Development Work as MLA, Gandhinagar

As the MLA, Lovely took a keen interest in developing infrastructure of Gandhinagar, facilitating it to become the most well-developed & prosperous region in East Delhi. The first metro station to open in East Delhi was Gandhinagar. He opened 6 community centers, 5 schools, 2 underground water tanks (12 lakh & 1 lakh gallons), 4 hospitals / dispensaries and laid down sewer lines throughout Gandhinagar.

He undertook the regularization of West Kantinagar, East Azad Nagar, Naya Shanti Mohalla & Kantinagar Ext. Gandhinagar being the largest wholesale readymade clothes market in Asia, he worked towards the declaration of each lane in Gandhinagar as ‘commercial’ in the MP 2020 for the city of Delhi.

He undertook the construction of 4 bridges in the Gandhinagar area during his tenure - Geeta Colony, Mayur Vihar, Nizammudin Bridge & Wazirabad Bridge. In addition, he sanctioned the Signature Bridge construction, and laid its foundation stone, marking the beginning of the construction of the bridge.

As Minister of education

Arvinder Singh Lovely has been the longest standing Education Minister in Delhi, bringing in many reforms that stand until today. He introduced the Point System of admissions into schools, aiming to abolish bias and corruption in the admissions processes. He introduced the EWS (Economically Weaker Section) & Laadli Schemes. His efforts to increase inclusiveness in the schools resulted in higher enrollment rates and lower dropout rates. Inheriting a dropout rate of 7.8% in government schools, Lovely lowered this rate to a record-low 1.7%.

As Minister of Urban Development & Revenue

Lovely regularised almost 1000 colonies across Delhi and introduced Delhi Development of Urban Village Scheme, benefitting 135 urban villages covering 45 lakh people. He undertook development of slums into flats, and granted ownership rights to the slum dwellers.

In addition, he worked towards strengthening the infrastructure and connectivity by constructing Pushta Road, 4 Elevated Roads (Barapulla, Vikaspuri - Mirabagh, Mangolpuri to Madhuban Chowk & Madhuban Chowk to Mukarba Chowk) and many more flyovers.

As Minister of Transport

Lovely was single-handedly responsible for replacing the Blue Line buses with Low Floor buses, and more than doubled number of buses, significantly increasing road safety in Delhi. He upgraded the entire Delhi bus fleet to CNG in record-time of 6 months as Transport Minister. He is also credited with the centralisation & interlinking of all transport authorities in Delhi.

In his tenure as Transport Minister, he sanctioned the monorail addressing the congestion problem and introduced budget Radio Taxis. In addition, he constructed 14 new DTC Depots, including Millennium Depot (1, 2, 3 & 4), Narela , Kanjhawala (1 & 2), Dwarka (Sector 2 & 8), Ghumanhera, Rajghat, Tehkhand. He also introduced 4 DTC Terminals in Punjabi Bagh, Dwarka Sector 18, Vishwas Nagar & Shakurbasti.