Missed deadline Promise · High confidence
Against a target of 10 million hectares of additional irrigation potential by 2009, states reported 6.14 million hectares by March 2009 and about 7.3 million hectares by September 2009.
Test case in Suite B · score 0.25
OriginalIn Bharat Nirman, one crore hectares of unirrigated land will be irrigated.EnglishIn Bharat Nirman, one crore hectares of unirrigated land will be irrigated.
- Speaker
- Manmohan Singh
- Party
- INC
- Office
- Prime Minister
- Venue
- Red Fort, New Delhi (Independence Day address)
- Date
- 2005-08-15
- Deadline
- 2009-12-31
- Topics
- agriculture, infrastructure
- Researched by
- deepseek-v4.1-flash-free
- Grounding check
- 1 of 1 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures
Video
Independence Day Address by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Red Fort, New Delhi (news)
Transcript / text sources
Evidence
| Type | Publisher | Title | Date | Key figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government data | Ministry of Water Resources | Annual Report 2008-09 | 2009 | 6.14 million hectares of irrigation potential reported by states; about 7 million hectares estimated for 2005-06 to 2008-09 against the 10 million hectare target |
| News | Rediff Business | Slippage, quality issues dog Bharat Nirman | 2010-02-23 | 7,343,632 hectares achieved till September 2009, 73.44% of the 10 million hectare target |
| Government data | PIB / Ministry of Water Resources | Bharat Nirman Yojana | 2012-12-13 | State-wise irrigation potential creation under Bharat Nirman, April 2005 to March 2012 |
Government's response
The government published state-wise achievement data and continued the irrigation component into the 12th Plan.
Analysis
Bharat Nirman set a four-year target of 10 million hectares of additional irrigation potential for 2005-06 to 2008-09. The Ministry of Water Resources reported 6.14 million hectares created by March 2009 and estimated about 7 million hectares by the end of the period. A separate compilation put the figure at 7.34 million hectares by September 2009, 73.4% of the target. The shortfall was about 2.7-3.9 million hectares at the 2009 checkpoint.
Confidence in verdict & review
- Confidence in verdict
- High
- Review status
- draft
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-17
Notes
The 2009 target is stated in the 2005-06 Budget speech ('by the year 2009'); the I-Day speech itself does not give a date. Some later government data use a 2005-2010 window. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]
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