Launch the Keshavram Kashiram Shastri Higher Education Transformation Fund

01 · Delivery status

Why partially done?

Gujarat has begun implementation relevant to both parts of the promise. The 2026–27 budget provides ₹34 crore under the named K.K. Shastri Higher Education Transformation Fund for IT equipment. Related funding lines provide ₹126 crore to commence 16 new government colleges, complete construction work at 20 working colleges and start additional streams in eight colleges. The state also issued ₹2 crore grants to each of 25 government colleges to upgrade them as model institutions. These works are counted toward the promise even where they use different budget lines or programme names. However, the available evidence covers current-year provisions and selected grants, rather than cumulative spend against the promised ₹1,000 crore, and does not establish that the new institutions or the broader college and university modernization programme are complete. Under the methodology, this is meaningful but partial implementation.

The ₹1,000 crore is the manifesto’s promised fund budget. The ₹34 crore figure is a 2026–27 provision for IT equipment under that fund, not the cumulative amount spent since 2022. The ₹126 crore and ₹50 crore allocations are counted as related delivery under other budget lines. No progress bar is shown because these amounts overlap in purpose and do not provide a comparable cumulative completion measure.

02 · Strength of evidence

Why medium confidence?

The manifesto verifies the commitment, and 2026–27 budget reporting identifies an allocation under the named fund and related new-college and upgrade programmes. Reporting in June 2026 also documents grants issued to 25 government colleges. Confidence remains Medium because a consolidated audited fund statement, project-level completion records and current status of the new colleges and university upgrades are not yet available.