True Statistic · Medium confidence
BOOM rated true: 16,282 of 18,452 unelectrified villages had been electrified by 5 February 2018 per the GARV dashboard, though only 1,290 villages (8%) had every household connected.
Test case in Suite A · score 1.00
English · ParaphrasedThere were 18,000 villages that did not have access to electricity when we came to power. We have completed the work of providing electricity to 16,000 villages.
Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.
- Speaker
- Amit Shah
- Party
- BJP
- Office
- BJP President
- Venue
- Rajya Sabha, maiden speech (Motion of Thanks debate)
- Date
- 2018-02-05
- Topics
- energy, infrastructure
- Researched by
- claude-sonnet
Transcript / text sources
Evidence
| Type | Publisher | Title | Date | Key figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government data | Ministry of Power, GARV dashboard | Rural electrification dashboard | 2018-02-05 | As cited by BOOM: 16,282 of 18,452 un-electrified villages electrified as of 5 Feb 2018; 1,290 villages (about 8%) had all households electrified. Live dashboard now shows later data. |
| Fact-check | BOOM | Fact-checking 10 claims in Amit Shah's Rajya Sabha speech | 2018-02-06 | Verdict True on claim 2 (electrification). Publication date approximate. |
Analysis
On 5 February 2018 Shah said about 18,000 villages lacked electricity when the government took office and that work had been completed in 16,000.
BOOM used the Ministry of Power's GARV dashboard: 16,282 of 18,452 villages had been electrified as of 5 February 2018, which matches the claim.
Only 1,290 of the villages (about 8 percent) had all households connected (BOOM). The statement is accurate on the metric used, but 'electrified village' is not the same as every household having power.
Confidence in verdict & review
- Confidence in verdict
- Medium
- Review status
- draft
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-17
Notes
The GARV dashboard URL is a live page and may show different numbers now. English wording from BOOM. No video found.
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