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False Statement · High confidence

Haryana experienced power shortages and outages during the 2013 summer; official data recorded a 9% peak shortage in April-December 2012 and a hydro-related supply crisis hit the state in June 2013.

Test case in Suite A · score 0.00

English · ParaphrasedThere will be no power shortage this summer. The state is self sufficient in power.

Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.

Speaker

Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Party

INC

Office

Chief Minister, Haryana

Venue

Rohtak, Haryana

Date

2013-04-27

Topics

energy

Researched by

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Transcript / text sources

• Economic Times: No power shortage during summers: Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Evidence

Analysis

Hooda's assurance was made on 27 April 2013. A PIB release reproduced by EPR Magazine put Haryana's peak power shortage at 9% for April-December 2012 and said the Centre raised the state's unallocated power in June 2012 to mitigate shortage.

In June 2013, Himachal Pradesh hydro plants shut for four days and India Today reported a power crisis in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. The Sunday Guardian reported on 9 June 2013 that Haryana's 'power cut-free summer' promise was a mirage and that Gurgaon faced unscheduled outages.

The 9% figure is for the period before Hooda's statement. The June 2013 reporting documents outages during the summer he described as shortage-free.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

High

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

No single official state-wide shortage percentage for the 2013 summer was located; the verdict rests on the preceding official 9% peak-shortage figure and contemporaneous outage reporting. [ingest: 1 dead evidence link(s) removed]