About

What this is

Kerala Promises is a public, evidence-based, non-partisan ledger that tracks every commitment made by the United Democratic Front government of Kerala in its 2026 election manifesto, across the full five-year term from May 2026 to May 2031.

It is a public notepad, maintained by ordinary citizens, so the people of Kerala do not forget what was promised to them.

It is not a government or political website. It is not journalism. It is not activism. We hold no affiliation with any political party. We track facts, not opinions.

Why we built it

Election manifestos are written for the news cycle of a campaign. Five years later, the specifics fade — even from the people they were made to. A public, version-controlled record makes the specifics survive.

Two things happen when a record like this exists. Voters can check. Journalists, students, and trackers can build on the data through the public JSON API and RSS feed. The state government, if it chooses to use the record, can show its progress in one place, against the exact words it ran on.

We built this for the second reason as much as the first. A government that delivers on its manifesto has nothing to fear from a record of its manifesto.

Good faith

This tracker was created in good faith. We believe elected governments should be held accountable to the promises they made publicly, and we want the UDF government to succeed in fulfilling those promises for the people of Kerala. We are not here to root for failure.

We are ordinary people, not journalists. We may miss news, update slowly, or be unaware of developments on the ground. That is exactly why we need your help. If you know that something has been done, started, or abandoned, please tell us through the submission form, and cite a source from the hierarchy on the methodology page.

Who runs it

Kerala Promises is maintained by a small group of volunteer editors. The current editor list is published on the GitHub repository’s CODEOWNERS file. We use real names where we can; pseudonyms are accepted where a real name would put a contributor at risk.

Editors are not paid. The site is self-funded. We accept no advertising and no political donations.

How to help

Three ways:

1. Submit a tip. If you have read in an admissible source that a promise has been started, fulfilled, or evaded, use the submission form linked from every page. The form takes a minute. You do not need a GitHub account.
2. Open a pull request. If you are comfortable with Git, the promise records live in src/content/promises/ in the repository. The contributing guide explains the format.
3. Tell a friend. A tracker is useful in proportion to the number of people who know it exists. Share a promise URL with a friend who cares about the issue it covers.

Contact

• Tips and submissions: through the form linked from every page on the site.
• Corrections to existing entries: corrections@keralapromises.in or a pull request.
• Conduct concerns: conduct@keralapromises.in.
• Press and general: hello@keralapromises.in.

We read everything. We reply to most things, eventually.

Forks for other states

Kerala Promises is built as a public template. The code is MIT licensed and the methodology and prose are CC BY-SA 4.0. If you want to set up the same kind of tracker for another Indian state, fork the repository, change the manifesto reference, and contribute promises in your state. We are happy to talk.

What we will never do

• Editorialise. No opinion pieces. No analysis. No commentary.
• Compare parties. Opposition manifestos are out of scope.
• Host comments or forums.
• Accept anonymous accusations without sources.
• Sell or share submitter data.
• Take political donations.
• Endorse a candidate or party.

If we ever cross any of these lines, the project should be forked by someone who will not.