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The solar vector magnetograph (SVM) is a modern imaging spectropolarimeter installed at Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO). Earlier phases saw the development of the instrument using off-the-shelf components with in-house software development. Subsequently, improvements were done in the opto-mechanical design of the sub-systems and the telescope tracking system. The third phase of the instrument development saw three major improvements: (1) installation of a web-camera-based telescope guiding system, developed in-house, (2) high-cadence spectropolarimetry using liquid-crystal variable retarders and a fast CCD camera, and (3) inclusion of the Na I D1 line for chromospheric observations, in addition to the regularly used photospheric Fe I 6302 Å line. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]