Awards and Achievements in Gujarat during the tenure of Shree Narendra Modi

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"You are stupid if you are not investing here in Gujarat" - Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Group.

"It is the matter of great pride, pleasure and satisfaction for me to announce our intentions to sign in coming years MOU's worth 70,000 crores in Gujarat" - Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Group.

"If Gujarat was a separate country, it would stand in a diffrent league among some of world's most flourishing and prosperous countries" - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, Chairman, Reliance.

Over the past five years, Gujarat has made excellent progress on all fronts and these efforts have not gone we can unnoticed. Whether it is rehabilitation of earthquake victims or e- Governance implementation for transparency; best practices in solid waste management environment consciousness. The Gujarat has pursued excellence in several areas and won over 60 accolades and awards all along the way. Not only the number is large, if one looks at the list of awards, it includes awards and citations for a variety of sectors right from economic freedom to environmental protection, e-Governance to energy conservation, health to heritage protection and sanitation to software development, reflecting holistic development of the state.
The agencies conferring these awards also range widely from International bodies like the United Nations, World Bank, UNESCO, Commonwealth Association of Public Administration and Management (CAPAM), and to various Ministries of
Government of India like Ministry of power, Ministry of non-conventional energy services and institutions like India Tech Excellence Foundation, Computer Society of India and Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.

Besides several sector specific awards, "Gujarat ranks No. 1 in The Economic
Freedom Index as per the research conducted by The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation."
However the on the cake is recognition of Modi as No.1 Chief Minister by the
people, thrice consecutively in five years in India Today.

A few of the awards bagged for different developmental achievements in
Gujarat during the tenure of Shri Narendra Modi are following:

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→ 16-10-2003 - UN Sasakawa Award for outstanding work in the field of disaster management and risk reduction.
→ Oct-2004 - CAPAM Gold Award from Commonwealth Associations for
innovations in governance
→ 27-11-2004 - Special Commendation Gold medal by India Trade Promotion Organization for Gujarat's Excellence in Display in the India International Trade Fair 2004.
→ 24-02-2005 - Nirmal gram award to a village in Rajkot district in Gujarat by
Government of India for sanitation facilities.
→ 25-04-2005 - Elitex Award by Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India Science and Technology Department for "PRAGATI", a GIS Software developed by Bhaskracharya Institute of Space Application and Geo-informatics, Government of Gujarat.
→ 21-05-2005 - Gujarat awarded the status of the Best State after a survey of all the states in the country, carried out by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi.
→ 01-06-2005 - UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award for reconstruction of a
Gurudwara damaged during the earthquake.
→ 05-08-2005 - Best Investment environment Award by India today.
→ 05-08-2005 - Most Economic Freedom Award by India Today.
→ 27-11-2005 - Gujarat Pavilion given the first prize in the International Trade Fair at New Delhi.
→ 14-10-2005 - Readers of the Gujarati weekly "Chitralekha" rated Shri Narendra Modi as "Person of the Year". Tennis star Sania Mirza was ranked second and superstar Amitabh Bachchan stood third.Awards were given away on 18-05-2006.
→ 12-11-2005 - India Tech Excellence Award by India Tech Foundation for
Power sector reforms and Initiatives.
→ 30-01-2006 - In a nationwide survey conducted by "India Today", Shri
Narendra Modi was declared the Best Chief Minister of the country.
→ 23-03-2006 - Nirmal gram award by Government of India to a few villages of Gujarat for sanitation facilities.
→ 31-07-2006 - Gujarat again ranks first in the country in "Implementation of 20 point programme".
→ 02-08-2006 - Gujarat tops among 35 states of the country in "Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan".
→ 12-09-2006 - Ahalyabai National Award function, Indore.
→ 30-10-2006 - Asian Innovation Award at Singapore from Wall Street Journal
and the Financial Express for Chiranjeevi Yojana.
→ 04-11-2006 - E-governance award to e-dhara project.
→ 05-02-2007 - Adjudged the best CM for the third time in the nationwide survey conducted by India Today - ORG Marg, a unique achievement for any Cm during a 5 year tenure.