towards improving the public transportation system, the Delhi Metro will continue to get support of the Delhi government; however, the DTC remains a problem area. From fleet modernisation to reforms in recruitment including regularisation of contractual workers, all remain work in progress as only little work has been done so far.The state was to acquire modern air-conditioned buses to ease the pressure of traffic ; however, little progress has been made on this front. Availability of funds remains a problem.Jan LokpalThe AAP was formed on the anti-corruption plank and had committed itself to building an effective Jan Lokpal as top priority. This remains a desired goal but little progress has been made to get the required consensus to pass the Bill.There are several poll promises that require serious review. What’s next is whether people will allow the party to go back on its poll promises, even partially.Demand for Full Statehood for DelhiThe recent spat with the LG on the right of the state government to appoint bureaucrats has now led Team Kejriwal to push for the demand for full statehood for Delhi.CM Kejriwal realises that this is an opportunity for him to press for the demand as it resonates favourably with the people and will give him the requisite powers for more effective governance.This is not going to be easy by any means. If Arvind Kejriwal succeeds in his endeavour, he will emerge as a hero and remain one at the time of the next state elections and both the BJP and the Congress realise that. Therefore, in all probability, despite his attempts to get the Delhi Assembly to endorse his demand for full statehood, it will run into a wall when it reaches the Parliament. This, in turn, will force the CM back to taking the streets, something that he relishes, and try and emerge as both a victim and a hero for the cause of Delhi. His next moves will be closely watched by all the stakeholders.Narendra Modi vs. Arvind KejriwalSimilar Mandates,Contrasting Styles It was Arvind Kejriwal who wanted a comparison between the 100 days of the NDA with his 100 days in power. While a comparison between the two parties is difficult as they have differing mandates and scale, it is interesting to note that there are a lot of similarities between the rise of both the leaders in national politics, the popular support from the voters and the subsequent style of leadership. This comparison becomes inevitable given that both reside in the same city.Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India after a long and successful stint at the state level, where he honed his political and administrative skills. His taking to politics at the national level was a huge step but he took it as a fish would take to water.In contrast, Arvind Kejriwal rose rapidly on the back of street-agitation politics. His lack of political understanding and administrative skills is seriously impeding his chances of emerging as a leader with a difference. He came into politics with the mandate of providing corruption-free administration with people participation and empowerment as his hallmark. However, he has not been able to inspire confidence or leadership among the bureaucrats working in his administration. In fact, many want to revert to central cadre.And finally, what do people of Delhi think of Kejriwal after 100 days?One thing remains clear and that is the Aam Aadmi of Delhi still believes and remains loyal to Arvind Kejriwal and what he stands for. In him, they see a David who cares and one who is willing to stand up to the Goliath in the Narendra Modi-led NDA at the centre.Despite not seeing much action on the ground, people do register the immediate power and water subsidy given by CM Kejriwal on taking office and continue to remain patient that he will deliver on most of his promises over time. Team Kejriwal also nurtures this sentiment and responds with good governance that the citizens of Delhi deserve and look forward to.