False Statement · High confidence
Alt News found no AIIMS had opened at Darbhanga: Rs 1,264 crore was sanctioned but Rs 0 released as of July 2022, and the Centre had found the state's proposed land unsuitable.
Test case in Suite A · score 0.00
English · ParaphrasedNew AIIMS centres have been opened as part of this planning (sentence names Darbhanga, Bihar, among other cities), as quoted by Alt News.
Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.
- Speaker
- Narendra Modi
- Party
- BJP
- Office
- Prime Minister
- Venue
- Virtual address to BJP Regional Panchayati Raj Council, West Bengal
- Date
- 2023-08-12
- Topics
- health, governance
- Researched by
- claude-sonnet
Video
Narendra Modi post on X, 12 Aug 2023 (as cited by Alt News) (x)
Evidence
| Type | Publisher | Title | Date | Key figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fact-check | Alt News | PM Modi's claim that Darbhanga AIIMS is being opened is false | 2023-08-25 | Rated false |
| Government data | PIB / Ministry of Health | Rajya Sabha reply on PMSSY AIIMS status (as cited by Alt News) | 2022-07-22 | Darbhanga AIIMS: Rs 1,264 crore sanctioned, Rs 0 released; encroachment-free land not handed over |
| Government data | PMSSY, Ministry of Health (archived) | PMSSY website, archived 14 Aug 2023 | 2023-08-14 | Shows encroachment-free land not made available for Darbhanga |
Government's response
Health Minister said a 27 April 2023 ministry site visit found the Bihar government's proposed Ballia site unsuitable and asked the state for another site.
Analysis
Modi listed Darbhanga among places where new AIIMS centres have been opened. Darbhanga AIIMS was approved on 15 September 2020 (per PIB; the minister's tweet gives 19 September) but the Health Ministry's July 2022 update showed no funds released and no encroachment-free land provided.
The Bihar government proposed a 151-acre site at Ballia which, per a letter shared by Tejashwi Yadav, the Centre never approved; the Health Minister's letter said the site was unsuitable. Alt News concluded the facility had not opened.
The approval is real; what the data does not support is the statement that the institute has been opened.
Confidence in verdict & review
- Confidence in verdict
- High
- Review status
- draft
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-17
Notes
Status after August 2023 not checked. Exact full-sentence quote taken from Alt News excerpt. No YouTube link found.
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