Bharatiya Janata Party

Tenure

Inside a coalition, credit and years are both split by seat share, so a small partner's per-year figure largely mirrors that of the governments it joined. Union governments only; state actions are not included. Figures are AI-assisted evidence points, not a verdict. How points are made.

Governments

Evidence points by category

Low data means fewer than 2 scored actions in that category.

Actions credited to this party

• ImplementedBJP21 Nov 2025Labour & Employment

  Implementation of the four Labour Codes (2025)

  From 21 November 2025 the Wages, Industrial Relations, Social Security and OSH Codes replaced 29 central labour laws. Unions oppose several provisions; most State rules were still pending in early 2026.

  Evidence points +1.0 (range 0.0 to +2.0)

  Credited as originator of the idea (25%). Share to this party: +1.1 points.

• ImplementedBJP8 Apr 2025Religion, Culture & SocietyUnsettled

  Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025

  The Act amended the Waqf Act, 1995 on registration, waqf creation, survey and dispute rules and board membership. In September 2025 the Supreme Court stayed some provisions and declined to stay the whole Act.

  Evidence points −0.5 (range −1.0 to 0.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: −0.4 points.

• ImplementedBJP1 Jul 2024Law, Judiciary & Rights

  Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023

  New criminal code replacing the Indian Penal Code, 1860; enacted in December 2023 and in force from 1 July 2024 with companion procedure and evidence laws.

  Evidence points +3.5 (range +3.0 to +4.0)

  Credited as originator of the idea (25%). Share to this party: +3.7 points.

• ImplementedBJP28 Dec 2023Elections & DemocracyUnsettled

  Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023

  Parliament legislated appointments of election commissioners; the panel is the PM, the Leader of Opposition and a Union Cabinet Minister, replacing the Chief Justice named in the Court's 2023 interim panel.

  Evidence points +0.5 (range −1.0 to +2.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +0.4 points.

• ImplementedBJP14 Jun 2022Armed Forces & Defence

  Agnipath short-service recruitment scheme

  Announced 14 June 2022, Agnipath recruits personnel below officer rank for four years, with up to 25% retained for a further 15 years, replacing earlier regular recruitment for those ranks.

  Evidence points +3.5 (range +3.0 to +4.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +3.1 points.

• ImplementedBJP25 Feb 2021Media & Information

  IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

  Rules under the IT Act set due-diligence duties for social media platforms and a three-tier oversight structure for digital news and streaming. A 2023 amendment on fact-checking was struck down by the Bombay High Court.

  Evidence points −2.5 (range −4.0 to −1.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: −2.2 points.

• ImplementedBJP29 Jul 2020Education

  National Education Policy (NEP), 2020

  Policy approved by the Union Cabinet on 29 July 2020, replacing the 1986 policy with a 5+3+3+4 school structure, a proposed single higher-education regulator and a 50% higher-education GER target for 2035.

  Evidence points +3.5 (range +3.0 to +4.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +3.1 points.

• ImplementedBJP24 Jun 2020Space, Science & Research

  Space sector reforms and creation of IN-SPACe

  In June 2020 the Union Cabinet approved opening space activities to private firms through IN-SPACe as a regulator and promoter, with NSIL as ISRO's commercial arm.

  Evidence points +5.0 (range +4.0 to +6.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +4.4 points.

• RepealedBJP5 Jun 2020Agriculture & Rural

  Three farm laws (2020) and their repeal (2021)

  Three Acts of 2020 allowed farm-produce sales outside APMC yards, set a contract-farming framework and eased stock limits. The Supreme Court stayed them in January 2021; Parliament repealed them in November 2021.

  Evidence points −11.5 (range −12.0 to −11.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: −10.1 points.

• ImplementedBJP1 Apr 2020Social Welfare & Inclusion

  Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (free foodgrains, 2020)

  Free grain for National Food Security Act beneficiaries, begun in April 2020 as COVID-19 relief; from January 2024 free for five years for about 81.35 crore people, at an estimated Rs 11.80 lakh crore.

  Evidence points +9.5 (range +9.0 to +10.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +8.3 points.

• ImplementedBJP25 Mar 2020Health

  COVID-19 national lockdown (March 2020)

  Nationwide lockdown under the Disaster Management Act from 25 March 2020. The Government said it slowed spread and bought time; the Supreme Court addressed migrant workers' hardship and GDP fell sharply in 2020-21.

  Evidence points +1.0 (range +1.0 to +1.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +0.9 points.

• ImplementedBJP4 Nov 2019Foreign Policy

  Decision not to join RCEP

  On 4 November 2019 India announced it would not join the 15-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, citing unresolved concerns. The pact took effect in 2022 without India.

  Evidence points +0.5 (range −1.0 to +2.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +0.4 points.

• ImplementedBJP15 Aug 2019Water & LandUnsettled

  Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Jal)

  Centre-state programme launched 15 August 2019 to give every rural household a functional tap connection; official coverage rose from 17% to about 80% by early 2025, with the 2024 target missed.

  Evidence points +11.0 (range +11.0 to +11.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +9.6 points.

• ImplementedBJP5 Aug 2019Governance & Federalism

  Abrogation of Article 370 and reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir

  In August 2019 the President ended the special constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir and Parliament split the state into two Union Territories; the Supreme Court upheld the abrogation in 2023.

  Evidence points +1.5 (range +1.0 to +2.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +1.3 points.

• ImplementedBJP1 Aug 2019Law, Judiciary & Rights

  PMLA amendments (2019) and the Supreme Court's Vijay Madanlal Choudhary ruling (2022)

  The Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019 amended the 2002 money-laundering law; in July 2022 the Supreme Court upheld the Enforcement Directorate's arrest, attachment and bail provisions, and a review is pending.

  Evidence points +2.0 (range +2.0 to +2.0)

  Credited as originator of the idea (25%). Share to this party: +2.1 points.

• ImplementedBJP14 Jan 2019Social Welfare & Inclusion

  10% reservation for economically weaker sections (103rd Constitution Amendment, 2019)

  A 2019 constitutional amendment allows up to 10% reservation in education and public jobs for economically weaker sections outside SC, ST and OBC categories. The Supreme Court upheld it 3-2 in November 2022.

  Evidence points +6.0 (range +5.0 to +7.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +5.0 points.

• ImplementedBJP23 Sep 2018Health

  Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)

  Hospital insurance scheme launched September 2018, extended in 2024 to all aged 70+; 10.98 crore admissions recorded by December 2025 (administrative count); a 2023 CAG audit raised claim-control issues.

  Evidence points +8.0 (range +7.0 to +9.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +6.7 points.

• Struck downBJP2 Jan 2018Elections & Democracy

  Electoral Bond Scheme, 2018

  Bearer-type bonds sold by SBI from 2018 let donors fund registered parties without public disclosure of donor names; the Supreme Court struck the scheme down on 15 February 2024.

  Evidence points −8.5 (range −10.0 to −7.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: −7.1 points.

• ImplementedBJP1 Jan 2018Sports & Youth

  Khelo India programme

  A centrally funded sports programme revamped from 2017-18, supporting grassroots competitions, infrastructure and a scheme of athlete support. Its outlay was extended in 2021 and again in 2026.

  Evidence points +4.0 (range +4.0 to +4.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +3.4 points.

• ImplementedBJP1 Jul 2017Economy & Finance

  Goods and Services Tax (GST) rollout (2017)

  GST replaced many central and state indirect taxes from 1 July 2017 under a Constitution amendment and a Centre-State GST Council. Collections and taxpayers grew; rate structure and compliance remain debated.

  Evidence points +15.0 (range +14.0 to +16.0)

  Credited as originator of the idea (25%). Share to this party: +15.3 points.

• ImplementedBJP1 May 2017Housing & Urban

  Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA)

  RERA requires registration of real estate projects with State regulators, sets promoter obligations and complaint timelines. Over 1.5 lakh projects were registered by September 2025; implementation varies by State.

  Evidence points +12.5 (range +12.0 to +13.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +10.5 points.

• ImplementedBJP8 Nov 2016Economy & Finance

  Demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes (2016)

  On 8 November 2016 the government withdrew Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, about 86% of cash by value. The RBI reported about 99% returned; the Supreme Court upheld the decision 4:1 in January 2023.

  Evidence points −9.5 (range −10.0 to −9.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: −8.0 points.

• ImplementedBJP11 Mar 2016Technology & Digital

  Aadhaar Act, 2016 and the national Aadhaar identity programme

  A 12-digit biometric-linked identity number begun by the Planning Commission in 2009 and given statutory backing in 2016; the Supreme Court upheld the Act in 2018 while limiting mandatory linking.

  Evidence points +12.5 (range +12.0 to +13.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +10.5 points.

• ImplementedINC1 Apr 2010Education

  Right to Education Act (RTE), 2009

  Act giving children aged 6-14 a legal entitlement to free and compulsory elementary education, with a 25% entry-level quota for disadvantaged children in non-minority private unaided schools.

  Evidence points +12.5 (range +11.0 to +14.0)

  Credited as originator of the idea (25%). Share to this party: +2.3 points.

• ImplementedBJP10 Jun 2003Energy, Environment & Climate

  Electricity Act, 2003

  Replaced three earlier laws with one statute that delicensed thermal generation, required unbundling of state electricity boards, mandated regulatory commissions and introduced open access.

  Evidence points +8.0 (range +7.0 to +9.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +5.8 points.

• Struck downBJP24 Aug 2002Elections & Democracy

  Candidate Disclosure Ordinance and RPA (Third Amendment) Act, 2002

  After the Supreme Court ordered candidate affidavits on cases, assets and education, an ordinance and Act narrowed disclosure to criminal cases; the Court struck down Section 33B in 2003.

  Evidence points −3.0 (range −5.0 to −1.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: −2.2 points.

• ImplementedBJP1 Jan 2001Education

  Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan 2001

  The Centrally sponsored Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, begun around January 2001, aimed to bring all children aged 6 to 14 into elementary education by 2010 and later became the vehicle for the Right to Education Act.

  Evidence points +12.5 (range +12.0 to +13.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +9.0 points.

• ImplementedBJP25 Dec 2000Infrastructure & Transport

  Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) 2000

  The Centre's scheme launched on 25 December 2000 funds all-weather road connections to unconnected habitations; government figures put phase I at 99.7% of sanctioned habitations built by July 2025.

  Evidence points +12.5 (range +12.0 to +13.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +9.0 points.

• ImplementedBJP29 Dec 1999Economy & Finance

  IRDA Act 1999 and opening of insurance to private players

  The IRDA Act, 1999 created a statutory insurance regulator in 2000 and allowed private and foreign-linked insurers, ending the public-sector monopoly in life and general insurance.

  Evidence points +10.5 (range +10.0 to +11.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +7.6 points.

• ImplementedBJP6 Jan 1999Infrastructure & Transport

  Golden Quadrilateral (National Highways Development Project, Phase I)

  Programme to four-lane 5,846 km of national highway linking Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, begun in 1999 and reported complete by the government in January 2012.

  Evidence points +11.0 (range +11.0 to +11.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +7.9 points.

• ImplementedBJP11 May 1998Armed Forces & Defence

  Pokhran-II nuclear tests and declared doctrine

  In May 1998 India conducted five underground nuclear tests, declared a voluntary test moratorium and a no-first-use posture, and faced international sanctions that were lifted by 2001.

  Evidence points +6.0 (range +4.0 to +8.0)

  Credited as implementer. Share to this party: +4.3 points.