True Promise · High confidence
The Congress manifesto promise of 30 kg of rice at Re 1 per kg was implemented on 10 July 2013 for 87 lakh BPL and 11 lakh Antyodaya families, after the launch was postponed from 1 June over supply issues.
Test case in Suite B · score 1.00
English · ParaphrasedThe Congress promised in its manifesto to supply 30 kg of rice at Re 1 per kg to poor families; the Anna Bhagya scheme is being launched for 87 lakh BPL cardholders and 11 lakh Antyodaya beneficiaries.
Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.
- Speaker
- Siddaramaiah
- Party
- INC
- Office
- Chief Minister, Karnataka
- Venue
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Date
- 2013-07-10
- Deadline
- 2013-07-10
- Topics
- health, governance
- Researched by
- deepseek-v4.1-flash-free
- Grounding check
- 3 of 3 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures
Transcript / text sources
- Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah unveils ambitious Re 1 kg rice scheme
- Siddaramaiah launches ambitious Re 1 kg rice scheme
- Karnataka launches 'Anna Bhagya' scheme for BPL families
Evidence
| Type | Publisher | Title | Date | Key figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| News | The Times of India | Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah unveils ambitious Re 1 kg rice scheme | 2013-07-10 | 30 kg of rice at Re 1 to nearly one crore poor families; launch postponed from 1 June to 10 July 2013 |
| News | India Today | Siddaramaiah launches ambitious Re 1 kg rice scheme | 2013-07-10 | Scheme launched on 10 July 2013; 30 kg of rice at Re 1 for about one crore BPL families |
| News | Business Standard | Karnataka launches 'Anna Bhagya' scheme for BPL families | 2013-07-10 | 30 kg of rice at Re 1 per kg to nearly 10 million BPL families; annual cost about Rs 4,400 crore |
Government's response
The Chief Minister rejected opposition criticism that the scheme was rushed for the Lok Sabha polls, saying the government was following the Congress tradition of helping the needy.
Analysis
The Congress manifesto for the May 2013 Karnataka Assembly election promised 30 kg of rice at Re 1 per kg to poor families. The Siddaramaiah government launched the Anna Bhagya scheme on 10 July 2013, after postponing the original 1 June start because of supply problems.
The launch covered 87 lakh BPL cardholders and 11 lakh Antyodaya Anna Yojane beneficiaries. Single-member cardholders were to get 10 kg, two-member households 20 kg and households of three or more up to 30 kg, all at Re 1 per kg.
The promise was implemented within the government's revised timetable, so the claim holds, although the 30 kg entitlement was the maximum for larger families rather than a flat per-capita allocation.
Confidence in verdict & review
- Confidence in verdict
- High
- Review status
- draft
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-17
Notes
The quote is a paraphrase of the scheme as reported at launch; the articles do not carry a verbatim transcript of the manifesto promise. The original June 1 implementation date was missed because of rice-supply logistics, but the scheme was launched on 10 July 2013.
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