[ { "id": "bjp-yogi-2026-no-riots-no-curfew", "speaker": "Yogi Adityanath", "party": "BJP", "role": "Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh", "level": "state", "state": "Uttar Pradesh", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2026-10-13", "venue": "Teachers' conference, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Uttar Pradesh has changed now, as there are no riots or disturbances. Mafias have been wiped out... No curfew, no riots; everything is fine in Uttar Pradesh now.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "Government figures show communal and rioting incidents in Uttar Pradesh during the period, including 195 communal-violence incidents and 44 deaths in 2017 (Lok Sabha figure), the November 2024 Sambhal violence and thousands of registered rioting cases.", "topics": [ "internal-security", "security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Dainik Bhaskar (English): Yogi Adityanath Bareilly visit — 'no riots, no curfew' (13 Oct 2026)", "url": "https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/uttar-pradesh/news/yogi-adityanath-bareilly-village-watchmen-honorarium-cashless-health-139345037.html" }, { "title": "The New Indian Express: CM Yogi defends UP police encounters, cites zero-tolerance policy (3 Feb 2026)", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/Feb/03/cm-yogi-adityanath-defends-up-police-encounters-cites-zero-tolerance-for-crime-policy" }, { "title": "Ground News (IANS/SocialNews aggregation): CM Adityanath warns against provoking riots in UP (13 Oct 2026)", "url": "https://ground.news/article/if-we-riot-now-our-father-and-grandfathers-earnings-will-be-lost-cm-yogi-lashed-out-in-bareilly" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "The Wire", "title": "Fact Check: Yogi Adityanath's claim that there were no riots during his tenure (4 Jan 2019)", "url": "https://m.thewire.in/article/communalism/yogi-adityanath-up-riots-facts-check", "date": "2019-01-04", "key_figure": "Then MoS Home Hansraj Ahir told the Lok Sabha (11 Dec 2018) there were 195 incidents of communal violence in UP in 2017, with 44 dead and 542 injured — the highest of any state; a similar 'no riots' claim by Adityanath was rated false." }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Uttar Pradesh Assembly proceedings reported by The Times of India", "title": "'Never stood for justice': UP CM accuses opposition... (Sambhal violence debate, 16 Dec 2024)", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/never-stood-for-justice-up-cm-accuses-opposition-of-turning-blind-eye-to-violence-against-hindus-in-sambhal/articleshow/116367450.cms", "date": "2024-12-16", "key_figure": "Yogi himself addressed the November 2024 Sambhal violence and stone-pelting in the Assembly; he cited NCRB figures of 815 communal riots and 192 deaths in UP between 2012 and 2017 and a 97-99% decline claimed since 2017." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Statesman (reporting NCRB data)", "title": "Sharp decline in cases of riots and extortion in UP... (8 May 2026)", "url": "https://www.thestatesman.com/india/sharp-decline-in-cases-of-riots-and-extortion-in-up-thanks-to-yogi-govs-zero-tolerance-policy-towards-crimes-1503591497.html", "date": "2026-05-08", "key_figure": "The report states UP's NCRB rioting crime rate was 1.1 (vs national 2.2) and that 3,160 rioting cases were registered — i.e. riot-section cases exist even under the government's own framing." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "UP government position via NCRB 'Crime in India 2023' (reported by The Statesman, 1 Oct 2025)", "url": "https://www.thestatesman.com/india/with-zero-communal-riots-up-emerges-as-law-and-order-model-under-yogi-govt-1503493846.html", "summary": "The state says NCRB recorded zero communal or religious riots in UP in 2023 and a crime rate a quarter below the national average, presenting this as evidence of its zero-tolerance policy." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 13 October 2026 in Bareilly, Yogi Adityanath said Uttar Pradesh has no riots or curfews and that mafia groups have been eliminated. He has repeated versions of the slogan 'No curfew, no danga, UP mai sab changa' at multiple events, including February 2026 and September 2026.\n\nRecorded data conflict with a literal 'no riots' reading. A Lok Sabha reply by the then MoS Home said Uttar Pradesh had 195 communal-violence incidents in 2017 with 44 deaths and 542 injured — the highest of any state — and The Wire rated a 2019 version of the claim false. In November 2024 the Sambhal violence occurred; the Chief Minister himself discussed it and stone-pelting in the Assembly in December 2024.\n\nThe state's defence relies on NCRB figures. Those figures show a fall in communal riots but also record thousands of rioting-section cases (a rioting crime rate of 1.1-1.3), which is inconsistent with the claim that no rioting occurs. Definitions differ ('communal riots' versus all rioting cases), and death tolls in specific incidents are disputed, so the statement is recorded as misleading rather than false.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The quote is the English rendering in Dainik Bhaskar English (13 Oct 2026) and the IANS/SocialNews aggregation; the original Hindi was not captured verbatim. The Wire fact-check is from 2019 and concerns an earlier identical claim; I did not find a single fact-check covering the 2026 wording. No independent district-level communal-incident count for 2025-2026 was located (search was intermittently unavailable).", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2026-650-new-universities", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2026-08-15", "venue": "Red Fort, Delhi (80th Independence Day address)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "From 2004 to 2014 there were fewer than 350 universities in the country... and today, within these 10-12 years, nearly 650 new universities have been added. We are approaching the figure of 1,000.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "AISHE data show university-level institutions rising from about 760 in 2014-15 to about 1,289 in 2023-24 (an increase of roughly 529) and from 723 to 1,113 in an earlier PIB release, which does not match the stated 650 additions or the 'fewer than 350 in 2014' starting point.", "topics": [ "education" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "Brought 650 new universities, doubled medical seats since 2014: Modi", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/brought-650-new-universities-doubled-medical-seats-since-2014-modi/3015863/", "channel": "ThePrint (PTI)" }, { "platform": "news", "title": "Brought 650 New Universities, Doubled Medical Seats, Since 2014: PM Modi", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/education/brought-650-new-universities-doubled-medical-seats-since-2014-modi-11912968", "channel": "NDTV" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "ThePrint/PTI report of the Prime Minister's Independence Day 2026 address", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/brought-650-new-universities-doubled-medical-seats-since-2014-modi/3015863/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Education (AISHE)", "title": "India's Higher Education Sector", "url": "https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2026/aug/doc_9738_20260830_10073001.pdf", "date": "2026-08-30", "key_figure": "Universities increased from 760 in 2014-15 to 1,289 in 2023-24 (growth of 69.6%); colleges rose from 38,498 to 48,246." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB", "title": "Holistic Growth with Rise in Higher Education Institutions", "url": "https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2023/apr/doc2023422183701.pdf", "date": "2023-04-21", "key_figure": "Universities up from 723 in 2014 to 1,113 in 2023; 5,298 colleges added (38,498 to 43,796)." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB", "title": "Higher educational institutions increased significantly in nine years", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1918809", "date": "2023-04-21", "key_figure": "Universities rose from 723 (2014) to 1,113 (2023)." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Holistic growth with rise in higher education institutions", "url": "https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2023/apr/doc2023422183701.pdf", "summary": "The government highlights a rapid rise in higher-education institutions (universities, IITs, IIMs and colleges) since 2014 under its own reporting." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In his Independence Day address on 15 August 2026, the Prime Minister said that from 2004 to 2014 there were fewer than 350 universities, and that 'nearly 650 new universities' had been added in the following 10-12 years, taking the figure toward 1,000.\n\nGovernment education statistics give different levels. A PIB release of April 2023 stated that the number of universities rose from 723 in 2014 to 1,113 in 2023, an increase of 390. A PIB document published in August 2026, citing the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2023-24, recorded university-level institutions rising from 760 in 2014-15 to 1,289 in 2023-24, an increase of about 529.\n\nBoth official series indicate a substantial expansion, but the stated addition of 'nearly 650' universities and the 'fewer than 350' starting point do not correspond to the AISHE counts.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The speech was in Hindi; the quoted English is the PTI rendering. Different AISHE editions and different definitions of 'university' (UGC-recognised universities vs AISHE university-level institutions, which include deemed and private universities) produce different totals, so the claim is marked 'misleading' rather than 'false'. This is distinct from the excluded modi-2020-iit-iim-iiit-numbers-before-2014 claim, which concerned IITs/IIMs/IIITs. The PTI report's transcription of the medical-colleges sentence is internally inconsistent ('400 medical seats... 850 medical seats') and is not used here. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-mandaviya-2026-17-crore-jobs", "speaker": "Mansukh Mandaviya", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Minister of Labour and Employment", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2026-08-04", "venue": "Presentation to NDA MPs during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "More than 17 crore jobs were created between 2014 and 2024.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "The 'over 17 crore jobs' figure is an extrapolation from RBI KLEMS and PLFS-based estimates rather than a count of new jobs; the government's own PIB note states a net addition of 16.83 crore for 2017-18 to 2023-24, and analysts dispute the methodology.", "topics": [ "jobs" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Centre claims 17 crore jobs created between 2014 and 2024 amid Gen Z job worries (Swarajya, 4 August 2026)", "url": "https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/centre-claims-17-crore-jobs-created-between-2014-and-2024-amid-gen-z-job-worries" }, { "title": "Centre says 17 crore jobs created in 10 years (NDTV, Parliament Monsoon Session 2026)", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/parliament-monsoon-session-2026-amid-gen-z-employment-concerns-centre-says-17-crore-jobs-created-in-10-years-11863498" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau / Ministry of Labour and Employment", "title": "Employment in India rose to 64.33 crore in 2023-24 from 47.5 crore in 2017-18", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?NoteId=155336&ModuleId=3", "date": "", "key_figure": "Net addition of 16.83 crore over six years (2017-18 to 2023-24)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Arabian Post", "title": "Union Ministry of Labour still peddling false narrative on joblessness in India", "url": "https://thearabianpost.com/union-ministry-of-labour-still-peddling-false-narrative-on-joblessness-in-india/", "date": "", "key_figure": "Describes the 17 crore jobs figure as a questionable extrapolation based on RBI's KLEMS database" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Policy Circle", "title": "India's jobs data masks structural employment crisis", "url": "https://www.policycircle.org/economy/indias-jobs-data-plfs-unemployment/", "date": "", "key_figure": "Notes PLFS counts a person as employed if they worked even one hour in the reference week; underemployment and poor-quality work are not captured" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "ThePrint", "title": "Economist Amit Mitra criticises Centre's data on unemployment, calls it misleading", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/economist-amit-mitra-criticises-centres-data-on-unemployment-calls-it-misleading-masked/2699898/", "date": "", "key_figure": "Criticism of PLFS-based unemployment figures as misleading" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB press note on employment estimates (Ministry of Labour and Employment)", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?NoteId=155336&ModuleId=3", "summary": "The government cites a net addition of 16.83 crore to employment between 2017-18 and 2023-24 and attributes gains to youth-focused policies and formal-sector expansion." }, { "title": "Swarajya report on the Minister's presentation", "url": "https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/centre-claims-17-crore-jobs-created-between-2014-and-2024-amid-gen-z-job-worries", "summary": "The presentation cited RBI figures for more than 17 crore jobs between 2014 and 2024, average annual creation of 1.7 crore, and an unemployment rate of 3.1% in 2025, and compared the record with the UPA period." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 4 August 2026 Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya presented figures to NDA MPs stating that more than 17 crore jobs were created between 2014 and 2024, citing Reserve Bank of India data.\n\nA PIB press note gives a Ministry of Labour and Employment estimate that employment rose to 64.33 crore in 2023-24 from 47.5 crore in 2017-18, a net addition of 16.83 crore over six years, a different time frame from the Minister's statement.\n\nThe figures are modelled estimates derived from the RBI KLEMS database and Periodic Labour Force Survey data rather than a count of new jobs, and include self-employment and unpaid family labour. Analysts have disputed both the methodology and the magnitude. Because the headline number cannot be reproduced as a direct count and the time frame differs between the statement and the official note, the claim is recorded as misleading.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "quote_english is the reported wording ('more than 17 crore jobs... between 2014 and 2024'), so quote_is_verbatim=false. The PIB press note returned HTTP 403 on direct fetch; its content is taken from search-result text. The time frame of the figure varies across government communications (2014-2024 in the Minister's presentation; 2017-18 to 2023-24 in the PIB note). [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-sarma-2026-orunodoi-37-lakh", "speaker": "Himanta Biswa Sarma", "party": "BJP", "role": "Chief Minister, Assam", "level": "state", "state": "Assam", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2026-07-30", "venue": "Guwahati, Assam", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Aadhaar-seeded transfers under the Orunodoi scheme will resume from August 1, with 37.1 lakh women beneficiaries to receive ₹1,250 per month.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Multiple outlets and Prasar Bharati reported that the Assam government resumed Orunodoi transfers to about 37 lakh women at ₹1,250 per month from 1 August 2026.", "topics": [ "women" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "37.1 lakh women to receive Rs 1,250 under Orunodoi scheme from Aug 1: Assam CM Himanta Biswa", "url": "https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/371-lakh-women-to-receive-rs-1250-under-orunodoi-scheme-from-aug-1-assam-cm-himanta-biswa20260730232522/", "channel": "ANI" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Financial Express: Flood-hit Assam to resume Orunodoi scheme — over 37 lakh women to get Rs 1,250 from Aug 1", "url": "https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/flood-hit-assam-to-resume-orunodoi-scheme-over-37-lakh-women-to-get-rs-1250-from-aug-1-all-you-need-to-knownbsp/4307190/" }, { "title": "Economic Times: Orunodoi 3.0 — Assam to give Rs 1,250 monthly aid to women", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/orunodoi-3-0-assam-to-give-rs-1250-monthly-aid-to-women/articleshow/132796521.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Prasar Bharati (NewsOnAir)", "title": "Assam CM Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma launches Orunodoi 3.0 disbursement", "url": "https://newsonair.gov.in/assam-cm-dr-himanta-biswa-sarma-launches-orunodoi-3-0-disbursement/", "key_figure": "Monthly assistance transferred to more than 37 lakh women beneficiaries through DBT under Orunodoi 3.0." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Mint", "title": "Orunodoi 3.0: Assam's flagship scheme for women", "url": "https://www.livemint.com/money/personal-finance/orunodoi-3-financial-assistance-scheme-assam-cm-social-security-women-family-rs-1250-direct-bank-transfer-beneficiaries-11786201316315.html", "key_figure": "More than 37 lakh women to receive monthly assistance from August, per PTI." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "NewsOnAir (Prasar Bharati): Orunodoi 3.0 disbursement launched", "url": "https://newsonair.gov.in/assam-cm-dr-himanta-biswa-sarma-launches-orunodoi-3-0-disbursement/", "summary": "The state government says the scheme provides ₹1,250 per month to over 37 lakh eligible women through direct benefit transfer." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 30 July 2026 the Assam Chief Minister announced that Aadhaar-seeded transfers under the state's Orunodoi scheme would resume from 1 August 2026, with 37.1 lakh women beneficiaries receiving ₹1,250 per month.\n\nANI, the Financial Express and Mint reported the same figures. Prasar Bharati (NewsOnAir) reported the launch of the Orunodoi 3.0 disbursement, describing monthly financial assistance transferred to more than 37 lakh women through DBT.\n\nThe beneficiary count and monthly amount in the claim match the figures carried in these reports.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The claim is a statement of fact about scheme beneficiaries rather than a policy promise, so no deadline applies. Beneficiary counts are state government figures reported by multiple outlets; they are not independently audited. The scheme was launched in 2020 and payments had been paused during floods before resuming in August 2026. LiveMint publication date not confirmed.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-himanta-2026-assam-deportations", "speaker": "Himanta Biswa Sarma", "party": "BJP", "role": "Chief Minister, Assam", "level": "state", "state": "Assam", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2026-07-06", "venue": "Assam Legislative Assembly, Guwahati (reply to a question)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "A total of 31,789 illegal immigrants have been deported from Assam since 1985... 1,72,673 were identified and 31,789 of them were deported.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The figures were given in an Assembly reply; a separate official reply put the number deported between 2011 and June 2026 at 2,366, and 1,679 repatriated in the last two years, consistent with the totals.", "topics": [ "citizenship", "internal-security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Hindu: 31,789 illegal immigrants deported from Assam in 40 years, CM tells Assembly (6 Jul 2026)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/31789-illegal-immigrants-deported-from-assam-in-40-years-cm/article71189998.ece" }, { "title": "The New Indian Express: 31,789 illegal immigrants deported from Assam in last 40 years, says CM (6 Jul 2026)", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/assam/2026/Jul/06/31789-illegal-immigrants-deported-from-assam-in-last-40-years-says-cm-himanta-in-assembly" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Assam Legislative Assembly (reported by The New Indian Express)", "title": "31,789 illegal immigrants deported from Assam in last 40 years, says CM (6 Jul 2026)", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/assam/2026/Jul/06/31789-illegal-immigrants-deported-from-assam-in-last-40-years-says-cm-himanta-in-assembly", "date": "2026-07-06", "key_figure": "1,72,673 migrants identified under the 1985 Assam Accord; 31,789 deported; cases against 73,750 pending in Foreigners' Tribunals; 174 declared foreigners at the Matia transit camp; only 2,366 deported between 2011 and 30 June 2026." }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Assam Legislative Assembly (reported by The Assam Tribune / PTI)", "title": "Assam repatriated 1,679 illegal Bangladesh immigrants in 2 years: CM tells House (13 Jul 2026)", "url": "https://assamtribune.com/assam/assam-repatriated-1679-illegal-bangladesh-immigrants-in-2-years-cm-tells-house-1614224", "date": "2026-07-13", "key_figure": "1,679 illegal immigrants repatriated from Assam to Bangladesh between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2026, split across 'sent back', 'expulsion' and 'deportation'; pending appeals in the High Court or Supreme Court stop repatriation." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Hindustan Times", "title": "Over 1,600 illegal Bangladeshis repatriated from Assam in 2 years: Himanta Biswa Sarma (13 Jul 2026)", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/over-1-600-illegal-bangladeshis-repatriated-from-assam-in-2-years-himanta-biswa-sarma-101783961965391.html", "date": "2026-07-13", "key_figure": "Confirms the 1,679 figure for July 2024-June 2026, corroborating the larger 31,789 cumulative number." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "India Today: Himanta Sarma remarks on Bangladeshis stir diplomatic row (1 May 2026)", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/himanta-sarma-illegal-bangladesh-migrants-push-back-dhaka-india-envoy-2904236-2026-05-01", "summary": "The government says official channels are slow because Bangladesh does not acknowledge its nationals, so suspected illegal immigrants are 'pushed back' informally; Dhaka summoned the Indian envoy over the remarks." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 6 July 2026, replying in the Assam Assembly, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said 1,72,673 people had been identified as illegal immigrants under the 1985 Assam Accord and 31,789 had been deported since 1985. He added that cases against 73,750 people were pending in Foreigners' Tribunals and that only 2,366 had been deported between 2011 and 30 June 2026.\n\nThe larger cumulative figure is corroborated by consistent official replies: on 13 July 2026 Sarma told the Assembly that 1,679 immigrants were repatriated between July 2024 and June 2026, which sits within the 2,366 figure given a week earlier.\n\nThe statistic itself is a government figure reported to the legislature, so it is recorded as true. The breakdown is relevant context: most of the 31,789 deportations predate the BJP government that took office in Assam in May 2016, and the pace of formal deportation since 2011 has been about 150-200 a year. The government separately says informal 'push back' numbers are higher and not officially counted.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The figures are the state government's own Assembly replies and are not independently audited; the verdict 'true' reflects that the stated numbers are reported accurately and internally consistent, not that they were verified against an external register. The quote is a paraphrase of the reported English wording. Sarma also told the Assembly that citizenship is a central subject. A reviewer may wish to reclassify this as a context/self-reported statistic.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-yogi-2026-up-20gw-renewable", "speaker": "Yogi Adityanath", "party": "BJP", "role": "Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh", "level": "state", "state": "Uttar Pradesh", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2026-06-27", "venue": "Foundation-stone ceremony of SAEL Industries' solar manufacturing plant, Jewar, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Our target is to achieve 20,000 MW of renewable energy generation in Uttar Pradesh within the next two to three years. We are moving rapidly towards that goal.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2029-06-30", "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "In June 2026 the UP CM set a target of 20,000 MW of renewable capacity in two-to-three years from about 6,000 MW then; MNRE state data showed UP renewable capacity at about 6.18 GW in February 2025.", "topics": [ "energy", "environment" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "UP targets 20,000 MW renewable energy capacity in next 2-3 years: Yogi Adityanath", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/up-targets-20000-mw-renewable-energy-capacity-in-next-2-3-years-yogi-adityanath/articleshow/132033503.cms", "channel": "The Economic Times" }, { "platform": "news", "title": "Jewar to become India's solar manufacturing hub, UP targets 20,000 MW of renewable energy: CM Yogi", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/uttar-pradesh/2026/Jun/27/jewar-to-become-indias-solar-manufacturing-hub-up-targets-20000-mw-of-renewable-energy-cm-yogi", "channel": "The New Indian Express" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "ETV Bharat report of CM Yogi Adityanath's address at Jewar", "url": "https://www.etvbharat.com/en/state/uttar-pradesh-targets-20000-mw-renewable-energy-capacity-in-next-2-to-3-years-yogi-adityanath-enn26062705137" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)", "title": "State-wise (location based) installed capacity of Renewable Power as on 28.02.2025 (PDF)", "url": "https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3716e1b8c6cd17b771da77391355749f3/uploads/2025/03/202503111706572248.pdf", "date": "2025-03-11", "key_figure": "Uttar Pradesh total renewable installed capacity (excluding large hydro) about 6,182 MW in February 2025" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Government of Uttar Pradesh / Invest UP", "title": "Uttar Pradesh Solar Energy Policy 2022", "url": "https://invest.up.gov.in/solar-energy-policy-2022", "date": "2022-11-29", "key_figure": "Policy target of 22,000 MW of solar power projects up to 2026-27" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)", "title": "Physical Achievements and state-wise RE capacity", "url": "https://mnre.gov.in/en/physical-progress/", "date": "2026-09-30", "key_figure": "National cumulative RE and state-wise capacity datasets (used to track UP additions)" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "CMO/state messaging quoted in The Economic Times", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/up-targets-20000-mw-renewable-energy-capacity-in-next-2-3-years-yogi-adityanath/articleshow/132033503.cms", "summary": "The CM's office points to over six lakh rooftop solar installations under PM Surya Ghar, more than 2,000 MW of rooftop solar generation, and UP's position as the largest ethanol-producing state as evidence of progress." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At the Jewar foundation-stone ceremony on 27 June 2026, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the state aimed to raise renewable energy generation capacity to 20,000 MW within two to three years, from about 6,000 MW at the time.\n\nMNRE state-wise data showed Uttar Pradesh's installed renewable capacity (excluding large hydro) at about 6,182 MW as of 28 February 2025, consistent with the CM's stated starting figure. The state's Solar Energy Policy 2022 carried a separate target of 22 GW of solar by 2026-27.\n\nThe 20,000 MW target has a window of roughly 2028-29, so it remains open and is recorded as in progress.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 20,000 MW statement was made in June 2026 with a 'two to three years' horizon; the deadline field uses the outer three-year mark (30 June 2029). Quotation is PTI-sourced reporting, not a transcript, so not marked verbatim. State-wise RE figures are as reported by MNRE; a current UP-specific figure as on the claim date was not independently fetched.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-yogi-2026-up-1-trillion-economy", "speaker": "Yogi Adityanath", "party": "BJP", "role": "Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh", "level": "state", "state": "Uttar Pradesh", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2026-05-11", "venue": "CII Annual Business Summit, New Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The state is on track to achieve a $1-trillion economy by 2029-30.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2030-03-31", "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "The Chief Minister said Uttar Pradesh is on track to become a US$1 trillion economy by 2029-30; state figures put GSDP at about Rs 29.78 lakh crore in 2024-25, well short of US$1 trillion at current exchange rates.", "topics": [ "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "We will make UP a $1-trillion economy by 2030, and it is achievable, says CM Yogi Adityanath (Fortune India, 11 May 2026)", "url": "https://www.fortuneindia.com/business-news/we-will-make-up-a-1-trillion-economy-by-2030-and-it-is-achievable-says-cm-yogi-adityanath/137067" }, { "title": "Yogi Adityanath pushes Uttar Pradesh toward $1 trillion economy (Free Press Journal / PTI, 17 December 2025)", "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/yogi-adityanath-pushes-uttar-pradesh-toward-1-trillion-economy-with-accelerated-growth-agriculture-boost-tourism-drive" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Free Press Journal / PTI", "title": "UP CM reviews progress toward a USD 1-trillion economy", "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/yogi-adityanath-pushes-uttar-pradesh-toward-1-trillion-economy-with-accelerated-growth-agriculture-boost-tourism-drive", "date": "2025-12-17", "key_figure": "UP GSDP Rs 29.78 lakh crore; 9% of national economy in 2024-25, up from 8.6% in 2022-23" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Fortune India", "title": "We will make UP a $1-trillion economy by 2030, and it is achievable, says CM Yogi Adityanath", "url": "https://www.fortuneindia.com/business-news/we-will-make-up-a-1-trillion-economy-by-2030-and-it-is-achievable-says-cm-yogi-adityanath/137067", "date": "2026-05-11", "key_figure": "CM states UP is on track for a US$1 trillion economy by 2029-30" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Economic Times (video)", "title": "UP-Japan investment meet 2026: Yogi pitches UP as $1-trillion economy hub", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/up-japan-investment-meet-2026-yogi-pitches-up-as-1-trillion-economy-hub-to-japanese-investors/videoshow/133344042.cms", "date": "", "key_figure": "CM repeats the US$1 trillion goal at the UP-Japan Investment Meet 2026" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "UP government briefing on the US$1 trillion target (Free Press Journal / PTI)", "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/yogi-adityanath-pushes-uttar-pradesh-toward-1-trillion-economy-with-accelerated-growth-agriculture-boost-tourism-drive", "summary": "A state government statement said UP is on the right track, that 93% of the GSDP target had been achieved, and that officials were directed to work toward a GSDP of about Rs 42 lakh crore." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At the CII Annual Business Summit on 11 May 2026, Yogi Adityanath said Uttar Pradesh was on track to become a US$1 trillion economy by 2029-30, citing 34 sector-specific policies and growth in mobile and electronic component manufacturing.\n\nA state government briefing reported in December 2025 put UP's GSDP at Rs 29.78 lakh crore and its share of the national economy at 9% in 2024-25, up from 8.6% in 2022-23. At prevailing exchange rates, GSDP of that size is far below US$1 trillion.\n\nThe target year is 2029-30 and has not arrived, so the claim is recorded as in progress. Reported timelines for the same goal have varied across statements and years.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Quote is the English wording as published by Fortune India; the speech was likely delivered in Hindi, so quote_original is left blank and quote_is_verbatim=false. Reported timelines for the US$1 trillion goal differ (some outlets reported a 'next three years' framing in 2025, others 2029-30 or 2030); the 2029-30 date is used here. Current US$ conversion assumes roughly Rs 84-88 per dollar and is indicative only.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-mohanyadav-2025-mp-naxal-free", "speaker": "Mohan Yadav", "party": "BJP", "role": "Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh", "level": "state", "state": "Madhya Pradesh", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 1, "score": 0.5 }, "date": "2025-12-11", "venue": "'Rehabilitation to Rejuvenation' programme, Balaghat / Bhopal (video conference), Madhya Pradesh", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Madhya Pradesh has now become completely free from Naxal violence... the state became Naxal-free with the surrender of the last two Naxalites on December 11.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "unverifiable", "summary": "The Chief Minister declared the state Naxal-free after two cadres surrendered in Balaghat; it is a state self-assessment with no independent audit, and the government said the campaign and rehabilitation would continue.", "topics": [ "internal-security", "security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "ThePrint / PTI: With surrender of two cadres, MP CM declares state free of Naxalism (12 Dec 2025)", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/with-surrender-of-two-cadres-mp-cm-declares-state-free-of-naxalism/2803919/" }, { "title": "ANI: 'Madhya Pradesh becomes naxal-free,' says CM Yadav (12 Dec 2025)", "url": "https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/madhya-pradesh-becomes-naxal-free-says-cm-yadav20251212100410" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "ThePrint / PTI", "title": "With surrender of two cadres, MP CM declares state free of Naxalism (12 Dec 2025)", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/with-surrender-of-two-cadres-mp-cm-declares-state-free-of-naxalism/2803919/", "date": "2025-12-12", "key_figure": "Two Naxalites (Deepak, Rohit) surrendered in Balaghat; the Balaghat SP said no more hardcore Naxals were active in the district. 42 cadres carrying a total bounty of ₹7.75 crore surrendered across the MP-Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh zone in 42 days." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "ETV Bharat / PTI", "title": "Special package to be provided for 3 districts once affected by Naxal violence, says MP CM Yadav (13 Dec 2025)", "url": "https://www.etvbharat.com/en/state/special-package-to-be-provided-for-3-districts-once-affected-by-naxal-violence-says-madhya-pradesh-chief-minister-mohan-yadav-enn25121305155", "date": "2025-12-13", "key_figure": "Yadav said the government would provide a special development package for Balaghat, Mandla and Dindori and take 'all necessary steps to ensure this snake does not raise its hood again', indicating the assessment is forward-looking." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Home Affairs", "title": "Union Government's Comprehensive Strategy against Naxalism", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2182437", "date": "2025-10-25", "key_figure": "The MHA said Naxal-affected districts fell from 126 in 2014 to 18, with 336 new security camps in six years; the national target was a Naxal-free India by 31 March 2026." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Akashvani (News on AIR): MP CM declares state free of Naxalism after Maoist surrender in Balaghat (12 Dec 2025)", "url": "https://newsonair.gov.in/madhya-pradesh-cm-mohan-yadav-declares-state-free-of-naxalism-after-maoist-surrender-in-balaghat", "summary": "The state government's position is that coordinated central and state operations led to the surrender of the last two active cadres and that Balaghat now has no active hardcore Naxals." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 11 December 2025 two Naxalites surrendered at a CRPF camp in Balaghat. The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister declared the state 'completely free from Naxal violence'. The Balaghat Superintendent of Police said no more hardcore Naxals were active in the district.\n\nBy the government's own account, the declaration rests on the surrender of the last two identified cadres, after 42 surrenders in the MP-Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh zone in 42 days. The MHA's national data show the number of Naxal-affected districts falling from 126 (2014) to 18 (2025).\n\nThere is no independent audit of the absence of Naxal activity, and the Chief Minister said the government would act to ensure the movement does not revive. Because 'Naxal-free' is a government self-assessment rather than a measured, independently verified outcome, the entry is recorded as unverifiable.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The quote is a translation/paraphrase from PTI (ThePrint) and ANI; the original Hindi was not captured verbatim. The declared date of the surrender is 11 December 2025 (reported 12 December). I did not locate SATP or MHA district-level data confirming zero residual Naxal activity in Balaghat for 2026; a reviewer should check the latest MHA LWE-affected-district list for Madhya Pradesh. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-joshi-2025-50pc-nonfossil-achieved", "speaker": "Pralhad Joshi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2025-07-14", "venue": "PIB release of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "In a world seeking climate solutions, India is showing the way. Achieving 50% non-fossil fuel capacity five years ahead of the 2030 target is a proud moment for every Indian.", "quote_english": "In a world seeking climate solutions, India is showing the way. Achieving 50% non-fossil fuel capacity five years ahead of the 2030 target is a proud moment for every Indian.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The NRE Minister stated India reached 50% of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil sources five years ahead of the 2030 target; PIB data for 30 June 2025 showed non-fossil capacity at 242.78 GW of 484.82 GW (50.08%).", "topics": [ "energy", "environment" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "Nearly 70% of Rajasthan's power capacity comes from renewable energy: Pralhad Joshi", "url": "https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/nearly-70-of-rajasthans-power-capacity-comes-from-renewable-energy-pralhad-joshi/122795202", "channel": "ETEnergyworld" }, { "platform": "news", "title": "Can India sustain its 50% non-fossil fuel milestone amid rising energy demands?", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/can-india-sustain-its-50-non-fossil-fuel-milestone-amid-rising-energy-demands-2757173-2025-07-17", "channel": "India Today" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: India's Renewable Rise - Non-Fossil Sources Now Power Half the Nation's Grid", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2144627&lang=2®=48" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Power", "title": "India achieved Historic milestone in power sector: Surpasses 500 GW and Renewable Generation Exceeds 50% of demand", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2183866", "date": "2025-10-29", "key_figure": "Non-fossil capacity 256.09 GW (over 51%) of 500.89 GW total as on 30 September 2025" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Central Electricity Authority (CEA)", "title": "Installed Capacity (MW) of the country as on 30.06.2026", "url": "https://cea.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/installed/2026/06/Website_June.pdf", "date": "2026-07-15", "key_figure": "Non-fossil fuel 297,369 MW = 54.18% of 548,858 MW total installed capacity" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)", "title": "Physical Achievements - non-fossil capacity", "url": "https://mnre.gov.in/en/physical-progress/", "date": "2026-09-30", "key_figure": "Total non-fossil 308.03 GW as on 30 September 2026" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Non-Fossil Fuel Share In Total Installed Power Capacity", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2223720&lang=2®=3", "summary": "Government states the 50% non-fossil installed-capacity milestone was reached in June 2025, more than five years ahead of the 2030 NDC target, and lists measures for the 500 GW by 2030 and net-zero by 2070 goals." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi stated that India had achieved 50% of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources, five years ahead of the 2030 target.\n\nPIB data for 30 June 2025 showed non-fossil capacity (renewables, large hydro and nuclear) at 242.78 GW of 484.82 GW, or 50.08%. CEA data for 30 June 2026 showed non-fossil capacity at 297.37 GW, or 54.18% of 548.86 GW installed.\n\nThe 50% milestone refers to installed capacity; the share of renewable sources in actual electricity generation is lower, and press analysis noted fossil fuels still supplied the majority of generation. The installed-capacity milestone as stated is supported by CEA and PIB data, so the claim is recorded as true.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Joshi's quotation is from the PIB release, which reproduces his statement; because it is an official release rather than a speech transcript it is not marked verbatim. The PIB release is dated 14 July 2025 and the ETEnergyworld report of a related speech is dated 20 July 2025. The distinction between installed capacity and generation share is recorded in the analysis. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-gadkari-2025-roads-better-than-us", "speaker": "Nitin Gadkari", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2025-04-15", "venue": "AIMA 10th National Leadership Conclave, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Infrastructure development is very important for India... within the next 18 months, the country's road infrastructure will surpass that of the United States of America.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "unverifiable", "summary": "In April 2025 the Highways Minister said India's road infrastructure would surpass the United States' within 18 months, but the claim defines no measurable benchmark and comparative road-length data place the US network ahead of India's.", "topics": [ "infrastructure" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "Working to achieve 100 km per day highway construction goal: Nitin Gadkari", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/auto/working-to-achieve-100-km-per-day-highway-construction-goal-nitin-gadkari-8169061", "channel": "NDTV" }, { "platform": "news", "title": "Indian roads will be better than U.S. in two years: Nitin Gadkari", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indian-roads-will-be-better-than-us-in-two-years-nitin-gadkari/article69375929.ece", "channel": "The Hindu" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Akashvani/News On AIR report of Gadkari's AIMA address", "url": "https://newsonair.gov.in/union-minister-nitin-gadkari-sets-goal-of-highway-construction-100-km-day" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Road Transport and Highways", "title": "Year End Review 2025 - Ministry of Road Transport & Highways", "url": "https://archive.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=281666", "date": "2025-12-30", "key_figure": "National Highways 1,46,560 km; India has the world's second-largest road network" }, { "type": "index", "publisher": "World Population Review", "title": "Highway Systems by Country 2026", "url": "https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/highway-systems-by-country", "date": "2026-09-25", "key_figure": "United States total road network about 6.6 million km vs India about 6.4 million km" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Business Standard / PTI", "title": "National highways construction pace slows to 29 km per day in FY25: Gadkari", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/national-highways-construction-pace-slows-to-29-km-per-day-in-fy25-gadkari-125072300886_1.html", "date": "2025-07-23", "key_figure": "National highway construction pace 29 km/day in FY 2024-25 (10,660 km constructed)" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "At AIMA's 10th National Leadership Conclave on 15 April 2025, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said India's road infrastructure would surpass that of the United States within 18 months, and separately set a highway-construction goal of 100 km per day.\n\nPIB and MoRTH data report National Highways at about 1,46,560 km and describe India as having the world's second-largest road network. Comparative data place the United States' total road network at about 6.6 million km against India's about 6.4 million km. In FY 2024-25, National Highway construction ran at about 29 km per day, against the 100 km per day goal.\n\nBecause the statement does not specify a measurable benchmark for 'surpass' and mixes network length, quality and construction pace, the outcome cannot be scored against a single metric; it is recorded as unverifiable.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Gadkari has made similar 'better than the US' statements on several dates (March 2025, April 2025 for Madhya Pradesh, June 2025); this entry uses the 15 April 2025 AIMA statement, which carries the 18-month window. Quotation is reported wording, not a transcript, so not marked verbatim. Comparative road-length figures come from a secondary compilation, not a government source, and are used only for context.", "scored": true }, { "id": "shah-2025-manipur-no-death-four-months", "speaker": "Amit Shah", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2025-04-03", "venue": "Lok Sabha, debate on statutory resolution confirming President's Rule in Manipur", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The situation is in control. There has been no death in the last four months. I won't say the situation is satisfactory.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "Shah said Manipur was under control with no deaths in four months, but press reports document at least three violence-linked deaths in Manipur between mid-December 2024 and 8 March 2025.", "topics": [ "internal-security", "security", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Tribune: Lok Sabha discusses Manipur post 2 am, Shah says situation under control, not satisfactory (3 Apr 2025)", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/unprecedented-lok-sabha-discusses-manipur-post-2-am-shah-says-situation-under-control-not-satisfactory" }, { "title": "Business Standard: Situation in Manipur under control but can't be termed satisfactory: Shah", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/situation-in-manipur-under-control-but-can-t-be-termed-satisfactory-shah-125040301079_1.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Wire", "title": "Manipur deaths since November 2024 contradict Amit Shah's claim", "url": "https://m.thewire.in/article/government/manipur-deaths-november-2024-amit-shah", "date": "2025-04-04", "key_figure": "Deaths after the claimed period began: 14 Dec 2024, two migrant workers from Bihar killed in Kakching (police: unresolved); 8 Mar 2025, one Kuki man killed and 48 injured in Kangpokpi on first day of free-movement order. The Wire counts at least 34 deaths Nov 2024-Mar 2025 (21 clashes, 13 relief-camp deaths, the latter attributed by a Kuki body to medical neglect)." }, { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "The Quint (WebQoof)", "title": "Claim by Amit Shah about 'no violence' in Manipur in last four months misleading", "url": "https://fithindi.thequint.com/amp/story/news/webqoof/amit-shah-no-violence-in-manipur-from-december-to-march-fact-check", "date": "2025-04-05", "key_figure": "Quint reported finding seven instances of deaths in Manipur since December (per search-result summary; page could not be opened). Fact-check date approximate." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Tribune", "title": "Shah in Lok Sabha: situation in control; opposition cites 260 deaths, 67,000+ displaced", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/unprecedented-lok-sabha-discusses-manipur-post-2-am-shah-says-situation-under-control-not-satisfactory", "date": "2025-04-03", "key_figure": "Shah conceded the situation was not satisfactory; displaced people remain in relief camps; about 260 deaths overall since May 2023 per the debate." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "MoS Home Nityanand Rai, Lok Sabha, 2025 (per search summary)", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/india/lok-sabha-passes-resolution-to-extend-presidents-rule-in-manipur-by-6-months-3656633", "summary": "A search summary of this report says MoS Home Nityanand Rai said in the Lok Sabha that no deaths due to violence were reported in Manipur in the previous four months; the article itself was not opened, and date and exact wording are unverified." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 3 April 2025, in the Lok Sabha debate confirming President's Rule, Shah said the Manipur situation was under control with no deaths in the previous four months, while adding it was not satisfactory because displaced people were still in relief camps. He gave an overall figure of about 260 deaths since May 2023, 80 percent of them in the first month (Business Standard).\n\nThe Wire reports specific killings after the start of that period: two Bihar migrant workers in Kakching on 14 December 2024 and one man in Kangpokpi on 8 March 2025, plus earlier deaths in November 2024. Police described the Kakching case as unsolved. The Quint fact-check rated the claim misleading, citing seven instances of deaths since December.\n\nSome counted deaths are disputed in cause (relief-camp deaths attributed by Kuki groups to medical neglect), and the government's own definition of 'violence-related' death was not found. At least the three killings in specific incidents fall within the four-month window, so the 'no death' statement is not supported by press reports. The 'under control' judgement is an assessment, not a testable figure.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Shah's exact Hindi wording not found; English from The Tribune. The Wire says Shah repeated 'no violence since November' in the Rajya Sabha on 4 April 2025. The Quint page returned 403 so its detail is from a search summary only. Quint publication date not confirmed. No official Manipur Police fatality list was found. Earlier Shah statements on Manipur in 2023 (29 May visit, 9 Aug 2023 no-confidence speech) were checked only for wording; no 'under control' quote found for those dates.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-himanta-2025-assam-143-billion-economy", "speaker": "Himanta Biswa Sarma", "party": "BJP", "role": "Chief Minister, Assam", "level": "state", "state": "Assam", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2025-02-25", "venue": "Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit, Guwahati", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The State's GDP growth this year will be 15.2 per cent. The economy will reach USD 143 billion by 2030.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2030-12-31", "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "The Assam Chief Minister said the state's economy would reach US$143 billion by 2030; reported estimates put Assam's economy at roughly Rs 7 lakh crore (about US$80 billion) in the mid-2020s.", "topics": [ "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Assam to have $143 billion economy by 2030, says Himanta Biswa Sarma (The Hindu, 25 February 2025)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/assam-to-have-143-bn-economy-by-2030-says-himanta-biswa-sarma/article69262152.ece" }, { "title": "Assam to have USD 143 billion economy by 2030: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma (The Indian Express / PTI, 25 February 2025)", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/assam-to-have-usd-143-billion-economy-by-2030-cm-himanta-biswa-sarma-9855353/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu / PTI", "title": "Assam to have $143 billion economy by 2030, says Himanta Biswa Sarma", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/assam-to-have-143-bn-economy-by-2030-says-himanta-biswa-sarma/article69262152.ece", "date": "2025-02-25", "key_figure": "CM claims 15.2% GDP growth and a US$143 billion economy by 2030" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Times of India", "title": "Himanta Biswa Sarma flaunts 'New Assam' with Rs 7 lakh crore economy", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/superlative-quality-of-life-himanta-biswa-sarma-flaunts-new-assam-with-rs-7-lakh-crore-economy-pawan-khera/articleshow/130100954.cms", "date": "", "key_figure": "Assam economy described at about Rs 7 lakh crore" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "ANI", "title": "Assam on track to become Rs 10 lakh crore economy by 2028: CM Sarma", "url": "https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/assam-on-track-to-become-rs-10-lakh-crore-economy-by-2028-cm-sarma20260526144152/", "date": "2026-05-26", "key_figure": "CM states Assam is on track for a Rs 10 lakh crore economy by 2028" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Assam government roadshow outlining the US$143 billion GSDP target (Guwahati Plus)", "url": "https://www.guwahatiplus.com/assam/chief-minister-himanta-biswa-sarma-outlines-assams-target-of-143-billion-gsdp-by-2030", "summary": "The state government presented a roadmap to reach a US$143 billion GSDP by 2030 ahead of the Advantage Assam 2.0 summit." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Sarma told the Advantage Assam 2.0 summit on 25 February 2025 that Assam's GDP would grow 15.2% that year and that the economy would reach US$143 billion by 2030.\n\nA report in the same period put Assam's economy at about Rs 7 lakh crore, and in May 2026 the Chief Minister said the state was on track to become a Rs 10 lakh crore economy by 2028. At prevailing exchange rates, reaching US$143 billion by 2030 would require the rupee economy to grow several-fold from the mid-2020s level.\n\nThe target year is 2030 and has not arrived, so the claim is recorded as in progress. State GSDP estimates are revised periodically by the state and by national statistics agencies.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Quote is the PTI-backed wording carried by The Hindu and The Indian Express, so quote_is_verbatim=false. No primary state-budget or MoSPI figure for Assam's GSDP was opened; the current-size comparison relies on a Times of India report ('Rs 7 lakh crore'). US$ conversions are indicative, based on roughly Rs 84-88 per dollar.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2025-pm-kisan-3-5-lakh-crore", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2025-02-24", "venue": "PM-KISAN 19th instalment event, Bhagalpur, Bihar", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "In six years, about Rs 3.5 lakh crore has reached farmers' accounts under PM-KISAN.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Cumulative transfers under PM-KISAN were about Rs 3.5 lakh crore over six years at the time of the 19th instalment in February 2025; later government releases reported more than Rs 4.47 lakh crore through 23 instalments.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "income" ], "media": [ { "platform": "youtube", "title": "LIVE: PM Modi Releases 19th PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Installment in Bhagalpur, Bihar", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gy-lABoEKs", "channel": "Doordarshan National" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: PM-KISAN completes 19 successful installments", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2105745" }, { "title": "PMIndia: PM releases 19th instalment of PM KISAN, launches development projects from Bhagalpur, Bihar", "url": "https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pm-releases-19th-instalment-of-pm-kisan-launches-development-projects-from-bhagalpur-bihar/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB", "title": "PM-KISAN completes 19 successful installments", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2105745", "date": "2025-02-24", "key_figure": "19th instalment released on 24 February 2025" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "DD News", "title": "₹3.5 lakh crore transferred to farmers under PM-KISAN: PM Modi", "url": "https://ddnews.gov.in/en/%E2%82%B93-5-lakh-crore-transferred-to-farmers-under-pm-kisan-pm-modi/", "date": "2025-02-24", "key_figure": "About Rs 3.5 lakh crore transferred to farmers under PM-KISAN over six years" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB", "title": "Cabinet approves continuation of the PM-KISAN Scheme", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2292460®=3&lang=1", "date": "2026-06", "key_figure": "More than Rs 4.47 lakh crore transferred directly into farmers' accounts through 23 instalments" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "At the release of the 19th PM-KISAN instalment in Bhagalpur on 24 February 2025, the Prime Minister said about Rs 3.5 lakh crore had been transferred to farmers in six years.\n\nPIB and news reports at the time put cumulative PM-KISAN transfers near that figure; a later PIB release reported more than Rs 4.47 lakh crore through 23 instalments.\n\nPM-KISAN transfers Rs 6,000 a year in three instalments of Rs 2,000 to eligible landholding farmer families.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The exact wording of the Prime Minister's remark was not captured verbatim; the reported English wording is used. Cumulative totals vary slightly across government releases depending on the instalment counted. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-vaishnaw-2025-railways-100pc-electrification", "speaker": "Ashwini Vaishnaw", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Minister of Railways", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2025-02-24", "venue": "Madhya Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2025, Bhopal (addressed via video conferencing)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "More than 97 per cent of the Indian Railways is already electrified, and by FY26, it is expected to be 100 per cent electrified.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2026-03-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "In February 2025 the Railway Minister said 100% electrification would be completed in FY 2025-26; by July 2026 PIB reported 99.6% of the broad-gauge network electrified, with residual sections still under execution after the deadline passed.", "topics": [ "railways", "infrastructure" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "Indian Railways to be 100% electrified by FY26: Ashwini Vaishnaw", "url": "https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/indian-railways-to-be-100-electrified-by-fy26-ashwini-vaishnaw/118543678", "channel": "ETEnergyworld" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: Indian Railways marching towards Net Zero - Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2105892" }, { "title": "PIB: 'Amazing' Union Budget, says Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2098714" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Railways", "title": "India Emerges as Global Leader in Railway Electrification", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2287573", "date": "2026-07-22", "key_figure": "About 99.6% of the broad-gauge network electrified; 48,072 route km added between 2014 and 2026" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB", "title": "Mission 100% Electrification: Powering the Future of Indian Railways", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?ModuleId=3&NoteId=156834&lang=1®=3", "date": "2026-01-06", "key_figure": "69,427 route km (about 99.2%) electrified as of November 2025; residual 574 route km (0.8%) in five states" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), Indian Railways", "title": "Status of Railway Electrification as on 31.07.2026", "url": "https://rdso.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/ele_engg/2026/Status%20of%20Railway%20Electrification%20as%20on%2031_07_2026%20English.pdf", "date": "2026-07-31", "key_figure": "Broad-gauge electrification status as on 31 July 2026" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Indian Railways nears full electrification at 99.2%", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2205232", "summary": "Ministry of Railways states 100% electrification has been achieved across 14 zones and 25 states/UTs, with the remaining stretches taken up and described as challenging to execute." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At the Madhya Pradesh Global Investors Summit on 24 February 2025, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said more than 97% of Indian Railways was already electrified and that 100% electrification was expected in FY 2025-26.\n\nPIB reported about 99.2% of the broad-gauge network electrified as of November 2025 and about 99.6% as of July 2026; the residual stretches (574 route km, 0.8%, across five states at the end of 2025) remain under execution. The government states 100% electrification has been completed across 14 zones and 25 states/UTs.\n\nThe stated FY 2025-26 deadline (31 March 2026) passed without the network reaching 100%, so the claim is recorded as missed-deadline, while noting the network is close to completion.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Vaishnaw has repeated the 100%-by-FY26 target at multiple venues; this entry uses the 24 February 2025 PIB release. Some later PIB statements from other ministers (e.g. Amit Shah, September 2026) describe 100% electrification as imminent rather than complete. Quotation is from ETEnergyworld reporting, not a transcript, so not marked verbatim. [ingest: 3 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-sitharaman-2025-no-income-tax-12-lakh", "speaker": "Nirmala Sitharaman", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Finance Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2025-02-01", "venue": "Union Budget 2025-26 speech, Parliament (Lok Sabha)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "There will be no tax on income up to Rs 12,00,000 per annum, under the New Tax Regime.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The Budget 2025-26 nil-tax threshold of Rs 12 lakh (Rs 12.75 lakh with the standard deduction) under the new tax regime was enacted and applied from FY2025-26.", "topics": [ "income", "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "No income tax on annual income up to Rs 12 lakh under new tax regime (PIB, Budget 2025-26)", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=2098406" }, { "title": "Union Budget 2025: No income tax payable for income up to Rs 12 lakh under new tax regime, says Nirmala Sitharaman (The Hindu, 1 February 2025)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/business/budget/union-budget-2025-no-income-tax-payable-on-income-up-to-12-lakh-says-nirmala-sitharaman/article69167571.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau", "title": "No income tax on annual income up to Rs 12 lakh under new tax regime", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=2098406", "date": "2025-02-01", "key_figure": "Proposed nil tax up to Rs 12 lakh under the new regime; documented as a Budget 2025-26 measure" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "Union Budget 2025: No income tax payable for income up to Rs 12 lakh under new tax regime, says Nirmala Sitharaman", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/business/budget/union-budget-2025-no-income-tax-payable-on-income-up-to-12-lakh-says-nirmala-sitharaman/article69167571.ece", "date": "2025-02-01", "key_figure": "Effective nil-tax limit Rs 12.75 lakh with the Rs 75,000 standard deduction; fourth revision since 2014" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "TaxGuru", "title": "Budget 2025-26: No income tax up to Rs 12 lakh under new tax regime", "url": "https://www.taxguru.in/income-tax/income-tax-annual-income-upto-rs-12-lakh-new-tax-regime.html", "date": "", "key_figure": "New slabs applied for the assessment year corresponding to FY2025-26" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB on the Budget 2025-26 income tax relief", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=2098406", "summary": "The government described the measure as continued relief for the middle class under the new tax regime and an across-the-board reduction in tax burden." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In her Budget 2025-26 speech on 1 February 2025, Sitharaman proposed that no income tax be payable on income up to Rs 12 lakh under the new tax regime, with the Rs 75,000 standard deduction raising the effective threshold to Rs 12.75 lakh for salaried taxpayers.\n\nThe change was incorporated into the Finance Act and the revised slabs applied from FY2025-26. The nil-tax threshold had earlier been raised to Rs 7 lakh in 2023.\n\nThis claim is recorded as true: the measure was enacted and took effect as announced. The relief applies only under the new tax regime, not the old one.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "quote_english is the widely reported wording; quote_is_verbatim=false because no official speech transcript was opened. The PIB page returned HTTP 403 on direct fetch, so its content is relied on via search-result text; The Hindu article was read. Confidence is medium because the Finance Act itself was not opened. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "shah-2024-naxalism-end-by-march-2026", "speaker": "Amit Shah", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2024-12-16", "venue": "Chhattisgarh visit (Raipur/Jagdalpur), per Amar Ujala headline dated 2024-12-16", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Naxalism will be ended from the country before 31 March 2026.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2026-03-31", "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "The 31 March 2026 deadline has passed; Shah told Parliament on 30 March 2026 and a Jagdalpur press conference on 19 May 2026 that Naxalism is ended, and official figures show a steep fall, but the claim is a government self-assessment without independent verification.", "topics": [ "internal-security", "security", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Amar Ujala: Amit Shah Chhattisgarh visit, Naxalism will end before 31 March 2026 (16 Dec 2024)", "url": "https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/amit-shah-cg-visit-naxalism-will-end-before-31-march-2026-amit-shah-appeal-and-warning-for-naxalite-2024-12-16" }, { "title": "The Hitavada: Shah reiterates March 2026 as deadline to eliminate Naxalism (24 Jun 2025, Nava Raipur)", "url": "https://www.thehitavada.com/Encyc/2025/6/24/Shah-reiterates-March-2026-as-deadline-to-eliminate-Naxalism.html" }, { "title": "ThePrint/PTI: Naxalism eradicated from country before March 31 deadline due to valour of forces: Shah (19 May 2026)", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/naxalism-eradicated-from-country-before-march-31-deadline-due-to-valour-of-forces-shah/2935404/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Newsgram (report on Lok Sabha speech)", "title": "India Naxal-free, Maoist leadership decimated: HM Amit Shah", "url": "https://www.newsgram.com/india/2026/03/30/india-naxal-free-maoist-leadership-decimated-hm-amit-shah", "date": "2026-03-30", "key_figure": "Shah in Lok Sabha (30 Mar 2026): in the last three years 4,839 surrendered, 2,218 arrested, 706 killed in encounters; 12 top central leaders killed, one absconding with surrender talks said to be under way." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "ORF", "title": "A Naxal-Free India? Between Operational Success and Strategic Vigilance", "url": "https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/a-naxal-free-india-between-operational-success-and-strategic-vigilance", "date": "2026-04-28", "key_figure": "Two districts (Bijapur, West Singhbhum) still classed most affected, down from about 200 in 2005; the statistics are government figures, not independently verified; author notes shift of Maoists towards urban/civil-society activity." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Dataful (compiling MHA LWE Division data and Parliament Q&A)", "title": "Final phase of Naxalism: fewer districts, fewer incidents, increased surrenders", "url": "https://insights.dataful.in/articles/final-phase-of-naxalism-fewer-districts-fewer-incidents-increased-surrenders", "date": "2025-10-31", "key_figure": "LWE deaths 1,005 (2010) to 130 (2024); 6 districts in the 'most affected' category in 2025; over 1,500 cadres surrendered in 2025." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Shah, Jagdalpur press conference, 19 May 2026", "url": "https://theprint.in/india/naxalism-eradicated-from-country-before-march-31-deadline-due-to-valour-of-forces-shah/2935404/", "summary": "Shah said Naxalism has been completely eradicated from the country ahead of the set deadline and credited security forces; the PTI report gives no figures or definition of 'eradicated'." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The 31 March 2026 target was repeated by Shah through 2024 and 2025 (Chhattisgarh visits in December 2024, June 2025 and October 2025 per press reports) and linked to a 24 August 2024 meeting of state police chiefs, per Shah's own account.\n\nOn 30 March 2026 Shah told the Lok Sabha that 706 Maoists were killed, 2,218 arrested and 4,839 surrendered over three years, and said India had become Naxal-free while a formal announcement was pending. On 19 May 2026 he said at a Jagdalpur press conference that Naxalism had been completely eradicated before the deadline.\n\nOfficial LWE data show a large decline: deaths from 1,005 in 2010 to 130 in 2024 (Dataful compiling MHA data). Reports on the number of districts still classed as affected vary: ORF cites two, another source cites six 'most affected' in 2025, and one summary cites zero as of April 2026. ORF notes the statistics are government-supplied and that a Maoist leader was reportedly still at large.\n\nBecause the central claim of complete eradication is a government self-assessment with no independent audit available to this review, and the sources conflict on residual districts, the entry is marked in-progress rather than true.", "confidence": "low", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The Dec 2024 date comes from the Amar Ujala URL slug/search result; I did not open the page, so the exact quote and venue (Raipur vs Jagdalpur) are unconfirmed. Shah's earlier public statements of the 2026 deadline (Aug 2024) not independently located. Did not find SATP 2025-26 LWE figures, an MHA/PIB primary document, or what happened after May 2026 (Oct 2026 status unchecked). The ddnews.gov.in explainer could not be fetched. Press of Asia's claim of a Lok Sabha 'declaration' was not used. A human reviewer should check for any post-May 2026 Maoist violence and the MHA's latest LWE-district list.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-bhajanlal-2024-rajasthan-125gw-renewable", "speaker": "Bhajan Lal Sharma", "party": "BJP", "role": "Chief Minister, Rajasthan", "level": "state", "state": "Rajasthan", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2024-12-05", "venue": "Foreword to the Rajasthan Integrated Clean Energy Policy, 2024 (Government of Rajasthan)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "With the target of 125 GW of Renewable Power by 2029-30, Rajasthan has potential to play a key role in developing low-carbon and self-reliant economic pathways.", "quote_english": "With the target of 125 GW of Renewable Power by 2029-30, Rajasthan has potential to play a key role in developing low-carbon and self-reliant economic pathways.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2030-03-31", "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "Rajasthan's Integrated Clean Energy Policy 2024, carrying the CM's foreword, targets 125 GW of renewable power by 2029-30; PIB reported 35.4 GW installed in July 2025 and MNRE-based reporting put the state past 50 GW in August 2026.", "topics": [ "energy", "environment" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "Rajasthan Aims For 125 Gigawatt (GW) Renewable Capacity By 2030", "url": "https://www.constructionworld.in/energy-infrastructure/power-and-renewable-energy/rajasthan-aims-for-125-gigawatt-gw-renewable-capacity-by-2030/96488", "channel": "Construction World" }, { "platform": "news", "title": "Rajasthan targets 125 GW renewable capacity by 2030, seeks investments", "url": "https://www.aninews.in/news/business/rajasthan-targets-125-gw-renewable-capacity-by-2030-seeks-investments-to-accelerate-clean-energy-expansion20260824195849", "channel": "ANI" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Rajasthan Integrated Clean Energy Policy, 2024 (PDF, includes CM foreword)", "url": "https://www.investindia.gov.in/s3fs-public/2024-12/rajasthan_integrated_clean_energy_policy_2024.pdf" }, { "title": "Rajasthan Integrated Clean Energy Policy 2024 (State portal PDF)", "url": "https://jankalyanfile.rajasthan.gov.in/Content/UploadFolder/DepartmentMaster/197/2024/Dec/30409/197b7999796-4748-4300-8898-61b86f301947.pdf" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of New and Renewable Energy", "title": "Rajasthan at the Forefront of India's Clean Energy Mission", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2146102", "date": "2025-07-19", "key_figure": "Over 35.4 GW (35,400 MW) renewable capacity installed in Rajasthan as of July 2025 (29.5 GW solar, 5.2 GW wind)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Times of India", "title": "Raj renewable energy capacity powers past 50k MW milestone", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/raj-renewable-energy-capacity-powers-past-50k-mw-milestone/articleshow/133164829.cms", "date": "2026-08-11", "key_figure": "Rajasthan crossed 50,000 MW renewable installed capacity (MNRE data), 44,135 MW solar" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi lauds Rajasthan Integrated Clean Energy Policy 2024", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2146102", "summary": "The Union NRE Minister states about 70% of Rajasthan's power capacity is renewable and describes the state as a leader in India's clean energy transition." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Rajasthan's Integrated Clean Energy Policy 2024, which carries a foreword by Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, sets a target of 125,000 MW (125 GW) of renewable power capacity by 2029-30.\n\nThe policy's vision section frames this as Rajasthan's contribution to India's national 500 GW target. PIB reported Rajasthan at over 35.4 GW installed renewable capacity in July 2025. MNRE-based reporting put the state past 50,000 MW in August 2026.\n\nThe target date is 2029-30, so the commitment remains open and is recorded as in progress.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The exact notification/publication date of the policy was not independently confirmed by fetching the PDF; the date field uses the December 2024 PDF publication date seen in search results and this is flagged. The 125 GW figure is the state policy target and appears in the CM's foreword. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-shah-2024-jk-statehood-restoration", "speaker": "Amit Shah", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2024-09-07", "venue": "BJP workers' rally, Ploura, Jammu North, Jammu and Kashmir", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "It is the central government and BJP and I have already said inside Parliament that we will restore statehood at an appropriate time after assembly elections.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2024-10-08", "verdict": "unachieved", "summary": "Jammu and Kashmir remained a Union Territory in October 2026, two years after Shah's 2024 statement, and the J&K Assembly passed a resolution on 28 September 2026 seeking immediate restoration of full statehood.", "topics": [ "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Restoration of J-K statehood after assembly polls: Amit Shah (PTI / Rediff)", "url": "https://www.rediff.com/news/report/restoration-of-j-k-statehood-after-assembly-polls-amit-shah/20240907.htm" }, { "title": "Only Central government can restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir (Akashvani / News On AIR)", "url": "https://newsonair.gov.in/union-home-minister-amit-shah-says-only-central-government-can-restore-statehood-to-jammu-and-kashmir" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "Jammu & Kashmir Assembly passes Statehood resolution amid BJP uproar", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jammu-and-kashmir/omar-abdullah-resolution-on-statehood-debate-in-jammu-kashmir-assembly/article71518226.ece", "date": "2026-09-28", "key_figure": "Resolution seeking restoration of full Statehood passed with support of about 60 of 90 MLAs" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The New Indian Express", "title": "Amit Shah says J&K statehood will be restored at 'appropriate time'", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2025/Oct/18/jk-statehood-will-be-restored-at-appropriate-time-says-amit-shah-omar-abdullah-mulling-approaching-sc", "date": "2025-10-18", "key_figure": "No timeline given, one year after the elected government took office" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The New Indian Express", "title": "Congress demands immediate restoration of full statehood to J&K", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/Aug/05/congress-demands-immediate-restoration-of-full-statehood-to-jk", "date": "2026-08-05", "key_figure": "Statehood not restored seven years after the 2019 reorganisation" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "J&K statehood to be restored at 'appropriate time', says Amit Shah (PTI / The New Indian Express)", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2025/Oct/18/jk-statehood-will-be-restored-at-appropriate-time-says-amit-shah-omar-abdullah-mulling-approaching-sc", "summary": "The Home Minister says statehood will be restored at an appropriate time following discussions with the J&K Chief Minister." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Addressing a BJP rally in Jammu on 7 September 2024, ahead of the assembly elections, Shah said the Centre would restore Jammu and Kashmir's statehood 'at an appropriate time after assembly elections'.\n\nJammu and Kashmir continued to be a Union Territory after the elections (results announced on 8 October 2024). In October 2025 Shah said statehood would be restored at an 'appropriate time', without giving a date.\n\nOn 28 September 2026 the J&K Legislative Assembly passed a resolution calling for the immediate restoration of full statehood. As of October 2026 statehood had not been restored.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The deadline used is the J&K assembly election results date (8 October 2024), since Shah tied restoration to 'after assembly elections'; his wording also included 'at an appropriate time'.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-sitharaman-2024-pmay-urban-2", "speaker": "Nirmala Sitharaman", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Finance Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 4, "matched": 3, "score": 0.75 }, "date": "2024-07-23", "venue": "Lok Sabha, Parliament House, New Delhi (Union Budget 2024-25 speech)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Under the PM Awas Yojana Urban 2.0, housing needs of 1 crore urban poor and middle-class families will be addressed with an investment of ₹10 lakh crore. This will include the central assistance of ₹2.2 lakh crore in the next 5 years.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2029-03-31", "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "The scheme was approved for 1 crore houses over five years from 2024; by October 2026 about 20.8 lakh houses had been sanctioned, so the target is not yet met.", "topics": [ "housing" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "Budget 2024: FM announces ₹10 lakh crore investment into scheme for urban housing", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/business/budget/budget-2024-fm-announces-10-lakh-crore-investment-into-scheme-for-urban-housing/article68436021.ece", "channel": "The Hindu" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Union Budget 2024-25 Speech (PDF)", "url": "https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/budget2024-25/doc/Budget_Speech.pdf" }, { "title": "PIB: PM's package of schemes announced in Budget 2024-25 (PMAY-U 2.0)", "url": "https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2024/jul/doc2024723352501.pdf" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PMO / Government of India", "title": "Cabinet approves Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0 Scheme", "url": "https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/cabinet-approves-pradhan-mantri-awas-yojana-urban-2-0-scheme/", "date": "2024-08-09", "key_figure": "1 crore houses for urban poor and middle-class families; investment ₹10 lakh crore; government assistance ₹2.30 lakh crore." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "DD India", "title": "PMAY-U 2.0: Over 1.93 lakh additional houses approved; total sanctions reach 20.80 lakh", "url": "https://ddindia.co.in/2026/10/pmay-u-2-0-over-1-93-lakh-additional-houses-approved-total-sanctions-reach-20-80-lakh/", "key_figure": "Total houses sanctioned under PMAY-U 2.0 reached 20.80 lakh after the 10th CSMC meeting." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "MoHUA (PIB)", "title": "MoHUA sanctions additional houses under PMAY-U 2.0", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2179800", "date": "2025-10-15", "key_figure": "1.41 lakh additional houses sanctioned at the 5th CSMC meeting." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs", "title": "Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban 2.0 (scheme page)", "url": "https://www.mohua.gov.in/offerings/schemes-and-services/details/pradhan-mantri-awas-yojana-urban-MjNzYjMtQWa", "key_figure": "PMAY-U 2.0 'Housing for All' Mission effective 01.09.2024; 1 crore additional households." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PMO: Cabinet approves PMAY-U 2.0", "url": "https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/cabinet-approves-pradhan-mantri-awas-yojana-urban-2-0-scheme/", "summary": "The government states the scheme will address housing needs of one crore families with an investment of ₹10 lakh crore, ensuring better quality of life." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In the Union Budget 2024-25 speech, the Finance Minister announced PM Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0 for one crore urban poor and middle-class families, with an investment of ₹10 lakh crore and central assistance of ₹2.2 lakh crore over five years. The Union Cabinet formally approved the scheme on 9 August 2024, and MoHUA records it as effective from 1 September 2024.\n\nMoHUA sanction data reported by DD India show that total houses sanctioned under PMAY-U 2.0 reached about 20.80 lakh by October 2026, against the one-crore target. A PIB release of 15 October 2025 recorded 1.41 lakh additional houses sanctioned at the fifth CSMC meeting.\n\nThe five-year implementation window runs from 2024, so the target is still open.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "This is a distinct promise from the earlier 'Housing for All by 2022' commitment (modi-2017-housing-for-all-by-2022): it is a new scheme (PMAY-U 2.0) with a new one-crore target and a 2024-2029 window. The ₹2.2 lakh crore figure is used in the Budget speech while the PMO/moHUA pages cite ₹2.30 lakh crore government assistance; both appear in official material. DD India publication date not confirmed; the URL indicates October 2026. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-bhajanlal-2024-rajasthan-pm-kisan-topup", "speaker": "Bhajan Lal Sharma", "party": "BJP", "role": "Chief Minister, Rajasthan", "level": "state", "state": "Rajasthan", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2024-06-08", "venue": "Jaipur, Rajasthan (announcement)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "As a result, the annual amount of Rs 6,000 given by the central government to farmers has now been increased to Rs 8,000.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Rajasthan began paying an additional ₹2,000 per year to farmers on top of the central PM-KISAN amount, taking the total to ₹8,000; by November 2025 the state top-up was ₹3,000, taking the total to ₹9,000.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "income" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Hindu: Rajasthan CM announces ₹2000 hike in Kisan Samman Nidhi assistance to farmers", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajasthan-cm-announces-2000-hike-in-kisan-samman-nidhi-assistance-to-farmers-after-bjps-dismal-performance-in-ls-poll/article68266934.ece" }, { "title": "Deccan Herald: Rajasthan govt increases PM Kisan Samman Nidhi amount by Rs 2,000", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/india/rajasthan/rajasthan-govt-increases-pm-kisan-samman-nidhi-amount-by-rs-2000-3058470" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Times of India", "title": "21st installment of farmer income scheme released", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/21st-installment-of-farmer-income-scheme-released/articleshow/125445876.cms", "date": "2025-11-20", "key_figure": "State providing ₹3,000 per year under Chief Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi; farmers receiving ₹9,000 annually, to be raised to ₹12,000" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "CNBC-TV18", "title": "Rajasthan budget: Bhajanlal Sharma-led BJP govt hikes PM-Kisan amount to ₹8,000, raises wheat MSP", "url": "https://www.cnbctv18.com/economy/rajasthan-budget-bhajanlal-sharma-led-bjp-govt-hikes-pm-kisan-amount-to-8000-raises-wheat-msp-19010461.htm", "date": "2024-02-08", "key_figure": "Additional ₹2,000 to farmers, taking the total to ₹8,000 per annum" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "India TV", "title": "Rajasthan government increases 'PM Kisan Samman Nidhi' amount by Rs 2,000", "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/rajasthan/rajasthan-government-increases-pm-kisan-samman-nidhi-amount-by-rs-2000-cm-bhajan-lal-sharma-annadaata-utthan-farmer-upliftment-latest-updates-2024-06-08-935928", "date": "2024-06-08", "key_figure": "Total annual amount increased to ₹8,000" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "In June 2024 the Rajasthan Chief Minister announced an additional ₹2,000 per year for farmers on top of the central PM-KISAN amount, taking the total to ₹8,000.\n\nBy November 2025, the Chief Minister said the state was providing ₹3,000 per year under the Chief Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi, so that farmers were receiving ₹9,000 annually, with a plan to raise this to ₹12,000.\n\nThe measure is a state top-up to the central scheme, funded from the state budget.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The announcement overlapped with the state budget presentation in February 2024 and was reiterated by the Chief Minister in June 2024. The 2025 report confirms the top-up was being paid and had been increased above the promised ₹2,000.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-shah-2024-one-nation-one-election", "speaker": "Amit Shah", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2024-05-26", "venue": "Interview with PTI, New Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "We will also make every effort to achieve 'One Nation, One Election'. This should also be discussed. ... Our resolution is for five years. We will bring it during this period.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2029-05-31", "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024 to enable simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections was introduced in December 2024 and sent to a Joint Parliamentary Committee, which as of July 2026 had not yet submitted its report.", "topics": [ "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Uniform Civil Code, 'One Nation, One Election' to be implemented in next term, says Amit Shah (PTI / The Hindu)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/union-home-minister-amit-shah-wide-ranging-interview-with-pti/article68218020.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "PRS Legislative Research", "title": "The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024 (Simultaneous Elections / One Nation One Election)", "url": "https://prsindia.org/billtrack/the-constitution-one-hundred-and-twenty-ninth-amendment-bill-2024", "date": "2024-12-17", "key_figure": "Introduced in Lok Sabha 17 December 2024; referred to Joint Parliamentary Committee 19 December 2024" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Lok Sabha Secretariat", "title": "Joint Committee on the Constitution on 'One Nation, One Election' says Goa consultations back simultaneous elections", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2283713", "date": "2026-07-11", "key_figure": "JPC still holding nationwide consultations; report to be submitted to Parliament" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "India Today", "title": "One Nation, One Election Bill delayed till Winter Session, panel gets more time", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/one-nation-one-election-bill-lok-sabha-extends-time-for-joint-parliamentary-committee-winter-session-pp-chaudhary-2959893-2026-07-30", "date": "2026-07-30", "key_figure": "JPC report deadline extended; JPC chair indicates simultaneous polls unlikely before 2034" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "One Nation, One Election is in the Best Interest of the Country: JPC Chairman P. P. Chaudhary", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2261858", "summary": "The JPC chair says the reform must be implemented, that it does not mean voting on a single day, and that all elections can be synchronised by 2034." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Shah said in a PTI interview published on 26 May 2024 that if the BJP formed the government it would work to implement 'One Nation, One Election' within its five-year term and would bring a bill during that period.\n\nThe Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 17 December 2024 and referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee. Through 2025 and 2026 the JPC continued nationwide consultations; its report deadline was extended to the Winter Session of 2026, and the committee chairman indicated that simultaneous elections are unlikely before 2034.\n\nNo simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections had been held by October 2026, so the target remains unrealised while the legislative process continues.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Quote is the reported English wording of a Hindi interview; not a verbatim transcript. The five-year term referenced from 2024 ends in 2029. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2024-no-corruption-allegation", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2024-05-04", "venue": "Election rally, Palamu, Jharkhand", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "In 25 years, Modi par ek paise ke ghotale ka aarop nhi laga.", "quote_english": "I have been serving the country as CM and PM for nearly 25 years. In 25 years, there has been no corruption allegation against Modi.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "Corruption allegations were levelled against the Modi government during this period (for example over the Rafale deal and electoral bonds), while no court conviction was recorded against the Prime Minister.", "topics": [ "corruption", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Held positions of CM & PM for nearly 25 years, not a single corruption charge levelled against me, says PM Modi (The Kashmir Horizon)", "url": "https://thekashmirhorizon.com/2024/05/04/held-positions-of-cm-pm-for-nearly-25-yrs-not-a-single-corruption-charge-leveled-against-me-says-pm-modi" }, { "title": "Made govt services faceless: PM Modi spells 5 ways NDA stopped corruption (Mint)", "url": "https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/made-govt-services-faceless-pm-modi-spells-5-ways-nda-stopped-corruption-11712856134101.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Wire", "title": "Now that spotlight of corruption is on BJP, Modi has turned to a dangerous narrative", "url": "https://thewire.in/politics/now-that-spotlight-of-corruption-is-on-bjp-modi-has-turned-to-a-dangerous-narrative", "date": "2024-04-05", "key_figure": "Corruption allegations during the period included electoral-bond funding and disclosure issues" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The New Indian Express", "title": "Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi over Rafale deal, alleges Dassault paid kickbacks", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2018/Nov/02/rahul-gandhi-attacks-modi-over-rafale-deal-alleges-dassault-aviation-paid-kickbacks-to-ambanis-fir-1893327.html", "date": "2018-11-02", "key_figure": "Corruption allegations made against PM Modi over the Rafale deal" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Reuters", "title": "India's Supreme Court scraps electoral bonds in setback to Modi's BJP", "url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-supreme-court-scraps-opaque-election-funding-system-2024-02-15", "date": "2024-02-15", "key_figure": "Electoral bonds scheme struck down as unconstitutional" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "We respect SC judgement, but electoral bonds were brought in for transparency, says BJP", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/electoral-bonds-brought-for-transparency-in-poll-funding-we-respect-supreme-court-verdict-bjp/article67849209.ece", "summary": "The BJP says it respects the Supreme Court verdict but maintains the scheme had the objective of bringing transparency to political funding." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At an election rally in Palamu, Jharkhand on 4 May 2024, Modi said that in nearly 25 years as Chief Minister and Prime Minister no corruption allegation had been levelled against him.\n\nCorruption allegations were in fact made against him and his government during this period, including the Congress's Rafale-related allegations in 2018-19 and the electoral-bonds funding controversy. The Supreme Court struck down the electoral bonds scheme as unconstitutional in February 2024.\n\nNo court conviction for corruption was recorded against Modi, and the intended reading may be that no charge has been proved. The literal claim that no allegation was ever levelled is not supported, so the statement is assessed as misleading.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Hindi quote is as reported by The Kashmir Horizon. The verdict distinguishes allegations (which were made) from proof/conviction (which is absent); reasonable readers may differ on how strictly to read the claim. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2024-congress-manifesto-wealth-redistribution", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2024-04-21", "venue": "Election rally, Banswara, Rajasthan", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Does the government have the right to seize your hard-earned assets? (Reported as: the Congress manifesto would survey all assets, including women's gold, and redistribute them, including to 'those who have more children'.)", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "The Congress 2024 manifesto contains no pledge to survey, seize or redistribute private assets such as women's gold; it mentions addressing inequality through policy, a caste census and monitoring land-ceiling distribution.", "topics": [ "governance" ], "media": [ { "platform": "x", "title": "Narendra Modi post on X, April 2024 (link as cited by BOOM)", "url": "https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1782011466960257379", "channel": "Narendra Modi" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Outlook India report on the Banswara speech", "url": "https://www.outlookindia.com/amp/story/elections/mangalsutra-mantra-for-lok-sabha-elections-2024-congress-plotting-to-snatch-your-property-distribute-it-to-their-special-people-pm-modi-redoubles-in-rajasthan" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "BOOM Live", "title": "FactCheck: PM Modi's claims on wealth redistribution in Congress manifesto are misleading", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/fact-check/factcheck-pm-modis-claims-on-wealth-redistribution-in-congress-manifesto-are-misleading-25038", "date": "2024-04-22", "key_figure": "Rated misleading; manifesto has no mention of wealth redistribution, asset surveys or gold seizure" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Indian National Congress", "title": "Congress Manifesto 2024 (English PDF), as linked by BOOM", "url": "https://manifesto.inc.in/assets/Congress-Manifesto-English-2024-Dyoxp_4E.pdf", "date": "2024-04-05", "key_figure": "Text promises to address 'growing inequality of wealth and income through suitable changes in policies', a socio-economic and caste census, and an authority to monitor distribution of land-ceiling surplus land" }, { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "Scroll", "title": "Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi's speeches", "url": "https://scroll.in/article/1067126/fact-checking-five-days-of-narendra-modis-speeches-a-catalogue-of-lies", "date": "2024-04-27", "key_figure": "Scroll reports the manifesto has no reference to confiscating private property or mangalsutras" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "At Banswara on 21 April 2024 Modi said the Congress manifesto would lead to a survey of assets, including women's gold, and their redistribution. BOOM Live checked the English manifesto text and rated this misleading.\n\nThe manifesto, as read by BOOM, pledges to address wealth and income inequality through policy changes, a nationwide socio-economic and caste census, and an authority to monitor distribution of surplus land under existing land-ceiling laws. It does not mention seizing or redistributing private assets or gold. Rahul Gandhi separately spoke at a Hyderabad event of a survey to find out who holds the country's wealth; BOOM said some outlets reported this as a plan to redistribute wealth.\n\nThis entry rates only the factual claim about what the manifesto says. It takes no position on the separate communal characterisations in the speech, which are not data-checkable here.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "No official video link found in search results; X post link is the one BOOM cited. Quote is a paraphrase/reported wording, not verbatim. Election Commission issued notices over the speech; not assessed here. Hindi original wording not retrieved.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2024-ed-attached-1-lakh-crore", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2024-04-05", "venue": "Election rally, Churu, Rajasthan", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The ED alone has seized assets worth more than Rs 1 lakh crore in 10 years.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Enforcement Directorate data shows provisional attachments rising from about Rs 5,000 crore before 2014 to more than Rs 1 lakh crore in the following decade, reaching Rs 1,54,594 crore cumulatively by March 2025.", "topics": [ "corruption" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Lok Sabha Elections 2024 April 5 updates: ED alone has seized assets worth more than Rs 1 lakh crore in 10 years - PM Modi at rally in Rajasthan's Churu (WION live blog)", "url": "https://www.wionews.com/india-election-2024/lok-sabha-elections-2024-live-modi-to-hold-rally-in-assam-on-april-17-707924" }, { "title": "PM Modi's interview with ANI: Full transcript", "url": "https://www.malaysiasun.com/news/274273664/pm-modi-interview-with-ani-full-transcript" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Enforcement Directorate", "title": "ED Annual Report 2024-25 (Director's message)", "url": "https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2025/may/doc202551549501.pdf", "date": "2025-04-26", "key_figure": "Assets under provisional attachment Rs 1,54,594 crore as of 31 March 2025; Rs 30,036 crore attached in FY 2024-25" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Economic Times", "title": "Litigation on 2 significant issues holding up final attachment of assets worth over Rs 50K crore: ED", "url": "https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/litigation-on-2-significant-issues-holding-up-final-attachment-of-assets-worth-over-rs-50k-crore-ed/articleshow/120827961.cms", "date": "2025-05-02", "key_figure": "ED attached assets worth Rs 1.55 lakh crore since 2005; Rs 1.07 lakh crore confirmed by the Adjudicating Authority" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Times of India", "title": "SC order ensures that seized assets worth Rs 1 lakh crore remain with ED", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-order-ensures-that-seized-assets-worth-rs-1-lakh-crore-remain-with-ed/articleshow/93172876.cms", "date": "2022-07-28", "key_figure": "Assets worth over Rs 1 lakh crore attached by the ED" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "'Paap ka dar': PM Modi defends ED actions, says honest need not fear", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/paap-ka-dar-pm-modi-defends-ed-actions-says-honest-need-not-fear/articleshow/109319231.cms", "summary": "The government defends the rise in ED actions as legitimate enforcement against corruption, stating that those who are honest need not fear." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At an election rally in Churu, Rajasthan on 5 April 2024, Modi said the Enforcement Directorate had seized assets worth more than Rs 1 lakh crore in ten years. In an ANI interview broadcast on 15 April 2024 he repeated that assets worth Rs 1 lakh crore had been attached in his tenure.\n\nThe Enforcement Directorate's annual report (2024-25) states that assets under provisional attachment reached Rs 1,54,594 crore by 31 March 2025, with Rs 30,036 crore attached in FY 2024-25 alone, and that enforcement activity rose sharply after 2014 compared with the period before it.\n\nAttachments are provisional and require confirmation by the PMLA Adjudicating Authority and courts; the confirmed value (Rs 1,06,730 crore) is lower than the attached value, and litigation stays apply to some attachments. The order of magnitude in the statement is consistent with ED data.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The claim uses 'seized'; ED's figures are for provisional 'attachment' under PMLA. The NDTV report of the same speech was not accessible (HTTP 403), so the WION live blog and ANI transcript are used. Pre-2014 comparison figure (Rs 5,000 crore) is widely cited by the ED/government; not independently opened here.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-vaishnaw-2024-top-5-semiconductor-manufacturing", "speaker": "Ashwini Vaishnaw", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Railways and Communications", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 0, "score": 0 }, "date": "2024-03-28", "venue": "Times Now Summit 2024, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "India will be among the top five countries for semiconductor manufacturing within the next five years.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2030-03-31", "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "India's first front-end fabrication plant at Dholera is expected to be operational around 2028 and several assembly and packaging units have begun commercial output, so the top-five target is not yet met.", "topics": [ "manufacturing", "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "India to rank among top five globally in semiconductor manufacturing by 2030: Ashwini Vaishnaw (The Economic Times, 28-29 March 2024)", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/indias-semiconductor-manufacturing-to-rank-among-top-five-globally-by-2030-ashwini-vaishnaw/articleshow/108857798.cms" }, { "title": "India among top semiconductor producers in next 5 years: Ashwini Vaishnaw (India.com)", "url": "https://www.india.com/business/india-among-top-semiconductor-producers-in-next-5-years-ashwini-vaishnaw-6819934/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Businessworld", "title": "Ashwini Vaishnaw Says India's First Chip Fab Ready By 2028", "url": "https://www.businessworld.in/article/ashwini-vaishnaw-says-india-s-first-chip-fab-ready-by-2028-600199", "date": "", "key_figure": "Dholera fabrication facility expected operational by 2028" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "World needs new, trusted chip bases, India ready for it: PM Modi (SEMICON India 2026)", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/business/narendra-modi-semicon-india-2026-delhi-chip-bases-10881893/", "date": "", "key_figure": "India described as entering the second phase, toward commercial chip production" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Hindustan Times (via MSN)", "title": "India's semiconductor story: 5 out of 12 units now producing chips commercially", "url": "https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/india-s-semiconductor-story-5-out-of-12-units-now-producing-chips-commercially/ar-AA2cqDMV", "date": "", "key_figure": "5 of 12 approved units reported in commercial production" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "NDTV", "title": "1st Commercial Semiconductor Chip Production Will Begin This Year: Minister", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/1st-commercial-semiconductor-chip-production-will-begin-this-year-ashwini-vaishnaw-10873721", "date": "", "key_figure": "Vaishnaw states first commercial chip output in the year of the statement" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "India's semiconductor mission: 5 projects in commercial production (ET Now)", "url": "https://www.etnownews.com/news/indias-semiconductor-mission-ashwini-vaishnaw-says-5-projects-in-commercial-production-article-156336013", "summary": "Vaishnaw said India is building a manufacturing ecosystem and is determined to be embedded in the global semiconductor value chain, with five projects in commercial production." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Vaishnaw said in March 2024 that India would be among the top five semiconductor manufacturing countries within five years, as construction began on the Dholera fab and on packaging and testing units in Gujarat and Assam.\n\nLater government and industry reports state that the Dholera front-end fabrication plant is expected to be operational around 2028, that several assembly, testing and packaging units have started commercial production, and that in 2026 five of twelve approved units were producing commercially.\n\nLarge-scale chip fabrication is currently concentrated in Taiwan, South Korea, China, the United States and Japan. India is not presently among the largest chip manufacturing economies, and the target window runs to about 2029-2030, so the claim is in progress.", "confidence": "low", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Quote taken from The Economic Times report of the Times Now Summit 2024; no transcript opened, so quote_is_verbatim=false. The promise says 'within the next five years' (about 2029) while the ET headline frames it as 'by 2030'; deadline set to 2030-03-31. There is some ambiguity between front-end fab production and back-end assembly/test production in Indian reporting. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually] [QA: automated grounding check could not find the cited figures on the evidence page; confidence lowered to low pending manual review.]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-shah-2024-caa-implemented-before-polls", "speaker": "Amit Shah", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2024-02-10", "venue": "ET Now Global Business Summit 2024, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "CAA will be implemented before the Lok Sabha polls after issuing the rules in this regard.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2024-04-19", "verdict": "true", "summary": "The Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 were notified on 11 March 2024, before the Lok Sabha elections began, and the government began granting citizenship under the Act.", "topics": [ "citizenship", "internal-security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Hindu: CAA will be implemented before Lok Sabha election, says Amit Shah (10 Feb 2024)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/caa-will-be-implemented-before-lok-sabha-election-says-amit-shah/article67833557.ece" }, { "title": "The New Indian Express: CAA will be implemented before 2024 polls, says Amit Shah (10 Feb 2024)", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2024/Feb/10/bjp-always-welcomes-new-allies-talks-are-on-with-akali-dal-amit-shah" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Rediff / PTI", "title": "Centre notifies CAA rules ahead of Lok Sabha polls (11 Mar 2024)", "url": "https://www.rediff.com/news/report/centre-likely-to-notify-caa-rules-today/20240311.htm", "date": "2024-03-11", "key_figure": "Rules for the CAA were notified on 11 March 2024; district magistrates and home secretaries in nine states had been empowered to grant citizenship under the 1955 Act." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "CAA rules implementation: reactions (14 Mar 2024)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/citizenship-amendment-act-implementation-reaction-live-march-14-2024/article67949593.ece", "date": "2024-03-14", "key_figure": "The Union government notified the rules on Monday (11 March), fast-tracking citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came before 31 December 2014." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Home Affairs", "title": "Parliament passes the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 (background to the 2019 law)", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=195783", "date": "2019-12-11", "key_figure": "The CAA was a 2019 manifesto commitment; Shah told the Rajya Sabha the Bill aimed at granting rather than taking away citizenship." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Akashvani (News on AIR) / PIB", "title": "Amit Shah lauds decision to grant citizenship under CAA (15 May 2024)", "url": "https://newsonair.gov.in/amit-shah-lauds-decision-to-grant-citizenship-under-caa/", "date": "2024-05-15", "key_figure": "Shah said applicants from six minority communities had started receiving Indian citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules 2024." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "NewsBharati: CAA rules notified — Modi government fulfils another 2019 manifesto promise", "url": "https://www.newsbharati.com/Encyc/2024/3/12/CAA-rules-notified.html", "summary": "The government described the notification as delivery of the 2019 manifesto commitment; Shah posted that the rules would enable persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to acquire citizenship." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 10 February 2024, at the ET Now Global Business Summit in New Delhi, Shah said the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act would be issued and the law implemented before the Lok Sabha elections.\n\nThe Ministry of Home Affairs notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 on 11 March 2024, five days before the election schedule was announced and before the first phase of polling on 19 April. The rules created an online process for eligible non-Muslim migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who arrived by 31 December 2014.\n\nBJP 2024 campaign material and Shah's own posts presented the notification as fulfilment of a 2019 manifesto pledge. On 15 May 2024 Shah said people had begun receiving citizenship under the rules. The stated deadline was therefore met.\n\nOne caveat: the Act excludes Muslim communities and its implementation was described by the U.S. State Department and others as something to be 'closely monitored'; that is a policy controversy, not a deadline failure.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The exact quote is a close paraphrase of the English-language reports (The Hindu, New Indian Express); I did not find an official transcript. The Hindu article is updated to 11 Feb 2024 but reports the 10 Feb event. 'Before the Lok Sabha polls' is taken as the 19 April 2024 first polling phase. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-shah-2024-indo-myanmar-border-fence", "speaker": "Amit Shah", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2024-02-06", "venue": "Announcement via post on X, reported by PIB, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "It has been decided to construct a fence along the entire 1,643-kilometre-long Indo-Myanmar border. To facilitate better surveillance, a patrol track along the border will also be paved.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "Ten kilometres at Moreh had been fenced when announced; in 2025 officials and a parliamentary panel said the full 1,643-km fence would take about ten years, with ₹31,000 crore approved in March 2024.", "topics": [ "internal-security", "security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: Modi government is committed to building impenetrable borders — entire 1,643-km Indo-Myanmar border to be fenced (6 Feb 2024)", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2003199" }, { "title": "The Hindu: Govt will fence entire border with Myanmar, says Shah (6 Feb 2024)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-to-fence-entire-border-with-myanmar/article67818240.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "Entire border with Myanmar to be fenced in ten years, say government officials (15 Mar 2025)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/entire-border-with-myanmar-to-be-fenced-in-ten-years-say-government-officials/article69334398.ece", "date": "2025-03-15", "key_figure": "The 1,643-km border would be ringed with an anti-cut, anti-climb fence 'in the next ten years'; a 10 March 2025 parliamentary panel report said the CCS approved ₹31,000 crore in March 2024." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Times of India", "title": "Govt to spend Rs 31,000 crore to fence 1,643 km India-Myanmar border (18 Sep 2024)", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/govt-to-spend-rs-31000-crore-to-fence-1643-km-india-myanmar-border/articleshow/113454941.cms", "date": "2024-09-18", "key_figure": "The Centre approved a plan to fence the entire 1,643-km border at an estimated ₹31,000 crore." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Home Affairs", "title": "MHA decides to scrap Free Movement Regime between India and Myanmar (8 Feb 2024)", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2003884", "date": "2024-02-08", "key_figure": "MHA recommended immediate suspension of the Free Movement Regime, a step accompanying the fencing plan." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB, 6 Feb 2024: fence works covering about 20 km in Manipur approved", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2003199", "summary": "The government said 10 km in Moreh was already fenced, two 1-km hybrid-surveillance pilot projects were under execution, and about 20 km more in Manipur had been approved." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 6 February 2024 the Home Ministry announced via Shah's X post that the entire 1,643-km India-Myanmar border would be fenced, with a patrol track, alongside a decision on 8 February to scrap the Free Movement Regime. At announcement, 10 km at Moreh had been fenced and two 1-km hybrid-surveillance pilot projects were under way.\n\nIn March 2024 the Cabinet Committee on Security approved about ₹31,000 crore for fencing and access roads (reported via a March 2025 parliamentary panel). In March 2025 officials said the entire border would be fenced over roughly ten years.\n\nNo completion date was attached to the original pledge. By the available record the project is a long-duration programme with small completed stretches against a 1,643-km target, so the promise is recorded as in progress rather than met or missed.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The quote follows the PIB rendering of Shah's X post; I did not open the X post itself. The PIB release of 6 Feb 2024 is the announcement document. Progress figures beyond 2025 were not located, so the in-progress verdict relies on the ten-year timeline reported in March 2025. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-shah-2024-no-stone-pelting-2023", "speaker": "Amit Shah", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2024-01-31", "venue": "Posts on X by the Home Minister's office, reported by PTI, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Not a single incident of stone pelting took place in Jammu and Kashmir in 2023.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Official MHA and Rajya Sabha answers recorded nil organised stone-pelting and nil organised hartals in 2023, against 1,221-1,767 stone-pelting incidents in 2018; sporadic incidents have occurred in other years.", "topics": [ "kashmir", "security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Week / PTI: Modi govt rebuilt J-K, ended era of terrorism; no stone pelting incident in 2023, says Amit Shah (31 Jan 2024)", "url": "https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2024/01/31/del82-jk-shah.html" }, { "title": "The Federal / PTI: no stone pelting incident in 2023, says Amit Shah (31 Jan 2024)", "url": "https://thefederal.com/top-stories/modi-govt-rebuilt-j-k-ended-terrorism-era-no-stone-pelting-incident-in-2023-amit-shah-108321" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Times of India", "title": "J&K terror incidents fell to 44 in 2023 from 228 in 2018: MHA (1 Jan 2024)", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jk-terror-incidents-fell-to-44-in-2023-from-228-in-2018-mha/amp_articleshow/106426551.cms", "date": "2024-01-01", "key_figure": "'Nil' incidents of organised hartals and organised stone-pelting related to terrorism and separatism recorded up to 15 December 2023, against 52 hartals and 1,221 stone-pelting incidents in 2018." }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Rajya Sabha / MoS Home Nityanand Rai (reported by Akashvani)", "title": "No organised stone-pelting or hartal in J&K since 2023: written reply (24 Jul 2024)", "url": "https://newsonair.gov.in/jk-sees-surge-in-foreign-tourism-and-improved-law-order-since-2023-with-no-organized-stone-pelting-or-hartal/", "date": "2024-07-24", "key_figure": "No single incident of organised stone-pelting or organised hartal since 2023; J&K recorded 2.11 crore tourist visits in 2023." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Home Affairs data reported by NDTV", "title": "Stone pelting, strikes stopped following Article 370 abrogation: Centre (5 Aug 2024)", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/stone-pelting-strikes-stopped-following-article-370-abrogation-centre-6271208", "date": "2024-08-05", "key_figure": "In 2023 no incidents of stone pelting or strikes were reported (a 100% drop from 2,654 incidents in 2010), per MHA data." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "Stone-pelting in Srinagar as protests against Khamenei killing lead to clashes (2 Mar 2026)", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/khameneis-killing-jammu-kashmir-protests-shutdown-us-israel-strikes-in-iran-10560774", "date": "2026-03-02", "key_figure": "The report describes this as the first stone-throwing protest in the Valley since the 2019 abrogation, indicating the 2023 record referred to organised, terror-linked incidents rather than a permanent end." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB / MHA reply, March 2025: 2,654 stone-pelting incidents a year under the previous government; zero under the Modi government", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2149811&lang=2®=3", "summary": "The government's position is that organised stone-pelting fell from an average of 2,654 incidents a year (2010-2014) to zero." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 31 January 2024 Shah's office posted that not a single incident of stone-pelting took place in Jammu and Kashmir in 2023. PTI reported the statement.\n\nOfficial data support the statement for the category actually counted. An MHA compilation reported by TOI recorded 'nil' organised hartals and organised stone-pelting linked to terrorism and separatism up to 15 December 2023, against 52 hartals and 1,221 stone-pelting incidents in 2018. A Rajya Sabha reply in July 2024 said there had been no organised stone-pelting or organised hartal since 2023, and NDTV reported MHA data showing a 100% drop from 2,654 incidents in 2010.\n\nThe claim is exact only under the 'organised' qualifier: sporadic stone-throwing has occurred in other years, including a protest in Srinagar in March 2026 that the Indian Express described as the first such protest since 2019. Because the claim is specifically about 2023 and the official 2023 record is nil, it is recorded as true with the qualifier noted.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The wording is from PTI/The Week and refers to a post by Shah's office, so quote_is_verbatim is false. The primary MHA document was not opened; the figures come via TOI/NDTV/Akashvani reporting of MHA and Rajya Sabha replies. The literal phrasing ('not a single incident') is broader than the official 'organised' category; a reviewer may prefer 'misleading' if sporadic incidents within 2023 are documented. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2023-g20-new-delhi-declaration", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2023-09-09", "venue": "G20 Leaders' Summit, Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Due to the hard work of our team, consensus has been built on New Delhi G20 Leaders' Summit Declaration. My proposal is to adopt this leadership declaration. I announce to adopt this declaration.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The G20 New Delhi Leaders' Declaration was adopted on 9 September 2023 with the support of all G20 member states.", "topics": [ "foreign-policy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "G20 New Delhi Leaders' Declaration (PIB)", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1955803" }, { "title": "G20 New Delhi Leaders' Declaration (MEA text)", "url": "https://www.mea.gov.in/images/CPV/G20-New-Delhi-Leaders-Declaration.pdf" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of External Affairs", "title": "G20 New Delhi Leaders' Declaration (adopted text)", "url": "https://www.mea.gov.in/images/CPV/G20-New-Delhi-Leaders-Declaration.pdf", "date": "2023-09-09", "key_figure": "Declaration adopted by all G20 members at the New Delhi Summit (83 paragraphs)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "G-20 Summit clinches New Delhi Declaration", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/g-20-summit-adopts-new-delhi-declaration/article67289646.ece", "date": "2023-09-09", "key_figure": "G20 members agreed to a joint statement, including the contentious Ukraine paragraphs" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Information & Broadcasting", "title": "India's G20 Presidency - G20 Summit (New Delhi, September 09-10, 2023)", "url": "https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2023/sep/doc2023925255601.pdf", "date": "2023-09-25", "key_figure": "PM announced adoption of the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration at the Summit" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "History has been created with the adoption of the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration (PIB)", "url": "https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2023/sep/doc2023925255601.pdf", "summary": "The government records the adoption of the declaration as a key outcome of India's G20 presidency." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At the G20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi on 9 September 2023, Modi announced that consensus had been reached on the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration and adopted it.\n\nThe Declaration was published by India's G20 presidency and by the Ministry of External Affairs, and coverage described the agreement on the text, including the paragraphs on the war in Ukraine, as a breakthrough for India's presidency.\n\nThe statement is supported by the published declaration text and the official Summit record.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "English wording as reported (originally delivered in Hindi). No confirmed YouTube URL collected for the announcement.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2023-10th-to-5th-largest-economy", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 2, "score": 0.6666666666666666 }, "date": "2023-08-15", "venue": "Independence Day address from the Red Fort, Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "India has risen from the 10th largest economy in the world to the 5th largest economy.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "World Bank data show India's nominal GDP rose from about US$1.86 trillion (10th largest) in 2013 to about US$3.76 trillion (5th largest, ahead of the UK) in 2024.", "topics": [ "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Prime Minister attributes India's rise to 5th largest economy in the world to efforts of 140 crore people of India (PIB, 15 August 2023)", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1948952" }, { "title": "Text of PM's address at the G20 Trade and Investment Ministers' Meeting (narendramodi.in)", "url": "https://www.narendramodi.in/text-of-pm-s-address-during-g20-trade-and-investment-ministers-meeting-573220" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "intl_org", "publisher": "World Bank (World Development Indicators)", "title": "GDP (current US$): India, UK, Japan, Germany, France, US, China, Brazil, Russia, Italy, Canada", "url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND;GBR;JPN;DEU;FRA;USA;CHN/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?format=json&per_page=1000&date=2013:2024", "date": "2026-10-08", "key_figure": "India US$1.86 trn in 2013 and US$3.76 trn in 2024; UK US$3.70 trn in 2024" }, { "type": "intl_org", "publisher": "World Bank (World Development Indicators)", "title": "2013 GDP (current US$): India, Brazil, Russia, Italy, Canada and others", "url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND;BRA;RUS;ITA;CAN;GBR;FRA;JPN;DEU/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?format=json&per_page=500&date=2013:2013", "date": "2026-10-08", "key_figure": "In 2013 India (US$1.857 trn) was behind the US, China, Japan, Germany, France, UK, Brazil, Russia and Italy, i.e. 10th" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Diplomat", "title": "Modi says India's economy will be among top 3 in the world in 5 years", "url": "https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/modi-says-indias-economy-will-be-among-top-3-in-the-world-in-5-years/", "date": "2023-08", "key_figure": "Notes India's US$3.5 trillion economy overtook the UK to become the fifth largest" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB item on the Prime Minister's Independence Day 2023 address", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1948952", "summary": "The government attributed the rise from 10th to 5th largest to reduced leakages, a stronger economy and higher spending on welfare." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Speaking from the Red Fort on 15 August 2023, Modi said India had risen from the 10th largest to the 5th largest economy in the world.\n\nWorld Bank GDP (current US$) data show India at about US$1.86 trillion in 2013, behind the United States, China, Japan, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Russia and Italy, and at about US$3.76 trillion in 2024, ahead of the United Kingdom (US$3.70 trillion) and fifth overall.\n\nThe ranking is sensitive to exchange rates and to the year chosen, but on the World Bank series both the direction of change and the fifth-place position in 2024 are consistent with the statement.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The World Bank API data were read directly, which supports the verdict. quote_english is the PIB summary wording, so quote_is_verbatim=false. Rankings use World Bank nominal GDP (current US$); some outlets using IMF data describe India as 4th largest from 2025 after overtaking Japan, which does not contradict the 2023 statement.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2023-lakhpati-didi", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2023-08-15", "venue": "Red Fort, Delhi (77th Independence Day address)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "It is my dream to make two crore 'lakhpati didis' in the country... Today 10 crore women are associated with women self-help groups.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Government data show the two-crore Lakhpati Didi target was crossed; the official dashboard reported about 3.46 crore Lakhpati Didis as of 31 March 2026.", "topics": [ "women" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "My dream is to make 2 crore lakhpati didis: PM Modi on 77th Independence Day", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/independence-day-pm-modi-says-his-dream-to-make-two-crore-lakhpati-didis-2421265-2023-08-15", "channel": "India Today" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PMO: Aim is to create 2 crore Lakhpati Didis", "url": "https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/aim-is-to-create-2-crore-lakhpati-didis-womens-shgs-to-power-drone-ki-udaan-pm/" }, { "title": "PIB: Press Release on 77th Independence Day address", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1949467&lang=2®=3" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Finance", "title": "Target for Lakhpati Didi to be enhanced from 2 crore to 3 crore", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=2001109", "date": "2024-02-01", "key_figure": "Success had already assisted nearly one crore women to become Lakhpati Didis; interim Budget raised the target from 2 crore to 3 crore." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Lakhpati Didi (Ministry of Rural Development) dashboard", "title": "Lakhpati Didi — Our Impact", "url": "https://lakhpatididi.gov.in/", "key_figure": "3.46 crore Lakhpati Didis; 6.21 crore potential Lakhpati Didis." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "DD India", "title": "Over 1.48 crore women become 'Lakhpati Didis' under poverty alleviation programme", "url": "https://ddindia.co.in/2025/07/over-1-48-crore-women-become-lakhpati-didis-under-poverty-alleviation-programme-govt/", "date": "2025-07-01", "key_figure": "1.48 crore SHG women had achieved Lakhpati Didi status till June 2025." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB", "title": "Lakhpati Didi Scheme — A Milestone in Women's Economic Upliftment", "url": "https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2024/aug/doc2024829382701.pdf", "date": "2024-08-29", "key_figure": "More than one crore SHG women already made Lakhpati Didis by August 2024." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Target for Lakhpati Didi enhanced from 2 crore to 3 crore", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=2001109", "summary": "The government says the scheme's success led it to raise the target to 3 crore, and that 83 lakh SHGs with nine crore women are part of the programme." } ], "chart": { "series": "lakhpati-didis", "target": 20000000, "target_label": "2 crore (original 2023 target)" }, "analysis": "Announcing the Lakhpati Didi initiative from the Red Fort on 15 August 2023, the Prime Minister set a target of two crore Lakhpati Didis — women in self-help groups with an annual household income of at least ₹1 lakh.\n\nPIB material for the interim Budget of 1 February 2024 recorded that nearly one crore women had already become Lakhpati Didis, and raised the target to three crore. DD India reported that 1.48 crore women had reached the status by June 2025. The official Lakhpati Didi dashboard shows 3.46 crore Lakhpati Didis against 6.21 crore potential Lakhpati Didis.\n\nOn these figures the original two-crore target set in August 2023 was crossed, and a new target of six crore by 2029-30 has since been announced.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "No explicit deadline was stated in the 15 August 2023 announcement, so 'deadline' is null; the claim is scored on the two-crore target. The speech was in Hindi and quote_english is the widely reported English wording. The dashboard figure (3.46 crore) reflects the government's own count and is not independently audited. The 'nearly 1 crore by Feb 2024' and '3.46 crore by 2026' figures are large; definitions (annual household income of ₹1 lakh) are set by the scheme. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2023-darbhanga-aiims-opened", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2023-08-12", "venue": "Virtual address to BJP Regional Panchayati Raj Council, West Bengal", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "New AIIMS centres have been opened as part of this planning (sentence names Darbhanga, Bihar, among other cities), as quoted by Alt News.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "false", "summary": "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.", "topics": [ "health", "governance" ], "media": [ { "platform": "x", "title": "Narendra Modi post on X, 12 Aug 2023 (as cited by Alt News)", "url": "https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1690278845050769408", "channel": "Narendra Modi" } ], "transcript_sources": [], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "Alt News", "title": "PM Modi's claim that Darbhanga AIIMS is being opened is false", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/pm-modi-claim-that-darbhanga-aiims-being-opened-is-false/", "date": "2023-08-25", "key_figure": "Rated false" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Health", "title": "Rajya Sabha reply on PMSSY AIIMS status (as cited by Alt News)", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1843848", "date": "2022-07-22", "key_figure": "Darbhanga AIIMS: Rs 1,264 crore sanctioned, Rs 0 released; encroachment-free land not handed over" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PMSSY, Ministry of Health (archived)", "title": "PMSSY website, archived 14 Aug 2023", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230814123214/https://pmssy.mohfw.gov.in/", "date": "2023-08-14", "key_figure": "Shows encroachment-free land not made available for Darbhanga" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Mansukh Mandaviya tweets, 12 Aug 2023", "url": "https://twitter.com/mansukhmandviya/status/1690376264442650624", "summary": "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." } ], "chart": null, "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nThe approval is real; what the data does not support is the statement that the institute has been opened.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "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.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-goyal-2023-2-trillion-exports-by-2030", "speaker": "Piyush Goyal", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Minister of Commerce and Industry", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2023-03-31", "venue": "Unveiling of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "I am confident that we will cross USD 2 trillion by 2030. We will achieve exports of USD 1 trillion each in goods and services by 2030.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2030-12-31", "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "India's total merchandise and services exports were about US$863 billion in FY2025-26 against the US$2 trillion target the Commerce Minister set for 2030, so the goal is not yet due.", "topics": [ "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "India on track to achieve $2 trillion exports by 2030: Piyush Goyal (PTI, The Economic Times, 31 March 2023)", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/india-on-track-to-achieve-2-trillion-exports-by-2030-piyush-goyal/articleshow/99147887.cms" }, { "title": "India aims for $2 trillion in total exports by 2030-31: Piyush Goyal (Business Standard)", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/markets/capital-market-news/india-aims-for-2-trillion-in-total-exports-by-2030-31-piyush-goyal-126043000318_1.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Economic Times", "title": "India's exports hit record USD 863 bn; on track for USD 2 trillion target by 2030: Piyush Goyal", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/indias-exports-hit-record-usd-863-bn-despite-global-turmoil-on-track-for-usd-2-trillion-target-by-2030-piyush-goyal/articleshow/131120346.cms", "date": "", "key_figure": "Total exports US$863 billion in FY2025-26; target US$2 trillion by 2030" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "DD News (Prashar Bharati)", "title": "India targets $2 trillion exports by 2030-31; Piyush Goyal pushes MSME, agri and Brand India focus", "url": "https://ddnews.gov.in/en/india-targets-2-trillion-exports-by-2030-31-piyush-goyal-pushes-msme-agri-and-brand-india-focus/", "date": "", "key_figure": "Commerce Ministry review meeting on the US$2 trillion export plan" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Akashvani / News on Air", "title": "India aims for $2 trillion in total exports by 2030-31, says Minister Piyush Goyal", "url": "https://newsonair.gov.in/india-aims-for-2-trillion-in-total-exports-by-2030-31-says-minister-piyush-goyal/", "date": "", "key_figure": "Target split as US$1 trillion merchandise plus US$1 trillion services exports" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Goyal: exports on track despite global turmoil (The Economic Times)", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/indias-exports-hit-record-usd-863-bn-despite-global-turmoil-on-track-for-usd-2-trillion-target-by-2030-piyush-goyal/articleshow/131120346.cms", "summary": "The Commerce and Industry Minister said exports touched a record US$863 billion in FY2025-26 and that India remains on track for the US$2 trillion target by 2030." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Goyal set the target on 31 March 2023 while unveiling the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, when total exports were about US$765 billion.\n\nGovernment and Commerce Ministry communications in 2026 cite total exports of about US$863 billion in FY2025-26 and state that the US$2 trillion target for 2030-31 remains on track.\n\nThe target is a projection rather than a recorded outcome. With the deadline in 2030-31 it is not yet due, so it is recorded as in progress. Export outcomes depend on global demand, exchange rates and trade agreements.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Quote wording is from The Economic Times report of the speech; no official transcript was opened, so quote_is_verbatim=false. Target year is described as '2030' in the 2023 statement and as '2030-31' in later ministry communications; the later framing is used for the deadline. Exact publication dates of the 2026 evidence items could not be confirmed, so their date fields are blank.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-chouhan-2023-ladli-behna-3000", "speaker": "Shivraj Singh Chouhan", "party": "BJP", "role": "Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh", "level": "state", "state": "Madhya Pradesh", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2023-03-01", "venue": "Madhya Pradesh (Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana launch and rollout events)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The scheme is starting with ₹1,000 per month; it will gradually be raised to ₹3,000 per month.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "The monthly transfer began at ₹1,000, rose to ₹1,250, and then to ₹1,500 from November 2025 — below the stated ₹3,000 target.", "topics": [ "women" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "Ladli Behna Yojana: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announces 3000 rupees per month to MP women", "url": "https://www.abplive.com/states/madhya-pradesh/ladli-behna-yojana-cm-shivraj-singh-chouhan-announces-3000-rupees-per-month-to-mp-women-mp-elections-2023-ann-2428680", "channel": "ABP Live" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Live Hindustan: Shivraj announces ₹3,000 per month under Ladli Behna Yojana", "url": "https://www.livehindustan.com/madhya-pradesh/story-mp-cm-shivraj-singh-chauhan-announced-3000-per-month-will-be-given-in-ladli-behna-yojana-8288821.html" }, { "title": "Amar Ujala: Chouhan on raising Ladli Behna amount to ₹3,000", "url": "https://www.amarujala.com/madhya-pradesh/shivraj-singh-chouhan-ladli-behna-yojana-amount-increase-3000-rais-en-madhya-pradesh-2026-10-11" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Dainik Bhaskar (English)", "title": "Ladli Behnas get ₹1,500 in first installment: CM Mohan Yadav transfers funds", "url": "https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/mp/news/cm-mohan-yadav-to-release-ladli-behna-funds-from-seoni-scheme-may-be-renamed-devi-subhadra-yojana-136397531.html", "key_figure": "The amount was raised from ₹1,250 to ₹1,500 per month; ₹1,587 crore transferred in the first enhanced installment." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "DNP India", "title": "Madhya Pradesh Cabinet approves hike in Ladli Behna monthly allowance to ₹1,500", "url": "https://www.dnpindia.in/states/madhyapradesh/madhya-pradesh-cabinet-approves-hike-in-ladli-behna-monthly-allowance-to-%E2%82%B91500/573631/", "key_figure": "Cabinet raised the allowance from ₹1,250 to ₹1,500, effective November 2025." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Dainik Jagran (MPCG English)", "title": "Shivraj on Ladli Behna Yojana: ₹3,000 aid to rise gradually", "url": "https://english.dainikjagranmpcg.com/states/madhya-pradesh/shivraj-on-ladli-behna-yojana-%E2%82%B93000-aid-to-rise-gradually/article-37915", "key_figure": "Chouhan said the monthly assistance would rise gradually toward ₹3,000." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana official portal (Government of Madhya Pradesh)", "url": "https://cmladlibahna.mp.gov.in/", "summary": "The state describes the scheme as providing monthly financial assistance to eligible women and records increases in the transfer amount." } ], "chart": { "series": "ladli-behna-monthly", "target": 3000, "target_label": "₹3,000/month target", "baseline": { "x": "2023-03", "y": 1000 } }, "analysis": "The Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana in Madhya Pradesh provides a monthly cash transfer to eligible women. It began at ₹1,000 per month in 2023, and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan stated that the amount would be raised gradually to ₹3,000 per month.\n\nReported data show the transfer was increased to ₹1,250 during 2023 and then to ₹1,500 per month from November 2025, on a state Cabinet decision. The Bhaskar report records ₹1,587 crore transferred in the first ₹1,500 installment.\n\nAs of October 2026 the monthly amount remains ₹1,500, half of the stated ₹3,000 target, with no fixed deadline announced.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The exact day of the ₹3,000 pledge is uncertain; it was announced during the 2023 scheme rollout and repeated through the November 2023 state election campaign, so the date is set to 2023-03-01 (day unknown) and the venue is general. Chouhan was Chief Minister until December 2023; the scheme has continued under Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. No specific deadline for reaching ₹3,000 was stated. The official portal URL (cmladlibahna.mp.gov.in) was seen referenced in search results (IMPPRI item) but was not fetched.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-mandaviya-2022-medical-colleges", "speaker": "Mansukh Mandaviya", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2022-12-15", "venue": "Outside Parliament, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "There is a 71 per cent increase in medical colleges, from 387 before 2014 to 660 as of now. The number of MBBS seats increased by 87 per cent and PG seats by 105 per cent in the last eight years.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "PIB and Health Ministry figures record 387 medical colleges before 2014 rising to about 660 by 2023, and MBBS seats rising from about 51,348 to over one lakh, matching the minister's numbers.", "topics": [ "health", "education" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "MBBS seats crosses 1 lakh mark; rise in PG seats by 110 per cent: Mandaviya", "url": "https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/policy/mbbs-seats-crosses-1-lakh-mark-rise-in-pg-seats-by-110-per-cent-mandaviya/98691985", "channel": "ET HealthWorld" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Deccan Herald: MBBS seats increased by 87%, PG by 105% during NDA rule — Mandaviya", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/india/mbbs-seats-increased-by-87-pg-by-105-during-nda-rule-mandaviya-1172040.html" }, { "title": "Careers360: Mandaviya on medical education expansion", "url": "https://news.careers360.com/mbbs-seats-increased-87-pg-105-during-nda-rule-heath-minister-mansukh-mandaviya" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB", "title": "Revolutionizing Medical Education in India", "url": "https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2023/may/doc2023515197801.pdf", "date": "2023-05-01", "key_figure": "Medical colleges up ~70% from 387 in 2014 to 660 in 2023; AIIMS up from 7 to 22." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Mint", "title": "71% increase in medical colleges since 2014: health ministry", "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/71-increase-in-medical-colleges-since-2014-health-ministry-11678969111744.html", "key_figure": "Medical colleges up 71% from 387 before 2014 to 660; MBBS seats up 97% from 51,348 to 101,043." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "BW Healthcare World", "title": "Total MBBS seats surpassed 1 lakh, PG seats up by 110%: Mandaviya", "url": "https://www.bwhealthcareworld.com/article/total-mbbs-seats-surpassed-1-lakh-pg-seats-up-by-110-mandaviya-469369", "key_figure": "MBBS seats crossed one lakh; PG seats up 110%; medical colleges 387 (pre-2014) to 660." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Revolutionizing Medical Education in India", "url": "https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2023/may/doc2023515197801.pdf", "summary": "The government states the number of medical colleges rose from 387 in 2014 to 660 in 2023 and AIIMS from 7 to 22 as part of medical-education expansion." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Speaking to reporters outside Parliament on 15 December 2022, the Union Health Minister said there had been a 71 per cent increase in medical colleges, from 387 before 2014 to 660, along with an 87 per cent rise in MBBS seats and a 105 per cent rise in PG seats over eight years.\n\nGovernment material published since is consistent: a PIB document records medical colleges rising about 70 per cent, from 387 in 2014 to 660 in 2023, with AIIMS rising from 7 to 22. Mint reported the Health Ministry stating a 71 per cent increase in medical colleges and a 97 per cent rise in MBBS seats, from 51,348 before 2014 to 101,043.\n\nDifferent outlets quote slightly different percentage rises for MBBS and PG seats depending on the comparison date, but the college counts and the direction of change match official figures.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "This measures medical colleges, a different metric from the excluded modi-2021-medical-seats-60000-added claim (which concerned medical seats). Percentages for MBBS/PG seats vary across reports (87%/105% in the minister's December 2022 statement; 97% in later ministry figures) depending on base year. The PIB PDF date is set to 2023-05-01 because only the month is indicated by the URL.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2022-5g-rollout", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2022-10-01", "venue": "Launch of 5G services, 6th India Mobile Congress, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Now that it has launched, it won't take time for it to reach everyone.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "At the 5G launch on 1 October 2022 the PM said it would not take long to reach everyone; PIB reported 5G in 99.6% of districts by March 2025 and 99.9% of districts (85% population coverage) by late 2025.", "topics": [ "digital", "infrastructure" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "5G launch updates: Our government is working on the goal of internet for all, says PM Modi", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/prime-minister-modi-launch-5g-services-live-updates/article65957999.ece", "channel": "The Hindu" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: PM to launch 5G services on 1st October", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1863650" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Department of Telecommunications", "title": "Expansion of 5G Network in the Country", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2113855", "date": "2025-03-21", "key_figure": "5G available in 99.6% of districts; 4.69 lakh 5G BTS installed as on 28 February 2025" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Department of Telecommunications", "title": "DoT makes significant strides in strengthening the Indian telecom ecosystem", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2206477®=3&lang=1", "date": "2025-12-19", "key_figure": "5G in 99.9% of districts with 85% population coverage; 5.08 lakh 5G BTS as on 31 October 2025" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Department of Telecommunications (DoT)", "title": "2025 Year End Review for Department of Telecommunications (PDF)", "url": "https://www.dot.gov.in/static/uploads/2026/02/ad331286066f76c0742f08849e9d64e9.pdf", "date": "2025-12-19", "key_figure": "5G rolled out in all states/UTs; 99.9% of districts, 85% population coverage" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB Factsheet: Telecom sector achievements", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/FactsheetDetails.aspx?Id=149111", "summary": "Government states India has seen the fastest rollout of 5G services in the world, with 4,62,084 BTS deployed across 779 districts as of December 2024." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "PM Narendra Modi launched 5G services on 1 October 2022 at the India Mobile Congress and said it would not take time to reach everyone.\n\nPIB reported 5G available in 99.6% of districts and about 4.69 lakh 5G base transceiver stations installed as on 28 February 2025. By 31 October 2025, PIB reported 5G in 99.9% of districts with 85% population coverage and about 5.08 lakh base stations. The Department of Telecommunications describes the rollout as among the fastest globally.\n\nDistrict coverage reached near-universal levels within about three years of launch, so the statement is recorded as true, while noting that population coverage was 85% as of late 2025.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The PM's remark is quoted by The Hindu; no full transcript was read, so quote_is_verbatim is false. 'Reach everyone' is not defined with a metric; district coverage (99.9%) and population coverage (85%) are both reported. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-yogi-2022-no-riots-up", "speaker": "Yogi Adityanath", "party": "BJP", "role": "Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh", "level": "state", "state": "Uttar Pradesh", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2022-09-04", "venue": "Public event, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "On the basis of the recently released NCRB report, it has been observed that no riots have occurred in the state in the past five years; UP has become danga-mukt (riot-free).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "false", "summary": "NCRB data cited by fact-checkers records 35,040 rioting cases and 35 communal riots in Uttar Pradesh between 2017 and 2021, contradicting the claim of no riots in five years.", "topics": [ "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Fact Check: Were there no riots in Uttar Pradesh in the past five years, as Adityanath claims? (FactChecker.in / Scroll.in)", "url": "https://scroll.in/article/1032288/fact-check-were-there-no-riots-in-uttar-pradesh-in-the-past-five-years-as-adityanath-claims" }, { "title": "No riots in last 5 years, UP is now completely 'dangamukt': Yogi Adityanath (NDTV)", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/no-riots-in-last-5-years-up-is-now-completely-dangamukt-yogi-adityanath-3313807" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "FactChecker.in / Scroll.in", "title": "Were there no riots in Uttar Pradesh in the past five years, as Adityanath claims?", "url": "https://scroll.in/article/1032288/fact-check-were-there-no-riots-in-uttar-pradesh-in-the-past-five-years-as-adityanath-claims", "date": "2022-09-08", "key_figure": "35,040 rioting cases and 35 communal riots in UP, 2017-2021 (NCRB)" }, { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "FactChecker.in", "title": "UP Not Riot-Free in Four Years, Yogi's Claim False", "url": "https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/riots-communal-incidents-uttar-pradesh-bjp-736914", "date": "2021-03-20", "key_figure": "5,714 riot cases in 2019; 8,990 in 2017; 195 communal-violence cases in 2017" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "With zero communal riots, UP emerges as law and order model under Yogi govt (The Statesman)", "url": "https://www.thestatesman.com/india/with-zero-communal-riots-up-emerges-as-law-and-order-model-under-yogi-govt-1503493846.html", "summary": "The UP government and its supporters cite NCRB 'Crime in India 2023' to claim zero communal riots in 2023 and a declining trend in riot-related cases." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At a public event in Bijnor in early September 2022, Adityanath said no riots had taken place in Uttar Pradesh in the preceding five years and that the state had become 'danga-mukt' (riot-free).\n\nFact-checkers examining NCRB 'Crime in India' data reported 35,040 cases of rioting in the state during 2017-2021, and 35 cases of communal riots in the same period. The state recorded 5,714 riot cases in 2019 alone, down from 8,990 in 2017.\n\nRecorded riot and communal-violence figures did decline over the period, and state data for later years shows a further fall, but the absolute claim that no riots occurred in the five years is not supported by the recorded crime data.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Adityanath made a similar claim on 19 March 2021 ('no riots in four years') and repeated riot-free claims in later years. NCRB data cited here is as reported by fact-checkers; I did not open the raw NCRB tables.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-jaishankar-2022-operation-ganga-22500", "speaker": "S. Jaishankar", "party": "BJP", "role": "Minister of External Affairs", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 1, "score": 0.5 }, "date": "2022-03-15", "venue": "Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India", "language": "en", "quote_original": "Despite the challenges posed by the serious ongoing conflict, we have ensured that about 22500 citizens have returned home safely.", "quote_english": "Despite the challenges posed by the serious ongoing conflict, we have ensured that about 22,500 citizens have returned home safely.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Ministry of External Affairs answers state that around 22,500 Indian nationals returned from Ukraine in February-March 2022 under Operation Ganga.", "topics": [ "foreign-policy" ], "media": [ { "platform": "youtube", "title": "We have ensured safe return of about 22500 Indians", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vShLu_m7nLY", "channel": "" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Suo-Moto Statement by External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar in the Rajya Sabha on the Situation in Ukraine (MEA)", "url": "https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl%2F34952" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Ministry of External Affairs", "title": "Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1635: Operation Ganga Mission", "url": "https://www.mea.gov.in/lok-sabha.htm?dtl%2F36016%2FQUESTION_", "key_figure": "Around 22,500 Indian nationals evacuated from Ukraine; 18,278 brought back under Operation Ganga" }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Ministry of External Affairs (Rajya Sabha)", "title": "Unstarred Question No. 2149: Details about Operation Kaveri, Operation Ganga and Operation Ajay", "url": "https://www.sansad.in/getFile/annex/262/AU2149.pdf?source=pqars", "date": "2023-12-21", "key_figure": "18,282 Indian nationals brought back by 90 flights (76 commercial, 14 IAF), February-March 2022" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Times of India", "title": "India ensured safe evacuation of 22,500 Indians from Ukraine under Operation Ganga: Jaishankar", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-ensured-safe-evacuation-of-22500-indians-from-ukraine-under-operation-ganga-jaishankar/articleshow/90226442.cms", "date": "2022-03-15", "key_figure": "22,500 citizens returned" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "MEA: Operation Ganga and other evacuation missions in line with welfare of Indians abroad", "url": "https://www.sansad.in/getFile/annex/262/AU2149.pdf?source=pqars", "summary": "The ministry states the government accords the highest priority to the welfare of Indians abroad and that the operations were conducted on that basis." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In a suo-motu statement in the Rajya Sabha on 15 March 2022, Jaishankar said that about 22,500 citizens had returned home safely under Operation Ganga.\n\nThe Ministry of External Affairs told Parliament that around 22,500 Indian nationals were evacuated from Ukraine in February-March 2022, with 90 evacuation flights (76 commercial and 14 Indian Air Force).\n\nOther MEA replies give 18,278-18,282 as the number brought back specifically from Ukraine by the 90 flights, while the higher figure of about 22,500 covers all returns in the period. The minister's figure is consistent with the official numbers.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "MEA replies contain two different numbers (about 22,500 total evacuated vs 18,278-18,282 returned by the 90 Operation Ganga flights). The YouTube URL was found in search results; exact timestamp not verified.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-dhami-2022-ucc-uttarakhand", "speaker": "Pushkar Singh Dhami", "party": "BJP", "role": "Chief Minister, Uttarakhand", "level": "state", "state": "Uttarakhand", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 1, "score": 0.5 }, "date": "2022-02-12", "venue": "Election campaign, 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly election", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "If re-elected, the BJP will constitute a committee to prepare a draft Uniform Civil Code soon after forming the government.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Uttarakhand notified its Uniform Civil Code on 27 January 2025, becoming the first Indian state to bring a UCC into force, following the 2022 election promise.", "topics": [ "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "CM Dhami promises Uniform Civil Code if BJP re-elected in Uttarakhand (Hindustan Times)", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/uttarakhand-assembly-election/assembly-polls-cm-dhami-promises-uniform-civil-code-if-bjp-re-elected-in-uttarakhand-101644691548068.html" }, { "title": "Dhami thanks people for BJP's win, promises to implement Uniform Civil Code (PTI / The Hindu)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/elections/uttarakhand-assembly/uttarakhand-assembly-election-dhami-thanks-people-for-bjps-big-win-in-ukhand-promises-to-implement-uniform-civil-code/article65211563.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Government of Uttarakhand", "title": "Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, Rules, 2025", "url": "https://ucc.uk.gov.in/downloads", "date": "2025-01-27", "key_figure": "UCC notified and in force in Uttarakhand from 27 January 2025" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "DD News", "title": "Uttarakhand becomes first state to implement Uniform Civil Code", "url": "https://ddnews.gov.in/en/uttarakhand-becomes-first-state-to-implement-uniform-civil-code", "date": "2025-01-27", "key_figure": "UCC came into effect on 27 January 2025" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Akashvani (News On AIR)", "title": "Uttarakhand Govt implements the UCC (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026", "url": "https://newsonair.gov.in/uttarakhand-govt-implements-the-ucc-amendment-ordinance-2026/", "date": "2026-01-27", "key_figure": "UCC in force since 27 January 2025; amendment ordinance issued in 2026" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "CM Dhami: UCC fulfils the 2022 election promise (DD News)", "url": "https://ddnews.gov.in/en/uttarakhand-becomes-first-state-to-implement-uniform-civil-code", "summary": "Dhami says the BJP has fulfilled its 2022 assembly-election promise and that Uttarakhand is the first state to bring a UCC into force." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Campaigning for the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly election, Dhami promised on 12 February 2022 that a re-elected BJP government would set up a committee to draft a Uniform Civil Code and implement it.\n\nThe state cabinet approved the formation of a drafting committee headed by a former Supreme Court judge in its first meeting after the election (March 2022). The UCC Bill was passed by the Assembly in February 2024 and received presidential assent on 11 March 2024.\n\nUttarakhand notified and implemented the UCC on 27 January 2025, becoming the first state in independent India to bring such a code into force.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The promise carried a target (implement a UCC) but no fixed calendar date; deadline is therefore null. Dhami later stated the commitment was made on 12 February 2022.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-sitharaman-2022-msp-procurement-2-37-lakh-crore", "speaker": "Nirmala Sitharaman", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Finance Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2022-02-01", "venue": "Union Budget 2022-23 speech, Parliament (New Delhi)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "the procurement of wheat in rabi (2021-22) and the estimated procurement of paddy in kharif 2021-22 will cover 1,208 lakh metric tonnes of wheat and paddy from 163 lakh farmers, and Rs 2.37 lakh crore direct payment of MSP value to their accounts.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Procurement agencies had transferred about Rs 2.37 lakh crore to farmers for wheat and paddy bought at MSP in the 2021-22 crop year by early February 2022, and the season total was projected to reach a record Rs 2.7 lakh crore.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "prices", "income" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: Direct payment of Rs 2.37 lakh crore MSP value to 163 lakh farmers for wheat and paddy procurement during 2021-22", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1794206" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Financial Express", "title": "Purchases at MSP: Govt likely to transfer record Rs 2.7 lakh crore to farmers of paddy & wheat this crop year", "url": "https://www.financialexpress.com/policy/economy-purchases-at-msp-govt-likely-to-transfer-record-rs-2-7-lakh-crore-to-farmers-of-paddy-wheat-this-crop-year-2424309/", "date": "2022-02-03", "key_figure": "Rs 2.37 lakh crore transferred for about 120 million tonnes of paddy and wheat so far in 2021-22; season total projected at Rs 2.7 lakh crore (record)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu BusinessLine", "title": "Budget 2022: About 163 lakh wheat and paddy farmers received MSP of ₹2.37 lakh crore: FM", "url": "https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/budget-2022-about-163-lakh-wheat-and-paddy-farmers-received-msp-of-237-lakh-crore-fm/article64961157.ece", "date": "2022-02-01", "key_figure": "Rs 2.37 lakh crore MSP value to about 1.63 crore wheat and paddy farmers" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "In the Union Budget 2022-23 speech, the Finance Minister stated that wheat procurement in rabi 2021-22 and the estimated paddy procurement in kharif 2021-22 would cover 1,208 lakh metric tonnes from 163 lakh farmers, with Rs 2.37 lakh crore as direct MSP payment.\n\nReporting in early February 2022 showed that Rs 2.37 lakh crore had already been transferred for about 120 million tonnes of paddy and wheat, and the crop-year total was projected to reach a record Rs 2.7 lakh crore.\n\nWheat and paddy procurement is concentrated in a few states and among a limited share of farmers; the figure relates specifically to MSP operations for these two crops.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Wording reported by Financial Express and PIB. The 2022-23 budget speech PDF could not be opened directly (403), so the PIB release and Financial Express report are used.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2021-farm-laws-repeal", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 1, "score": 0.5 }, "date": "2021-11-19", "venue": "Address to the Nation (televised), New Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "आज मैं आपको, पूरे देश को, ये बताने आया हूं कि हमने तीनों कृषि कानूनों को वापस लेने का निर्णय लिया है। इस महीने के अंत में शुरू होने जा रहे संसद सत्र में, हम इन तीनों कृषि कानूनों को Repeal करने की संवैधानिक प्रक्रिया को पूरा कर देंगे।", "quote_english": "Today I have come to tell you, the whole country, that we have decided to repeal all three agricultural laws. We will complete the constitutional process to repeal these three agricultural laws in the Parliament session that begins later this month.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Parliament passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 on 29 November 2021 and the President gave assent on 30 November 2021, repealing the three 2020 farm laws within the session the Prime Minister had named.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "governance" ], "media": [ { "platform": "youtube", "title": "PM Modi's address to the nation | Nov 19, 2021", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0grrP8ufuo" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PMIndia: PM's address to the Nation", "url": "https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pms-address-to-the-nation-9/" }, { "title": "PIB: Prime Minister addresses the Nation", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1773138" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "It's official. Three farm laws scrapped", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/president-gives-assent-to-farm-laws-repeal-bill/article37802828.ece", "date": "2021-12-02", "key_figure": "President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to the Farm Laws Repeal Bill on 30 November 2021" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "PRS Legislative Research", "title": "The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021", "url": "https://prsindia.org/billtrack/the-farm-laws-repeal-bill-2021", "date": "2021-11-29", "key_figure": "Bill introduced in Lok Sabha on 29 November 2021 and passed by both Houses the same day" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Reuters", "title": "India's parliament passes bill to repeal controversial farm laws", "url": "https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/indias-parliament-passes-bill-repeal-controversial-farm-laws-2021-11-29/", "date": "2021-11-29", "key_figure": "Parliament passed the repeal bill on 29 November 2021" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "PM Narendra Modi announced the repeal of the three farm laws in a televised address on 19 November 2021, two months after the government had already suspended the laws.\n\nParliament passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 on 29 November 2021 and the President gave assent on 30 November 2021, completing the process in the session the Prime Minister named in the speech.\n\nThe claim was a statement of intent with a specific legislative timeline; that timeline was met.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Quotes taken from the PMIndia and PIB transcripts of the 19 November 2021 address. YouTube link is a news upload of the address found in search results; the timestamp was not set. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2021-500gw-nonfossil-2030", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2021-11-01", "venue": "National Statement at COP26 Summit, Glasgow (delivered 1 November 2021; MEA transcript dated 2 November 2021)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "India will take its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2030-12-31", "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "At COP26 (1 November 2021) the PM set a target of 500 GW non-fossil generating capacity by 2030; as of 31 July 2026 India had 300.50 GW non-fossil capacity, about 60% of the target, with the deadline still in the future.", "topics": [ "energy", "environment" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "National Statement by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at COP26 Summit in Glasgow (MEA)", "url": "https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-statements.htm?dtl%2F34466%2FNational%20Statement%20by%20Prime%20Minister%20Shri%20Narendra%20Modi%20at%20COP26%20Summit%20in%20Glasgow" }, { "title": "PIB: Panchamrit targets announced by the Hon'ble Prime Minister (PDF)", "url": "https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2025/oct/doc20251029680001.pdf" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)", "title": "Physical Achievements - cumulative installed RE/non-fossil capacity", "url": "https://mnre.gov.in/en/physical-progress/", "date": "2026-09-30", "key_figure": "Total non-fossil capacity 308,026.53 MW (308.03 GW) as on 30 September 2026; solar 171.05 GW, wind 59.20 GW" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of New and Renewable Energy", "title": "India Achieves Landmark 300 GW Non-Fossil Fuel Power Capacity", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2296782", "date": "2026-08-09", "key_figure": "Non-fossil capacity 300.50 GW as on 31 July 2026, over 60% of the 500 GW 2030 target" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Central Electricity Authority (CEA)", "title": "Installed Capacity (MW) of the country as on 30.06.2026", "url": "https://cea.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/installed/2026/06/Website_June.pdf", "date": "2026-07-15", "key_figure": "Non-fossil 297,369 MW = 54.18% of 548,858 MW total installed capacity" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Government declares plan to add 50 GW of renewable energy capacity annually", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1913789", "summary": "Ministry of Power/NRE describe an annual 50 GW bidding plan intended to add 250 GW of renewable capacity and reach 500 GW installed capacity by 2030, and transmission upgrades to evacuate it." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At COP26 on 1 November 2021, PM Narendra Modi stated India would take its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030.\n\nMNRE data show total non-fossil installed capacity of 308.03 GW as on 30 September 2026. PIB reported India crossed 300 GW of non-fossil capacity as on 31 July 2026, about 60% of the 500 GW target. CEA data put non-fossil sources at 54.18% of 548.86 GW installed capacity as on 30 June 2026.\n\nThe target year is 2030, so the commitment is still open and is recorded as in progress.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The COP26 speech was delivered on 1 November 2021; the MEA transcript page is dated 2 November 2021, so the date field uses the speech date and this is flagged. The English wording follows the PMO/MEA official translation and is therefore not marked verbatim. The separate COP26 '50% of energy requirements from renewables by 2030' pledge was not used here to avoid overlap with bjp-joshi-2025-50pc-nonfossil-achieved (which concerns installed capacity, not generation). [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2021-medical-seats-60000-added", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2021-10-25", "venue": "Launch of PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission, Varanasi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "बीते 7 वर्षों में देश में मेडिकल की 60,000 नई सीटें जोड़ी गई हैं", "quote_english": "60,000 new medical seats have been added in the last seven years (PMO translation, as quoted by FactChecker). He also said there were fewer than 90,000 medical seats before 2014.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "MoHFW annual reports show about 76,000 total medical seats in 2013-14 and about 1.29 lakh in 2020-21 (a net rise of roughly 52,500), not a base above 90,000 or an addition of 60,000; seats did rise substantially.", "topics": [ "health", "education" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM's speech at launch of PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission in Varanasi (pmindia.gov.in)", "url": "https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pms-speech-at-launch-of-pm-ayushman-bharat-health-infrastructure-mission-in-varanasi/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "FactChecker.in (IndiaSpend)", "title": "PIB, Modi claim medical seats have increased, but quote different numbers", "url": "https://factchecker.in/fact-check/modi-pib-quote-medical-seats-difference-783623", "date": "2021-10-27", "key_figure": "Rated misleading; official data shows ~52,489 net seats added, not 60,000" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Health and Family Welfare", "title": "Annual Report 2013-14", "url": "https://main.mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Chapter1515.pdf", "key_figure": "76,175 medical seats in 2013-14 (51,979 UG, 24,196 PG)" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Health and Family Welfare", "title": "Annual Report 2020-21", "url": "https://main.mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Annual%20Report%202020-21%20English.pdf", "date": "2021", "key_figure": "1,28,664 medical seats in 2020-21 (86,649 UG, 42,015 PG)" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Modi said 60,000 medical seats were added in seven years and that there were under 90,000 seats before 2014. FactChecker compared this with MoHFW annual reports.\n\nThe 2013-14 report lists 76,175 seats and the 2020-21 report 1,28,664, a net addition of about 52,489. PIB's separate figure of 51,348 to 85,825 undergraduate seats (+34,477) matched undergraduate-only data. The fact-checker also notes about 48.65% of undergraduate seats were in private colleges (Lok Sabha reply, Feb 2021).\n\nMedical seats did rise sharply under the period; the objection is to the specific figures.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "FactChecker reported the PMO did not respond to its request for comment. Later claims (2026) that colleges more than doubled are consistent with government data but were not separately fact-checked and are not covered here. Devanagari quote reconstructed from the transliteration quoted by FactChecker; treat as approximate.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2021-states-demanded-decentralised-vaccine-procurement", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2021-06-07", "venue": "Address to the nation (televised)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Several state governments again said that the vaccine work should be de-centralized and left to the states ... the Centre decided to give 25 per cent of the work to them (as quoted by Alt News).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "Alt News found no evidence that states had broadly asked to procure vaccines themselves; most opposition-ruled states asked the Centre to procure and allocate, with a few exceptions such as Odisha.", "topics": [ "health", "governance" ], "media": [ { "platform": "youtube", "title": "PM address to the nation, 7 June 2021 (link as cited by Alt News)", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_442UtroDM", "channel": "" } ], "transcript_sources": [], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "Alt News", "title": "Had states demanded decentralized vaccine procurement as claimed by PM Modi?", "url": "https://www.altnews.in/had-states-demanded-decentralized-vaccine-procurement-as-claimed-by-pm-modi/", "date": "2021-06-09", "key_figure": "Rated misleading" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "Chhattisgarh: availability of scarce resource like vaccines should not be decentralised (cited by Alt News)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/availability-of-scarce-resource-like-covid-19-vaccines-should-not-be-decentralised-says-chhattisgarh-health-minister/article34367487.ece", "date": "2021-04", "key_figure": "State position cited by Alt News as opposed to decentralisation" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Times of India", "title": "Vaccine purchase should be centralised, distribution decentralised: Rahul Gandhi (cited by Alt News)", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/vaccine-purchase-should-be-centralised-distribution-decentralised-rahul-gandhi/articleshow/82628614.cms", "date": "2021-04", "key_figure": "Opposition leader's letter supported greater state say in procurement and distribution, per Alt News" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "BJP leaders citing Rahul Gandhi's April 2021 letter and opposition statements", "url": "https://twitter.com/amitmalviya/status/1392835301278588931", "summary": "BJP leaders (e.g. Amit Malviya, Smriti Irani) argued opposition leaders and states had asked for greater state role in procurement; Alt News says Rahul Gandhi and Anand Sharma held no state office." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In his 7 June 2021 address Modi said states had demanded decentralisation of vaccine work, leading the Centre to give them 25% of procurement from May 1. Alt News reviewed state and opposition statements before 19 April 2021.\n\nIt found most states, including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Rajasthan, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Delhi, asked the Centre to procure and allocate. Odisha's 30 March letter asked that vaccines be available in the open market for those who can afford them. Maharashtra's letter seeking to procure came 8 May, after the policy was announced.\n\nThe Supreme Court had called the policy 'arbitrary and irrational' days before the speech.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Alt News did not report a formal government response to its article. Rating 'Misleading' is Alt News's own. The Hindi wording of the quote was not retrieved; English as quoted by Alt News.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2021-ethanol-20-percent-2025", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2021-06-05", "venue": "World Environment Day event / release of Roadmap for Ethanol Blending in India 2020-25, New Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Government has resolved to meet the target of 20% ethanol blending in petrol by 2025. Earlier the resolve was to achieve the target by 2030, which is now preponed by 5 years.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2025-12-31", "verdict": "true", "summary": "On 5 June 2021 the PM advanced the ethanol-blending target to 20% by 2025 (from 2030); PIB states India reached 20% blending in 2025-26, five years ahead of the original 2030 schedule.", "topics": [ "energy", "environment" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "20% ethanol blended petrol target preponed to 2025: PM Modi", "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/20-ethanol-blended-petrol-target-preponed-to-2025-pm-modi-11622881850274.html", "channel": "Mint" }, { "platform": "news", "title": "20% ethanol blending: Target 2025, 5 years early", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ethanol-blending-target-govt-oil-marketing-companies-7345917/", "channel": "The Indian Express" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: Roadmap for ethanol blending in India 2020-25 released by the Prime Minister", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727206" }, { "title": "NITI Aayog: Roadmap for Ethanol Blending in India 2020-25 (PDF)", "url": "https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2021-06/EthanolBlendingInIndia_compressed.pdf" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Department of Food and Public Distribution", "title": "Ethanol Blending in India", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2281287", "date": "2026-07-05", "key_figure": "Ethanol blending rose from less than 1.5% in 2013-14 to 20% in 2025-26; India achieved the 20% target five years ahead of schedule" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB", "title": "PIB release on advancing the 20% ethanol blending target", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2043042", "date": "2023-01-01", "key_figure": "Target advanced from 2030 to ESY 2025-26; OMCs achieved 10% blending in June 2022, five months ahead of target" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "India Today", "title": "Why the government wants to blend more ethanol with petrol", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/ethanol-blended-petrol-india-government-push-reason-explained-2766519-2025-08-05", "date": "2025-08-05", "key_figure": "Average blending 17.98% in February 2025; E20 target hit by March 2025, five years ahead of schedule" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Government highlights safety, performance and national benefits of E20", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2288271", "summary": "Government states India achieved 20% ethanol blending five years ahead of the original target and that concerns about E20 are not supported by evidence." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 5 June 2021 (World Environment Day) PM Narendra Modi advanced the national ethanol-blending target to 20% by 2025, from the earlier indicative date of 2030.\n\nPIB states ethanol blending increased from less than 1.5% in 2013-14 to 20% in 2025-26, and that India reached the 20% target five years ahead of the original 2030 schedule. Monthly official figures cited in press reporting showed average blending of 17.98% in February 2025, before the 20% level was reached in March 2025.\n\nThe 2025 deadline was met, so the promise is recorded as true.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Original 2030 target comes from the National Biofuel Policy 2018; the claim records the advanced 2025 date the PM announced on 5 June 2021. Wording is from the PMO statement as quoted by Mint, so not marked verbatim. The reference to 'five years ahead of schedule' compares against the original 2030 target, not the advanced 2025 date. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2020-iit-iim-iiit-numbers-before-2014", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2020-10-19", "venue": "Centenary convocation, University of Mysore (virtual)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "There were only 16 IITs till 2014; there were nine IIITs; until then India had only 13 IIMs (as quoted by FactChecker).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Lok Sabha replies confirm 16 IITs (2013), 9 IIITs and 13 IIMs before 2014; the AIIMS part of the same speech was rated only partly true.", "topics": [ "education" ], "media": [ { "platform": "youtube", "title": "Modi's Mysore convocation address (link as cited by FactChecker)", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF_oJW37Sko", "channel": "" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM addresses centenary convocation of University of Mysore (narendramodi.in)", "url": "https://narendramodi.in/prime-minister-narendra-modi-addresses-centenary-convocation-of-university-of-mysore-via-video-conferencing" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "FactChecker.in (IndiaSpend)", "title": "Fact-checking PM Modi's claims on setting up new IITs, IIMs, AIIMS", "url": "https://factchecker.in/factchecking-pm-modis-claims-on-setting-up-iits-aiims-in-india", "date": "2020-10-24", "key_figure": "IIT, IIIT, IIM claims rated true; AIIMS partly true" }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Lok Sabha", "title": "IIT list, Dec 2013 (as cited by FactChecker)", "url": "http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Questions/QResult15.aspx?qref=148126&lsno=15", "date": "2013-12", "key_figure": "16 IITs" }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Lok Sabha", "title": "IIM reply, Dec 2019 (as cited by FactChecker)", "url": "http://164.100.24.220/loksabhaquestions/annex/172/AU2202.pdf", "date": "2019-12", "key_figure": "Seven new IIMs since 2014; 20 in total" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "FactChecker verified Modi's pre-2014 institution counts against Lok Sabha replies: 16 IITs (now 23 including ISM Dhanbad's upgrade), 9 IIITs (25 now) and 13 IIMs (20 now).\n\nThe same speech said more than double 15 AIIMS had been established since 2014; FactChecker found 15 sanctioned but only seven functional as of October 2020, with six of those sanctioned earlier, and rated that part partly true. It also noted seven IIMs were added under the previous government in 2007-11.\n\nThis entry covers only the IIT/IIIT/IIM counts.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Verdict is scoped to the three counts the fact-checker rated true; the AIIMS claim is a separate, partly-true statement in the same speech. Quote is paraphrased/excerpted via FactChecker.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-sitharaman-2020-agri-infrastructure-fund", "speaker": "Nirmala Sitharaman", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Finance Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2020-05-15", "venue": "Press conference on Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan (third tranche), New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Financing facility of Rs. 1,00,000 crore will be provided for funding Agriculture Infrastructure Projects at farm-gate & aggregation points.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "As on 30 June 2025, about Rs 66,310 crore had been sanctioned under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund for 1,13,419 projects against the Rs 1 lakh crore facility, and the scheme period has been extended.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "infrastructure", "income" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: Finance Minister announces measures to strengthen Agriculture Infrastructure ... Rs 1 lakh crore Agri Infrastructure Fund", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=204019" }, { "title": "PMIndia: PM launches financing facility of Rs 1 Lakh Crore under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund", "url": "https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pm-launches-financing-facility-of-rs-1-lakh-crore-under-agriculture-infrastructure-fund/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB", "title": "Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (press note)", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?ModuleId=3&NoteId=154999®=3&lang=2", "date": "2025-08-09", "key_figure": "Rs 66,310 crore sanctioned for 1,13,419 projects as on 30 June 2025" }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Lok Sabha (Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare)", "title": "Unstarred Question on Agriculture Infrastructure Fund", "url": "https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/184/AU256_fPjSiM.pdf?source=pqals", "date": "2025-02-04", "key_figure": "Rs 56,334 crore sanctioned for 92,393 projects as on 26.01.2025" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare", "title": "National Agriculture Infra Financing Facility", "url": "https://agriinfra.dac.gov.in/", "date": "2025", "key_figure": "Size of the financing facility: Rs 1 lakh crore" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PMIndia: PM launches financing facility of Rs 1 Lakh Crore under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund", "url": "https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pm-launches-financing-facility-of-rs-1-lakh-crore-under-agriculture-infrastructure-fund/", "summary": "The government states the fund provides loans with 3% interest subvention and credit guarantee to farmers, PACS, FPOs and agri-entrepreneurs, and that the scheme runs over a multi-year period." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 15 May 2020 the Finance Minister announced a Rs 1 lakh crore financing facility for farm-gate and post-harvest infrastructure under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, launched by the Prime Minister on 9 August 2020.\n\nAs on 30 June 2025, Rs 66,310 crore had been sanctioned for 1,13,419 projects, according to a PIB note; a Lok Sabha reply in February 2025 reported Rs 56,334 crore sanctioned for 92,393 projects as on 26 January 2025.\n\nThe facility is a credit line routed through banks and financial institutions, with interest subvention and credit guarantee. Sanctions remain below the Rs 1 lakh crore facility size, and the scheme period has been extended.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The original scheme document described a 10-year window (FY2020-FY2029); later communications refer to loan disbursement completing by the end of FY2025-26. Because the target is a facility size rather than a dated milestone, the verdict is in-progress. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2020-20-lakh-crore-atmanirbhar-package", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2020-05-12", "venue": "National address on the COVID-19 economic package (television)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "A special economic package of Rs 20 lakh crore, equivalent to 10% of India's GDP.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "The Rs 20 lakh crore package combined new fiscal measures with RBI liquidity operations and previously announced schemes; an RTI-based report said only about 10% had been disbursed.", "topics": [ "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Package - Progress So Far (PIB)", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1660691" }, { "title": "PIB release on the Rs 20 lakh crore package (12 May 2020)", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1638112" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Free Press Journal", "title": "Rs 20L-cr pandemic package: Barely 10% disbursed, says RTI", "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/rs-20l-cr-pandemic-package-barely-10-disbursed-says-rti", "date": "", "key_figure": "An RTI reply indicated only about 10% of the package had been disbursed" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "Breaking down the Centre's Atmanirbhar package of Rs 20 lakh crore", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/atmanirbhar-package-full-break-up-of-rs-20-lakh-crore-nirmala-sitharaman-lockdown-6414044/", "date": "2020-05", "key_figure": "Much of the package was liquidity-driven, with little burden on the exchequer" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Financial Express", "title": "Atmanirbhar Bharat: Break-up of the Rs 20 lakh crore package", "url": "https://www.financialexpress.com/policy/economy-breakup-of-the-rs-20-lakh-crore-economic-stimulus-package-by-fm-sitharaman-1961843/", "date": "2020-05", "key_figure": "Overall package of Rs 20,97,053 crore included Rs 1.92 lakh crore from measures announced earlier" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "PRS Legislative Research", "title": "Summary of announcements: Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan", "url": "https://prsindia.org/policy/report-summaries/summary-announcements-aatma-nirbhar-bharat-abhiyaan", "date": "2020-05", "key_figure": "Package described as Rs 20 lakh crore, equivalent to about 10% of GDP" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Package - Progress So Far", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1660691", "summary": "The government listed measures across five tranches and described the package as a comprehensive response to the pandemic and a step toward self-reliance." }, { "title": "Atmanirbhar Bharat Package portal (Union Budget website)", "url": "https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/anbp/", "summary": "The Finance Ministry's page collects the Finance Minister's press conferences announcing the package tranches." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 12 May 2020 Modi announced a 'special economic package' of Rs 20 lakh crore, described at the time as equivalent to about 10% of GDP, to respond to the COVID-19 lockdown.\n\nBreak-ups published by news outlets and PRS Legislative Research show the total combined new announcements with earlier measures (including the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package) and with Reserve Bank of India liquidity operations. Several analyses noted that only part of the total was additional central government fiscal spending.\n\nA report based on an RTI reply stated that only around 10% of the package had been disbursed. The Rs 20 lakh crore headline therefore overstated new central government spending, so the claim is recorded as misleading.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "quote_english is the wording used in PIB and press reports; quote_is_verbatim=false. The PIB pages returned HTTP 403 on direct fetch, so their content is taken from search-result text. The RTI-based Free Press Journal report is used for the disbursal figure; its publication date could not be confirmed.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2019-india-open-defecation-free", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2019-10-02", "venue": "Swachh Bharat Diwas event, Sabarmati Riverfront, Ahmedabad, Gujarat", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "In 60 months, 600 million people have been given access to toilets (as quoted by Al Jazeera); he declared India open-defecation free.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "The ODF label rests on government village-level verification; independent surveys and later official data showed continued open defecation and incomplete toilet access, though toilet coverage rose sharply.", "topics": [ "sanitation", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Modi declares India open defecation-free, says Swachh Bharat mission will continue (The Week)", "url": "https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/10/02/modi-declares-india-open-defecation-free.html" }, { "title": "India open defecation free: PM Modi on Gandhi Jayanti (Deccan Herald)", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/national/india-open-defecation-free-pm-modi-on-gandhi-jayanti-765689.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Al Jazeera", "title": "Modi declares India open defecation free, claim questioned", "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/2/modi-declares-india-open-defecation-free-claim-questioned", "date": "2019-10-02", "key_figure": "RICE survey of 3,235 households in 4 states (2014, 2018): toilet access 37% to 71%, but 23% of toilet owners still defecated in the open; World Bank: over 300 million still practised OD in 2017" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "NFHS-5 (MoHFW/IIPS)", "title": "NFHS-5 2019-21 improved sanitation facility, as summarised by Down To Earth", "url": "https://www.downtoearth.org.in/water/nfhs-5-why-figures-on-improved-sanitation-shouldn-t-be-taken-on-face-value-80515", "date": "2021", "key_figure": "About 70% of households used an improved sanitation facility (about 65% rural), up from 49% in NFHS-4; article cautions against taking figures at face value" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Down To Earth", "title": "Modi declares India ODF", "url": "https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/rural-water-and-sanitation/modi-declares-india-odf-67065", "date": "2019-10-02", "key_figure": "Toilet coverage 39% when programme began (2014)" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Government position as reported by Al Jazeera", "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/2/modi-declares-india-open-defecation-free-claim-questioned", "summary": "Officials said over 100 million of 120 million planned toilets were built, villages were verified ODF, and the urban target was 100% achieved; the PM said the focus now shifts to sustained use." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 2 October 2019 the PM declared India open-defecation free after the Swachh Bharat Mission built more than 100 million household toilets. ODF under the mission means no visible faeces in a village and access to a toilet, verified by the state, not zero open defecation by every person.\n\nIndependent evidence points to a gap. The RICE survey found 23% of toilet owners in four northern states still defecated in the open, and NFHS-5 (2019-21) found about 70% of households using an improved sanitation facility (about 65% rural). NFHS measures use of improved facilities, a stricter standard than ODF verification, so the figures are not directly comparable.\n\nThe gains are real: coverage rose from about 39% in 2014 by the government's count.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "No verbatim Hindi quote or video located. NSO 76th round (2018) figures not retrieved; add in review. NFHS-5 figures via Down To Earth summary, not the NFHS report directly. Quote in English is Al Jazeera's reported wording.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2019-ayushman-bharat-50-crore-cover", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2019-09-27", "venue": "United Nations General Assembly, New York", "language": "en", "quote_original": "Every year 50 crore get benefits of health insurance to the tune of Rs. 5 lakh", "quote_english": "Every year 50 crore get benefits of health insurance to the tune of Rs. 5 lakh", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "About 50 crore people were eligible for cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family, but BOOM found only about 4.5 million had used the scheme in its first year.", "topics": [ "health", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Public welfare to global welfare: PM Modi's UNGA address (BOOM, quotes the speech)", "url": "https://boomlive.in/public-welfare-to-global-welfare-pm-modis-unga-address-at-new-york" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "BOOM", "title": "Public welfare to global welfare: PM Modi's UNGA address", "url": "https://boomlive.in/public-welfare-to-global-welfare-pm-modis-unga-address-at-new-york", "date": "2019-09-27", "key_figure": "National Health Authority (14 Sept 2019): about 10.74 crore families, roughly 50 crore people covered; about 4.5 million availed in first year; rated Partially True in body (summary box says False)" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "National Health Authority release, 14 September 2019 (as cited by BOOM)", "url": "https://boomlive.in/public-welfare-to-global-welfare-pm-modis-unga-address-at-new-york", "summary": "The NHA described the scheme as covering about 10.74 crore families, roughly 50 crore beneficiaries, with cover up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The scheme (PM-JAY) entitles about 10.74 crore poorer families, roughly 50 crore people, to cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year. The statement says 50 crore 'get benefits' every year, which suggests use rather than eligibility.\n\nBOOM found about 4.5 million people had availed treatment in the first year. Read as eligibility, the figure matches the National Health Authority; read as annual beneficiaries, it does not.", "confidence": "low", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Only one evidence item found; needs a second (e.g. NHA/PIB or Lok Sabha figures on hospital admissions). BOOM's rating is internally inconsistent (body Partially True, summary False). Verdict is mine and based on that single fact-check. Topic is health though outside my domain list; assigned to welfare-schemes item 7.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2019-jan-dhan-37-crore-accounts", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2019-09-27", "venue": "United Nations General Assembly, New York", "language": "en", "quote_original": "37 crore new bank accounts were added in the past 5 years...", "quote_english": "37 crore new bank accounts were added in the past 5 years...", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "BOOM found the figure matched the Jan Dhan dashboard (37.05 crore beneficiaries on 18 September 2019).", "topics": [ "economy", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Public welfare to global welfare: PM Modi's UNGA address (BOOM, quotes the speech)", "url": "https://boomlive.in/public-welfare-to-global-welfare-pm-modis-unga-address-at-new-york" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "BOOM", "title": "Public welfare to global welfare: PM Modi's UNGA address", "url": "https://boomlive.in/public-welfare-to-global-welfare-pm-modis-unga-address-at-new-york", "date": "2019-09-27", "key_figure": "PMJDY 37.05 crore beneficiaries as of 18 Sept 2019; rated True" }, { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "Factly", "title": "48 Months of Modi Government: fact-checking government claims", "url": "https://factly.in/fact-checking-government-claims-on-jan-suraksha", "date": "2018", "key_figure": "PMJDY dashboard showed 32.99 crore beneficiaries as of Oct 2018 (per search summary)" }, { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "FactChecker (IndiaSpend)", "title": "Of 12 claims in BJP manifesto 2019, 5 true, 2 false, 4 partly true, 1 unclear", "url": "https://factchecker.in/of-12-claims-in-bjp-manifesto-2019-5-true-2-false-4-partly-true-1-unclear", "date": "2019-04-09", "key_figure": "Related manifesto claim that every family has a bank account rated partly true (search summary); Mudra 14 crore claim rated True" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "At the UNGA on 27 September 2019 the PM said 37 crore new bank accounts were added in five years. BOOM checked this against the PMJDY dashboard, which showed 37.05 crore beneficiaries on 18 September 2019, and rated it true.\n\nThe figure counts accounts opened under the scheme; it does not measure how many are active or whether every household is covered, a point fact-checkers raised about a related manifesto claim.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Quote taken from BOOM's rendering of the speech, so verbatim status not confirmed against the official transcript. Factly and FactChecker pages were seen only in search summaries (FactChecker page partly fetched). No video located. The Jan Dhan 'every family' claim is a different claim.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2019-jal-jeevan-mission-2024", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2019-08-15", "venue": "Independence Day address, Red Fort, Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "I want to announce from the Red Fort that we will move forward with Jal Jeevan Mission ... We have promised to spend more than Rs. 3.5 lakh crores on this mission in the coming years.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2024-12-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "As on 18 July 2026, about 15.89 crore of 19.36 crore rural households (82.09%) had a tap water connection, against the mission's stated goal of every rural household by 2024.", "topics": [ "infrastructure", "governance" ], "media": [ { "platform": "youtube", "title": "PM Modi announces 'Jal Jeevan Mission' on 15th August, 2019", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz2Yi1cubl4" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PMIndia: PM's address to the Nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day", "url": "https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pms-address-to-the-nation-from-the-ramparts-of-the-red-fort-on-the-73rd-independence-day/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Jal Shakti / Jal Jeevan Mission", "title": "About JJM", "url": "https://jaljeevanmission.gov.in/about_jjm", "date": "2019", "key_figure": "Objective: every rural household to have a Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2024" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB", "title": "Initiatives adopted for Quality Drinking Water Supply under Jal Jeevan Mission", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2295576®=48&lang=1", "date": "2026-07", "key_figure": "As on 18.07.2026, around 15.89 crore (82.09%) of 19.36 crore rural households have tap water connections" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "DD India", "title": "Tap water coverage in rural India crosses 82% under Jal Jeevan Mission", "url": "https://ddindia.co.in/2026/08/tap-water-coverage-in-rural-india-crosses-82-under-jal-jeevan-mission/", "date": "2026-08", "key_figure": "Approximately 15.89 crore rural households (82.09%) with tap water connections" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Jal Jeevan Mission achieves historic milestone of 15 crore Rural Tap Connections", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2035722", "summary": "The government states that tap water coverage rose from 3 crore households at launch to over 15 crore within five years, and that states continue work to complete coverage." } ], "chart": { "series": "jjm-tap-coverage", "target": 100, "target_label": "All rural households (target year 2024)" }, "analysis": "The Prime Minister announced the Jal Jeevan Mission in his Independence Day address on 15 August 2019, with a stated goal of tap water to every rural household by 2024 and an outlay of more than Rs 3.5 lakh crore.\n\nAt launch, 3.23 crore (about 17%) of rural households had tap water connections. Government data show that as on 18 July 2026, about 15.89 crore of 19.36 crore rural households (82.09%) had a tap water connection.\n\nThe 100% coverage target for 2024 was not met; coverage continued to rise after 2024 and the mission has been extended. Government releases count reported connections, while functionality (regular, adequate supply) is a separate measure.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Some official communications cite slightly different totals for the same period (e.g. 15.19 crore in October 2024, 15.72 crore later), reflecting updated state reporting. The PMIndia transcript wording on the Rs 3.5 lakh crore outlay is used. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "shah-2019-article-370-end-terrorism", "speaker": "Amit Shah", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2019-08-11", "venue": "Book launch event, Chennai (as reported by The Week)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "after (scrapping) Article 370, terrorism in Kashmir will end and it will progress on the path of development", "quote_english": "After scrapping Article 370, terrorism in Kashmir will end and it will progress on the path of development.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "Official data show terror-initiated incidents in J&K fell from 228 (2018) to 41 (to 15 Nov 2023), but terrorism has not ended: SATP records 127 fatalities in 2024 and the April 2025 Pahalgam attack killed 26 civilians.", "topics": [ "kashmir", "terrorism", "security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Week: Article 370 removal will lead to end of terrorism in Kashmir: Shah (11 Aug 2019)", "url": "https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/08/11/article-370-removal-will-lead-to-end-of-terrorism-in-kashmir-shah.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Ministry of Home Affairs (MoS Nityanand Rai, written reply, 6 Dec 2023)", "title": "Terror-initiated incidents in J&K by year", "url": "https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/news/archive/terror-incidents-constantly-declining-in-jk-lowest-in-2023-mha", "date": "2023-12-06", "key_figure": "Terror-initiated incidents: 228 (2018), 153 (2019), 126 (2020), 129 (2021), 125 (2022), 41 (2023 to 15 Nov). Civilians killed: 55 (2018), 44 (2019), 38, 41, 31, 13 (2023 to 15 Nov). Security personnel killed: 91, 80, 63, 42, 32, 20." }, { "type": "index", "publisher": "South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP)", "title": "Jammu & Kashmir assessment: fatalities by year", "url": "https://satp.org/terrorism-assessment/india-jammukashmir", "date": "2025-04-06", "key_figure": "Total fatalities: 452 (2018), 283 (2019), 321 (2020), 274 (2021), 253 (2022), 134 (2023), 127 (2024; 31 civilians, 26 security forces, 69 terrorists)." }, { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "BOOM", "title": "Has terror in J&K seen a decline post scrapping of Article 370?", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/politics/has-terror-in-jk-seen-a-decline-post-scrapping-of-article-370-6166", "date": "2019-11-29", "key_figure": "MHA reply: 20 killed (17 civilians, 3 security personnel) in terror-related incidents from 5 Aug to late Nov 2019; SATP counted 25 killing incidents and 21 deaths versus 100 incidents and 72 deaths in the same months of 2018." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Deccan Herald / Punjab Kesari (PTI-ANI)", "title": "Pahalgam attack, April 2025: Amit Shah reaches Srinagar to review security", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/india/pahalgam-terror-attack-amit-shah-to-reach-srinagar-soon-to-review-security-vows-to-not-spare-perpetrators-3504602", "date": "2025-04-22", "key_figure": "Attack on tourists at Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam on 22 April 2025; initial reports put the death toll at 26." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Shah, 25 Jan 2024: 70% decline in terror incidents since abrogation", "url": "https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2024/01/25/new-era-of-peace-and-security-has-begun-in-jammu-and-kashmir-amit-shah.amp.html", "summary": "Shah said total terrorism-related incidents fell 70%, civilian deaths fell 81% and security-force deaths fell 48% after abrogation, and described this as the start of a new era of peace and security. The Wire has argued the comparison baseline (earlier decades) is not like-for-like." } ], "chart": { "series": "jk-terror-incidents", "target": null, "target_label": "Article 370 abrogated 5 Aug 2019" }, "analysis": "On 11 August 2019, six days after Article 370 was read down, Shah said terrorism in Kashmir would end after its scrapping. He also described the provision in the Lok Sabha as a root cause of terrorism (reported by WION; not checked against the debate record).\n\nMHA figures show terror-initiated incidents fell from 228 (2018) to 153 (2019), about 125-129 a year in 2020-22 and 41 in 2023 up to 15 November. Civilian deaths fell from 55 to 13 and security-force deaths from 91 to 20 over the same series. SATP's total fatality count fell from 452 (2018) to 134 (2023). Incident counts were roughly flat at 125-129 a year in 2020-2022 before the 2023 drop.\n\nThe decline has not been to zero. SATP recorded 127 fatalities in 2024, including 31 civilians. On 22 April 2025 militants killed tourists at Baisaran near Pahalgam; early reports counted 26 dead. Shah himself said in 2024 and later that violence had fallen by roughly 70-80%, a framing that concedes it has not ended.\n\nThe ledger therefore records the 'terrorism will end' prediction as in progress: a large, MHA-documented decline, but not an end. Different MHA replies use different incident definitions, so only same-series comparisons are valid.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Quote is from The Week's English report; I could not find a video or the original-language wording. The Lok Sabha 5 Aug 2019 speech (terrorism root cause, '41 thousand' deaths) was only seen via WION summary and is not cited as a source. Pahalgam toll: initial reports said 26; some reports later said 28; I did not locate the MHA figure. SATP 2018 civilian/SF split not retrieved. The Wire critique page could not be fully read (only headline retrieved) so it is not used as evidence. Verdict is a judgment call between 'in-progress' and 'unachieved'.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2019-5-trillion-economy-2024-25", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2019-06-15", "venue": "Fifth Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The goal to make India a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2024 is challenging, but can surely be achieved.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2025-03-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "India's nominal GDP was about US$3.76 trillion in 2024-25 (World Bank/IMF-based), short of the US$5 trillion target; the government has since moved the target year to 2027-28.", "topics": [ "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM's opening remarks at fifth meeting of Governing Council of NITI Aayog", "url": "https://www.narendramodi.in/pm-s-opening-remarks-at-fifth-meeting-of-governing-council-of-niti-aayog" }, { "title": "PMO/PIB item on the NITI Aayog meeting (pmindia.gov.in)", "url": "https://www.pmindia.gov.in/?p=5854601" }, { "title": "Modi says Budget lays roadmap for India becoming USD 5 trn economy by 2024-25 (Daily Pioneer, 6 July 2019)", "url": "https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/top-stories/modi-says-budget-lays-roadmap-for-india-becoming-usd-5-trn-economy-by-2024-25.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "intl_org", "publisher": "World Bank (WDI)", "title": "GDP (current US$) - India", "url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?format=json&per_page=100&date=2010:2025", "date": "2026-10-08", "key_figure": "US$2.70 trn (2018-19 base), 3.50 trn (2023-24), 3.76 trn (2024-25), 3.96 trn (2025-26); fiscal-year labelling inferred" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Business Today", "title": "Why India is the sixth largest economy in the world", "url": "https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/economy/story/why-india-is-the-sixth-largest-economy-in-the-world-548751-2026-08-12", "date": "2026-08-12", "key_figure": "Government told Parliament IMF (April 2026 WEO) puts nominal GDP at US$3.92 trn for FY2025-26, rank sixth (per search summary)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Outlook Business", "title": "Economic Survey outlines plan for $5 trillion economy by 2024-25", "url": "https://www.outlookbusiness.com/finance/economic-survey-outlines-plan-for-5-trillion-economy-by-2024-25-3186", "date": "2019-07-04", "key_figure": "Economic Survey 2018-19: target requires about 8% real GDP growth" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Quint (opinion)", "title": "Modi's third-largest and $5 trillion economy targets are off track", "url": "https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/opinion/modis-third-largest-and-5-trillion-economy-targets-are-off-track-india", "date": "", "key_figure": "Cites IMF: US$3.50 trn in 2023-24, US$3.76 trn in 2024-25 (opinion)" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Sitharaman: $5 trillion in 2027-28 (Deccan Herald)", "url": "https://deccanherald.com/amp/story/business/economy/india-to-be-5-trillion-economy-by-2027-28-finance-minister-2843494", "summary": "In February 2024 the Finance Minister said India would reach US$5 trillion in 2027-28." }, { "title": "Goyal: on track for $5 trillion in next three years (The Week/PTI, June 2025)", "url": "https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/business/2025/06/25/cal1-wb-goyal.html", "summary": "Commerce Minister said India is 'well on track' to reach the goal in the next three years and called it a milestone toward Viksit Bharat 2047." }, { "title": "CEA Nageswaran: $5 trillion by 2025-26 or 2026-27 (Scroll, Feb 2022)", "url": "https://scroll.in/latest/1016487/scroll_in", "summary": "Chief Economic Adviser said India should reach $5 trillion by 2025-26 or 2026-27, two years after the original target." } ], "chart": { "series": "gdp-usd", "target": 5, "target_label": "US$5 trillion target (2024-25)" }, "analysis": "On 15 June 2019 Modi told the NITI Aayog Governing Council that the goal of a US$5 trillion economy by 2024 was challenging but achievable; the Economic Survey (4 July 2019) and Budget (5 July) set it out as a 2024-25 target with a base of about US$2.7 trillion.\n\nWorld Bank data (fiscal-year labelling inferred) put nominal GDP at US$3.76 trillion in 2024-25 and US$3.96 trillion in 2025-26; the government told Parliament that the IMF April 2026 WEO figure for FY2025-26 is US$3.92 trillion. The target was therefore not met by 2024-25.\n\nNominal dollar GDP depends on the exchange rate as well as growth; the rupee depreciated in the period, and the 2020 contraction also affected the path. The government has since cited 2027-28 as the new date. There is ambiguity whether '2024' meant FY2023-24 or FY2024-25; under either reading the target was missed.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Quote is the wording from the PMO/PIB item as relayed in search results; exact sentence not verified on the page (narendramodi.in fetch timed out), so quote_is_verbatim=false. Date of first '$5 trillion' public statement by Modi may predate June 2019 (campaign/Oct 2018 statements not checked). The Quint item is opinion; Business Today GDP figure is from a search summary.", "scored": true }, { "id": "shah-2019-nationwide-nrc-chronology", "speaker": "Amit Shah", "party": "BJP", "role": "BJP President", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2019-04-23", "venue": "Press conference, Kolkata, during the Lok Sabha campaign (per Outlook; BOOM does not name the venue)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "Aap chronology samajh lijijye. Pehle CAB aane jaa raha hai. CAB aane ke baad NRC aayega", "quote_english": "Understand the chronology: first the Citizenship Amendment Bill is coming; after the CAB, the NRC will come (nationwide).", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "unachieved", "summary": "Shah said in 2019 that CAB would be followed by an all-India NRC and told the Rajya Sabha on 20 Nov 2019 it would be carried out nationwide, but the government has since told Parliament no decision has been taken and no nationwide NRC exists.", "topics": [ "citizenship", "internal-security", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "BOOM: No Link Between CAA & NRC? Take A Look At Amit Shah's Quotes", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/politics/no-link-between-caa-nrc-take-a-look-at-amit-shahs-quotes-6367" }, { "title": "The Wire: Amit Shah dodges question of chronology between CAA and NRC, invokes Akhand Bharat", "url": "https://thewire.in/government/amit-shah-dodges-question-of-chronology-between-caa-and-nrc-invokes-akhand-bharat" }, { "title": "Scroll: NRC will be conducted across India, no discrimination on basis of religion: Amit Shah (Rajya Sabha, 20 Nov 2019)", "url": "https://scroll.in/latest/944348/nrc-will-be-conducted-across-india-there-will-be-no-discrimination-on-basis-of-religion-amit-shah" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Lok Sabha, Ministry of Home Affairs (MoS Nityanand Rai, 4 Feb 2020)", "title": "Reply: no decision to prepare national-level NRC", "url": "https://www.republicworld.com/india/massive-in-lok-sabha-govt-reiterates-no-decision-to-prepare-nrc", "date": "2020-02-04", "key_figure": "Written reply: 'Till now, there is no decision on the preparation of the NRC for Indian citizens at the national level' (wording per Assam Tribune/other press reports)." }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Lok Sabha, Ministry of Home Affairs (MoS Nityanand Rai, 30 Nov 2021)", "title": "Reply: government has not taken any decision to prepare NRIC at national level", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/no-decision-on-countrywide-nrc-yet-govt-tells-lok-sabha-344839", "date": "2021-11-30", "key_figure": "'Till now, the government has not taken any decision to prepare National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) at the national level.'" }, { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "BOOM", "title": "PM Modi's claim of no discussion by govt on NRC since 2014 is false", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/politics/pm-modis-claim-of-no-discussion-by-govt-on-nrc-since-2014-is-false-6392", "date": "2019-12-23", "key_figure": "BOOM reviewed statements by Shah, the BJP manifesto and Assam's chief minister and found NRC had been discussed since 2014, contradicting Modi's 22 Dec 2019 Ramlila remark." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The News Minute", "title": "'There has been no discussion on nation-wide NRC': PM Modi at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan", "url": "https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/no-discussions-nation-wide-nrc-pm-modi-delhi-s-ramlila-maidan-114581", "date": "2019-12-22", "key_figure": "Modi said there had been no discussion on a nationwide NRC since his government came to power; Shah had said in Parliament on 20 Nov 2019 it would be nationwide." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Shah to ANI, 24 Dec 2019 (reported by The Week)", "url": "https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/12/24/modi-was-right-no-talk-on-nation-wide-nrc-now-says-amit-shah.amp.html", "summary": "Shah said the PM was right: there had been no discussion on a nationwide NRC in the cabinet or in Parliament, and there was no need to debate it. The government's position since then, in Lok Sabha replies, is that no decision has been taken." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In April-May 2019 Shah repeatedly set out a sequence: the Citizenship Amendment Bill first, then an NRC. BOOM records the sequence in his remarks at a press conference (23 April), a rally in Birbhum (22 April), an ABP News interview (2 Oct) and a rally in Hooghly (1 May). On 20 November 2019 he told the Rajya Sabha that an NRC would be carried out across the country (reported by Scroll, The Wire and Deccan Herald).\n\nAfter the CAA was passed and protests followed, Modi said on 22 December 2019 at Ramlila Maidan that there had been no discussion of a nationwide NRC since 2014. BOOM found that claim inconsistent with earlier statements. On 24 December Shah told ANI there had been no discussion in cabinet or Parliament.\n\nMHA written replies in the Lok Sabha on 4 February 2020 and 30 November 2021 state that no decision has been taken to prepare a nationwide NRC. No nationwide NRC has been conducted. The plan was therefore stated, then not implemented, without a formal announcement that it was dropped.\n\nThe verdict reflects the stated plan not materialising rather than a ruling on the later statements; the two positions (April and November 2019 versus the later government line) are both on the record.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Verbatim Hindi transliteration as given by BOOM. No YouTube video ID found (The Wire says the BJP's YouTube channel carries a 23 Apr 2019 video; link not retrieved). Venue for 23 Apr 2019 is Kolkata per Outlook search summary, not confirmed in BOOM. Dec 2019 Lok Sabha CAB debate quotes were not verified against the official record. I did not check for any 2022-2026 MHA statements; the latest reply found is Nov 2021. Whether CAA rules (notified later) change anything was not researched. Verdict 'unachieved' with no deadline is a judgment; 'misleading' was considered but not used.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2019-no-major-blast-in-five-years", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2019-04-13", "venue": "BJP election rally, Bengaluru", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Did any major blast take place in the last five years of your chowkidaar's chowkidaari? (as quoted by FactChecker)", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "false", "summary": "FactChecker listed at least ten major attacks since 2014 (e.g. Church Street Bengaluru, Uri, Pathankot, Pulwama) and SATP recorded 942 bombings between January 2014 and April 2019.", "topics": [ "security", "terrorism" ], "media": [ { "platform": "youtube", "title": "Modi rally Bengaluru, 13 April 2019 (video link as cited by FactChecker)", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKaOoKs-SWg", "channel": "" } ], "transcript_sources": [], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "FactChecker.in (IndiaSpend)", "title": "No major bomb blasts/terror attacks since 2014: Modi. Claim is false", "url": "https://factchecker.in/no-major-bomb-blaststerror-attacks-since-2014-modi-claim-is-false", "date": "2019-04-15", "key_figure": "Rated false" }, { "type": "index", "publisher": "South Asia Terrorism Portal", "title": "Explosions in India datasheet", "url": "https://www.satp.org/datasheet-terrorist-attack/explosions/india", "key_figure": "942 bombings, 451 deaths, 1,589 injuries, 1 Jan 2014 - 11 Apr 2019 (as cited by FactChecker)" }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Lok Sabha", "title": "Written reply, 5 Feb 2019 (as cited by FactChecker)", "url": "http://164.100.47.190/loksabhaquestions/annex/17/AU400.pdf", "date": "2019-02-05", "key_figure": "Six terror attacks nationwide 2014-2018 outside J&K, Northeast and Maoist-affected areas, per FactChecker's reading" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Modi asked at the Bengaluru rally whether any major blast had occurred in five years. FactChecker rated the implied claim false.\n\nIt listed attacks including Church Street Bengaluru (28 Dec 2014), Pathankot (Jan 2016), Uri (Sep 2016, 17 soldiers), Nagrota (Nov 2016), Sukma (2017, 2018) and Pulwama (14 Feb 2019, 40 CRPF personnel). The government has no official definition of 'major'.\n\nIt is a rhetorical question; the check evaluates the implication that there were none.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The SATP datasheet link is live-updated so figures now differ; the cited figures are from the FactChecker article. The Lok Sabha PDF's content was not opened directly. Video ID taken from FactChecker's article, not independently verified to be the full rally.", "scored": true }, { "id": "shah-2018-nrc-40-lakh-illegal-immigrants", "speaker": "Amit Shah", "party": "BJP", "role": "BJP President", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2018-09-22", "venue": "Public meeting, Gangapur, Sawai Madhopur district, Rajasthan (PTI dateline Jaipur)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "BJP sarkaar ek-ek ghuspaithiye ko chun-chun kar matdata suchi se hatane ka kaam karegi.", "quote_english": "The BJP government brought NRC and prima facie identified nearly 40 lakh illegal immigrants. (He also called Bangladeshi migrants 'termites' to be struck off the voter list.)", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "The 40 lakh figure was the count of people left out of the July 2018 draft Assam NRC, not a count of proven illegal immigrants; the final NRC in August 2019 left out 19.06 lakh, and MHA says it holds no central data on infiltrators.", "topics": [ "citizenship", "internal-security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Daily Excelsior/PTI: Bangladeshi migrants are 'termites', will be removed from voters' list: Shah (23 Sep 2018)", "url": "https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/bangladeshi-migrants-termites-will-removed-voters-list-shah-2/" }, { "title": "Al Jazeera: BJP chief slammed for calling Bangladeshi migrants 'termites'", "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/9/24/bjp-chief-slammed-for-calling-bangladeshi-migrants-termites" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Week", "title": "NRC published: 3.11 crore included in list, 19 lakh excluded", "url": "https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/08/31/nrc-published-3-crore-included-19-lakh-excluded.amp.html", "date": "2019-08-31", "key_figure": "Final Assam NRC, 31 Aug 2019: 3,11,21,004 included, 19,06,657 excluded (exclusions include those who did not apply), per the state NRC coordinator." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "LiveLaw", "title": "Assam NRC final list published, over 19 lakh people excluded", "url": "https://livelaw.in/top-stories/assam-nrc-final-list-published-147632", "date": "2019-08-31", "key_figure": "Draft list of July 2018 excluded over 40 lakh applicants; final list excluded 19,06,657; excluded persons can appeal to Foreigners Tribunals." }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Lok Sabha (Starred Question 197, 31 Jul 2018), MHA", "title": "Reply: not possible to have accurate estimate of illegal migrants including Bangladeshi immigrants", "url": "https://cms.neva.gov.in/NeVA/LS/FileStructure/AssemblyFiles/16/15/20180731/Starred/197.pdf", "date": "2018-07-31", "key_figure": "Per a search summary: 'not possible to have an accurate estimate' and State-wise details not centrally maintained. The PDF returned 404 when I tried to open it." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Assam BJP Barak Valley leader on the 'termite' remark", "url": "https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-barak-valley-bjp-says-shahs-termite-remark-meant-bangladeshi-muslims.html", "summary": "A local BJP leader said the remark referred to Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators rather than Bengali-speaking Hindus (title from search result; article not opened)." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 22 September 2018, speaking at Gangapur in Rajasthan, Shah said Bangladeshi migrants were like termites who would be removed from the voter list, adding that the government had 'prima facie identified nearly 40 lakh illegal immigrants' through the NRC (PTI via Daily Excelsior).\n\nThe 40 lakh number matches the people not included in the draft Assam NRC published on 30 July 2018. Inclusion in or exclusion from the draft was an administrative step: those left out could file claims and were not declared foreigners. The final NRC (31 August 2019) excluded 19,06,657 of about 3.3 crore applicants, less than half the draft figure, and those excluded retain appeal rights to Foreigners Tribunals.\n\nMHA has told Parliament that it cannot estimate the number of illegal migrants (Lok Sabha, July 2018, per press summary), and in an RTI reply dated 23 January 2026 reported by The Wire it said it holds no centrally compiled data on identification or deportation of infiltrators. In January 2026 Shah said at Dhemaji, Assam, that infiltrators in seven districts had reached 64 lakh (reported by Organiser; no verbatim quote available); no official dataset supporting that figure was found.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Hindi quote as printed by PTI/Daily Excelsior; the paper flagged encoding errors, so it is marked non-verbatim. Whether Shah used 'deemak' in Hindi unconfirmed. Date is Saturday 22 Sep 2018 per PTI. The Lok Sabha 197 PDF 404'd and the nenow page was not opened. The January 2026 64-lakh claim is mentioned in analysis only and could be its own entry (Organiser article gave no verbatim quote; The Wire RTI piece, 15 Feb 2026, is the source of the MHA no-data reply: https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/amit-shah-bjp-leaders-raise-infiltrators-pitch-rti-response-reveals-no-data).", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2018-highway-27km-per-day", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2018-05-27", "venue": "Rally at Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, after inaugurating Eastern Peripheral Expressway and Delhi-Meerut Expressway phase I", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Highway construction has reached 27 km a day, up from 12 km a day under the Congress government. (as reported by PTI/Deccan Herald)", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "MoRTH data cited by Business Today put pre-May-2014 pace at 11.67 km/day and FY2017-18 at 26.9 km/day, matching the figures stated; the later switch to lane-km counting limits like-for-like comparison.", "topics": [ "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM inaugurates Eastern Peripheral Expressway and Phase I of Delhi-Meerut Expressway (PMO)", "url": "https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pm-inaugurates-eastern-peripheral-expressway-and-phase-i-of-delhi-meerut-expressway/" }, { "title": "Modi inaugurates two expressways (Deccan Herald)", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/india%2Fmodi-inaugurates-two-expressways-672055.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "MoRTH data as reported by Business Today", "title": "Modi government constructed 73% more highways compared to UPA's last 4 years", "url": "https://www.businesstoday.in/amp/industry/infra/story/modi-government-constructed-73-percent-more-highways-compared-upa-last-4-years-148794-2018-06-13", "date": "2018-06-13", "key_figure": "11.67 km/day until May 2014; 26.9 km/day in FY2017-18; 9,829 km built in FY2017-18" }, { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "The Wire", "title": "Fact Check: Did UPA build more highway length than NDA?", "url": "https://thewire.in/politics/fact-chec-highway-length-upa-nda", "date": "2023-01-01", "key_figure": "Yardstick changed in 2018 to lane-km, making pre/post-2018 per-day comparisons difficult (page body not retrievable; per search summary)" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "MoRTH pace figures", "url": "https://www.businesstoday.in/amp/industry/infra/story/modi-government-constructed-73-percent-more-highways-compared-upa-last-4-years-148794-2018-06-13", "summary": "The ministry's data show the pace rising from about 12 km/day in 2014-15 to a reported peak near 36.5 km/day in 2020-21 and about 28.6 km/day in 2021-22 (the latter figures via secondary reports)." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At Baghpat on 27 May 2018 Modi was reported to say that highway construction had risen from 12 km a day under the previous government to 27 km a day. These are national figures, not figures for the expressway being inaugurated.\n\nMoRTH data reported by Business Today give 11.67 km/day before May 2014 and 26.9 km/day in FY2017-18, consistent with the statement.\n\nThe Wire notes that from 2018 the ministry began counting lane-km, so later and earlier per-day figures are not strictly comparable. A reported later peak was about 36.5 km/day in 2020-21.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Quote is paraphrased from PTI/DH reports (DH page 403 on fetch; claim seen in search summaries). Wire article date (2023) and body not verified. No video found. MoRTH primary document not opened; figures are via Business Today citing MoRTH. Date 2018-05-27 is the EPE inauguration date; Baghpat rally same day per reports.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2018-nehru-insulted-thimayya-cariappa", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2018-05-03", "venue": "Election rally, Karnataka (town not named by The Quint)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Gen. Thimayya was repeatedly insulted by the then prime minister Nehru and the then defence minister Krishna Menon and was forced to resign (as reported by The Quint).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "false", "summary": "Historical record cited by The Quint: Roy Bucher, not Thimayya, was Army chief in 1948; Thimayya did not resign in 1948 and the defence minister then was Baldev Singh, not Krishna Menon.", "topics": [ "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Quint: Karnataka elections - PM Narendra Modi on Cariappa, Thimayya", "url": "https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/videos/news-videos/karnataka-elections-pm-narendra-modi-on-cariappa-thimayya" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "The Quint (WebQoof)", "title": "Karnataka elections: PM Narendra Modi on Cariappa, Thimayya", "url": "https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/videos/news-videos/karnataka-elections-pm-narendra-modi-on-cariappa-thimayya", "date": "2018-05-07", "key_figure": "Rated mostly false for the Thimayya claims; Cariappa part partly grounded" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Asian Age", "title": "How Modi, Cong got military history wrong", "url": "https://www.asianage.com/opinion/columnists/050518/how-modi-cong-got-military-history-wrong.html", "date": "2018-05-05", "key_figure": "Opinion column making the same chronology points; also says Congress's Surjewala erred on Menon's post" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Swarajya", "title": "Fact check: did Modi lie about Nehru and Menon insulting General Thimayya", "url": "https://swarajyamag.com/amp/story/politics%2Ffact-check-did-modi-lie-about-nehru-and-menon-insulting-general-thimayya", "date": "2018-05", "key_figure": "Dissenting view: argues Modi was right on the substance of the insult claim (not independently verified)" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Modi said at a Karnataka rally that Gen. K.S. Thimayya was repeatedly insulted by Nehru and defence minister Krishna Menon and forced to resign, and that Field Marshal Cariappa's treatment should be remembered.\n\nThe Quint noted that Gen. Roy Bucher was Army chief in 1948, Thimayya became chief in 1957, and Baldev Singh was defence minister in 1948. Congress's Randeep Surjewala also made an incorrect claim in response and deleted his tweet.\n\nSwarajya argued Modi's underlying point stood. The sources differ on interpretation of the insult; the dated errors are documented.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Primary archival sources (Army records, Parliament debates) were not accessed; the verdict rests on The Quint's summary and corroborating press. Rally date is 3 May 2018 per The Quint; Swarajya gives a different date.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2018-all-villages-electrified", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2018-04-28", "venue": "Statement on social media after Leisang village, Manipur, was connected", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Every single village of India now has access to electricity (as widely reported).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2018-05-01", "verdict": "true", "summary": "All 597,464 census villages met the official definition of electrified by 28 April 2018, ahead of the 1,000-day target, but the definition requires only basic infrastructure and 10% of households connected.", "topics": [ "energy", "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Text of PM's interaction with beneficiaries of rural electrification and Saubhagya Yojana (narendramodi.in)", "url": "https://narendramodi.in/text-of-pm-s-interaction-with-the-beneficiaries-of-rural-electrification-and-saubhagyayojana" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "The Logical Indian", "title": "Fact Check: Every single village of India now has access to electricity", "url": "https://thelogicalindian.com/fact-check-every-single-village-of-india-now-has-access-to-electricity-the-claim-is-away-from-the-reality/", "date": "2018-05", "key_figure": "Electrified = basic infrastructure + 10% households + public places; 597,464 villages; 31.36 million households still unelectrified on Saubhagya portal then" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "World Economic Forum", "title": "All villages in India are now electrified", "url": "https://weforum.org/stories/2018/04/india-says-electrified-all-villages-ahead-of-prime-ministers-deadline", "date": "2018-04", "key_figure": "Govt: all villages electrified 12 days ahead of 1,000-day deadline set in 2015" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Quint", "title": "With Manipur in the Fray, Modi Says All Villages Electrified", "url": "https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/news/india/with-manipur-in-the-fray-modi-says-all-villages-electrified", "date": "2018", "key_figure": "Reported on the final village; background on definition" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PM interaction with beneficiaries of rural electrification and Saubhagya (pmindia.gov.in)", "url": "https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pm-interacts-with-beneficiaries-of-rural-electrification-and-saubhagya-schemes-acrossthe-country-through-video-bridge/", "summary": "Government says it fulfilled the Red Fort 2015 pledge to electrify the remaining ~18,000 villages in 1,000 days; Saubhagya targets household connections." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In his 2015 Independence Day speech the PM promised to electrify about 18,000 un-electrified villages in 1,000 days. The government reported the last village (Leisang, Manipur) connected on 28 April 2018.\n\nUnder the long-standing official definition a village is electrified if it has basic distribution infrastructure, electricity at public places and at least 10% of households connected. On that definition the claim held. It does not mean every household had power or supply was reliable; the Saubhagya scheme (from October 2017) targeted the remaining households.\n\nThe 18,000-village task was a small share of villages, since about 97% were already classed as electrified in August 2015.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Exact tweet wording not verified against the original tweet; WebFetch of PM India and narendramodi.in pages failed (403/timeout), so the claim date relies on search results. Saubhagya completion (household electrification, March 2019) and later data not yet researched; add if time. The deadline of 1 May 2018 is derived from '12 days ahead' reports and is approximate.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-modi-2018-tb-elimination-2025", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2018-03-13", "venue": "Delhi End TB Summit, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "दुनिया भर में TB को खत्म करने के लिए वर्ष 2030 तक का समय तय किया गया है। लेकिन आज मैं ये घोषणा कर रहा हूं कि भारत ने वर्ष 2030 से 5 साल और पहले, यानि 2025 तक TB को खत्म करने का लक्ष्य अपने लिए तय किया है", "quote_english": "I am confident that India can be free of TB by 2025... India has decided to end TB five years before the target year, i.e. by 2025 instead of 2030.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2025-12-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "India's tuberculosis incidence was about 185-187 per 100,000 in 2024-2025, and India recorded roughly 27 lakh cases in 2024, so the stated goal of TB elimination by 2025 was not met.", "topics": [ "health" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: PM inaugurates 'The Delhi End TB Summit'; launches TB Free India Campaign", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=177354" }, { "title": "Text of PM's address at the inaugural session of End TB Summit (narendramodi.in)", "url": "https://www.narendramodi.in/text-of-pm-s-address-at-the-inaugural-session-of-end-tb-summit-539297" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "intl_org", "publisher": "World Health Organization", "title": "Global tuberculosis report 2024 (landing page)", "url": "https://www.who.int/teams/global-programme-on-tuberculosis-and-lung-health/tb-reports/global-tuberculosis-report-2024", "date": "2024-10-29", "key_figure": "In 2023 TB returned to being the world's leading infectious disease killer; India carried the largest share of the global TB burden." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "Why hasn't India met its target of eliminating TB by 2025?", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-health/india-tb-10365654/", "date": "2025-11-12", "key_figure": "Global TB Report 2025: India recorded ~27.1 lakh TB cases and more than 3 lakh deaths in 2024." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Newslaundry", "title": "Four times over target: India's TB elimination problem", "url": "https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/03/30/four-times-over-target-indias-tb-elimination-problem", "date": "2026-03-30", "key_figure": "~2.7 million TB cases in 2025, incidence ~185 per 100,000 — more than four times the National Strategic Plan's 2025 elimination target." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Central TB Division, MoHFW", "title": "India TB Report 2024", "url": "https://tbcindia.mohfw.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TB-Report_for-Web_08_10-2024-1.pdf", "key_figure": "National TB Elimination Programme annual report describing the 2025 elimination goal." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: India's TB elimination efforts (MoHFW)", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2114549", "summary": "The government describes the 2025 TB elimination goal as one of the world's most ambitious health missions and points to record-high case reporting, better diagnostics, private-sector partnerships and patient cash support." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At the Delhi End TB Summit on 13 March 2018, the Prime Minister announced a target of TB elimination in India by 2025, five years ahead of the global SDG deadline of 2030.\n\nThe WHO Global TB Report 2024 recorded that TB returned as the world's leading infectious disease killer in 2023, and that India carried the largest share of the global burden. Press analyses of the WHO Global TB Report 2025 state that India recorded roughly 27.1 lakh cases and more than 3 lakh deaths in 2024. A March 2026 Newslaundry analysis based on 2025 case numbers put India's incidence at about 185 per 100,000 population, more than four times the National Strategic Plan's 2025 elimination threshold. India's incidence decline between 2015 and 2024 was faster than the global average, but the absolute elimination target for 2025 was not met.\n\nGovernment releases describe the campaign as ongoing under the National TB Elimination Programme and cite improvements in case detection and treatment.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The speech was delivered in Hindi; quote_english is the PMO/PIB English rendering and quote_original is the PMO India tweet excerpt carried on narendramodi.in. 'Elimination' is conventionally defined as under 1 case per million population per year, far below observed incidence. WHO notes that burden estimates are revised annually and comparisons across report editions are not appropriate. The Hindu (article68845844) and The Wire also reported that the 2025 target would be missed; those URLs were seen in search results but the exact publication dates were not confirmed, so they are not listed as evidence.", "scored": true }, { "id": "shah-2018-electricity-16000-villages", "speaker": "Amit Shah", "party": "BJP", "role": "BJP President", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2018-02-05", "venue": "Rajya Sabha, maiden speech (Motion of Thanks debate)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "There 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.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "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.", "topics": [ "energy", "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "BOOM: Fact-checking 10 claims in Amit Shah's Rajya Sabha speech", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/factchecking-10-claims-in-amit-shahs-rajya-sabha-speech" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Power, GARV dashboard", "title": "Rural electrification dashboard", "url": "https://garv.gov.in/dashboard", "date": "2018-02-05", "key_figure": "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." }, { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "BOOM", "title": "Fact-checking 10 claims in Amit Shah's Rajya Sabha speech", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/factchecking-10-claims-in-amit-shahs-rajya-sabha-speech", "date": "2018-02-06", "key_figure": "Verdict True on claim 2 (electrification). Publication date approximate." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "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.\n\nBOOM 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.\n\nOnly 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": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "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.", "scored": true }, { "id": "shah-2018-jan-dhan-310-million-accounts", "speaker": "Amit Shah", "party": "BJP", "role": "BJP President", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2018-02-05", "venue": "Rajya Sabha, maiden speech (Motion of Thanks debate)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "We have opened 310 million bank accounts through the Jan Dhan Yojana scheme with deposits worth Rs 73,000 crore. Every family today has a bank account.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "BOOM rated the Jan Dhan figures true: about 310 million accounts and Rs 73,588 crore deposits as of 24 January 2018, per a Lok Sabha reply; the 'every family' sentence was not rated separately.", "topics": [ "economy", "income", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "BOOM: Fact-checking 10 claims in Amit Shah's Rajya Sabha speech", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/factchecking-10-claims-in-amit-shahs-rajya-sabha-speech" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Lok Sabha, written reply by Shiv Pratap Shukla (2 Feb 2018)", "title": "Jan Dhan accounts and balances", "url": "https://164.100.47.190/loksabhaquestions/annex/14/AU156.pdf", "date": "2018-02-02", "key_figure": "About 310 million accounts and deposits of Rs 73,588 crore as of 24 Jan 2018 (as cited by BOOM; PDF not opened by me)." }, { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "BOOM", "title": "Fact-checking 10 claims in Amit Shah's Rajya Sabha speech", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/factchecking-10-claims-in-amit-shahs-rajya-sabha-speech", "date": "2018-02-06", "key_figure": "Verdict True on claim 1 (Jan Dhan). Of the 10 claims, BOOM rated 2 true, 3 partly true, 3 false and 2 unclear. Publication date approximate." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "In his first Rajya Sabha speech on 5 February 2018, Shah said 310 million accounts had been opened under Jan Dhan with Rs 73,000 crore in deposits, and that every family now had a bank account.\n\nBOOM checked the figures against a Lok Sabha reply of 2 February 2018 giving about 310 million accounts and Rs 73,588 crore of deposits as of 24 January 2018, and rated the claim true.\n\nThe check covered the account and deposit numbers. It did not test whether every family has an account, and account counts do not show how many are active or whether any are duplicates.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Wording is BOOM's English rendering. No video found. The Lok Sabha PDF URL appears in the BOOM article; it was not opened by me and uses an IP-address host. BOOM's own summary count of true claims was inconsistent in the page text (two true per individual verdicts). Government response not applicable (claim held up).", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-jaitley-2018-msp-1-5-times-cost", "speaker": "Arun Jaitley", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Finance Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2018-02-01", "venue": "Union Budget 2018-19 speech, Parliament (New Delhi)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "as per pre-determined principle, Government has decided to keep MSP for the all unannounced crops of kharif at least at one and half times of their production cost.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "MSP is fixed at 1.5 times the A2+FL cost of production, not the comprehensive C2 cost; on the C2 basis the return is lower, and farmer groups had demanded the C2 formula.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "prices", "income" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: Budget 2018-19 announcements for the farm sector", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1518563" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "PRS Legislative Research", "title": "Explained: Recent changes in MSPs", "url": "https://prsindia.org/theprsblog/explained-recent-changes-in-msps", "date": "2021", "key_figure": "MSP gives about 50.1% return over A2+FL cost but about 12.2% over C2 cost (one crop example)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "Explained: How the 1.5-times formula for crops MSP is calculated", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-how-the-1-5-times-formula-for-crops-msp-is-calculated-7075865/", "date": "2021", "key_figure": "C2 is a more comprehensive cost than A2+FL; MSP is fixed on A2+FL" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / CACP", "title": "Calculation of MSP", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1605054", "date": "2019", "key_figure": "CACP reckons A2+FL cost for the return; C2 cost is collected for reference" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Down To Earth", "title": "MSP calculations still continue with old formula, not on comprehensive cost", "url": "https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/msp-calculations-still-continue-with-old-formula-not-on-comprehensive-cost-92402", "date": "2021", "key_figure": "MSP is not based on the comprehensive (C2) cost of production" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Calculation of MSP", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1605054", "summary": "The government states MSP is fixed at least at 1.5 times the all-India weighted average A2+FL cost of production, and that CACP also collects C2 cost." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In the Union Budget 2018-19 speech, the Finance Minister said the government had adopted the principle of fixing MSP for kharif crops at least at one and a half times their cost of production.\n\nMSP is calculated on the A2+FL cost of production (paid-out costs plus imputed family labour). The comprehensive C2 cost, which adds imputed rent and interest on owned assets, gives a lower percentage return; PRS Legislative Research estimated one crop's return at about 50.1% over A2+FL but about 12.2% over C2.\n\nFarmer groups have demanded MSP at 1.5 times the C2 cost. The government states that CACP uses A2+FL for the return and C2 for reference.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "This claim is closely related to the separately recorded promise on doubling farmers' income; it is recorded here as a distinct MSP pricing commitment. No fixed deadline was stated for the MSP principle. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2017-aadhaar-weeded-out-fake-beneficiaries", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2017-11-30", "venue": "Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, New Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Aadhaar has weeded out crores of fake beneficiaries from government schemes (paraphrase from FactChecker's list).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "false", "summary": "FactChecker rated the claim false: a CAG audit and an RTI reply did not support crores of fake beneficiaries being removed, e.g. only 4% of 9.4 million deleted MGNREGA job cards were fake.", "topics": [ "governance", "digital" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM addresses HT Leadership Summit (narendramodi.in)", "url": "https://www.narendramodi.in/man/pm-addresses-ht-leadership-summit-385906" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "FactChecker.in / BOOM", "title": "9 of Prime Minister Modi's 16 claims on schemes true, 3 false", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/9-modis-16-claims-govt-schemes-true-3-false", "date": "2017-12-18", "key_figure": "Rated 9 true, 3 false, 2 partly true, 2 unclear across the 30 Nov 2017 HT Leadership Summit speech" }, { "type": "cag", "publisher": "CAG (as reported by FactChecker)", "title": "Auditor rejects government claims on LPG savings", "url": "https://factchecker.in/auditor-rejects-government-claims-on-lpg-savings-affluent-hold-on-to-subsidy/", "date": "2017", "key_figure": "74,000 consumer IDs linked to 37,000 Aadhaar numbers; 9.6 lakh ineligible consumers received Rs 49.21 crore" }, { "type": "rti", "publisher": "Ministry of Rural Development RTI reply (as reported by Hindustan Times)", "title": "Nearly a crore fake job cards struck off from MGNREGA", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/fund-leakage-nearly-a-crore-fake-job-cards-struck-off-from-mgnrega-scheme/story-JpsHg1k0mKNE5BNxKF4aKL.html", "date": "2017", "key_figure": "Only 4% of 9.4 million deleted job cards were fake" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "FactChecker examined Modi's statement that Aadhaar weeded out crores of fake beneficiaries and rated it false.\n\nIt cited a CAG audit of the LPG subsidy, which found duplicate and ineligible consumer records but not crores of fakes, and an RTI reply showing only about 4% of 9.4 million deleted MGNREGA job cards were fake. The Prime Minister did not say which schemes he meant.\n\nLater versions of the claim (8 crore in 2019, 10 crore in 2023-24) are separate statements and are not assessed here.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The exact wording of the claim is unclear and the verdict rests on the fact-checker's reading. Quote is a paraphrase. The CAG report itself was not opened, only the FactChecker summary.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2017-capex-1-49-to-2-64-lakh-crore", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2017-11-30", "venue": "Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, New Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Capital expenditure rose from Rs 1.49 lakh crore to Rs 2.64 lakh crore (paraphrase from FactChecker's list).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "false", "summary": "FactChecker compared three-year totals from Budget data: Rs 6.9 lakh crore under Modi vs Rs 5.15 lakh crore under the previous government's last three years, a smaller rise than the claim implied.", "topics": [ "economy", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM addresses HT Leadership Summit (narendramodi.in)", "url": "https://www.narendramodi.in/man/pm-addresses-ht-leadership-summit-385906" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "FactChecker.in / BOOM", "title": "9 of Prime Minister Modi's 16 claims on schemes true, 3 false", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/9-modis-16-claims-govt-schemes-true-3-false", "date": "2017-12-18", "key_figure": "Rated 9 true, 3 false, 2 partly true, 2 unclear across the 30 Nov 2017 HT Leadership Summit speech" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Finance", "title": "Union Budget documents (as cited by FactChecker)", "url": "https://indiabudget.nic.in/", "date": "2017", "key_figure": "Capex Rs 6.9 lakh crore (Modi, 3 years) vs Rs 5.15 lakh crore (previous 3 years), per FactChecker" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "FactChecker rated this claim false using Budget data. Comparing three-year totals, capital expenditure was about Rs 6.9 lakh crore under Modi's first three years and Rs 5.15 lakh crore in the previous government's last three years, a rise of roughly a third rather than the near-doubling implied by the quoted yearly figures.\n\nThe fact-checker's exact comparison basis was only summarised in the source we could read.", "confidence": "low", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Only the summary table from BOOM's republication was read; the Budget documents themselves were not opened and the generic indiabudget.nic.in link is the only primary link available. Reviewer should obtain the specific Budget tables.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2017-ease-of-doing-business-rank-142-to-100", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2017-11-30", "venue": "Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, New Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "India's Ease of Doing Business rank rose from 142 to 100 because of a systemic overhaul (paraphrase from FactChecker's list).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "India's rank did rise 42 places (142 to 100) but the World Bank warned rankings across years are not comparable because of methodology changes; FactChecker rated the claim 'false'.", "topics": [ "economy", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM addresses HT Leadership Summit (narendramodi.in)", "url": "https://www.narendramodi.in/man/pm-addresses-ht-leadership-summit-385906" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "FactChecker.in / BOOM", "title": "9 of Prime Minister Modi's 16 claims on schemes true, 3 false", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/9-modis-16-claims-govt-schemes-true-3-false", "date": "2017-12-18", "key_figure": "Rated 9 true, 3 false, 2 partly true, 2 unclear across the 30 Nov 2017 HT Leadership Summit speech" }, { "type": "index", "publisher": "World Bank", "title": "Doing Business 2018 full report", "url": "https://www.doingbusiness.org/~/media/WBG/DoingBusiness/Documents/Annual-Reports/English/DB2018-Full-Report.pdf", "date": "2017-10-31", "key_figure": "Rank 100; report cautions on cross-year comparability due to methodology changes" }, { "type": "index", "publisher": "World Bank", "title": "Doing Business 2015 full report", "url": "https://www.doingbusiness.org/~/media/WBG/DoingBusiness/Documents/Annual-Reports/English/DB15-Full-Report.pdf", "date": "2014-10-29", "key_figure": "Earlier-edition ranking used as comparison baseline" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "FactChecker accepted that the headline rank rose 42 places between 2015 and 2018 but rated the claim false because it attributed the rise to a systemic overhaul while the World Bank cautions that ranks from different editions use different methodologies.\n\nOur scale maps this to misleading: the numbers are real, the causal and comparative framing is not supported by the World Bank's own caveats.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "FactChecker's label was 'False'; we use 'misleading' because the numbers cited are accurate. The Doing Business reports were later discontinued by the World Bank (2021) after data irregularities in other editions; not researched here.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2017-enam-450-mandis-online", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2017-11-30", "venue": "Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, New Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "e-NAM has brought over 450 mandis online (paraphrase from FactChecker's list).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Government e-NAM data showed 470 mandis enrolled at the time, against a target of 585 by March 2018.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "digital" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM addresses HT Leadership Summit (narendramodi.in)", "url": "https://www.narendramodi.in/man/pm-addresses-ht-leadership-summit-385906" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "FactChecker.in / BOOM", "title": "9 of Prime Minister Modi's 16 claims on schemes true, 3 false", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/9-modis-16-claims-govt-schemes-true-3-false", "date": "2017-12-18", "key_figure": "Rated 9 true, 3 false, 2 partly true, 2 unclear across the 30 Nov 2017 HT Leadership Summit speech" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "e-NAM, Government of India", "title": "e-NAM mandi list (as cited by FactChecker)", "url": "https://www.enam.gov.in/NAM/home/mandis.html#", "date": "2017-12", "key_figure": "470 mandis enrolled" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB", "title": "PIB release on e-NAM (as cited by FactChecker)", "url": "https://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=138891", "date": "2016", "key_figure": "Target of 585 mandis by March 2018" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "FactChecker rated this claim true. e-NAM listed 470 enrolled mandis as of December 2017, above the 450 stated.\n\nEnrolment does not measure trading volumes or farmer benefit; the check covers only the count.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Count of enrolled mandis only; no data on actual online trade. Quote is a paraphrase. The e-NAM page is live and now shows later figures.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2017-led-bulbs-ujala-28-crore", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2017-11-30", "venue": "Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, New Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Around 28 crore LED bulbs have been distributed under the Ujala scheme, saving about Rs 14,000 crore (paraphrase from FactChecker's list).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Government Ujala data showed about 27.8 crore LED bulbs distributed and annual savings of about Rs 14,450 crore at the time of the check.", "topics": [ "energy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM addresses HT Leadership Summit (narendramodi.in)", "url": "https://www.narendramodi.in/man/pm-addresses-ht-leadership-summit-385906" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "FactChecker.in / BOOM", "title": "9 of Prime Minister Modi's 16 claims on schemes true, 3 false", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/9-modis-16-claims-govt-schemes-true-3-false", "date": "2017-12-18", "key_figure": "Rated 9 true, 3 false, 2 partly true, 2 unclear across the 30 Nov 2017 HT Leadership Summit speech" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "UJALA / EESL, Ministry of Power", "title": "UJALA dashboard (as cited by FactChecker)", "url": "https://www.ujala.gov.in/", "date": "2017-12-06", "key_figure": "278.2 million bulbs; Rs 14,450 crore annual savings" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "FactChecker checked 16 claims from Modi's 30 November 2017 HT Leadership Summit speech and rated the LED claim true.\n\nThe UJALA dashboard on 6 December 2017 showed 278.2 million bulbs distributed and estimated annual savings of Rs 14,450 crore. Note the savings are the programme's own estimates; the fact-checker verified the claim against official data, not through independent audit.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Figures are the government's own programme data. Quote is a paraphrase; the speech transcript was not retrieved in full. No video link found.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2017-bullet-train-by-2022", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2017-09-14", "venue": "Foundation stone ceremony with Shinzo Abe, Sabarmati, Ahmedabad", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail (bullet train) to be completed by 2022 (target of 15 August 2022, the 75th anniversary of independence, as reported).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2022-08-15", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "The Mumbai-Ahmedabad line was not operational in 2022; the Railways Minister told Lok Sabha in July 2025 that the Gujarat portion is planned for Dec 2027 and the entire project for Dec 2029.", "topics": [ "railways", "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM Modi, Abe lay foundation stone of India's first bullet train (Tribune, 14 Sep 2017)", "url": "https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/pm-modi-abe-lay-foundation-stone-of-india-s-first-bullet-train-466949" }, { "title": "Modi, Abe lay foundation stone for India's first bullet train (Madhyamam)", "url": "https://english.madhyamam.com/national/2017/sep/14/modi-abe-lay-foundation-stone-indias-first-bullet-train" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Lok Sabha written reply, Ministry of Railways (via PTI/The Week)", "title": "Entire bullet train project from Maharashtra to Sabarmati expected to be ready by 2029: Vaishnaw", "url": "https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2025/07/23/des30-lsq-rail-bullet-train.html", "date": "2025-07-23", "key_figure": "Vapi-Sabarmati by Dec 2027; entire project by Dec 2029; 392 km piers, 308 km girders launched; Rs 78,839 crore spent of ~Rs 1.08 lakh crore (to 30 Jun 2025)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Wire", "title": "Modi's 2022 target for fully operational bullet train looks unlikely as delays mount", "url": "https://thewire.in/government/narendra-modi-2022-bullet-train-delays", "date": "2018-09-01", "key_figure": "Railways working towards only the Surat-Bilimora section by 2022 (per search summary; page body not retrievable)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Deccan Herald Insight / New Indian Express", "title": "Bullet train from Maharashtra to Sabarmati to be ready by 2029", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/dhie/news-and-trends/2025/07/24/bullet-train-from-maharashtra-to-sabarmati-to-be-ready-by-2029", "date": "2025-07-24", "key_figure": "Dec 2029 full corridor" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Minister's written reply, Lok Sabha, 23 July 2025", "url": "https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2025/07/23/des30-lsq-rail-bullet-train.html", "summary": "Says the project is complex and technology intensive and exact completion timelines can be ascertained only after civil, track, electrical, signalling, telecom and trainset works finish; all civil contracts awarded and full land (1,389.5 ha) acquired; land delays in Maharashtra affected the project until 2021." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At the foundation-stone event on 14 September 2017, news reports said the Rs 1.10 lakh crore, 508 km project was expected to be completed by 2022; separate reports said the government aimed for a first run on 15 August 2022 while the official deadline stayed at December 2023.\n\nThe project was not operating in 2022. In a written Lok Sabha reply on 23 July 2025 the Railways Minister gave December 2027 for the Gujarat section (Vapi-Sabarmati) and December 2029 for the whole corridor, adding that exact timelines can be fixed only after all associated works are complete.\n\nAs of 30 June 2025, Rs 78,839 crore had been spent against an estimated cost of about Rs 1.08 lakh crore, with JICA financing 81%. A November 2025 report said the Bilimora-Surat section would be ready by August 2026; this was not confirmed in 2026 coverage found.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 2022 target is reported by news (PTI) as a govt target at the 2017 ceremony; I found no verbatim Modi sentence giving the date, so quote_is_verbatim=false and the 15 Aug 2022 deadline comes from 2017 press reports (Wire, pressreader HT) not fetched in full. No YouTube video located. PMO speech page (pmindia.gov.in/?p=2740421) returned 403. Wire article body not retrievable (headline only). No 2026 Parliament answer found; status after July 2025 unverified.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-rajnath-2017-solution-security-2022", "speaker": "Rajnath Singh", "party": "BJP", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 4, "matched": 4, "score": 1 }, "date": "2017-08-18", "venue": "'Sankalp se Siddhi — New India Movement (2017-2022)' programme, Lucknow", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "There are a lot of problems — terrorism, naxalism, the Kashmir problem... I can assure you this much: by 2022 we have pledged to create a 'New India'... So a solution will be found to all these problems before 2022.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2022-08-15", "verdict": "unachieved", "summary": "Armed conflict in Jammu and Kashmir, left-wing extremism and the Northeast insurgency continued after 2022; official and SATP data record continued terror and Naxal violence in that year and later.", "topics": [ "terrorism", "kashmir", "internal-security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Mint / PTI: Solution to Kashmir, terrorism, naxalism will be found by 2022 — Rajnath Singh (19 Aug 2017)", "url": "https://www.livemint.com/Politics/zc84ybi5C41QUFp9C9axXN/A-solution-to-Kashmir-terrorism-naxalism-will-be-found-by.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "index", "publisher": "South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP)", "title": "Jammu & Kashmir assessment: fatalities by year", "url": "https://satp.org/terrorism-assessment/india-jammukashmir", "date": "2025-04-06", "key_figure": "Total J&K fatalities: 253 (2022), 134 (2023), 127 (2024). Violence had not ceased by 2022 or after." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Home Affairs data reported by ETV Bharat", "title": "66% drop in terrorist incidents and fatalities over past decade in J&K, says MHA", "url": "https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!bharat/66-percent-drop-in-terrorist-incidents-and-fatalities-over-past-decade-in-j-and-k-says-mha-enn24080507267", "date": "2024-08-05", "key_figure": "Terrorist-initiated incidents and encounters: 7,217 (June 2004-May 2014) vs 2,263 (June 2014-31 July 2024) — i.e. incidents continued at roughly 200-plus a year on average across the Modi period." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Home Affairs", "title": "Union Government's Comprehensive Strategy against Naxalism", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2182437", "date": "2025-10-25", "key_figure": "LWE described as an ongoing campaign with 336 new security camps in six years; the government's own target for a Naxal-free India was later set at 31 March 2026." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Greater Kashmir / JKNS", "title": "Terror attacks, stone pelting, hartals reduced sharply in PM Modi govt: HM Amit Shah (Rajya Sabha, 21 Mar 2025)", "url": "https://www.greaterkashmir.com/jammu-kashmir/terror-attacks-stone-pelting-hartals-reduced-sharply-in-pm-modi-govt-hm-amit-shah", "date": "2025-03-21", "key_figure": "Shah said there had been a 70% reduction in deaths due to terrorism in J&K — a framing that concedes violence continued rather than ended." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Home Minister chairs review of LWE-affected States — 'SAMADHAN' doctrine (8 May 2017)", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1489488", "summary": "The government's defence is the SAMADHAN operational strategy and a range of development and security measures; it does not claim the specific 2022 'solution' deadline was met." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 18 August 2017, addressing the 'Sankalp se Siddhi' New India programme in Lucknow, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said a solution would be found to terrorism, Naxalism, the Kashmir problem and North East insurgency before 2022, tying it to the government's 'New India 2022' pledge.\n\nAfter 2022, all three problem sets continued. SATP records 253 total fatalities in J&K in 2022, 134 in 2023 and 127 in 2024, including the April 2025 Pahalgam attack. MHA-linked data show terror-related incidents and encounters continuing through the period.\n\nOn Naxalism, the government's own campaign and target-setting continued: in 2024 and 2025 Shah set a 31 March 2026 deadline to eliminate left-wing extremism, and PIB described an ongoing security-camp and development campaign. Insurgency-related incidents in the Northeast also continued after 2022, with a series of peace accords signed.\n\nThe specific threshold — 'a solution... before 2022' — was not reached, and the entry is recorded as unachieved rather than as an ongoing effort. Police and security data in this domain are government-supplied and definitions vary between series.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The quote is the English translation from Mint/PTI; the original Hindi was not located. The deadline 2022-08-15 is the '75th year of independence / New India 2022' target referenced in the speech. SATP is an independent tracker but uses its own definitions. No single primary document aggregates 'terrorism + naxalism + Kashmir + Northeast' outcomes. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2017-housing-for-all-by-2022", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2017-08-15", "venue": "Independence Day address, Red Fort, Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Every family to have a pucca house (with electricity access) by 2022, the 75th year of independence (paraphrase of the Housing for All / New India 2022 vision).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2022-12-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "PMAY missed its 2022 deadline: both the rural and urban schemes were extended, and completions were below sanctions and targets at the extended dates found.", "topics": [ "housing", "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM reviews preparations for 'Housing for All' (narendramodi.in, January 2015)", "url": "https://narendramodi.in/pm-reviews-preparations-for-housing-for-all" }, { "title": "Independence Day: the art of moving goalposts (Deccan Herald, reports 2017 Red Fort speech)", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/independence-day-the-art-of-moving-goalposts-1020044.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Lok Sabha / Ministry of Rural Development", "title": "PMAY-G completions as of 3 Aug 2026 (reported by NBM&CW)", "url": "https://www.nbmcw.com/news/infra-development/pmay-g-3-12-crore-rural-houses-completed-79-lakh-under-construction.html", "date": "2026-08-12", "key_figure": "3.12 crore completed vs 4.18 crore allocated and 3.91 crore sanctioned; 79 lakh still under construction" }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Lok Sabha / MoHUA", "title": "Cabinet extends PMAY-urban deadline till December 2024 (Housing.com)", "url": "https://housing.com/news/govt-extends-pmay-urban-deadline-till-december-2024", "date": "2022-08-10", "key_figure": "PMAY-U extended from 2022 to 31 Dec 2024; later reply (Dec 2023): 118.63 lakh sanctioned, 78.27 lakh completed as of 4 Dec 2023" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Housing.com", "title": "No plan yet to extend PMAY-G beyond March 2024: Govt", "url": "https://housing.com/news/no-plan-yet-to-extend-pmay-g-beyond-march-2024-govt/", "date": "2023-08", "key_figure": "PMAY-G target 2.95 crore houses; scheme continued beyond March 2021 till March 2024; 2.10 crore completed per Lok Sabha reply of 8 Dec 2022" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "NBM&CW / Parliament", "title": "PMAY-U figures as of 13 July 2026 (The Aarch News)", "url": "https://theaarchnews.com/policy-governance/pmay-u-99-lakh-houses-delivered-scheme-extended-2026/", "date": "2026-07", "key_figure": "127.68 lakh sanctioned (incl. 16.20 lakh under PMAY-U 2.0), 99.07 lakh completed; scheme now to 30 Sept 2026" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Cabinet approval of PMAY-G continuation 2024-25 to 2028-29", "url": "https://www.nbmcw.com/news/infra-development/pmay-g-3-12-crore-rural-houses-completed-79-lakh-under-construction.html", "summary": "Government extended the schemes (Cabinet, Aug 2022 for PMAY-U; 9 Aug 2024 for 2 crore more PMAY-G houses to 2028-29), citing pandemic delays and a revised demand count; it says over 3 crore rural and 99 lakh urban houses have been delivered." } ], "chart": { "series": "pmay-houses-completed", "target": 29500000, "target_label": "PMAY-G cumulative target of 2.95 crore houses (original deadline 2022, extended to March 2024)", "baseline": { "x": "2016-17", "y": 0 } }, "analysis": "The Housing for All by 2022 aim was set in the President's address (June 2014) and the 2014-15 Budget, and repeated by the PM, including in 2017's 'New India 2022' framing. PMAY-G's cumulative target was 2.95 crore houses; PMAY-U targeted about 1.2 crore.\n\nIn December 2022 about 2.10 crore PMAY-G houses were complete; in February 2024 about 2.55 crore. PMAY-U's deadline was extended to December 2024 and then further. Completions have since risen, but the schemes continue and targets have been enlarged.\n\nThe housing shortfall depends on how demand is counted; this entry only assesses the 2022 deadline for the scheme's own targets.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Speech wording not verified; date set to the 2017 Red Fort speech per a Deccan Herald opinion piece that was not fetched. A Delhi rally statement (Deccan Herald, 'pucca houses to all poor families by 2022') could not be opened (403) and its date is unknown. Several figures (2.10 crore Dec 2022; 2.55 crore Feb 2024; 78.27 lakh PMAY-U) come from search-result summaries of Lok Sabha replies/news, not the PDFs (eparlib fetch failed). Needs human check against the originals. The 'Housing for All' commitment originates with the President's address June 2014.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2017-hawai-chappal-udan", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2017-04-27", "venue": "UDAN launch, Shimla (Jubbarhatti airport), Himachal Pradesh", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "My dream was to see a person who wears a 'hawai chappal' fly on a 'hawai jahaz' (aeroplane). [as reported by Business Today; wording varies across outlets]", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "CAG found that 403 of 774 routes awarded under UDAN rounds 1-3 never commenced and only 54 sustained operations beyond the three-year concession by March 2023, though RCS passengers rose from 2.63 lakh to 24.97 lakh.", "topics": [ "infrastructure", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM Modi flags off UDAN flight scheme (Business Today, 27 Apr 2017)", "url": "https://www.businesstoday.in/amp/latest/economy-politics/story/pm-modi-flags-off-udan-flight-scheme-heres-all-you-need-to-know-79545-2017-04-27" }, { "title": "PM flags off cheap flight from Shimla to Delhi (Divya Himachal)", "url": "https://www.divyahimachal.com/2017/04/pm-flags-off-cheap-flight-from-shimla-to-delhi/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "cag", "publisher": "CAG of India", "title": "Compliance Audit Report No. 22 of 2023 on Regional Connectivity Scheme (UDAN), via Moneylife", "url": "https://moneylife.in/article/only-52-percentage-of-awarded-routes-under-udan-scheme-commenced-operations-cag/71678.html", "date": "2023-08-01", "key_figure": "403 of 774 awarded routes (52%) never commenced; only 112 of 371 started routes completed 3 years; 54 routes (7% of awarded) operating beyond concession as of Mar 2023; passengers 2.63 lakh (2017-18) to 24.97 lakh (2022-23)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Factly", "title": "CAG highlights certain gaps in the implementation of the RCS-UDAN scheme", "url": "https://factly.in/review-cag-highlights-certain-gaps-in-the-implementation-of-the-rcs-udan-scheme", "date": "2023-08-01", "key_figure": "Fact-check summary of the CAG report (page not retrievable by my tool)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Tribune India", "title": "Cheaper Delhi flight a dream", "url": "https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/himachal/cheaper-delhi-flight-a-dream-576602", "date": "2017-10-01", "key_figure": "Unsubsidised Shimla-Delhi fares reported around Rs 19,000 while subsidised seats were largely booked in advance" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Scheme positioning (as reported)", "url": "https://www.businesstoday.in/amp/latest/economy-politics/story/pm-modi-flags-off-udan-flight-scheme-heres-all-you-need-to-know-79545-2017-04-27", "summary": "At launch roughly half the seats on each flight were to cost Rs 2,500 for a one-hour flight; a later explainer reports over 580 routes operationalised across 85+ airports/heliports/water aerodromes by April 2026 (secondary source, not verified). No ministry rebuttal of the CAG report was located." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Modi launched UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) at Shimla on 27 April 2017, saying his aim was for ordinary people wearing 'hawai chappal' to travel by air; the scheme capped fares at about Rs 2,500 for 50% of seats on one-hour flights.\n\nThe CAG's 2023 audit of rounds 1-3 found that 403 of 774 awarded routes never started, that 371 routes started, 112 completed the three-year concession and 54 were still operating beyond it in March 2023. It also found RCS passenger numbers rose from 2.63 lakh in 2017-18 to 24.97 lakh in 2022-23 and made 16 recommendations.\n\nThe claim is an aspiration with no numeric target or deadline, so the verdict reflects the gap between awarded and sustained routes rather than a missed date.", "confidence": "low", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Aspirational statement with no deadline; verdict 'misleading' is a judgement call (alternatives: in-progress/unverifiable). Quote wording is from news reports (BT/Divya Himachal differ); no verbatim transcript or video found. CAG press release URL 404'd and the calm.cag.gov.in PDF refused connection; CAG figures are via Moneylife/National Herald search summaries. Date of Tribune article (2017-10-01) approximate - not verified. 2026 'over 580 routes' figure is from a low-quality explainer and is mentioned only in govt_response as unverified.", "scored": true }, { "id": "bjp-yogi-2017-farm-loan-waiver", "speaker": "Yogi Adityanath", "party": "BJP", "role": "Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh", "level": "state", "state": "Uttar Pradesh", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2017-04-04", "venue": "Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (state government announcement)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "loans of up to ₹1 lakh taken by 86 lakh of the 2.15 crore small and marginal farmers (till 31 March 2017) would be waived.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "Uttar Pradesh allocated ₹36,000 crore and reported waiving crop loans of about 86 lakh small and marginal farmers, but the scheme was capped at ₹1 lakh per farmer and one loan account, and independent reporting found lower coverage and negligible waivers for many farmers.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "income" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Hindu: Yogi waives farm loans up to Rs. 1 lakh", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/yogi-waives-farm-loans-up-to-rs-1-lakh/article61798537.ece" }, { "title": "Times of India: Yogi Adityanath government waives farm loans worth Rs 36,000 crore", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/yogi-adityanath-government-waives-farm-loans-worth-rs-36000-crore/articleshow/58018426.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Hindustan Times", "title": "UP's farm loan waiver scheme marred by criticism and controversies", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/up-s-farm-loan-waiver-scheme-marred-by-criticism-and-controversies/story-Sm3Q3KMBBjhzHjIwPp3GRL.html", "date": "2018-04-05", "key_figure": "About ₹21,000 crore spent, benefiting 3.3 million farmers by April 2018; cap of ₹1 lakh and one loan account per farmer; projected beneficiary number roughly halved" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "NDTV", "title": "In UP, These Loan Waivers Are Making Farmers Very Angry", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-up-these-loan-waivers-are-making-farmers-very-angry-1749453", "date": "2017", "key_figure": "Some farmers received loan-waiver certificates for very small amounts" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Firstpost", "title": "Yogi Adityanath orders loan waiver of 86 lakh farmers", "url": "https://www.firstpost.com/india/yogi-adityanath-orders-loan-waiver-of-86-lakh-farmers-in-bid-to-prevent-mandsaur-like-strike-3536495.html", "date": "2017", "key_figure": "Direction to waive loans of 86 lakh farmers" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Hindustan Times: UP agriculture minister defends the loan waiver scheme", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/up-s-farm-loan-waiver-scheme-marred-by-criticism-and-controversies/story-Sm3Q3KMBBjhzHjIwPp3GRL.html", "summary": "The state agriculture minister said the scheme was not closed and that eligible farmers left out could still apply, and that the government was working to double farmers' income by 2022." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Uttar Pradesh's 2017 farm loan waiver followed a BJP assembly election promise. In April 2017 the state government announced waivers of crop loans up to ₹1 lakh for small and marginal farmers, with a reported allocation of ₹36,000 crore and a stated coverage of about 86 lakh farmers.\n\nHindustan Times reported that by April 2018 the state had spent about ₹21,000 crore, benefiting 3.3 million farmers, and that the number projected to benefit was nearly halved; it also reported a cap of ₹1 lakh and a limit of one loan account per farmer. NDTV reported that some farmers received waiver certificates of very small amounts.\n\nThe government has said the scheme was implemented and that about ₹36,000 crore was waived for around 86 lakh farmers.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The exact wording of the CM's April 2017 announcement was not captured verbatim; the reported English wording is used. Government and independent figures for beneficiaries and amounts differ; the verdict reflects the gap between the announced scope and the documented relief. No salesforce-level 2017 YouTube clip was verified. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2016-demonetisation-black-money-fake-currency", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2016-11-08", "venue": "Address to the nation (televised), New Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "This step will strengthen the hands of the common man in the fight against corruption, black money and fake currency.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2016-12-30", "verdict": "unachieved", "summary": "The goals stated on 8 Nov 2016 were curbing black money, fake currency and terror financing; RBI reported 99.3% of the banned notes returned, banknotes in circulation later far exceeded 2016 levels, and counterfeit detections fell in 2017-18 but fake notes in new denominations have continued to be found.", "topics": [ "economy", "black-money", "terrorism", "digital" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Text of Prime Minister's address to the nation (English text, as reproduced by TaxGuru)", "url": "https://taxguru.in/corporate-law/prime-ministers-address-nation-500-1000-rs-notes.html" }, { "title": "India takes historic step to fight Corruption, Black Money & Terrorism (narendramodi.in text of address)", "url": "https://www.narendramodi.in/ma/text-of-prime-minister-s-address-to-the-nation-533024" }, { "title": "'Give me till Dec 30, I will give you the India you desire', says Modi (YourStory) - Goa/Panaji speech, 13 Nov 2016", "url": "https://yourstory.com/2016/11/modi-clean-country/" }, { "title": "Give Me Time Until 30 Dec, Will Not Trouble the Honest, Says Modi (The Quint)", "url": "https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/news/india/narendra-modi-goa-pune-visit-infrastructure-project-brics-mopa-tuem" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Business Today (reporting RBI Annual Report 2017-18)", "title": "RBI says 99.3% demonetised notes were returned; major points from annual report", "url": "https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/economy-politics/story/rbi-says-99pc-demonetised-notes-were-returned-10-major-points-108971-2018-08-29", "date": "2018-08-29", "key_figure": "SBNs returned Rs 15,310.73 bn of Rs 15,417.93 bn in circulation on 8 Nov 2016 (99.3%); about Rs 10,720 crore not returned" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Business Standard / PTI (reporting RBI Annual Report 2017-18)", "title": "99.3% of junked Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes returned to banks: RBI", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/99-3-of-junked-rs-500-rs-1-000-notes-returned-to-banks-rbi-118082900391_1.html", "date": "2018-08-29", "key_figure": "99.3% of SBNs returned" }, { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "FactChecker.in", "title": "Congress rebuts demonetisation objectives with misleading data", "url": "https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/congress-demonetisation-fifth-anniversary-misleading-data-tweet-786443", "date": "2021-11-08", "key_figure": "RBI banking-system counterfeit detections: 7.62 lakh (2016-17), 5.22 lakh (2017-18); NCRB 2017 seizures ~3.55 lakh fake notes" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Taxscan (reporting RBI Annual Report 2024-25)", "title": "RBI Annual Report FY 2024-25: 98.2% of Rs 2000 notes back, currency in circulation tops Rs 36.9 lakh crore", "url": "https://www.taxscan.in/?p=523136", "date": "2025-05-29", "key_figure": "Currency in circulation Rs 36.87 lakh crore at end-March 2025; cash/GDP 11.1%" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Deccan Chronicle (reporting RBI Annual Report 2024-25)", "title": "Fake Rs 500 notes surged 37% in FY25: RBI annual report", "url": "https://deccanchronicle.com/nation/fake-rs-500-denomination-notes-surged-37-in-fy25-rbi-annual-report-1882183", "date": "2025-05-30", "key_figure": "2.17 lakh counterfeit notes detected in 2024-25; fake Rs 500 (new design) up 37.3% to 1.18 lakh" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "In the 8 November 2016 address the stated aims were to break the grip of corruption and black money, to curb fake currency used by 'enemies from across the border', and to cut terror financing. The text also said holders would have until 30 December 2016 ('50 days') to deposit old notes. At a Goa event on 13 November 2016 Modi asked for time until 30 December (press reports); the 'give me 50 days' phrasing was not found verbatim in the sources opened.\n\nThe RBI Annual Report 2017-18 (as reported) said Rs 15.31 lakh crore of Rs 15.42 lakh crore specified bank notes came back, 99.3%. The speech did not itself say how much would remain unreturned, but the policy was widely discussed as a way to extinguish unaccounted cash; the returned share leaves little unreturned value.\n\nRBI counterfeit detections in the banking system were 7.62 lakh in 2016-17 and 5.22 lakh in 2017-18, then 2.17 lakh in 2024-25, though fake Rs 500 notes of the new design rose in 2024-25. Currency in circulation was Rs 36.87 lakh crore in March 2025. Digital payments growth and tax-base effects, which supporters cite as benefits, were not assessed here. The Supreme Court (2023, 4-1) upheld the decision-making process; it did not rule on outcomes.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Verdict is a judgment on the mixed outcome of the stated goals; reviewer may prefer 'misleading' or split into separate claims per goal. Not obtained: RBI primary PDF (rbi.org.in not opened; figures via news reports of the Annual Report), PIB original, Nov 2016 currency-in-circulation baseline, any YouTube URL of the address or Goa speech. Government's defence (e.g. digitisation, tax-base widening) not sourced; govt_response left empty. The 'Dec 30 / punishment' passage is from search summaries only.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2016-ujjwala-lpg-connections", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2016-05-01", "venue": "Launch of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Ballia, Uttar Pradesh", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Scheme to provide deposit-free LPG connections to 5 crore women from BPL families over three years (pre-launch PMO description; later target raised to 8 crore by March 2020).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2019-03-31", "verdict": "true", "summary": "The connection target was met or nearly met (raised from 5 to 8 crore; CAG recorded 7.19 crore by late 2019), but CAG found PMUY households refilled only about 3 cylinders a year, falling over time.", "topics": [ "energy", "women" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Shri Narendra Modi to visit Uttar Pradesh on May 1st 2016 (narendramodi.in)", "url": "https://narendramodi.in/ma/shri-narendra-modi-to-visit-uttar-pradesh-on-may-1st-2016" }, { "title": "PMUY about page (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas)", "url": "https://pmuy.gov.in/about.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "cag", "publisher": "CAG", "title": "Report No. 14 of 2019, Performance Audit of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (summary by PRS)", "url": "https://prsindia.org/policy/report-summaries/pradhan-mantri-ujjwala-yojana", "date": "2019-12-11", "key_figure": "Average annual refills of PMUY households fell from 3.9 (2016-17) to 3.0 (2018-19) vs 6.7-7.5 for non-PMUY consumers; 7.2 crore connections vs 8 crore target" }, { "type": "cag", "publisher": "CAG", "title": "Executive Summary, Report No 14 of 2019", "url": "https://www.cag.gov.in/uploads/download_audit_report/2019/Executive_Summary_of_Report_No_14_of_2019_Performance_Audit_of_Pradhan_Mantri_Ujjwala_Yojana_Ministry_of_Petroleum_and_Natural_Gas_0.pdf", "date": "2019-12-11", "key_figure": "1.93 crore first-year consumers averaged 3.66 refills a year; 3.18 crore consumers averaged 3.21 (per search summary)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Down To Earth", "title": "LPG connections not only success metric: CAG on Ujjwala", "url": "https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/governance/lpg-connections-not-only-success-metric-cag-on-ujjwala-68387", "date": "2019-12", "key_figure": "17.61% (about 56 lakh) never took a second refill; 33.02% took only 1-3 refills; scheme met its goal of distributing connections but sustained use lagging" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Petroleum Minister's reply in Lok Sabha (as summarised in search results; year not confirmed)", "url": "https://prsindia.org/policy/report-summaries/pradhan-mantri-ujjwala-yojana", "summary": "Minister said OMCs report an average of 3.5 refills per PMUY consumer and that about 80% of beneficiaries who completed a year came back for a second refill. Source link is the PRS summary, which does not contain this reply; the original reply was not located." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "PMUY was launched on 1 May 2016 with a target of 5 crore deposit-free LPG connections for BPL women; the target was later raised to 8 crore by March 2020. The CAG (December 2019) found 7.19 crore PMUY connections, about 90% of the target with a year left.\n\nOn use, the CAG found average refills of PMUY households fell from 3.9 in 2016-17 to 3.0 in 2018-19, compared with 6.7-7.5 for other consumers. It found 17.61% of beneficiaries never took a second refill. It also recorded verification gaps and installation delays.\n\nThe CAG concluded the scheme largely met its connection goal but that sustained LPG use was the real measure of success. This entry assesses the connections promise; it does not address cleaner-cooking outcomes in later years.", "confidence": "low", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "No verbatim Modi quote located; he is cited for the promise as scheme launcher and the 5 crore figure is from pre-launch PMO previews seen only in search summaries. Verdict 'true' applies to the connections target only; a human may prefer 'misleading' if the claim being checked is about LPG adoption. Government rebuttal URL points to PRS summary as placeholder; original Lok Sabha reply not found. Data after Dec 2019 (e.g. 2021-22 refills) not researched. Topic list: 'women' used instead of welfare.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2016-double-farmers-income", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2016-02-28", "venue": "Kisan rally, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Farmers' income should double by 2022, the 75th year of India's independence (paraphrase of the PM's stated aim at the rally and in his posted tweets).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2022-12-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "The latest NSO survey (2018-19) put average monthly income per agricultural household at Rs 10,218, well short of a doubling of the 2015-16 baseline, and no official post-2019 figure showing doubling has been published.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "income" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM Modi addresses a farmers rally in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh (narendramodi.in)", "url": "https://www.narendramodi.in/pm-modi-addresses-a-farmers-rally-in-bareilly-uttar-pradesh-424525" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "NSO / MoSPI", "title": "Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households, 77th round (NSS Report 587), reference year July 2018-June 2019", "url": "https://microdata.gov.in/nada43/index.php/catalog/157/overview", "date": "2021-09-10", "key_figure": "Average monthly income per agricultural household Rs 10,218 (2018-19) vs Rs 6,426 (2012-13, 70th round), as reported in secondary coverage of the NSS reports" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Scroll.in", "title": "Doubling farmers' income: a decade under Modi", "url": "https://scroll.in/article/1063427/a-decade-under-modi-farmers-income-yet-to-double-msp-growth-slows-down", "date": "", "key_figure": "DFI committee baseline Rs 96,703/yr (2015-16); 10.4% annual growth needed; 2018-19 income Rs 1,22,616/yr; crop-cultivation income fell about 1.5% a year since 2015-16" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Down To Earth", "title": "Govt says farmers' incomes more than doubled; but doesn't give any number", "url": "https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/govt-says-farmers-incomes-more-than-doubled-but-doesn-t-give-any-number-83814", "date": "2022-07-20", "key_figure": "Target about Rs 21,146/month (2015-16 base Rs 8,059, inflation-adjusted) vs Rs 10,218 in 2018-19" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Down To Earth", "title": "Can farm income be doubled by next year", "url": "https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/can-farm-income-be-doubled-by-next-year-75614", "date": "", "key_figure": "Required growth 10.4% a year vs observed 2.8-3.4%; notes March 2020 Standing Committee on Agriculture report (not read directly)" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Written Lok Sabha reply by Agriculture Minister N.S. Tomar, 19 July 2022 (as reported by Down To Earth)", "url": "https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/govt-says-farmers-incomes-more-than-doubled-but-doesn-t-give-any-number-83814", "summary": "Minister said 'it has been seen that it has more than doubled', crediting government schemes and citing an ICAR compilation of success stories of about 75,000 farmers whose income reportedly more than doubled, based on recall; no national figures were given." } ], "chart": { "series": "farm-income", "target": 16118, "target_label": "2x of 2015-16 baseline (Rs 8,059/month, 2015-16 prices)" }, "analysis": "The Bareilly rally of 28 February 2016 and the Budget 2016-17 speech (reported as 'double farmers' income' in five years or by 2022) set the aim. The Dalwai Committee estimated 2015-16 average income at Rs 96,703 a year (about Rs 8,059 a month) and said about 10.4% annual real growth was needed.\n\nThe NSO's 77th-round survey (2018-19) found Rs 10,218 a month, about 27% above the 2015-16 estimate in nominal terms over three years. Commentators estimate real farm income growth well under the required pace. The survey compares different survey rounds and years, so the comparison is approximate. No later NSO round with comparable figures was found.\n\nThe government says incomes more than doubled but has published no national figures to support this; it cited recall-based success stories.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Exact Hindi wording not retrieved (narendramodi.in page timed out on direct fetch; content known from search snippet). Budget speech wording unverified: reports say 'five years' (Al Jazeera) and 'by 2022' (Taxheal/Plastemart); official text on indiabudget.gov.in not fetched. No video found. Parliament PDF on rsdebate.nic.in redirected; Standing Committee report not read directly. Chart target uses 2x of Rs 8,059 in 2015-16 prices; the DTE inflation-adjusted figure (Rs 21,146) is in 2022-23 prices, and Scroll quotes 192,694/yr, so figures differ slightly by source. 2018-19 value is nominal.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2016-make-in-india-25-percent-manufacturing", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2016-02-13", "venue": "Inauguration of Make in India Week, Mumbai", "language": "en", "quote_original": "We want the share of manufacturing in our GDP to go up to 25 per cent in the near future.", "quote_english": "We want the share of manufacturing in our GDP to go up to 25 per cent in the near future.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2022-12-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "Manufacturing's share of GDP has stayed roughly flat or fallen since 2014 (World Bank: 15.1% in 2014-15, 13.5% in 2025-26; MoSPI GVA share about 17-18%), far from the 25% goal that the National Manufacturing Policy had set for 2022.", "topics": [ "manufacturing", "economy", "jobs" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Deccan Herald: 'Manufacturing to be 25% of GDP: PM' (quote relayed in search result; page returned 403 on fetch)", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/content/528729/manufacturing-25-gdp-pm.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "intl_org", "publisher": "World Bank (WDI)", "title": "Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) - India", "url": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND/indicator/NV.IND.MANF.ZS?format=json&per_page=100&date=2010:2025", "date": "2026-10-08", "key_figure": "15.07% (2014-15), 14.9% (2018-19), 14.4% (2021-22), 13.1% (2024-25), 13.5% (2025-26); fiscal-year labelling inferred" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "ThePrint (citing MoSPI)", "title": "10 yrs of Make in India: the manufacturing sector is back to where it was in 2013-14", "url": "https://theprint.in/economy/10-yrs-of-make-in-india-the-manufacturing-sector-is-back-to-where-it-was-in-2013-14/2283732/", "date": "2024-09-25", "key_figure": "Share 17.3% (2013-14), peak 18.5% (2021-22), 17.7% (2022-23), 17.3% (2023-24)" }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Rajya Sabha (Unstarred Q. 1322, 2 Aug 2024)", "title": "Rajya Sabha reply on manufacturing share of GVA (constant prices)", "url": "https://rsdebate.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/750188/1/PQ_265_02082024_U1322_p234_p235.pdf", "date": "2024-08-02", "key_figure": "Manufacturing share of GVA at constant prices 17.2% (2013-14) to 17.3% (2023-24), per search summary; PDF not opened" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Wire", "title": "Make in India: 10 years, government silence", "url": "https://thewire.in/economy/make-in-india-10-years-government-silence", "date": "", "key_figure": "Critical assessment of the 25% target (not opened)" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Goyal ties 25% manufacturing share to Viksit Bharat 2047 (BusinessWorld)", "url": "https://businessworld.in/article/in-amrit-kaal-towards-viksit-bharat-2047-share-of-manufacturing-will-also-rise-to-25-piyush-goyal-534319", "summary": "Commerce Minister said the share of manufacturing will rise to 25% in the Amrit Kaal toward 2047, i.e. the goal remains but the date has moved." } ], "chart": { "series": "manufacturing-share-gdp", "target": 25, "target_label": "25% of GDP (target year 2022, later restated)" }, "analysis": "Modi said at Make in India Week in Mumbai on 13 February 2016 that the government wanted manufacturing's share of GDP to rise to 25% 'in the near future'. The figure comes from the National Manufacturing Policy (2011), which targeted 25% by 2022 and 100 million additional jobs; secondary sources describe the 2022 date as part of Make in India's objectives and later restated as 2025. The 2022 deadline is the policy's, not a date in Modi's quoted sentence.\n\nThe measured share has not risen. World Bank data give 15.1% for 2014-15 and 13.1-13.5% in 2024-26. MoSPI-based figures (constant-price GVA share) are higher, about 17.2-18.5%, but also show no sustained increase (17.3% in 2013-14, 17.3% in 2023-24). Both bases fall well short of 25%.\n\nThe government has restated the 25% objective with later dates (2025, 2030 or 2047 in various statements).", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Quote and date come from a search-result snippet attributing the sentence to Deccan Herald/PTI (page not fetchable); date 13 Feb 2016 corroborated by a second source in search results. Original Make in India launch speech (25 Sep 2014) was not found to contain the 25% figure. Rajya Sabha PQ and The Wire pages not opened. No YouTube link found.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2015-24x7-power-for-all-by-2022", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2015-09-04", "venue": "Address reported by PTI as 'Govt targeting 24x7 power supply across the country: PM' (venue not confirmed)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "24x7 electricity for all by 2022 (government target announced 2014; PM tied it to the 75th Independence Day).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2022-08-15", "verdict": "unverifiable", "summary": "Round-the-clock supply for every household was a stated 2022 goal; no single official dataset confirming it was found, and early surveys showed many electrified rural homes got fewer than 12 hours a day.", "topics": [ "energy", "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Govt targeting 24x7 power supply across the country: PM (PTI via Business Standard)", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/govt-targeting-24x7-power-supply-across-the-country-pm-115090400567_1.html" }, { "title": "Govt targeting 24x7 power supply across the country: PM (India TV)", "url": "https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/govt-targeting-24-7-power-supply-across-the-country-pm-32145.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "IEEE Spectrum", "title": "Amid Blackouts, India's New Leader Vows 24-7 Power for All", "url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/amid-blackouts-indias-new-leader-vows-247-power-for-all", "date": "2014-06", "key_figure": "Government vowed round-the-clock power for all by 2022" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Power for All", "title": "Smart technology, involving people in operations could make 24x7 electricity a reality", "url": "https://powerforall.org/news-media/articles/power-all-always", "date": "", "key_figure": "Cites 2015 CEEW/Columbia survey: about 50% of electrified rural households in six states got under 12 hours a day (per search summary)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Logical Indian", "title": "Fact Check: Every single village of India now has access to electricity", "url": "https://thelogicalindian.com/fact-check-every-single-village-of-india-now-has-access-to-electricity-the-claim-is-away-from-the-reality/", "date": "2018-05", "key_figure": "Electrified village definition does not imply 24x7 power, all households connected, or measured consumption" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "A round-the-clock power-for-all goal for 2022 was announced in 2014 and restated by the PM in 2015. The Saubhagya scheme reported 2.63 crore willing households connected by March 2019, but connection is not hours of supply.\n\nThe sources found here predate 2022 or concern connections, not supply hours. Official post-2022 data on hours of supply (e.g. Ministry of Power or discom reports) was not retrieved, so no verdict on outcome is given.", "confidence": "low", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Both transcript pages could not be opened (Business Standard 403); date from URL id (15090400567) and title only. Needs Ministry of Power data on average hours of supply 2022, Saubhagya PIB data (2.63 crore households as of March 2019 per search summary), and NFHS-5 household electricity. Government response not found.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2015-100-smart-cities", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2015-06-25", "venue": "Launch of Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT and Housing for All, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Mission to develop 100 smart cities with efficient services, robust infrastructure and a sustainable environment (launch of Smart Cities Mission).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2025-03-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "The mission period was extended repeatedly (to Mar 2025); official figures put about 90% of projects complete by mid-2024, while a 2023 parliamentary committee said completion counts were inflated by over-performance in 32 cities.", "topics": [ "infrastructure", "governance", "digital" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Aaj Tak live coverage of the launch of three urban schemes, 25 Jun 2015", "url": "https://www.aajtak.in/india/story/delhi-pm-narendra-modi-launches-three-schemes-including-smart-cities-mission-live-303096-2015-06-25" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs, Demands for Grants 2023-24 (via IANS/Moneylife)", "title": "68 smart cities haven't achieved physical targets, says Parliament panel", "url": "https://moneylife.in/article/68-smart-cities-havent-achieved-physical-targets-says-parliament-panel/70403.html", "date": "2023-04-10", "key_figure": "As of 31 Jan 2023: 5,343 of 7,821 projects completed; 68 cities below physical targets; 32 cities over-delivered, inflating the total" }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Rajya Sabha answer, MoHUA", "title": "Rajya Sabha unstarred question 265, 5 Aug 2024", "url": "https://rsdebate.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/750341/1/PQ_265_05082024_S140_p71_p73.pdf", "date": "2024-08-05", "key_figure": "As of 12 Jul 2024 about 90% of projects (7,218; Rs 1,45,083 crore) complete (as relayed by search summary; PDF not opened)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Deccan Herald", "title": "Centre has extended Smart Cities Mission till March 2025", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/india/centre-has-extended-smart-cities-mission-till-march-2025-3086907", "date": "2024-07-04", "key_figure": "Second extension, from June 2024 to 31 Mar 2025; about 90% of projects complete" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "MoHUA statements on progress", "url": "https://bwsmartcities.businessworld.in/article/73-Of-Work-Completed-In-Smart-Cities-Informs-Union-Minister-Puri-/23-05-2023-477664/", "summary": "Minister Hardeep Puri said in May 2023 that 73% of the work was complete and the rest would be done by mid-2024; the ministry later reported about 90% completion and extended the mission without additional funds for the remaining roughly 10% of projects." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The Smart Cities Mission was launched on 25 June 2015 with a target of 100 cities, selected across rounds between 2016 and 2018, supported by a Rs 48,000 crore central outlay.\n\nA Standing Committee report (2023-24) said that by 31 January 2023, 5,343 of 7,821 projects were complete, that 68 cities had not met physical targets and that 32 cities exceeding their targets inflated the headline figure. The mission period was extended to June 2024 and then to 31 March 2025; by July 2024 the ministry reported about 90% of projects complete.\n\nA secondary source cites a July 2025 committee report with 7,636 of 8,063 projects complete (about 95%); this was not verified against the report.", "confidence": "low", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Not a single verbatim promise: the claim is the mission's stated aim of 100 smart cities. Modi's launch speech transcript not found (Aaj Tak live blog only). Original mission period/deadline not verified (sources point to June 2024 before the March 2025 extension; a June 2023 date mentioned in the 2023 article is unconfirmed). The 5 Aug 2024 Rajya Sabha PDF and 2025 committee numbers were only seen via search summaries. Verdict 'missed-deadline' is based on repeated extensions; a reviewer may prefer 'in-progress'/'misleading' depending on reading.", "scored": true }, { "id": "shah-2015-15-lakh-chunavi-jumla", "speaker": "Amit Shah", "party": "BJP", "role": "BJP President", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2015-02-05", "venue": "Interview, ABP News", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "This is a jumla. 15 lakhs will not be credited in anyone's account.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Shah, as BJP president, described the 15 lakh figure as a political 'jumla' and said it would not be credited to anyone's account; no such deposits have been made, and a minister said in 2018 the government lacked the funds.", "topics": [ "black-money", "governance", "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "BOOM: Did Modi promise to deposit Rs 15 lakh in every account? A factcheck", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/did-modi-promise-to-deposit-rs-15-lakh-in-every-account-a-factcheck" }, { "title": "Deccan Herald: Amit Shah calls Modi's Rs 15 lakh remark a 'jumla'", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/india/amit-shah-calls-modi-bluff-2111288" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "BOOM", "title": "Did Modi promise to deposit Rs 15 lakh in every account?", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/did-modi-promise-to-deposit-rs-15-lakh-in-every-account-a-factcheck", "date": "2019-01-01", "key_figure": "Earliest '15 lakh' mention traced to Modi's 7 Nov 2013 Kanker rally, where it referred to black money abroad being brought back, not a deposit promise; PMO told an RTI applicant the question was not 'information' under the RTI Act. Date shown is approximate (January 2019 per search summary)." }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Minister of State Ramdas Athawale (public statement, Dec 2018), as reported by BOOM", "title": "Athawale on Rs 15 lakh", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/did-modi-promise-to-deposit-rs-15-lakh-in-every-account-a-factcheck", "date": "2018-12-01", "key_figure": "Athawale said people would get Rs 15 lakh 'slowly' and that the government lacked the funds, having asked the RBI, which did not agree (day of month not given)." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Shah's explanation in the same interview", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/india/amit-shah-calls-modi-bluff-2111288", "summary": "Shah said Modi's intent was to bring back black money stashed abroad and use it for the poor; he drew a distinction between jumlas and promises (per search summaries; article not opened)." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In a February 2015 ABP News interview, Shah called the Rs 15 lakh statement a 'jumla' and said the money would not be credited to anyone's account (BOOM). He said the thought behind Modi's remark was to recover black money abroad and use it for the poor.\n\nBOOM traces the figure to a 7 November 2013 Modi rally in Kanker, where it described the amount a poor Indian would get if black money abroad were brought back. It reports no scheme to deposit such sums, a PMO RTI reply that avoided the question, and a December 2018 remark by MoS Athawale that the government lacked the funds.\n\nThe ledger records this as Shah's own characterisation. The description that no 15 lakh deposits would be made is accurate on the record found. Whether the original campaign wording amounted to a promise is addressed in the separate Modi entry.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Only the English wording as reported by BOOM; the Hindi original and the video were not found. 'Chunavi jumla' phrase itself is not in the sources I found; BOOM and Deccan Herald say 'jumla' / 'political idiom'. Date 5 Feb 2015 is per BOOM; Delhi assembly election context. Deccan Herald page returned 403, so content is from search summaries. Athawale's remark was an interview/press statement, tagged 'parliament' only for lack of a better type; a human may retag as news. 'true' verdict means his description matched facts, not that the original campaign statement was kept.", "scored": false, "context_for": "modi-2013-black-money-abroad-15-lakh", "scoring_note": "Excluded from benchmark scoring: this is an admission about another claim, not a factual assertion. Shown as context on the linked claim." }, { "id": "modi-2015-175gw-renewable-by-2022", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2015-01-01", "venue": "Government of India announcement (MNRE) of 175 GW renewable target; reiterated by Modi at multiple forums", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "India will install 175 GW of renewable energy capacity (100 GW solar, 60 GW wind, 10 GW biomass, 5 GW small hydro) by 2022.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2022-12-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "Installed renewable capacity excluding large hydro was about 120.9 GW on 31 Dec 2022 (about 69% of 175 GW); the MNRE-clarified deadline was 31 Dec 2022.", "topics": [ "energy", "environment", "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "MNRE clarifies Dec 31, 2022 as the target date for 175 GW (Mercom India)", "url": "https://mercomindia.com/mnre-target-date-renewable-power" }, { "title": "MNRE elucidates December 2022 as deadline for achieving 175 GW target (Energetica India)", "url": "https://www.energetica-india.net/news/mnre-elucidates-december-2022-as-deadline-for-achieving-175-gw-target" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Outlook Business (reporting Standing Committee on Energy report, 21 Mar 2023)", "title": "India misses RE capacity target due to low solar rooftop, wind energy project installations: parliamentary panel", "url": "https://www.outlookbusiness.com/amp/story/news/india-misses-re-capacity-target-due-to-low-solar-rooftop-wind-energy-project-installations-parliamentary-panel-news-271974", "date": "2023-03-21", "key_figure": "120.90 GW installed as of 31 Dec 2022 (~69% of 175 GW); rooftop solar 7.40 GW vs 40 GW; wind 41.93 GW vs 60 GW" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "MNRE", "title": "Installed Renewable Energy Capacity (MW) (Excluding Large Hydro Power), year-wise", "url": "https://mnre.gov.in/en/year-wise-achievement/", "date": "2026-10-17", "key_figure": "Cumulative 35,849.59 MW at 31.03.2014; additions of 14,081.97 MW in 2021-22 and 15,274.43 MW in 2022-23" }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Parliament (written answer, Feb 2023) via SolarQuarter", "title": "India's non-fossil capacity touches 174 GW in 2022", "url": "https://solarquarter.com/2023/02/08/indias-non-fossil-power-generation-capacity-touches-174-gw-in-2022", "date": "2023-02-08", "key_figure": "174.53 GW non-fossil incl. large hydro and 6.78 GW nuclear (167.75 GW RE incl. large hydro) as on 31.12.2022" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Later target: 500 GW non-fossil capacity by 2030", "url": "https://solarquarter.com/2022/12/21/year-end-review-2022-mnre-working-towards-achieving-500-gw-green-energy-by-2030/", "summary": "MNRE's 2022 year-end review frames the effort as working towards 500 GW non-fossil capacity by 2030; total non-fossil capacity incl. large hydro and nuclear (174.53 GW) was about 42.5% of installed capacity at end-2022." } ], "chart": { "series": "renewable-capacity", "target": 175, "target_label": "175 GW target (excl. large hydro), deadline Dec 2022" }, "analysis": "The 175 GW target (100 GW solar, 60 GW wind, 10 GW biomass, 5 GW small hydro) was clarified by MNRE in October 2019 as due by 31 December 2022. It excludes large hydro.\n\nOn 31 December 2022, solar was 63.30 GW, wind 41.93 GW, biomass 10.73 GW and small hydro 4.94 GW, a total of 120.90 GW or about 69% of the target. Biomass exceeded its sub-target; solar, wind and especially rooftop solar fell short. The Standing Committee on Energy attributed the gap to low rooftop solar and wind installations.\n\nCapacity grew from 35.85 GW (March 2014) to 109.89 GW (March 2022) on MNRE figures, roughly tripling, and annual additions reached 14-15 GW in 2021-22 and 2022-23. The 175 GW level was crossed only after 2024-25 on the derived series.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Date 2015-01-01 is a placeholder: the 175 GW target was announced in 2015 (widely reported from January 2015 / INDC Oct 2015); exact Modi speech/date not located, quote is paraphrased from the target. No verbatim Modi quote or video found. The 120.90 GW figure comes via the Outlook Business report of the committee and a search summary of the Feb 2023 parliamentary answer; the rsdebate PDF would not open. MNRE page cumulative values derived by summation. Check MNRE 31 Dec 2022 figure on mnre.gov.in physical progress archive.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-kharge-2014-railway-1532km", "speaker": "Mallikarjun Kharge", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister of Railways", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2014-02-12", "venue": "Lok Sabha, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "During the year we completed 1,532 km of New Line, Doubling and Gauge Conversion against a revised target of 1,525 km.", "quote_english": "During the year we completed 1,532 km of New Line, Doubling and Gauge Conversion against a revised target of 1,525 km.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Railway Board documents for 2013-14 record 1,532 km of new line, doubling and gauge conversion commissioned against a revised target of 1,525 km.", "topics": [ "railways", "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "DNA: Full text of Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge's Railway Budget 2014-15 speech", "url": "https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-full-text-speech-of-railway-minister-mallikarjun-kharge-introducing-the-railway-budget-2014-15-1961431" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Indian Railways", "title": "Railway Budget 2014-15: Speech of Shri Mallikarjun Kharge", "url": "https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Budget_2014-15/English_Speech_2014-15.pdf", "date": "2014-02-12", "key_figure": "1,532 km of new line, doubling and gauge conversion against a revised target of 1,525 km" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Indian Railways", "title": "Railway Budget 2014-15 Highlights", "url": "https://cr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/downloadfile.jsp?fileid=386&filename=1392192998973-212-Railway%20Budget%20Highlights.docx", "date": "2014-02-12", "key_figure": "In 2013-14, 1,532 km of new lines, doubling and gauge conversion commissioned" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "In the interim Railway Budget for 2014-15, Kharge reported 1,532 km of new line, doubling and gauge conversion commissioned in 2013-14, against a revised target of 1,525 km.\n\nThe Railway Board's budget highlights for 2014-15 repeat the 1,532 km figure. The budget speech PDF carries the same sentence.\n\nThe figure is an official self-report; no independent CAG audit of the 2013-14 commissioning total was located.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The claim is a narrow year-end commissioning statistic from the Railway Budget speech, not a multi-year promise. Both evidence items are Railway Board documents; no independent audit figure was found. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2014-farm-credit-sevenfold", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2014-01-03", "venue": "New Delhi (release of UPA government report card)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Farm credit has been raised to Rs 7,00,000 crore in 2013-14 fiscal from Rs 1,04,500 crore in 2004-05 fiscal.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Agricultural credit reached Rs 7.3-7.35 lakh crore in 2013-14, roughly six to seven times the 2004-05 level depending on the credit series used.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "economy" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "Agriculture credit rises seven-fold during UPA's tenure: PM", "url": "https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/agriculture-credit-rises-seven-fold-during-upas-tenure-pm/article64201028.ece", "channel": "The Hindu BusinessLine" } ], "transcript_sources": [], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "Agriculture credit crosses Rs 20 lakh crore till January, sharp jump from Rs 7.3 lakh crore in 2013-14", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/business/agriculture-credit-crosses-rs-20-lakh-crore-till-january-fy24-9175024/", "date": "2024-02-22", "key_figure": "Institutional credit for agriculture was Rs 7.3 lakh crore in 2013-14" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Business Standard / ANI", "title": "Agricultural credit likely to touch Rs 7,35,000 crore; target for 2014-15 kept at Rs 8,00,000 crore", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/agricultural-credit-likely-to-touch-rs-7-35-000-crore-target-for-2014-15-kept-at-rs-8-00-000-crore-114021700845_1.html", "date": "2014-02-17", "key_figure": "Agricultural credit likely to touch Rs 7.35 lakh crore in 2013-14, exceeding the Rs 7 lakh crore target" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "UPA report card: farm credit up seven-fold", "url": "https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/agriculture-credit-rises-seven-fold-during-upas-tenure-pm/article64201028.ece", "summary": "The report card said credit rose from Rs 1,04,500 crore in 2004-05 to Rs 7 lakh crore in 2013-14 and cited 11 crore Kisan Credit Cards." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The UPA report card put agricultural credit at Rs 7 lakh crore in 2013-14, against Rs 1,04,500 crore in 2004-05, and described the increase as seven-fold. Independent official figures put 2013-14 credit at Rs 7.3-7.35 lakh crore. The 2004-05 baseline differs across series: the Economic Survey's institutional credit figure is Rs 1,25,309 crore, which would imply an increase of about six-fold. On either series the increase is large and close to the reported order of magnitude.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 'seven-fold' description depends on the report card's Rs 1,04,500 crore baseline. Using the Economic Survey's Rs 1,25,309 crore for 2004-05 gives roughly a six-fold rise. The claim is therefore rounded rather than exact. [ingest: 1 dead evidence link(s) removed]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-dikshit-2013-delhi-power-tariffs", "speaker": "Sheila Dikshit", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Delhi", "level": "state", "state": "Delhi", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2013-12-01", "venue": "Public rally in Delhi and other venues during 2013", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The power tariff in Delhi is much lower than that in other metropolitan cities and even other cities and towns in the National Capital Region.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Delhi's power tariffs were the lowest among cities; a Mint claim check citing a Deloitte analysis found that in 2013 only Maharashtra, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh had higher retail tariffs than Delhi.", "topics": [ "energy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Claim Check: Sheila Dikshit on Delhi's power tariffs - Mint", "url": "https://www.livemint.com/Politics/r6pfNXjJMHYev5sh9R9awK/Sheila-Dikshit-on-Delhis-power-tariffs.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "Mint (Livemint)", "title": "Claim Check: Sheila Dikshit on Delhi's power tariffs", "url": "https://www.livemint.com/Politics/r6pfNXjJMHYev5sh9R9awK/Sheila-Dikshit-on-Delhis-power-tariffs.html", "date": "2013-12-03", "key_figure": "Deloitte analysis: only Maharashtra, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh had higher retail tariffs than Delhi in 2013; Mint verdict: 'She is wrong about the first but right about the second'" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Daily Mail India", "title": "Sheila Dikshit claims hike in electricity tariff is due to 24-hour supply", "url": "https://www.dailymail.com/indiahome/indianews/article-2301351/Sheila-Dikshit-claims-hike-electricity-tariff-24-hour-supply.html", "date": "2013-03-01", "key_figure": "Dikshit defended tariff levels while linking bills to uninterrupted supply" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Claim Check: Sheila Dikshit on Delhi's power tariffs - Mint", "url": "https://www.livemint.com/Politics/r6pfNXjJMHYev5sh9R9awK/Sheila-Dikshit-on-Delhis-power-tariffs.html", "summary": "Mint found Dikshit was wrong that Delhi's tariffs were the lowest among cities, but right that the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission, not the government, decides tariffs." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Dikshit made the tariff claim at multiple venues in 2013, including a rally on 1 December, according to Mint's claim check. She also said tariffs could not be changed or amended by the government.\n\nMint's analysis, based on a Deloitte comparison of 2013 retail tariffs for a 300 kWh monthly consumption on a 4 kW connection, found that only Maharashtra, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh had higher tariffs than Delhi. It concluded she was wrong on the 'lowest tariffs' point but right that the DERC sets tariffs.\n\nThe claim that Delhi's tariffs were the lowest among cities is not supported by the tariff comparison, though the procedural point about the regulator was correct.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The Daily Mail article was seen in search results and was not fetched directly; its date is approximate (early 2013). The Mint claim check was read directly. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2013-2-crore-jobs-a-year", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "BJP Prime Ministerial candidate", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2013-11-21", "venue": "Vijay Shankhnad rally, Agra, Uttar Pradesh", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Widely attributed paraphrase: Modi/BJP promised 2 crore jobs every year. Fact-checkers report that at Agra he said the Congress had promised 1 crore jobs a year.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "unverifiable", "summary": "No verbatim Modi statement promising '2 crore jobs a year' was found; fact-checkers trace the figure to a misreport of an Agra speech about Congress's 1 crore pledge, while official unemployment data show a fall from 6.0% (2017-18) to 3.2% (2023-24) on PLFS.", "topics": [ "jobs", "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Narendra Modi addresses Vijay Shankhnad Rally in Agra (narendramodi.in event page; summarises the speech, no jobs quote found on page per search snippet)", "url": "https://www.narendramodi.in/bjp-would-bring-a-change-in-lives-of-people-through-the-mantra-of-development-narendra-modi-in-agra" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "Logically Facts", "title": "Fact check: Narendra Modi had promised 2 crore jobs during the 2014 election campaigns", "url": "https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-narendra-modi-had-promised-2-crore-jobs-during-the-2014-election-campaigns", "date": "", "key_figure": "Reports that on 21 Nov 2013 in Agra Modi said Congress had promised 1 crore jobs a year; calls the 2 crore attribution fabricated (summary from search results; page could not be opened)" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "NSO / MoSPI", "title": "PLFS Annual Report 2023-24 press note, Table 3: unemployment rate, usual status (ps+ss), age 15+", "url": "https://mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/press_release/Press_note_AR_PLFS_2023_24_22092024.pdf", "date": "2024-09-22", "key_figure": "All-India UR: 6.0% (2017-18), 5.8%, 4.8%, 4.2%, 4.1%, 3.2% (2022-23), 3.2% (2023-24)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Business Standard", "title": "Jobs as jumlas (opinion)", "url": "https://business-standard.com/article/opinion/jobs-as-jumlas-118121000674_1.html", "date": "2018-12-10", "key_figure": "Frames the 2014 pledge as 10 million (1 crore) jobs, not 2 crore (opinion piece; date inferred from URL)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Scroll.in", "title": "Madhya Pradesh polls: Rahul Gandhi says PM Narendra Modi betrayed and lied to people about jobs", "url": "https://scroll.in/latest/903349/madhya-pradesh-polls-rahul-gandhi-says-pm-narendra-modi-betrayed-and-lied-to-people-about-jobs", "date": "", "key_figure": "Example of the 'two crore jobs every year' attribution being made by an opposition leader" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "OpIndia: BJP never promised 2 crore jobs a year", "url": "https://www.opindia.com/?p=831157", "summary": "Argues the 2 crore figure distorts the Agra speech, in which Modi criticised the Congress's 2004 pledge of 1 crore jobs, and that it was a PTI misquote repeated by other outlets. Partisan outlet; not an official government statement." } ], "chart": { "series": "unemployment-rate", "target": null, "target_label": "No numeric target verified" }, "analysis": "The phrase '2 crore jobs a year' is commonly attributed to Modi's 2013-14 campaign. Fact-checkers (Logically Facts, summarised in search results) say that on 21 November 2013 in Agra he referred to a Congress promise of 1 crore jobs a year, and that the 2 crore version was a misreport. The 2014 BJP manifesto is cited by Logically Facts as containing no such number; this was not independently checked here.\n\nBecause no verbatim Modi sentence with the 2 crore figure was found, the ledger cannot confirm the promise as quoted. Modi and the BJP did campaign on job creation generally; whether any numeric target was set in other speeches was not established.\n\nFor context, PLFS (usual status, age 15+) shows unemployment at 6.0% in 2017-18 and 3.2% in 2023-24. PLFS began in 2017-18, so no strictly comparable official series exists for 2013-14 to 2016-17. The unemployment rate does not measure the number of jobs created, so it neither confirms nor refutes any specific jobs target.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Exact Agra wording not obtained: Logically Facts, Modi's YouTube video of the Agra rally and the Hindi transcript could not be opened/located; no YouTube URL given because none was found. Evidence on Logically Facts is from a search summary. EPFO payroll / CMIE data and government employment-generation claims were not retrieved; add if reviewer wants them. Verdict is 'unverifiable' rather than false because other speeches were not exhaustively searched.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-kiran-kumar-reddy-2013-united-ap", "speaker": "N. Kiran Kumar Reddy", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh", "level": "state", "state": "Andhra Pradesh", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-11-15", "venue": "Public meetings at Chodavaram and Poduru, Andhra Pradesh (Rachabanda programme)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "He was prepared to step down if it helped keep the State united, and would continue his fight against division without leaving the Congress; no effort would be spared to stall the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh (reported wording).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "unachieved", "summary": "The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 divided Andhra Pradesh; Telangana was formed on 2 June 2014, and the promise to keep the State united was not met.", "topics": [ "governance" ], "media": [ { "platform": "youtube", "title": "'Will do everything to stop bifurcation': Kiran Kumar Reddy", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXp_6jYlOLU" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Hindu: Kiran prepared to step down to keep AP united", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/kiran-prepared-to-step-down-to-keep-ap-united/article5355953.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "PRS Legislative Research", "title": "The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2014 (Telangana)", "url": "https://prsindia.org/billtrack/the-andhra-pradesh-reorganisation-bill-2014-telangana", "date": "2014-02-13", "key_figure": "Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha on 13 February 2014 by the Minister for Home Affairs; carves out Telangana from 10 districts of Andhra Pradesh" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PRS Legislative Research (text of the Act)", "title": "The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014", "url": "https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/acts_states/andhra-pradesh/2014/2014AP6.pdf", "date": "2014-03-01", "key_figure": "\"On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new State to be known as the State of Telangana\"" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "title": "Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_Reorganisation_Act,_2014", "date": "2014-06-02", "key_figure": "The Act split Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and residual Andhra Pradesh; the two states were formed on 2 June 2014" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "The Hindu: Kiran prepared to step down to keep AP united", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/kiran-prepared-to-step-down-to-keep-ap-united/article5355953.ece", "summary": "The Chief Minister said he would take the sentiments of the people to the Group of Ministers and would keep fighting bifurcation from within the Congress." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In November 2013 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy publicly opposed the bifurcation of the State, saying he was even prepared to step down to keep it united and that he would continue his fight against division while remaining in the Congress. The Hindu reported the remarks from public meetings at Chodavaram and Poduru.\n\nThe Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2014 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 13 February 2014. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 provided for the formation of Telangana from ten districts of the existing State, with Hyderabad as a common capital for ten years.\n\nTelangana and the residual State of Andhra Pradesh were formed on 2 June 2014. The stated target of keeping the State united was not met.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The exact quote is a paraphrase from The Hindu report; the YouTube link was found in search results and is a news clip titled 'Will do everything to stop bifurcation'. The Act PDF was listed in search results but not parsed as text.", "scored": true }, { "id": "modi-2013-black-money-abroad-15-lakh", "speaker": "Narendra Modi", "party": "BJP", "role": "BJP Prime Ministerial candidate", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "claude-sonnet", "grounding": null, "date": "2013-11-07", "venue": "Rally, Kanker, Chhattisgarh", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "If even once, the money hoarded by these crooks in banks abroad, even if we bring only that back, every poor Indian would get free of cost Rs 15 to Rs 20 lakhs, just like that.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "Modi's campaign remark was a conditional illustration of how large black money abroad might be, not a literal pledge of Rs 15 lakh per account; no such deposits have been made and no estimate supporting the figure has been produced.", "topics": [ "black-money", "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "BOOM: Did Modi promise to deposit Rs 15 lakh in every account? A factcheck (quotes English rendering of Kanker remark)", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/did-modi-promise-to-deposit-rs-15-lakh-in-every-account-a-factcheck" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "BOOM", "title": "Did Modi promise to deposit Rs 15 lakh in every account? A factcheck", "url": "https://www.boomlive.in/did-modi-promise-to-deposit-rs-15-lakh-in-every-account-a-factcheck", "date": "", "key_figure": "Earliest 15 lakh mention found at Kanker, 7 Nov 2013; amount refers to black money stashed abroad, not a promise to credit each account. Shah, ABP News, 5 Feb 2015: 'this is a jumla. 15 lakhs will not be credited in anyone's account.'" }, { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "The Quint (WebQoof)", "title": "Rajnath Singh ANI interview: PM Modi never promised Rs 15 lakh - fact check", "url": "https://thequint.com/news/webqoof/rajnath-singh-ani-interview-pm-narendra-modi-never-promised-rs-15-lakh-fact-check", "date": "", "key_figure": "Fact-check of the claim that Modi never made the promise (details not opened)" }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Factly (reporting Rajya Sabha remarks by Arun Jaitley)", "title": "What did Arun Jaitley say about Narendra Modi's Rs 15 lakh remark on black money?", "url": "https://factly.in/15-lakh-black-money-remark-what-arun-jaitley-say-about-narendra-modis", "date": "", "key_figure": "Jaitley called it an illustrative statement scaling with black-money estimates (per search summary)" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Deccan Herald", "title": "Amit Shah calls Modi bluff", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/india/amit-shah-calls-modi-bluff-2111288", "date": "2015-02-05", "key_figure": "Reports Shah describing the remark as a 'jumla' / idiomatic expression given during Lok Sabha polls" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Arun Jaitley in Rajya Sabha, via Factly", "url": "https://factly.in/15-lakh-black-money-remark-what-arun-jaitley-say-about-narendra-modis", "summary": "Said the remark was illustrative: if higher estimates of black money abroad were accepted, the per-citizen benefit would scale accordingly." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "BOOM traces the earliest mention to a 7 November 2013 rally at Kanker, where Modi said that if the black money held abroad were brought back, every poor Indian could get Rs 15-20 lakh. Fact-checkers read this as a hypothetical about the size of the hoard, not a promise to deposit money in each account. The English wording above is BOOM's rendering; no Hindi original or video was located.\n\nOn 5 February 2015 Amit Shah told ABP News that '15 lakhs will not be credited in anyone's account' and called it a 'jumla'/metaphor. The Congress called this an admission and demanded an apology. The phrase 'chunavi jumla' appears in a NewsGram paraphrase of Shah's words, not in the direct quotes seen.\n\nNo cash transfer of the kind alleged has occurred. The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) Act was passed in 2015 (referred to in the 8 Nov 2016 speech text), but recovered amounts against any estimate were not retrieved here, so the ledger does not assess how much black money was actually brought back. The verdict reflects that the popular 'promise' framing overstates what was said, while the underlying illustration of recoverable wealth has not materialised.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Verdict is a judgment call between 'misleading' (popular framing) and 'unachieved' (if the hypothetical is read as an aim). Hindi original, video and other 2014 rally variants not found. Black money recovery data (Black Money Act assessments, Swiss data) not retrieved. Quint fact-check page not opened; the Factly details come from search summary.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-dikshit-2013-delhi-growth-10-33", "speaker": "Sheila Dikshit", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Delhi", "level": "state", "state": "Delhi", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-10-22", "venue": "Press conference, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "The average growth rate in the capital was 10.33 per cent in the last five years compared to Gujarat's 9.51 per cent and national average of 8.03 per cent.", "quote_english": "The average growth rate in the capital was 10.33 per cent in the last five years compared to Gujarat's 9.51 per cent and national average of 8.03 per cent.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "The Chief Minister presented 10.33% as Delhi's five-year average growth; the Delhi Economic Survey reports that as the 2004-05 to 2012-13 compound growth rate, with 9.0% growth in 2012-13.", "topics": [ "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Delhi 'way ahead' of Gujarat; BJP misleading people: Dikshit (Rediff)", "url": "https://www.rediff.com/news/report/delhi-way-ahead-of-gujarat-bjp-misleading-people-dikshit/20131022.htm" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Rediff", "title": "Delhi 'way ahead' of Gujarat; BJP misleading people: Dikshit", "url": "https://www.rediff.com/news/report/delhi-way-ahead-of-gujarat-bjp-misleading-people-dikshit/20131022.htm", "date": "2013-10-22", "key_figure": "Dikshit: Delhi average growth 10.33%, Gujarat 9.51%, national 8.03%." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Delhi", "title": "Estimates of the State Domestic Product of Delhi, 2011-12 and 2012-13", "url": "https://docslib.org/doc/5636708/estimates-of-the-domestic-state-product-of-delhi", "date": "2013-04-01", "key_figure": "10.33% is the real NSDP CAGR from 2004-05 to 2012-13; growth was 9.2% in 2011-12 and 9.0% in 2012-13." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Sheila Dikshit said Delhi's average growth over the previous five years was 10.33%, against Gujarat's 9.51% and a national average of 8.03%. She repeated the 10.33% figure at the Delhi Congress manifesto release in November 2013.\n\nThe Delhi Economic Survey's 2012-13 estimates report 10.33% as the compound annual growth rate of Delhi's real NSDP from 2004-05 to 2012-13, an eight-year period. The same survey reports 9.2% growth in 2011-12 and 9.0% in 2012-13.\n\nNational GDP growth for 2008-09 to 2012-13 was 6.7%, 8.6%, 9.3%, 6.2% and 5.0%, an arithmetic average of about 7.2%, below the 8.03% cited. Delhi's growth was faster than the national rate, but the specific five-year averages and comparison period are not supported as stated.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 10.33% figure appears in the Delhi Economic Survey as an eight-year CAGR. The national five-year average is computed from Economic Survey 2012-13 growth rates. Gujarat's 9.51% was not independently verified. [ingest: 1 dead evidence link(s) removed]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-shinde-2013-lwe-decline", "speaker": "Sushilkumar Shinde", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 2, "score": 0.6666666666666666 }, "date": "2013-10-10", "venue": "New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "The LWE violence level has been declining since 2010. The number of incidents has declined from 2213 (with 1005 resultant deaths) in 2010 to 1415 incidents (with 415 resultant deaths) in 2012.", "quote_english": "The LWE violence level has been declining since 2010. The number of incidents has declined from 2213 (with 1005 resultant deaths) in 2010 to 1415 incidents (with 415 resultant deaths) in 2012.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Home Ministry figures show left-wing extremism incidents fell from 2,213 with 1,005 deaths in 2010 to 1,415 with 415 deaths in 2012, and independent conflict data records the same downward trend after 2010.", "topics": [ "internal-security", "security", "terrorism" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Business Standard/ANI: Shinde claims Left-wing extremism is on decline since 2010 (10 Oct 2013)", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/shinde-claims-left-wing-extremism-is-on-decline-since-2010-113101000674_1.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Business Standard", "title": "Shinde claims Left-wing extremism is on decline since 2010", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/shinde-claims-left-wing-extremism-is-on-decline-since-2010-113101000674_1.html", "date": "2013-10-10", "key_figure": "2,213 incidents and 1,005 deaths in 2010; 1,415 incidents and 415 deaths in 2012; 27.48% fewer incidents up to 30 August 2013 than in the same period of 2012." }, { "type": "index", "publisher": "South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP)", "title": "India Assessment 2016", "url": "https://www.satp.org/terrorism-assessment/india", "date": "2016-01-01", "key_figure": "LWE fatalities were 1,180 in 2010 and declined continuously to 251 in 2015." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Times of India", "title": "2015 saw lowest Naxal violence in 6 years", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/2015-saw-lowest-Naxal-violence-in-6-years/articleshow/50791568.cms", "date": "2016-01-02", "key_figure": "Home Ministry statistics record 2,213 LWE incidents in 2010, the base year cited by Shinde." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Shinde's statement used the Home Ministry's LWE series: 2,213 incidents and 1,005 deaths in 2010, falling to 1,415 incidents and 415 deaths in 2012. His additional figure of a 27.48% reduction in incidents up to 30 August 2013 is consistent with the same series.\n\nSATP's independent compilation also records LWE fatalities peaking at 1,180 in 2010 and declining continuously to 251 in 2015. The direction and scale of the decline in the official figures are therefore supported.\n\nThe decline was a trend, not an end to violence. Major attacks continued during the period, including the May 2013 Darbha valley attack in Chhattisgarh.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The Business Standard report was accessible through a reader proxy during research; the direct page returned HTTP 403. Figures are from the Home Ministry series as quoted by the minister and restated by SATP/TOI.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-rahul-gandhi-2013-ordinance", "speaker": "Rahul Gandhi", "party": "INC", "role": "Vice-President, Indian National Congress and Member of Parliament", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-09-27", "venue": "Press conference at the Press Club of India, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "My opinion of the ordinance is that it is complete nonsense and should be torn up and thrown away.", "quote_english": "My opinion of the ordinance is that it is complete nonsense and should be torn up and thrown away.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The Union Cabinet withdrew both the ordinance on convicted lawmakers and the accompanying bill on 2 October 2013, five days after Rahul Gandhi publicly opposed them; the Supreme Court's disqualification ruling was left undisturbed.", "topics": [ "governance", "corruption" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Hindustan Times: Centre's white paper recalls Rahul Gandhi's 2013 ordinance 'tearing' incident", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/centres-white-paper-recalls-rahuls-2013-ordinance-tearing-incident-what-had-happened-101707396937991.html" }, { "title": "The Hindu: When Rahul dropped a bombshell at press meet", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/when-rahul-dropped-a-bombshell-at-press-meet/article5175865.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Wikipedia (citing Business Line and others)", "title": "Disqualification of convicted representatives in India", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disqualification_of_convicted_representatives_in_India", "date": "2013-10-02", "key_figure": "Within five days of Gandhi's remarks, both the ordinance and the bill were withdrawn on 2 October 2013" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu Business Line", "title": "'Nonsense' ordinance withdrawn", "url": "https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/nonsense-ordinance-withdrawn/article5192427.ece", "date": "2013-10-02", "key_figure": "Government withdrew the ordinance on convicted lawmakers on 2 October 2013" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Hindustan Times", "title": "Centre's white paper recalls Rahul Gandhi's 2013 ordinance 'tearing' incident. What had happened?", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/centres-white-paper-recalls-rahuls-2013-ordinance-tearing-incident-what-had-happened-101707396937991.html", "date": "2024-02-08", "key_figure": "Rahul Gandhi called the ordinance \"complete nonsense\" and said it should be \"torn up and thrown away\"; the ordinance aimed to negate the Lily Thomas judgment of 10 July 2013" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Rediff: Rahul calls ordinance 'nonsense', PM says will discuss", "url": "https://www.rediff.com/news/report/ordinance-on-convicted-lawmakers-is-complete-nonsense-rahul/20130927.htm", "summary": "Following Rahul Gandhi's remarks, the Prime Minister's Office said the matter would be discussed; the government subsequently withdrew the ordinance and bill." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 27 September 2013 Rahul Gandhi, then Congress vice-president, told a press conference that the ordinance on convicted lawmakers was \"complete nonsense\" and should be \"torn up and thrown away\". The ordinance had been promulgated to negate the Supreme Court's 10 July 2013 ruling in Lily Thomas v. Union of India, which held that a legislator convicted and sentenced to two years or more loses membership with immediate effect.\n\nThe Union Cabinet withdrew both the ordinance and the accompanying bill on 2 October 2013, five days after his remarks. The Supreme Court's ruling remained in force, and Rasheed Masood became the first MP disqualified under it on 1 October 2013.\n\nIn 2019 Rahul Gandhi told Hindustan Times that he had possibly expressed himself \"too aggressive\"ly on that occasion.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The press conference is reported as 27 September 2013 by The Hindu and Rediff and as 28 September 2013 by some outlets; 27 September is used. The Business Line withdrawal article URL was identified through the Wikipedia reference list.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-dikshit-2013-delhi-per-capita-income", "speaker": "Sheila Dikshit", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Delhi", "level": "state", "state": "Delhi", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-09-12", "venue": "Release of the Delhi Statistical Handbook, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The statistics reflect prosperity and sound economic situation in the capital city because of proactive economic policies of Delhi Government. (The report put Delhi's per capita income at Rs 2,01,083 in 2012-13, described as the highest in the country.)", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "Delhi's per capita income was at the top among major states, but RBI/NSDP data show Goa's per capita was higher in the same years.", "topics": [ "income", "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Delhi has highest per capita income in the country, PTI via Economic Times", "url": "https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/indicators/delhi-has-highest-per-capita-income-in-the-country/articleshow/22525222.cms" }, { "title": "Delhiites' per capita income highest in country, Hindustan Times", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/delhiites-per-capita-income-highest-in-country/story-A3XJ0rx3bT7nsfFJhOCPFL.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "PTI / Economic Times", "title": "Delhi has highest per capita income in the country", "url": "https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/indicators/delhi-has-highest-per-capita-income-in-the-country/articleshow/22525222.cms", "date": "2013-09-12", "key_figure": "Delhi per capita income Rs 2,01,083 (2012-13) vs national average about Rs 61,564; the report calls it the highest in the country" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Reserve Bank of India (NSDP per capita; via state-wise compilation)", "title": "State-wise NSDP per capita, current prices", "url": "https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=23468", "date": "2015-01-01", "key_figure": "2012-13 NSDP per capita: Goa Rs 2,34,354; Delhi Rs 2,05,568; Sikkim Rs 1,74,183" }, { "type": "index", "publisher": "Wikipedia (cites RBI Handbook of Statistics on Indian States)", "title": "List of Indian states and union territories by GDP per capita", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_GDP_per_capita", "date": "2026-01-01", "key_figure": "Delhi 2011-12 Rs 1,85,001 and 2012-13 Rs 2,05,568, below Goa's Rs 2,59,444 and Rs 2,34,354" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Delhi government statistical handbook (source of the claim)", "url": "https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/indicators/delhi-has-highest-per-capita-income-in-the-country/articleshow/22525222.cms", "summary": "The Delhi government's handbook reported Delhi's per capita income as the highest among states and union territories and attributed it to the state government's economic policies." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In September 2013 the Delhi Chief Minister released the Delhi Statistical Handbook, which put the capital's per capita income at Rs 2,01,083 for 2012-13 against a national average of about Rs 61,564, and it was widely reported as the highest in the country. A 2011 release of the same handbook made a similar claim for 2009-10.\n\ngovernment/RBI state-wise (NSDP per capita) data for 2012-13 place Goa at about Rs 2,34,354, higher than Delhi's figure, while Delhi remained above other major states and above Sikkim.\n\nThe claim as stated ('highest in the country') is therefore not accurate if Goa is counted; Delhi's income was at the top among the large states/UTs but not the highest nationally. The claim is graded misleading rather than false because it was true relative to most states and was the official position of the Delhi government's own statistics office.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The comparison relies on RBI/NSDP per-capita data accessed via a secondary compilation; the exact RBI table was not opened directly. Delhi government figures (Rs 2,01,083) and RBI series (Rs 2,05,568) differ slightly. No verbatim transcript of the Chief Minister's remarks was located.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-azad-2013-mmr-212", "speaker": "Ghulam Nabi Azad", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-08-30", "venue": "New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "Maternal mortality rate has declined from 301 per 100,000 live births in 2001-03 to 254 in 2004-05 and further declined to 212 in 2007-09.", "quote_english": "Maternal mortality rate has declined from 301 per 100,000 live births in 2001-03 to 254 in 2004-05 and further declined to 212 in 2007-09.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The SRS special bulletin for 2007-09 estimated India's maternal mortality ratio at 212 per 100,000 live births, down from 254 in 2004-06; the 2001-03 estimate was 301.", "topics": [ "health" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Maternal mortality rate declining: Azad", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/maternal-mortality-rate-declining-azad-113083000038_1.html" }, { "title": "Estimates of Maternal Mortality, Child Mortality and Total Fertility Rates", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=73084" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Office of the Registrar General, India", "title": "Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2007-09", "url": "https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/34776/download/38464/SRS_MMR_Bulletin_2007_2009.pdf", "date": "2011-06-01", "key_figure": "India MMR 212 (95% CI 198-226) in 2007-09, down from 254 in 2004-06" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau", "title": "Estimates of Maternal Mortality, Child Mortality and Total Fertility Rates", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=73084", "key_figure": "MMR declined from 254 in 2004-06 to 212 in 2007-09, a fall of 17 per cent" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: SRS maternal mortality estimates 2007-09", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=73084", "summary": "The government release confirms the decline from 254 to 212 and attributes it to the SRS special bulletin." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The statement cites SRS estimates: MMR 301 in 2001-03, 254 in 2004-06 and 212 in 2007-09. The SRS special bulletin for 2007-09, published in June 2011, reports an MMR of 212 with a 95 per cent confidence interval of 198-226.\n\nThe same bulletin reports the decline from 254 to 212, a fall of about 17 per cent. The 301 figure for 2001-03 is consistent with the earlier SRS series.\n\nThe claim is a statistical statement about published SRS estimates and is supported by the primary bulletin.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The SRS PDF was read directly. The Business Standard page returned HTTP 403 to an automated fetch, but the quoted sentence appeared in the search-result snippet. The 301 figure is taken from the earlier SRS round, not from the 2007-09 bulletin itself. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-sibal-2013-panchayat-broadband", "speaker": "Kapil Sibal", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-08-30", "venue": "Parliament (Rajya Sabha), New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Gram Panchayats will get broadband speed of up to 100 Mbps under a government project that aims to connect all 2.5 lakh panchayats in the country over the next two years.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2015-08-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "Kapil Sibal said in 2013 that the National Optical Fibre Network would connect all 2.5 lakh gram panchayats with up to 100 Mbps broadband within about two years; by 2014 only a few hundred kilometres of the planned 300,000 km of optical fibre had been laid, and the first phase was completed only in December 2017.", "topics": [ "digital", "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Shri Kapil Sibal presides over Signing of Tripartite MoU on ROW & NOFN between GOI, State Government and BBNL - PIB", "url": "https://archive.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=94655" }, { "title": "Gram panchayats to get broadband speed of up to 100 mbps: Kapil Sibal - Economic Times", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/gram-panchayats-to-get-broadband-speed-of-up-to-100-mbps-kapil-sibal/articleshow/22162512.cms" }, { "title": "Panchayats to get 100mbps broadband speed: Sibal - Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech-news/Panchayats-to-get-100mbps-broadband-speed-Sibal/articleshow/22164030.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "index", "publisher": "Wikipedia (compiling government/BBNL data)", "title": "Bharat Broadband Network - implementation history", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Broadband_Network", "date": "2017-12-01", "key_figure": "Between 2011 and 2014 only about 350 km of the 300,000 km Phase-I optical fibre was laid; Phase-I was completed in December 2017" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Communications", "title": "Shri Kapil Sibal presides over Signing of Tripartite MoU on ROW & NOFN", "url": "https://archive.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=94655", "date": "2013-04-12", "key_figure": "Project to connect all 250,000 gram panchayats with optical fibre" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Tripartite MoUs signed for National Optical Fibre Network", "url": "https://archive.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=94655", "summary": "The government described NOFN as a project to connect all 2.5 lakh gram panchayats with a minimum 100 Mbps, funded from the Universal Service Obligation Fund." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The PIB release of 12 April 2013 set out the National Optical Fibre Network plan to connect all 250,000 gram panchayats. In late August 2013, Sibal was reported in Parliament as saying the project would connect all 2.5 lakh panchayats at up to 100 Mbps over the next two years.\n\nProgress between 2011 and 2014 was limited: reports compiled from government data indicate that only a few hundred kilometres of the roughly 300,000 km of optical fibre required for Phase-I had been laid by 2014, and Phase-I was completed in December 2017.\n\nThe two-year connectivity target set in 2013 was not met within that period.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The TOI and ET URLs were seen in search results; the PIB release and the Wikipedia Bharat Broadband Network article were read. The exact sitting date of Sibal's Rajya Sabha reply is reported as Friday 30 August 2013 by the news reports.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-gogoi-2013-assam-food-self-sufficient", "speaker": "Tarun Gogoi", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Assam", "level": "state", "state": "Assam", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-08-20", "venue": "Guwahati (launch of Food Security Scheme campaign)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "In Assam, about 2.25 crore people from around 40 lakh families will benefit from the scheme and we will have no difficulty in implementing the scheme as we are self-sufficient on the food-front.", "quote_english": "In Assam, about 2.25 crore people from around 40 lakh families will benefit from the scheme and we will have no difficulty in implementing the scheme as we are self-sufficient on the food-front.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "Assam has a rice surplus, but it depends on other states for most other food products, so 'self-sufficient on the food-front' overstates the position.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "income" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "Gogoi launches promotional campaign of Food Security scheme", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/gogoi-launches-promotional-campaign-of-food-security-scheme-113082000734_1.html", "channel": "Business Standard / PTI" }, { "platform": "news", "title": "Assam CM launches food security scheme campaign", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/assam-cm-launches-food-security-scheme-campaign-113082000800_1.html", "channel": "Business Standard / IANS" } ], "transcript_sources": [], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "Quantity achieved, quality next", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/quantity-achieved-quality-next/", "date": "2013-07-25", "key_figure": "Assam first registered a rice surplus in 2000-01; paddy output reached 50.45 lakh tonnes by 2011-12" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Business Northeast", "title": "Assam to become self sufficient in major crops by 2026", "url": "https://www.business-northeast.com/assam-to-become-self-sufficient-in-major-crops-by-2026", "key_figure": "State agriculture director: Assam is self-sufficient in rice and tea but depends on other states for most other products" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Assam's rice output moved into surplus in the early 2000s and reached 50.45 lakh tonnes by 2011-12, and the World Bank described the state as self-sufficient in rice. The state agriculture department, however, describes Assam as self-sufficient in rice and tea while depending on other states for most other agricultural products. The chief minister's phrase 'self-sufficient on the food-front' is therefore accurate for rice but broader than the evidence for the full food basket.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The quote is from a PTI report of the speech. The verdict treats 'food-front' as the overall foodgrain/food basket; if read as rice alone, the claim would be true. [ingest: 1 dead evidence link(s) removed] [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-manmohan-2013-midday-meal-11-crore", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-08-15", "venue": "Red Fort, Delhi (Independence Day address)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "About 11 crore children are being provided afternoon meals every day in schools under the Mid-day Meal Scheme.", "quote_english": "About 11 crore children are being provided afternoon meals every day in schools under the Mid-day Meal Scheme.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "The Ministry's mid-day meal data show 10.45 crore children covered in 2013-14, against the Prime Minister's 'about 11 crore'; enrolment in MDM schools was 13.87 crore.", "topics": [ "education", "health" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM's Independence Day Speech, 2013", "url": "https://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/speech-details.php?nodeid=1336" }, { "title": "Mid-day meal: PM Manmohan Singh calls for reforming the scheme", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/mid-day-meal-pm-manmohan-singh-calls-for-reforming-the-scheme-174006-2013-08-15" }, { "title": "Text of PM's 2013 Independence Day speech", "url": "https://www.reuters.com/article/world/asia-pacific/text-of-pms-2013-independence-day-speech-idUSDEE97E023/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Education, Mid-Day Meal Scheme", "title": "About Mid-Day Meal", "url": "http://pmposhan-ams.education.gov.in/About_mdm.aspx", "key_figure": "10.45 crore children covered in 11.58 lakh schools during 2013-14; 10.68 crore in 2012-13" }, { "type": "fact_check", "publisher": "Factly", "title": "Mid-Day Meal Scheme: An overview of enrolment under the scheme and fund utilisation", "url": "https://factly.in/mid-day-meal-scheme-an-overview-of-enrolment-under-the-scheme-and-fund-utilisation/", "key_figure": "Enrolment in MDM-covered schools fell from 14.69 crore in 2009-10 to 13.87 crore in 2013-14" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Accountability India", "title": "Mid-Day Meal Scheme, GOI, 2013-14", "url": "https://accountabilityindia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mdms_2013-14.pdf", "key_figure": "Scheme coverage and enrolment data for 2013-14" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Ministry of Education: Mid-Day Meal coverage data", "url": "http://pmposhan-ams.education.gov.in/About_mdm.aspx", "summary": "The Ministry's page records 10.45 crore children covered in 2013-14 and 13.87 crore enrolled in MDM schools, supporting the scale of the scheme while showing the daily coverage figure was below 11 crore." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The Prime Minister's Independence Day address said about 11 crore children were being provided afternoon meals every day under the mid-day meal scheme.\n\nThe Ministry of Education's mid-day meal page reports 10.45 crore children covered in 11.58 lakh schools in 2013-14, against enrolment of 13.87 crore in MDM schools. The 2012-13 coverage was 10.68 crore.\n\nThe statement is close to the enrolment/coverage scale but overstates average daily coverage by about 5 per cent; the official figure for 2013-14 was 10.45 crore.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The PM's speech page on archivepmo.nic.in could not be fetched directly during this research; the sentence was confirmed through India Today's direct quotation and the Reuters speech text listed in search results. The Ministry page gives coverage, not enrolment; the 13.87 crore enrolment figure is from Factly's analysis of the scheme.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-siddaramaiah-2013-ksheera-bhagya", "speaker": "Siddaramaiah", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Karnataka", "level": "state", "state": "Karnataka", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 2, "score": 0.6666666666666666 }, "date": "2013-08-01", "venue": "Hoskote, Karnataka", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Over 65 lakh schoolchildren in 51,000 government schools and 39 lakh children in anganwadi centres will receive 150 ml of milk three times a week under the Ksheera Bhagya scheme.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Ksheera Bhagya was launched on 1 August 2013; official and press accounts say it covered about 1.04 crore children (65 lakh school and 39 lakh anganwadi) with 150 ml of milk three times a week.", "topics": [ "health", "education" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Siddaramaiah launches Ksheera Bhagya scheme", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/siddaramaiah-launches-ksheera-bhagya-scheme/article4977524.ece" }, { "title": "Finally, free milk for govt schoolkids becomes reality", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/finally-free-milk-govt-schoolkids-2275786" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "Siddaramaiah launches Ksheera Bhagya scheme", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/siddaramaiah-launches-ksheera-bhagya-scheme/article4977524.ece", "date": "2013-08-01", "key_figure": "65 lakh schoolchildren in 51,000 government schools and 39 lakh anganwadi children; 150 ml of milk three times a week" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "Karnataka Assembly elections: From BSY to Siddaramaiah, the land of milk and money", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/karnatakas-milk-subsidy-win-win-for-kisans-and-kids-siddaramaiah-5160046/", "date": "2018-05-02", "key_figure": "Ksheera Bhagya provides a 150-ml glass of free milk to around 1.04 crore children: 65 lakh school and 39 lakh anganwadi children" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Deccan Herald", "title": "Finally, free milk for govt schoolkids becomes reality", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/finally-free-milk-govt-schoolkids-2275786", "date": "2013-08-01", "key_figure": "150 ml of milk every alternate day of the week under Ksheera Bhagya, launched by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "The Hindu: launch report", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/siddaramaiah-launches-ksheera-bhagya-scheme/article4977524.ece", "summary": "The Chief Minister said the programme would help tackle malnutrition among children and benefit milk farmers in the state." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Ksheera Bhagya was launched at Hoskote on 1 August 2013. The scheme provided 150 ml of milk three times a week to children in government schools and anganwadi centres.\n\nThe Hindu reported 65 lakh schoolchildren in 51,000 government schools and 39 lakh anganwadi children, about 1.04 crore children in total. The Indian Express later described the same coverage.\n\nThe scheme was implemented and continued; the initial three-day-a-week schedule was later extended. The claim is supported by the launch reports and subsequent coverage data.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The quote is the reported scheme description at the Chief Minister's launch, not a verbatim quotation. The Hindu article says milk was to be given three times a week; Deccan Herald describes an alternate-day schedule, which is consistent with three days in a six-day school week. The scheme was later extended to five days a week in 2017.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-siddaramaiah-2013-interest-free-crop-loans", "speaker": "Siddaramaiah", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Karnataka", "level": "state", "state": "Karnataka", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-07-12", "venue": "Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Bengaluru (revised budget 2013-14)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Interest-free short-term loans will be made available to farmers up to Rs 2 lakh, and at 1 per cent interest for loans between Rs 2 lakh and Rs 3 lakh from cooperative institutions.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The Karnataka government announced the interest-free crop loan scheme in July 2013 and reported disbursals to 10.5 lakh farmers by November 2013.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "economy" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "Karnataka government announces interest-free farm loan up to Rs 2 lakh", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/karnataka-government-announces-interest-free-farm-loan-up-to-rs-2-lakh/articleshow/21037183.cms", "channel": "The Times of India" }, { "platform": "news", "title": "Farmers to get interest-free loans up to Rs 2 lakh, says Karnataka", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/farmers-to-get-interest-free-loans-up-to-rs-2-lakh-says-karnataka-113071200491_1.html", "channel": "Business Standard" } ], "transcript_sources": [], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The New Indian Express", "title": "State government to give out Rs 8,000 crore as farm loans, says Minister", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2013/Nov/18/state-government-to-give-out-rs-8000-crore-as-farm-loans-says-minister-538566.html", "date": "2013-11-18", "key_figure": "10.5 lakh farmers covered and Rs 4,400 crore distributed; Rs 8,000 crore planned for 20 lakh farmers" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Business Standard", "title": "K'taka to distribute grains at Re 1 per kg from October 2", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/k-taka-to-distribute-grains-at-re-1-per-kg-from-october-2-113082601140_1.html", "date": "2013-08-26", "key_figure": "Small and marginal farmers to get interest-free loans up to Rs 2 lakh; 1 per cent for Rs 2-3 lakh" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Karnataka government confirms scheme rollout", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2013/Nov/18/state-government-to-give-out-rs-8000-crore-as-farm-loans-says-minister-538566.html", "summary": "The cooperation minister said 10.5 lakh farmers had been covered and Rs 4,400 crore distributed under the 2013-14 plan." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The scheme was announced in the revised 2013-14 budget and operationalised through cooperative institutions during the year. In August 2013 the government restated the terms: zero interest up to Rs 2 lakh and 1% for Rs 2-3 lakh. By November 2013 the cooperation minister reported 10.5 lakh farmers covered and Rs 4,400 crore disbursed, against a plan of Rs 8,000 crore for 20 lakh farmers. The announced policy was implemented, although disbursal was still in progress at that point.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The quote is the reported budget announcement, not a transcript. The scheme was for short-term crop loans through cooperative institutions.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-siddaramaiah-2013-anna-bhagya", "speaker": "Siddaramaiah", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Karnataka", "level": "state", "state": "Karnataka", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-07-10", "venue": "Bangalore, Karnataka", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The 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.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2013-07-10", "verdict": "true", "summary": "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.", "topics": [ "health", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah unveils ambitious Re 1 kg rice scheme", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Karnataka-CM-Siddaramaiah-unveils-ambitious-Re-1-kg-rice-scheme/articleshow/21003777.cms" }, { "title": "Siddaramaiah launches ambitious Re 1 kg rice scheme", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/re-one-kg-rice-scheme-launched-169829-2013-07-09" }, { "title": "Karnataka launches 'Anna Bhagya' scheme for BPL families", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/karnataka-launches-anna-bhagya-scheme-for-bpl-families-113071000911_1.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Times of India", "title": "Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah unveils ambitious Re 1 kg rice scheme", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Karnataka-CM-Siddaramaiah-unveils-ambitious-Re-1-kg-rice-scheme/articleshow/21003777.cms", "date": "2013-07-10", "key_figure": "30 kg of rice at Re 1 to nearly one crore poor families; launch postponed from 1 June to 10 July 2013" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "India Today", "title": "Siddaramaiah launches ambitious Re 1 kg rice scheme", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/re-one-kg-rice-scheme-launched-169829-2013-07-09", "date": "2013-07-10", "key_figure": "Scheme launched on 10 July 2013; 30 kg of rice at Re 1 for about one crore BPL families" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Business Standard", "title": "Karnataka launches 'Anna Bhagya' scheme for BPL families", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/karnataka-launches-anna-bhagya-scheme-for-bpl-families-113071000911_1.html", "date": "2013-07-10", "key_figure": "30 kg of rice at Re 1 per kg to nearly 10 million BPL families; annual cost about Rs 4,400 crore" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "State launch reported by PTI", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Karnataka-CM-Siddaramaiah-unveils-ambitious-Re-1-kg-rice-scheme/articleshow/21003777.cms", "summary": "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." } ], "chart": null, "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nThe 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": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "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.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-siddaramaiah-2013-naxal-not-serious", "speaker": "Siddaramaiah", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Karnataka", "level": "state", "state": "Karnataka", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-06-18", "venue": "Interaction with journalists, Bangalore", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The Naxal problem is 'not very serious' in Karnataka, where only three or four districts have been affected by it.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "SATP's 2013 Karnataka timeline records low-level Maoist incidents and no LWE fatalities, concentrated in a few Malnad and coastal districts; the state had requested the Centre to declare three or four districts as Naxal-hit.", "topics": [ "internal-security", "security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Firstpost/PTI: Karnataka: Siddaramaiah offers to hold dialogue with Naxals (18 Jun 2013)", "url": "https://www.firstpost.com/india/karnataka-siddaramaiah-offers-to-hold-dialogue-with-naxals-883169.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "index", "publisher": "South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP)", "title": "Karnataka Timeline - Year 2013", "url": "https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/maoist/timelines/2013/Karnataka.htm", "date": "2013-12-31", "key_figure": "2013 incidents included an Anti-Naxal Force trooper injured in Chikmagalur (15 May), a motorbike burnt in Sringeri (9 June), a van and shed burnt in Kuthlur (9 November), and an attack on a forest check-post near Sringeri (17 November); no LWE fatalities are listed." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Firstpost / PTI", "title": "Karnataka: Siddaramaiah offers to hold dialogue with Naxals", "url": "https://www.firstpost.com/india/karnataka-siddaramaiah-offers-to-hold-dialogue-with-naxals-883169.html", "date": "2013-06-18", "key_figure": "Siddaramaiah said the Naxal problem was 'not very serious' in Karnataka and that only three or four districts had been affected; the state had asked the Centre to declare them Naxal-hit." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Karnataka government's offer of talks, June 2013", "url": "https://www.firstpost.com/india/karnataka-siddaramaiah-offers-to-hold-dialogue-with-naxals-883169.html", "summary": "Siddaramaiah said his government was ready to hold talks with Naxals and would welcome surrenders, while also taking up development work in tribal and backward areas." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Siddaramaiah's June 2013 statement described the Naxal problem as 'not very serious' in Karnataka and said only three or four districts were affected. His government simultaneously asked the Centre to declare those districts Naxal-hit so that they could receive central assistance.\n\nSATP's 2013 Karnataka timeline records low-level incidents: an Anti-Naxal Force trooper injured in Chikmagalur in May, a motorbike burnt in Sringeri in June, a van and shed burnt in Kuthlur in November, and an attack on a forest check-post near Sringeri in November. No LWE fatalities are listed for the year.\n\nThe comparative judgement is supported by the low intensity of violence relative to states such as Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. The same timeline records a November spurt and an MHA internal note warning that the Maoists were trying to open a new theatre in the Western Ghats, so the statement described the situation at mid-2013 rather than the whole year.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Firstpost was accessible through a reader proxy during research; the direct page returned HTTP 403. 'Not very serious' is a judgement, and SATP records a later 2013 spurt in Maoist activity in coastal and Malnad districts. The claim is rated true only as a comparative description of the low intensity at the time.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2013-jk-violence-lowest", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-06-05", "venue": "Conference of Chief Ministers on Internal Security, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "Our strategy to prevent cross-border infiltration by militants and our intelligence based counter-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir have resulted in a decline in the level of terrorist violence by about one-third in 2012 as compared to 2011. ... terrorist violence parameters in 2012 have been the lowest since the upsurge in terrorist activities two decades ago.", "quote_english": "Our strategy to prevent cross-border infiltration by militants and our intelligence based counter-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir have resulted in a decline in the level of terrorist violence by about one-third in 2012 as compared to 2011. ... terrorist violence parameters in 2012 have been the lowest since the upsurge in terrorist activities two decades ago.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "SATP data records 117 terrorism-related fatalities in Jammu and Kashmir in 2012, down from 181 in 2013 and well below the levels of the 1990s and 2000s; the 2012 figure was about one-third lower than 2011.", "topics": [ "kashmir", "terrorism", "internal-security", "security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Daily Excelsior: Terror related violence on decline, record flow of tourists in J&K: PM (6 Jun 2013)", "url": "https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/terror-related-violence-on-decline-record-flow-of-tourists-in-jk-pm/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "index", "publisher": "South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP)", "title": "Jammu and Kashmir Assessment - Year 2014", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20140215153923/http://satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/jandk/index.html", "date": "2014-02-15", "key_figure": "J&K terrorism-related fatalities: 117 in 2012; 181 in 2013 (a 54.70% rise). SATP notes a sustained decline in fatalities since 2001 before the 2013 reversal." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Daily Excelsior", "title": "Terror related violence on decline, record flow of tourists in J&K: PM", "url": "https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/terror-related-violence-on-decline-record-flow-of-tourists-in-jk-pm/", "date": "2013-06-06", "key_figure": "Manmohan Singh said violence fell by about one-third in 2012 compared with 2011 and that 2012 parameters were the lowest since the militancy upsurge." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "At the June 2013 conference of chief ministers on internal security, Manmohan Singh said terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir had fallen by about one-third in 2012 compared with 2011 and that the 2012 parameters were the lowest since the militancy upsurge.\n\nSATP data records 117 terrorism-related fatalities in J&K in 2012, against 181 in 2013. The 2012 figure is consistent with a decline of roughly one-third from the preceding year and with SATP's statement that fatalities had been on a sustained downward trend since 2001.\n\nThe claim describes a trend in casualties; it does not assert that militancy had ended. Violence rose again in 2013, which SATP records as a 54.70% increase over 2012.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The Daily Excelsior report contains character-encoding artefacts; the quoted sentences were legible and are reproduced without the artefacts. SATP's 2011 fatality figure is not directly quoted on the page used, so the 'about one-third' comparison is checked against the 2012 level and the reported MHA figure of a one-third decline.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-shinde-2013-darbha-intelligence", "speaker": "Sushilkumar Shinde", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-05-31", "venue": "Joint press conference with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, Raipur", "language": "en", "quote_original": "We can't say if it was due to intelligence failure. A judicial commission and our own enquiry is being conducted. We will decide after we get the reports.", "quote_english": "We can't say if it was due to intelligence failure. A judicial commission and our own enquiry is being conducted. We will decide after we get the reports.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "unverifiable", "summary": "Shinde declined to attribute the Darbha valley attack to intelligence failure while two probes were pending; contemporaneous reporting said Congress leaders had been warned of a possible attack, but no public finding by the judicial commission was located.", "topics": [ "internal-security", "security", "terrorism" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Siasat: Can't label Maoist attack intelligence failure: Shinde (31 May 2013)", "url": "https://archive.siasat.com/news/cant-label-maoist-attack-intelligence-failure-shinde-439896/" }, { "title": "Hill Post: Chhattisgarh Maoist assault a terror attack: Shinde (31 May 2013)", "url": "https://hillpost.in/2013/05/chhattisgarh-maoist-assault-a-terror-attack-shinde/83404/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "250 naxals carried out the killings", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/250-naxals-carried-out-the-killings/", "date": "2013-05-26", "key_figure": "Around 250 Maoists killed 27 people; 'The Congress leaders were warned about the possibility of an attack as this is the period of Tactical Counter Offensive Campaign (TCOC) of the Maoists,' official sources said." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "title": "2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Naxal_attack_in_Darbha_valley", "key_figure": "At least 27 people were killed on 25 May 2013, including Mahendra Karma and Nand Kumar Patel; the NIA and a judicial commission investigated." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Shinde's press conference, 31 May 2013", "url": "https://archive.siasat.com/news/cant-label-maoist-attack-intelligence-failure-shinde-439896/", "summary": "Shinde said the cause could not be labelled until a judicial commission and an internal enquiry submitted their reports, and that intelligence inputs need verification before action." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Shinde's statement was a refusal to assign cause while investigations were pending, not an assertion that no intelligence failure occurred. He said a judicial commission and an internal enquiry were examining the attack.\n\nThe Indian Express reported on 26 May 2013 that Congress leaders had been warned about a possible attack during the Maoists' Tactical Counter Offensive Campaign period. That reporting indicates intelligence warnings existed, but it does not establish whether the warnings were specific enough or whether they were acted upon.\n\nNo public report of the judicial commission was located. On the available record, the claim that the cause could not yet be determined is accurate; a finding that there was or was not an intelligence failure cannot be verified here.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The quote is a statement about the state of the investigation, so the verdict is 'unverifiable' rather than false. The Indian Express report refers to general warnings during the TCOC period, not a specific alert about the Darbha convoy. The judicial commission's report was not found in public sources.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-scindia-2013-synchronous-grid", "speaker": "Jyotiraditya Scindia", "party": "INC", "role": "Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-05-13", "venue": "PTI interview, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Once that is done, India's grid, which today has 28,000 megawatts of electricity supply capability along with the Southern grid, will become one of the largest synchronously connected grids of the world.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The Southern grid was synchronously connected to the national grid on 31 December 2013, creating a pan-India synchronous grid of about 232 GW that was described as one of the world's largest.", "topics": [ "energy", "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Economic Times: India's power grid to become world's largest: Jyotiraditya Scindia", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/indias-power-grid-to-become-worlds-largest-jyotiraditya-scindia/articleshow/20027589.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau", "title": "Southern Grid synchronously connected to the rest of the Grid", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102244", "date": "2014-01-01", "key_figure": "Southern grid connected on 31 December 2013; pan-India synchronous grid of 249 GW, one of the largest synchronous operating grids" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Times of India", "title": "Indian power system becomes largest operating synchronous grid in the world", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/All-India-Power-Engineers-Federation-Indian-power-system/articleshow/28294988.cms", "date": "2014-01-02", "key_figure": "Raichur-Solapur 765 kV line commissioned on 31 December 2013; pan-India synchronous grid of about 232 GW" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Scindia said the Southern grid's synchronous connection would make India's grid one of the largest synchronously connected grids in the world. The Raichur-Solapur 765 kV line was commissioned on 31 December 2013.\n\nAIPEF and the Times of India reported a pan-India synchronous grid of about 232 GW. PIB described 'One Nation - One Grid - One Frequency' as accomplished and put the grid at 249 GW, one of the world's largest synchronous operating grids.\n\nThe direct quote used 'one of the largest', which the record supports. The newspaper headline's stronger 'largest' formulation is not the wording of the quoted claim.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "PIB and AIPEF/TOI differ on installed capacity (249 GW vs about 232 GW), likely because of different counting dates. The claim's 'one of the largest' wording is supported by both. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-hooda-2013-haryana-no-power-shortage", "speaker": "Bhupinder Singh Hooda", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Haryana", "level": "state", "state": "Haryana", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2013-04-27", "venue": "Rohtak, Haryana", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "There will be no power shortage this summer. The state is self sufficient in power.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "false", "summary": "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.", "topics": [ "energy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Economic Times: No power shortage during summers: Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/no-power-shortage-during-summers-haryana-cm-bhupinder-singh-hooda/articleshow/19756993.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "EPR Magazine / PIB", "title": "Govt enhanced unallocated power of North to mitigate power shortage of Haryana", "url": "https://www.eprmagazine.com/uncategorized/govt-enhanced-unallocated-power-of-north-to-mitigate-power-shortage-of-haryana/", "date": "2013-04-11", "key_figure": "Haryana peak power shortage for April to December 2012 was 9%; central unallocated power was raised in June 2012 to mitigate shortage" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "India Today", "title": "Himachal rains shut hydropower plants, trigger power crisis in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/himachal-rains-shut-hydropower-plants-trigger-power-crisis-167359-2013-06-19", "date": "2013-06-20", "key_figure": "Himachal hydropower plants shut for four days; official sources reported power shortage in northern states including Haryana" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "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.\n\nIn 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.\n\nThe 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": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "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]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-hooda-2013-haryana-per-capita-income", "speaker": "Bhupinder Singh Hooda", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Haryana", "level": "state", "state": "Haryana", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-04-19", "venue": "HT conclave on investment opportunities, Sonepat-Kundli, Haryana", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Per capita income also, we are ahead of Gujarat. Per capita investment also, we are ahead of Gujarat.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Haryana's per capita income (NSDP per capita) in 2012-13 was about Rs 1,21,269, higher than Gujarat's about Rs 1,02,826.", "topics": [ "income", "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Haryana ahead of Gujarat in development parameters: Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Economic Times (19 April 2013)", "url": "https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/haryana-ahead-of-gujarat-in-development-parameters-bhupinder-singh-hooda/articleshow/19635128.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Reserve Bank of India (NSDP per capita; via state-wise compilation)", "title": "State-wise NSDP per capita, current prices", "url": "https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=23468", "date": "2015-01-01", "key_figure": "2012-13 NSDP per capita: Haryana Rs 1,21,269; Gujarat Rs 1,02,826" }, { "type": "index", "publisher": "Wikipedia (cites RBI Handbook of Statistics on Indian States)", "title": "List of Indian states and union territories by GDP per capita", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_GDP_per_capita", "date": "2026-01-01", "key_figure": "Haryana per capita 2011-12 Rs 1,06,085 and 2012-13 Rs 1,21,269, both above Gujarat's Rs 87,481 and Rs 1,02,826" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Haryana", "title": "Per Capita Income of Haryana (series)", "url": "https://esaharyana.gov.in/document-category/gsdp-nsdp-per-capita-income-of-haryana", "date": "2014-01-01", "key_figure": "State's own published per capita income and NSDP series for 2012-13 and 2013-14" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Haryana government per-capita income publications", "url": "https://esaharyana.gov.in/document-category/gsdp-nsdp-per-capita-income-of-haryana", "summary": "The Haryana Directorate of Economics and Statistics publishes state per-capita-income and NSDP figures that were the basis of the Chief Minister's comparison." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Speaking at an investment conclave in April 2013, the Haryana Chief Minister said Haryana was ahead of Gujarat on per capita income and per capita investment, in the context of the debate over the 'Gujarat model'.\n\nState-wise NSDP per-capita data for 2012-13 place Haryana at about Rs 1,21,269 and Gujarat at about Rs 1,02,826; the gap was similar in 2011-12. On the specific per-capita-income comparison he made, the claim holds.\n\nHaryana was not the highest in the country on this measure, since Goa, Delhi and Sikkim were above it; the claim was a specific Haryana-versus-Gujarat comparison, and it is assessed only as such.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Direct quotes appear in the Economic Times report; no video/transcript was located, so quote_is_verbatim is false. The outcome comparison uses RBI/NSDP per-capita data accessed via a secondary compilation (the exact RBI table was not opened). Haryana also later claimed the highest per-capita income in the country (September 2014), which is outside the INC era window and not treated here.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-dikshit-2013-cctv-buses", "speaker": "Sheila Dikshit", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Delhi", "level": "state", "state": "Delhi", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2013-01-01", "venue": "Review meeting of the Transport Department, Delhi Secretariat", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Every DTC and cluster bus should have a CCTV/webcam, and every member of the crew of a public transport vehicle must have a photo identity card latest by March 1, 2013, duly verified by Delhi Police.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2013-03-01", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "By July 2013 the Delhi Transport Department had not finalised CCTV specifications for buses; by October 2014 DTC had installed cameras in 80 buses and planned 200 in a first phase, far short of the entire fleet.", "topics": [ "security", "internal-security", "women", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "NDTV: Delhi buses to have CCTV, web cameras installed by February 1 (Jan 2013)", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/delhi-buses-to-have-cctv-web-cameras-installed-by-february-1-509856" }, { "title": "The Indian Express: 7 months after Dec 16, no cameras on board (19 Jul 2013)", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/7-months-after-dec-16-no-cameras-on-board/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "7 months after Dec 16, no cameras on board", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/7-months-after-dec-16-no-cameras-on-board/", "date": "2013-07-19", "key_figure": "Seven months after the December 2012 gang rape, the Transport Department had not finalised specifications for purchasing CCTV cameras; a pilot project had been initiated in January 2013." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Economic Times / PTI", "title": "Delhi Transport Corporation installs CCTV cameras in its 80 buses", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/shipping-/-transport/delhi-transport-corporation-installs-cctv-cameras-in-its-80-buses/articleshow/44826236.cms", "date": "2014-10-15", "key_figure": "DTC had installed CCTV cameras in 80 buses and planned to cover 200 buses in the first phase; Delhi had around 5,000 buses plying in the evening." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "CCTV cameras on buses: 8 months on, it's still on paper", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/cctv-cameras-on-buses-8-months-on-its-still-on-paper/", "date": "2013-08-19", "key_figure": "Eight months after the December 2012 attack, the transport department had only finalised technical specifications for CCTV cameras on DTC and cluster buses." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "In early January 2013, after the December 2016 gang rape case, Dikshit directed that every DTC and cluster bus should have a CCTV/webcam and that crew members should carry photo identity cards verified by Delhi Police by 1 March 2013.\n\nBy July 2013, The Indian Express reported that the Transport Department had still not finalised specifications for purchasing CCTV cameras. In August 2013 it reported that the project remained on paper, with only technical specifications finalised.\n\nBy October 2014, DTC had installed cameras in 80 buses and planned to cover 200 buses in a first phase. That was well short of the entire DTC and cluster fleet, which the same report put at around 5,000 buses plying in the evening. The March 2013 deadline was not met.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The NDTV report was visible in search results and its snippet contains the deadline, but the page returned HTTP 403 during research. The exact meeting date is not stated in the accessible sources; 2013-01-01 is used as an approximate date within the first week of January 2013. The NDTV wording 'photo identify card' is a typographical error for 'photo identity card'.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-sibal-2012-ger-30-percent-2020", "speaker": "Kapil Sibal", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister for Human Resource Development", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2012-10-23", "venue": "Public function, Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir", "language": "en", "quote_original": "I have set a target of 30 per cent enrolment in higher education institutions by 2020-end. Government-run schools and colleges alone cannot do it. If we have to achieve this target, private educational institutions will have to play an important role.", "quote_english": "I have set a target of 30 per cent enrolment in higher education institutions by 2020-end. Government-run schools and colleges alone cannot do it. If we have to achieve this target, private educational institutions will have to play an important role.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2020-12-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "Sibal set a 30 per cent higher-education gross enrolment ratio target for 2020; AISHE reported a GER of 27.3 per cent in 2020-21 and 29.5 per cent in 2022-23.", "topics": [ "education" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Kapil Sibal sets target of 30% enrolment in higher education by 2020", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/kapil-sibal-sets-target-of-30-enrolment-in-higher-education-by-2020/articleshow/16928780.cms" }, { "title": "Mere 12 p.c. enrol for higher education: Sibal", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/features/education/issues/Mere-12-p.c.-enrol-for-higher-education-Sibal/article16854765.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Education / AISHE", "title": "All India Survey on Higher Education 2020-21: Final Report", "url": "https://educationforallinindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/AISHE-Final-Report-2020-21.pdf", "key_figure": "Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education for the 18-23 age group: 27.3 per cent in 2020-21" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau", "title": "Ministry of Education releases All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1894517", "key_figure": "Enrolment in higher education 4.14 crore in 2020-21; GER 27.3 per cent" }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Rajya Sabha", "title": "Unstarred Question No. 1161: Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education", "url": "https://sansad.in/getFile/annex/269/AU1161_PUyT9t.pdf?source=pqars", "key_figure": "GER 27.3 per cent in 2020-21, 28.4 per cent in 2021-22 and 29.5 per cent in 2022-23 (provisional)" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: AISHE 2020-21 release", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1894517", "summary": "The Ministry of Education presents the rise in higher-education enrolment and GER as progress, while the specific 30 per cent target for 2020 was not reached." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Sibal said in Pulwama on 23 October 2012 that he had set a target of 30 per cent enrolment in higher education by the end of 2020, up from about 19 per cent at the time.\n\nAISHE 2020-21 reported a GER of 27.3 per cent for the 18-23 age group. A subsequent Rajya Sabha answer gave 28.4 per cent for 2021-22 and 29.5 per cent for 2022-23 (provisional). The 30 per cent target was therefore not reached by the end of 2020.\n\nThe government describes the increase from 25.2 per cent in 2016-17 to 27.3 per cent in 2020-21 as progress, but the specific 2020 deadline was missed.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The AISHE final report PDF is a mirror of the official report; the PIB release and the Rajya Sabha answer carry the same GER series. The target applied to higher education generally, not only to universities. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-ramesh-2012-nirmal-bharat-open-defecation-free", "speaker": "Jairam Ramesh", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water and Sanitation", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2012-09-28", "venue": "Press interaction, New Delhi (Nirmal Bharat Yatra announcement)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "India will be an open defecation free country in the next ten years and sanitation issue should become a national obsession.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2022-12-31", "verdict": "unachieved", "summary": "Jairam Ramesh announced in 2012 that India would be open-defecation free within ten years; Census 2011 had recorded 53.1% of households and 69.3% of rural households without a latrine within their premises.", "topics": [ "sanitation" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Make Nirmal Bharat a national obsession, says Jairam Ramesh (PIB release)", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=88045" }, { "title": "Poor sanitation record is blot on India: Ramesh (Times of India)", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Poor-sanitation-record-is-blot-on-India-Ramesh/articleshow/12913916.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Times of India", "title": "Poor sanitation record is blot on India: Ramesh", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Poor-sanitation-record-is-blot-on-India-Ramesh/articleshow/12913916.cms", "date": "2012-06-29", "key_figure": "Central government target to make every gram panchayat open-defecation free in the next 10 years; commitment to raise Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan funding" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Free Library / ANI", "title": "Jairam Ramesh appeals to eliminate open defecation", "url": "https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Jairam+Ramesh+appeals+to+eliminate+open+defecation.-a0295396263", "date": "2012-07-06", "key_figure": "Ramesh urges support for 'Clean India campaign' to make the country free of open defecation in next ten years" }, { "type": "index", "publisher": "National Center for Biotechnology Information (PMC)", "title": "Understanding Open Defecation in the Age of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Implications for Sanitation and Child Health in India", "url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7068267/", "date": "2020-01-01", "key_figure": "National toilet coverage improved but large regional disparities in construction and use remained" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Make Nirmal Bharat a national obsession, says Jairam Ramesh", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=88045", "summary": "The ministry framed Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan as a ten-year national mission to end open defecation and announced the Nirmal Bharat Yatra from Wardha." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At a press interaction on 28 September 2012, Rural Development and Sanitation Minister Jairam Ramesh said India would be free of open defecation within ten years, i.e. by about 2022, under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (the successor to the Total Sanitation Campaign).\n\nCensus 2011, the most recent census available at the time, recorded that 53.1% of all households and 69.3% of rural households had no latrine within their premises. Times of India reported the ministry's target of making every gram panchayat open-defecation free within ten years.\n\nIndependent studies of the period found that increases in toilet construction did not translate into use at scale. The ten-year deadline fell outside the INC/UPA period, and the goal was not reached by 2022 according to later national surveys and peer-reviewed analyses.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "PIB relid=88045 returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch but is a real release located via search. The 2011 Census percentages are widely reported figures; a direct census table URL was not located through the available search tools. The stated deadline (≈2022) falls outside the INC era, which is stated in the analysis. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2012-agriculture-growth-3-3-percent", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2012-08-15", "venue": "Red Fort, New Delhi (Independence Day address)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Because of our Government's efforts for development of agriculture and for protecting the interests of farmers, agriculture has grown at an average rate of 3.3 per cent in the 11th Plan which is substantially higher than the 2.4 per cent we achieved in the 10th Plan.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The Prime Minister stated that agriculture grew at an average of 3.3 per cent in the Eleventh Plan versus 2.4 per cent in the Tenth Plan; official estimates put Eleventh Plan agricultural growth in the 3.3-3.7 per cent range, above the Tenth Plan's 2.4 per cent.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's Independence Day Speech, 2012 (official English rendering)", "url": "https://www.indianembassyusa.gov.in/ArchivesDetails?id=1857" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "PM confident of 4% growth in agriculture", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pm-confident-of-4-growth-in-agriculture/article3426190.ece", "date": "2012-05-16", "key_figure": "Minister of State for Planning stated agriculture grew by 3.3 per cent during the Eleventh Plan" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "NITI Aayog", "title": "Agriculture in Post-Independence India: growth trajectory", "url": "https://www.niti.gov.in/node/346", "date": "2021-09-24", "key_figure": "Agriculture and allied GVA trend growth: 2.74% (1990-91 to 2004-05) and 3.56% (2004-05 to 2020-21)" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Prime Minister's Office", "title": "PM's speech at Fourth Anniversary of UPA-II Government", "url": "https://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/speech-details.php?nodeid=1315", "date": "2013-05-22", "key_figure": "3.7 per cent growth per year in agriculture during the Eleventh Plan compared with 2.4 per cent in the Tenth Plan" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": { "series": "agriculture-gva-growth", "target": 4, "target_label": "Eleventh Plan target" }, "analysis": "The Prime Minister's 2012 Independence Day address compared average agricultural growth in the Eleventh Plan (2007-12) with the Tenth Plan (2002-07), giving 3.3 per cent against 2.4 per cent. In May 2013, at the fourth anniversary of UPA-II, he placed Eleventh Plan agricultural growth at 3.7 per cent against 2.4 per cent in the Tenth Plan.\n\nThe lower 3.3 per cent figure was also stated in Parliament by the Minister of State for Planning in 2012. NITI Aayog's later long-run series shows agriculture and allied GVA growing at about 3.56 per cent per year over 2004-05 to 2020-21, faster than 2.74 per cent over 1990-91 to 2004-05.\n\nBoth the 3.3 per cent and 3.7 per cent figures are within the range reported by different official sources for the Eleventh Plan, and both exceed the Tenth Plan figure of 2.4 per cent. The claim rests on official growth estimates rather than a contested number.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The Independence Day address was delivered in Hindi; the quote is the government's official English rendering, so quote_is_verbatim is false. Official sources give 3.3% or 3.7% for the same Plan period depending on series and revision. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2012-doubled-msp", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2012-08-15", "venue": "Red Fort, New Delhi (Independence Day address)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "In the last 8 years, we have doubled the support prices of crops.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The Prime Minister said support prices had doubled in eight years; CACP-fixed MSP data show paddy (common) rising from about Rs 560/quintal in 2004-05 to Rs 1,250 in 2012-13 and wheat from about Rs 640 to Rs 1,350 over the same period.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "prices" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's Independence Day Speech, 2012 (official English rendering)", "url": "https://www.indianembassyusa.gov.in/ArchivesDetails?id=1857" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), Government of Maharashtra compilation", "title": "Minimum Support Prices Recommended by CACP and Fixed by Government (Crop Year)", "url": "https://krishi.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Pdf/Minimum_Support_Prices.pdf?MenuID=1073", "date": "2015-02-18", "key_figure": "Paddy (common) MSP Rs 645 (2007-08) rising to Rs 1,250 (2012-13); wheat MSP Rs 1,000 (2007-08) rising to Rs 1,350 (2012-13)" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Reserve Bank of India", "title": "Minimum Support Price for Foodgrains according to crop year", "url": "https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Publications/PDFs/24T_130920245798BB09403A4D29ACBB15D01C631D93.PDF", "date": "2024-09-13", "key_figure": "Historical MSP series for paddy (common), wheat and other crops by crop year" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "The 2012 Independence Day address stated that crop support prices had doubled over the previous eight years. CACP-fixed MSP data for the two main cereals support the direction and roughly the size of the increase.\n\nPaddy (common) MSP was Rs 560 per quintal in 2004-05 and rose to Rs 1,250 in 2012-13; wheat MSP was Rs 640 per quintal in 2004-05 and rose to Rs 1,350 in 2012-13. Both more than doubled across the period.\n\nMSP is announced by the central government on CACP recommendations and applies to 22-plus crops, with wide differences across crops and years. The claim is consistent with the official MSP series for the major cereals.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 2004-05 MSP base values (Rs 560 paddy common, Rs 640 wheat) are widely cited and appear in the RBI MSP series; the RBI/Maharashtra tables seen in search results cover 2007-08 onwards in the excerpts shown, so the 2004-05 base is given as reported. Quote is from the official English rendering (speech delivered in Hindi).", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2012-mgnrega-8-crore-employment", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 2, "score": 0.6666666666666666 }, "date": "2012-08-15", "venue": "Red Fort, New Delhi (Independence Day address)", "language": "hi", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "In only the last one year we have provided employment to more than 8 crore people under this scheme.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "The Prime Minister said MGNREGA had provided employment to more than 8 crore people in the previous year; official programme data for 2011-12 report about 4.99 crore households provided employment with an average of 43 person-days, so the '8 crore' figure rests on a unit (individuals) not used in the programme's headline reporting.", "topics": [ "jobs", "agriculture" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's Independence Day Speech, 2012 (official English rendering)", "url": "https://www.indianembassyusa.gov.in/ArchivesDetails?id=1857" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "PRS Legislative Research (summarising Standing Committee on Rural Development data)", "title": "MGNREGA: Review of implementation", "url": "https://prsindia.org/theprsblog/mahatma-gandhi-national-rural-employment-guarantee-act-review-of-implementation", "date": "2013-01-01", "key_figure": "Households provided employment: 5.49 crore (2010-11) and 4.99 crore (2011-12, provisional); average person-days per household 47 (2010-11) and 43 (2011-12)" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Rural Development / PIB", "title": "MGNREGS employment and person-days generated", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1739616", "date": "2021-07-23", "key_figure": "2020-21: 11.19 crore persons provided employment; 2021-22 (as on 23 July 2021): 6.51 crore persons; a separate release reports 6.53 crore households covering 9.39 crore individuals" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "International Labour Organization (using Government of India data)", "title": "Addressing the employment challenge: India's MGNREGA", "url": "https://www.ilo.org/publications/addressing-employment-challenge-indias-mgnrega", "date": "2012-03-08", "key_figure": "55 million families provided 2.5 billion person-days of work in 2010-11" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "In the 2012 Independence Day address the Prime Minister said that in the previous year employment had been provided to more than 8 crore people under MGNREGA. Programme reporting for that reference year is in households, not individuals.\n\nStanding Committee and PRS data record 5.49 crore households provided employment in 2010-11 and 4.99 crore households in 2011-12 (provisional), with average person-days per household of 47 and 43 respectively - well below the 100-day entitlement. An ILO document using government data states that 55 million (5.5 crore) families were provided 2.5 billion person-days in 2010-11.\n\nLater official releases report both households and individuals; on 2021-22 data the ratio of individuals to households is about 1.4. Applying a similar ratio to the roughly 5 crore households of 2011-12 gives an individual count of about 7 crore rather than more than 8 crore. The Prime Minister's figure is therefore not directly reconcilable with the programme's headline household data, and its unit of measurement is not stated.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The verdict turns on the unit of measurement. If 'people' means adult individual workers rather than households, the figure is closer to, but still above, what the household data support. The exact individual-worker count for 2011-12 was not located in a primary MIS release during research; the ratio is inferred from later PIB releases. Quote is from the official English rendering (speech delivered in Hindi). [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-gehlot-2012-right-to-hearing-first", "speaker": "Ashok Gehlot", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Rajasthan", "level": "state", "state": "Rajasthan", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2012-08-01", "venue": "Jaipur, Rajasthan", "language": "en", "quote_original": "Rajasthan is the first state in the country to introduce such an Act and we would like to ensure that everybody knows about the details of the Act.", "quote_english": "Rajasthan is the first state in the country to introduce such an Act and we would like to ensure that everybody knows about the details of the Act.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Rajasthan implemented the Right to Hearing Act on 1 August 2012 and was reported as the first state to do so.", "topics": [ "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Raj becomes first state to implement Right to Hearing Act", "url": "https://www.oneindia.com/2012/08/01/raj-first-state-to-implement-right-to-hearing-act-1045985.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Deccan Herald / PTI", "title": "Rajasthan becomes first state to implement Right to Hearing Act", "url": "https://www.deccanherald.com/india/rajasthan-becomes-first-state-implement-2351524", "date": "2012-08-01", "key_figure": "Rajasthan became the first state to implement the Right to Hearing Act." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "India Code", "title": "The Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act, 2012", "url": "https://www.indiacode.nic.in/indiacode/bitstream/123456789/18536/1/rth_english.pdf", "date": "2012-05-21", "key_figure": "Act No. 22 of 2012; received the Governor's assent on 21 May 2012." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Times of India", "title": "Rajasthan first to implement Right to Hearing", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Rajasthan-first-to-implement-Right-to-Hearing/articleshow/15320452.cms", "date": "2012-08-01", "key_figure": "Rajasthan implemented the Act to provide time-bound hearing and disposal of governance complaints." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 1 August 2012, Ashok Gehlot said Rajasthan was the first state to introduce a Right to Hearing Act. He said the Act would provide a time-bound hearing on complaints related to governance.\n\nThe Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act, 2012 received the Governor's assent on 21 May 2012 and was implemented on 1 August 2012. It provides for a public hearing officer, first and second appellate authorities, and penalties of Rs 500 to Rs 5,000.\n\nDeccan Herald and The Times of India reported that Rajasthan was the first state to implement such a law. The statement held.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The Act received assent on 21 May 2012 and was implemented on 1 August 2012. The claim is a statement about implementation, not a promise. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-chidambaram-2012-21-terror-modules", "speaker": "P. Chidambaram", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2012-05-05", "venue": "Chief Ministers' meeting on the National Counter Terrorism Centre, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "In 2011 and until March, 2012, 21 terror modules had been neutralised, and ... one half of the cases had been cracked through the joint efforts of the Central Agencies and the State Police concerned.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "unverifiable", "summary": "The figure is a government count given by the Home Minister; no public case-level dataset was found to verify it independently.", "topics": [ "terrorism", "security", "internal-security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: P Chidambaram's opening statement at Chief Ministers' meeting on NCTC (5 May 2012)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220126151746/https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=83154" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Home Affairs / PIB", "title": "Chidambaram's opening statement at the Chief Ministers' meeting on NCTC", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220126151746/https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=83154", "date": "2012-05-05", "key_figure": "Verbatim claim that 21 terror modules were neutralised in 2011 and to March 2012, with about half the cases cracked jointly; no list of modules or cases is given." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "NDTV", "title": "10 big facts on Centre vs state over NCTC, new anti-terror agency", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20121229083916/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/10-big-facts-on-centre-vs-state-over-nctc-new-anti-terror-agency-206533", "date": "2012-05-04", "key_figure": "NDTV's report on the same meeting focuses on the federalism dispute and gives no independent count of neutralised terror modules." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Chidambaram's statement as released by PIB, 5 May 2012", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220126151746/https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=83154", "summary": "Chidambaram cited the 21 neutralised modules as evidence that joint central-state action was working, and then argued that some agencies had failed to act on specific inputs." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At the chief ministers' meeting on the NCTC on 5 May 2012, Chidambaram said 21 terror modules had been neutralised in 2011 and up to March 2012, and that about half the cases had been solved jointly by central agencies and state police.\n\nThe figure is a government count. No public, case-level dataset listing the 21 modules was located, and the PIB release gives no further breakdown or definition of 'module' or 'neutralised'.\n\nThe claim is therefore recorded as unverifiable rather than true or false.", "confidence": "low", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "No independent dataset found. The NDTV report used as context does not verify the 21-module figure. A reviewer with access to MHA case files or Parliament answers could upgrade or downgrade this entry. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-sibal-2012-3g-not-success", "speaker": "Kapil Sibal", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister for Communications and IT", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2012-04-10", "venue": "Launch of Airtel 4G LTE services, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "3G has not delivered so far. The operators have paid huge money to get the bandwidth but they are not able to build the required infrastructure due to illiquidity.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "At the time, 3G had about 10 million subscribers against a mobile base of about 900 million, or roughly 1% penetration.", "topics": [ "digital" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Rediff: 3G services not been a success so far: Sibal", "url": "https://www.rediff.com/business/report/3g-services-not-been-a-success-so-far-sibal/20120410.htm" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Times of India / TRAI", "title": "India's mobile subscriber base crosses 919 million", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech-news/Indias-mobile-subscriber-base-crosses-919-million/articleshow/15327277.cms", "date": "2012-08-02", "key_figure": "Wireless subscriber base 919.17 million at the end of March 2012" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Rediff / PTI", "title": "3G services not been a success so far: Sibal", "url": "https://www.rediff.com/business/report/3g-services-not-been-a-success-so-far-sibal/20120410.htm", "date": "2012-04-10", "key_figure": "3G estimated at over 10 million subscribers by GSMA, against a total mobile base of about 900 million" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Sibal spoke at the launch of Airtel's 4G LTE service in April 2012. PTI reported his statement that 3G had 'not delivered so far' because operators lacked the infrastructure.\n\nGSMA estimated over 10 million 3G subscribers, against a total mobile base of about 900 million. TRAI data put wireless subscriptions at 919.17 million at the end of March 2012.\n\nThat is roughly 1% 3G penetration, which supports the qualitative claim that 3G had not been a success at that point.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 10 million 3G figure is a GSMA estimate reported by PTI, not a TRAI-published 3G subscriber count. The claim is qualitative and time-bound to April 2012.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-gehlot-2012-rajasthan-no1-solar", "speaker": "Ashok Gehlot", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Rajasthan", "level": "state", "state": "Rajasthan", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2012-04-01", "venue": "Dhoodsar village, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Rajasthan is number one in the entire country in regard to solar energy.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "false", "summary": "Rajasthan was not India's largest solar-capacity state in April 2012; Gujarat remained the leader until Rajasthan overtook it in June 2015.", "topics": [ "energy", "environment" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Times of India: 40MW solar energy plant starts power production", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/40MW-solar-energy-plant-starts-power-production/articleshow/12488007.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Solar Now / Times of India", "title": "600 MW solar power projects to be inaugurated in Gujarat on 19th April 2012", "url": "https://now.solar/2012/04/13/650-mw-solar-power-projects-to-be-inaugurated-in-gujarat-on-19th-april-2012/", "date": "2012-04-13", "key_figure": "Gujarat was to dedicate 600 MW of solar capacity at Charanka on 19 April 2012" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Times of India", "title": "Rajasthan pips Gujarat in solar power, becomes No. 1 in country", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rajasthan-pips-Gujarat-in-solar-power-becomes-No-1-in-country/articleshow/47776965.cms", "date": "2015-06-23", "key_figure": "Rajasthan became No. 1 only in June 2015 with 1,167 MW against Gujarat's 1,000 MW; Gujarat had remained the leader until recently" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Gehlot spoke at the inauguration of the 40 MW Dhursar plant in Jaisalmer, described as the country's largest single solar plant. State-level installed capacity is a different measure.\n\nGujarat dedicated 600 MW of solar capacity at Charanka on 19 April 2012, weeks after Gehlot's statement. Rajasthan overtook Gujarat only in June 2015, when MNRE data showed Rajasthan at 1,167 MW and Gujarat at 1,000 MW.\n\nThe 2015 Times of India report said Gujarat had remained the undisputed leader in solar energy generation until recently. The April 2012 claim of national No. 1 status was not supported by state-level capacity data.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The Times of India report is dated 1 April 2012 but says the inauguration took place on a Saturday. The claim refers to state-level solar leadership, not the size of a single plant.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-chidambaram-2012-nctc-operational", "speaker": "P. Chidambaram", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2012-03-01", "venue": "National Counter Terrorism Centre order / Chief Ministers' meeting on NCTC, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The Standing Council shall ensure that NCTC is the single and effective point of control and coordination of all counter terrorism measures.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2012-03-01", "verdict": "unachieved", "summary": "The NCTC was meant to be commissioned on 1 March 2012 but was never operationalised after opposition from states; it remained a proposal.", "topics": [ "terrorism", "security", "internal-security", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: P Chidambaram's opening statement at Chief Ministers' meeting on NCTC (5 May 2012)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220126151746/https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=83154" }, { "title": "NDTV: 10 big facts on Centre vs state over NCTC, new anti-terror agency (4-6 May 2012)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20121229083916/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/10-big-facts-on-centre-vs-state-over-nctc-new-anti-terror-agency-206533" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "NDTV", "title": "10 big facts on Centre vs state over NCTC, new anti-terror agency", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20121229083916/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/10-big-facts-on-centre-vs-state-over-nctc-new-anti-terror-agency-206533", "date": "2012-05-04", "key_figure": "The NCTC was meant to be commissioned on 1 March 2012 but the launch was not operationalised after opposition from a group of chief ministers." }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Ministry of Home Affairs / PIB", "title": "Chidambaram's opening statement at the Chief Ministers' meeting on NCTC", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220126151746/https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=83154", "date": "2012-05-05", "key_figure": "Two months after the intended launch, Chidambaram said he looked forward to support 'to establish the NCTC'; states had raised objections and two standard operating procedures were circulated to address them." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "title": "National Counter Terrorism Centre", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Counter_Terrorism_Centre", "key_figure": "The proposed federal agency met opposition from state chief ministers and the proposal was discarded." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Chidambaram's defence of the NCTC, 5 May 2012", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220126151746/https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=83154", "summary": "Chidambaram said the NCTC's powers derived from the UAPA, that counter-terrorism is a shared responsibility of the Centre and states, and that standard operating procedures had been circulated to address states' concerns." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The NCTC was designed after the 2008 Mumbai attacks as a single point of control and coordination for counter-terrorism, with powers to search and arrest. It was meant to be commissioned on 1 March 2012.\n\nA group of chief ministers, including Mamata Banerjee, Narendra Modi, Naveen Patnaik and Jayalalithaa, opposed the agency as an infringement of federalism. NDTV reported that the launch was not operationalised after that opposition. At a chief ministers' meeting on 5 May 2012, Chidambaram was still seeking support to establish the NCTC.\n\nThe agency never became operational in the UPA period, and the proposal was later described as discarded. The 1 March 2012 target was therefore missed.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 1 March 2012 commissioning date is from NDTV. The NCTC order's exact notification date (reported as 3 February 2012) was not independently confirmed, so the claim date is set to the intended commissioning date. The quote is the text of paragraph 6.1 of the order as read out by Chidambaram on 5 May 2012. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-azad-2012-polio-free", "speaker": "Ghulam Nabi Azad", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2012-02-25", "venue": "Polio Summit 2012, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "WHO has taken India's name off the list of polio endemic countries in view of the remarkable progress that we have made during the past one year.", "quote_english": "WHO has taken India's name off the list of polio endemic countries in view of the remarkable progress that we have made during the past one year.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "India was removed from WHO's polio-endemic list in February 2012 after more than a year without a wild polio case; WHO certified the South-East Asia Region, including India, polio-free on 27 March 2014.", "topics": [ "health" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "India taken off polio endemic list by WHO", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/india-taken-off-polio-endemic-list-by-who-94182-2012-02-24" }, { "title": "India taken off polio endemic list by WHO", "url": "https://www.rediff.com/news/report/india-taken-off-polio-endemic-list-by-who/20120225.htm" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "intl_org", "publisher": "World Health Organization, South-East Asia Region", "title": "WHO South-East Asia Region certified polio-free", "url": "https://www.who.int/southeastasia/news/detail/27-03-2014-who-south-east-asia-region-certified-polio-free", "date": "2014-03-27", "key_figure": "The South-East Asia Region, including India, was certified polio-free on 27 March 2014" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau", "title": "Polio Eradication and Acute Flaccid Paralysis", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=123668", "key_figure": "India and ten other countries were certified polio-free by the Regional Polio Certification Commission on 27 March 2014" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: India certified polio-free (2014)", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=123668", "summary": "The government records that India and ten countries of the WHO South-East Asia Region were certified polio-free on 27 March 2014." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Azad announced at the Polio Summit 2012 that WHO had removed India from the list of polio-endemic countries after more than a year without a wild polio case. India's last wild polio case was reported on 13 January 2011.\n\nWHO's Regional Polio Certification Commission certified the South-East Asia Region, including India, polio-free on 27 March 2014. The February 2012 statement was therefore accurate as a statement about the endemic list, and the subsequent certification confirmed it.\n\nIndia has remained free of wild polio since 2011, although vaccine-derived polio cases have been reported.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The India Today report was published on 25 February 2012 and quotes Azad directly. The WHO certification followed two years later; the claim concerns the earlier removal from the endemic list, not the 2014 certification. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-chidambaram-2011-historic-low-violence", "speaker": "P. Chidambaram", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2011-12-30", "venue": "Annual press conference, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "2011 had seen a historic low level of terror and Naxalite-related violence in states affected by the twin problems.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Home Ministry figures cited by Chidambaram showed 64 deaths in Jammu and Kashmir in 2011 against 116 in 2010, 101 deaths in the North-East against 114, and 589 deaths in Maoist-affected states against 1,003; independent data also records 2011-12 as a low point in the post-2001 period.", "topics": [ "terrorism", "internal-security", "security", "kashmir" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Indian Express: Historic low in terror, Naxal violence (1 Jan 2012)", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/historic-low-in-terror-naxal-violence/" }, { "title": "India Today: Chidambaram claims near triumph over terror (31 Dec 2011)", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/p-chidambaram-claims-near-triumph-over-terror-150435-2011-12-30" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "Historic low in terror, Naxal violence", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/historic-low-in-terror-naxal-violence/", "date": "2012-01-01", "key_figure": "J&K: 31 civilians and 33 security personnel killed in 2011, against 47 and 69 in 2010; North-East: 69 civilians and 32 security personnel, against 94 and 20; Maoist-affected states: 447 civilians and 142 security personnel, against 718 and 285." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "India Today", "title": "Chidambaram claims near triumph over terror in the country", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/p-chidambaram-claims-near-triumph-over-terror-150435-2011-12-30", "date": "2011-12-31", "key_figure": "MHA figures: 64 deaths in J&K in 2011 vs 116 in 2010; Maoist-affected states 589 vs 1,003." }, { "type": "index", "publisher": "South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP)", "title": "Jammu and Kashmir Assessment - Year 2014", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20140215153923/http://satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/jandk/index.html", "date": "2014-02-15", "key_figure": "J&K terrorism-related fatalities: 117 in 2012, 181 in 2013; SATP describes a sustained decline in fatalities since 2001 before the 2013 reversal." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Chidambaram's year-end review presented 2011 as a year of historic lows in terrorism and Maoist violence. The figures he cited were internally consistent: J&K deaths fell from 116 to 64, North-East deaths from 114 to 101, and deaths in Maoist-affected states from 1,003 to 589.\n\nIndependent SATP data also places the 2011-12 period at a low point: J&K recorded 117 terrorism-related fatalities in 2012 before rising to 181 in 2013, against the much higher levels of the 1990s and 2000s.\n\nThe claim is about casualty levels, not the absence of attacks. 2011 also saw the 13 July Mumbai bombings and the 7 September Delhi bombing, which Chidambaram acknowledged as setbacks in the same review.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 'historic low' wording is the Indian Express's report of his statement; the verbatim quote available is 'The year 2011 has been a satisfactory year with many achievements, yet with some setbacks.' The comparison is limited to the UPA period in some MHA tables, so 'historic' is a characterisation rather than a single defined statistical series.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-mukherjee-2011-black-money-white-paper", "speaker": "Pranab Mukherjee", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Finance Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2011-12-14", "venue": "Lok Sabha, Parliament House, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The government would bring out a 'White Paper' on black money.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The government tabled the White Paper on Black Money in Parliament on 16 May 2012, after promising it in the Lok Sabha in December 2011.", "topics": [ "black-money", "corruption" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Pranab promises 'White Paper' on black money, The Hindu (14 December 2011)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pranab-promises-white-paper-on-black-money/article2714674.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance", "title": "White Paper on Black Money", "url": "https://dor.gov.in/sites/default/files/inline-documents/FinalBlackMoney.pdf", "date": "2012-05-16", "key_figure": "White Paper presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on 16 May 2012; discusses estimates and measures on black money" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "NDTV", "title": "White Paper on black money tabled in Parliament by Pranab Mukherjee", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/white-paper-on-black-money-tabled-in-parliament-by-pranab-mukherjee-483801", "date": "2012-05-21", "key_figure": "The government tabled the White Paper on black money in Parliament, without disclosing account-holder names" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Foreword to the White Paper (Finance Minister's statement)", "url": "https://dor.gov.in/sites/default/files/inline-documents/FinalBlackMoney.pdf", "summary": "Pranab Mukherjee wrote that he presented the document in response to an assurance given to Parliament, adding that reports of three institutions tasked with quantifying black money were still awaited." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "During a Lok Sabha debate on an adjournment motion on black money in December 2011, the Finance Minister said the government would bring out a White Paper on black money. The motion was defeated by voice vote and the government declined to disclose names of foreign account holders, citing treaty constraints.\n\nThe White Paper on Black Money was presented to Parliament on 16 May 2012. It discussed definitions, channels of generation and measures such as double-taxation agreements, but did not give a single official estimate of the quantum of black money; the Finance Minister noted in its foreword that quantification reports were still awaited.\n\nThe specific commitment — to publish a white paper — was fulfilled.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The quote is a reported summary from The Hindu, not a verbatim transcript. No fixed deadline was announced with the promise, so deadline is null. The claim covers the promise to publish the paper, not the separate and unresolved question of recovering black money. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-gehlot-2011-free-medicine-scheme", "speaker": "Ashok Gehlot", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Rajasthan", "level": "state", "state": "Rajasthan", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2011-10-02", "venue": "Ramkaran Joshi Government General Hospital, Dausa, Rajasthan", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "We have started with 200 medicines and it will be increased to 400 medicines by January. ... Most of the states started the scheme with 50-60 medicines, but in Rajasthan, we have started with 200 medicines.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2012-01-31", "verdict": "true", "summary": "Rajasthan's Chief Minister's Free Medicine Scheme launched on 2 October 2011 with 200 medicines and expanded to 400-plus by January; the state reported 52.4 crore free-medicine beneficiaries between October 2011 and December 2017.", "topics": [ "health" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Over 400 free medicines from Jan: Gehlot (Times of India)", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Over-400-free-medicines-from-Jan-Gehlot/articleshow/10212525.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "Explained: What is Rajasthan's free medicine scheme", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-rajasthan-free-medicine-scheme-5827614/", "date": "2019-07-13", "key_figure": "Scheme implemented 2 October 2011; free tests added from 2013; beneficiaries 52.4 crore (Oct 2011–Dec 2017); medicines raised from 608 to 712" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Drishti IAS", "title": "Free Medicine Scheme of Rajasthan", "url": "https://www.drishtiias.com/daily-updates/daily-news-analysis/free-medicine-scheme-of-rajasthan", "date": "2024-07-26", "key_figure": "Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dava Yojana launched 2 October 2011; ranked first among 16 states in an NHM assessment" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "ETV Bharat", "title": "Rajasthan Secures 1st Rank Nationwide to Successfully Implement Free Medicine Scheme", "url": "https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!state/rajasthan-free-medicine-scheme-drugs-and-vaccines-enn24072700657", "date": "2024-07-27", "key_figure": "Free medicine scheme launched in Rajasthan on 2 October 2011 by then Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot; Rajasthan scored highest across parameters in a Ministry of Health and Family Welfare assessment" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Rajasthan government scheme continuation and expansion", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-rajasthan-free-medicine-scheme-5827614/", "summary": "The state has continued and expanded the scheme; subsequent budgets raised the number of free medicines and free diagnostic tests." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The Chief Minister's Free Medicine Scheme (Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dava Yojana) was launched in Rajasthan on 2 October 2011, offering essential medicines free of cost at government health facilities. At the launch at Dausa, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said the scheme began with 200 medicines and would be raised to 400 by January.\n\nThe state later reported to the Rajasthan Assembly that free-medicine beneficiaries numbered 52.4 crore between 2 October 2011 and December 2017, while free diagnostic tests were added from 2013. The number of free medicines was subsequently raised to 608 and then 712.\n\nThe scheme carried over across changes of government. A Ministry of Health and Family Welfare assessment placed Rajasthan first among 16 states on implementation of free-medicine schemes.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 400-medicines-by-January promise was delivered and exceeded, so the verdict is true. Beneficiary counts are cumulative visits, not unique individuals, as the Indian Express report notes.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-jairam-2011-rural-sanitation-73-percent", "speaker": "Jairam Ramesh", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister for Rural Development", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2011-09-06", "venue": "Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India, New Delhi (written reply)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "The sanitation coverage in rural areas of the country was 21.9 per cent as per census 2001, but with the effective implementation of Total Sanitation Campaign, its coverage in the rural areas has increased to approximately 73 per cent as of July 2011.", "quote_english": "The sanitation coverage in rural areas of the country was 21.9 per cent as per census 2001, but with the effective implementation of Total Sanitation Campaign, its coverage in the rural areas has increased to approximately 73 per cent as of July 2011.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "The minister reported 73 per cent rural sanitation coverage in September 2011, while Census 2011 counted 32.7 per cent of rural households with a latrine within their premises; his own later Lok Sabha reply cited the 32.7 per cent Census figure.", "topics": [ "sanitation" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Total Sanitation Coverage in the Country will be Completed by 2017 (PIB release)", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=75671" }, { "title": "Total Sanitation Coverage in the Country will be Completed by 2017 (reproduction of PIB text)", "url": "https://currentaffairsappsc.blogspot.com/2011/09/total-sanitation-coverage-in-country.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau", "title": "Sanitation coverage in rural areas", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=87126", "key_figure": "Rural sanitation coverage 32.7 per cent as per Census 2011, up from 21.9 per cent in 2001" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India", "title": "Census of India 2011: Availability and Type of Latrine Facility, 2001-2011", "url": "https://sswm.info/sites/default/files/reference_attachments/GOI%202012%20Latrine%20coverage.pdf", "key_figure": "32.7 per cent of rural households had a latrine within the premises in Census 2011" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Later Lok Sabha reply citing Census 2011 sanitation coverage", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=87126", "summary": "In a later reply, the Rural Development Minister reported rural sanitation coverage of 32.7 per cent as per Census 2011, replacing the administrative 73 per cent figure." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In a Rajya Sabha reply in September 2011, Jairam Ramesh reported rural sanitation coverage of about 73 per cent as of July 2011, up from 21.9 per cent in Census 2001. The figure came from the Total Sanitation Campaign's administrative progress reports.\n\nCensus 2011 counted 32.7 per cent of rural households with a latrine within their premises. In a later Lok Sabha reply, the same minister cited the Census figure of 32.7 per cent, a much lower measure of household access.\n\nThe 73 per cent figure therefore measures toilets constructed or reported under the programme, not the share of rural households with a working latrine; presented as sanitation coverage without that qualification, it is misleading.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "PIB pages returned HTTP 403 to automated fetches; the 2011 release text was read through a blog reproduction that attributes the reply to Jairam Ramesh in the Rajya Sabha. The 32.7 per cent Census figure appeared in the PIB search snippet and in the Census latrine PDF. The exact Rajya Sabha sitting date may differ by a day from the 6 September 2011 blog publication. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-dikshit-2011-cwg-no-wrongdoing", "speaker": "Sheila Dikshit", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Delhi", "level": "state", "state": "Delhi", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2011-08-03", "venue": "New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "We have not done anything wrong. Everything was done keeping in mind the national interest and prestige. We were entrusted with certain responsibilities and we delivered them.", "quote_english": "We have not done anything wrong. Everything was done keeping in mind the national interest and prestige. We were entrusted with certain responsibilities and we delivered them.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "The CAG audit found irregularities and excess expenditure in CWG projects, so the blanket denial of wrongdoing is not supported by the audit record.", "topics": [ "corruption", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "CWG scam: Not done anything wrong, says Sheila Dikshit", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/CWG-scam-Not-done-anything-wrong-says-Sheila-Dikshit/articleshow/9470916.cms" }, { "title": "Delhi leader denies Commonwealth Games allegations", "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-14398665" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "BBC News", "title": "Delhi leader denies Commonwealth Games allegations", "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-14398665", "date": "2011-08-04", "key_figure": "Audit reportedly blamed the Dikshit government for ill-conceived projects, arbitrary consultant selection and exorbitant contract rates." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Economic Times", "title": "CWG scam: CAG report indicts PMO and slams Sheila Dikshit", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cwg-scam-cag-report-indicts-pmo-slams-sheila-dikshit-by-pointing-to-enormous-bungling/articleshow/9493964.cms", "date": "2011-08-04", "key_figure": "CAG report blamed Dikshit for Rs 31 crore in losses from inflated street-lighting contracts." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "FIR against Sheila in CWG scam", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/fir-against-sheila-in-cwg-scam/article5661469.ece", "date": "2014-02-21", "key_figure": "Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch filed an FIR against Dikshit in the streetlight project scam." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "CWG scam: Not done anything wrong, says Sheila Dikshit", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/CWG-scam-Not-done-anything-wrong-says-Sheila-Dikshit/articleshow/9470916.cms", "summary": "Dikshit said her conscience was clear and that anyone found guilty of wrongdoing would not be spared." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 3 August 2011, Sheila Dikshit said her government had not done anything wrong in Commonwealth Games projects. She said everything was done in the national interest and that her government had delivered on its responsibilities.\n\nThe CAG audit, as reported by the BBC and The Economic Times, found irregularities in the award of CWG contracts. It pointed to arbitrary and non-transparent selection of consultants, execution at exorbitant rates, and excess expenditure of Rs 31.07 crore on street lighting.\n\nA Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch FIR was later filed in the streetlight project. No criminal conviction of Dikshit is recorded in the sources reviewed. The blanket denial is therefore rated misleading rather than false.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "CAG findings are taken from news reports; the CAG report itself was not opened. No criminal conviction of Dikshit is asserted.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-gogoi-2011-assam-growth-8-1", "speaker": "Tarun Gogoi", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Assam", "level": "state", "state": "Assam", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2011-06-15", "venue": "Press conference, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "Assam's growth rate has touched 8.1 per cent and is almost at par with the all-India average GDP growth rate.", "quote_english": "Assam's growth rate has touched 8.1 per cent and is almost at par with the all-India average GDP growth rate.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The Chief Minister said Assam's growth had reached 8.1%, roughly matching the national rate; Planning Commission data at the time showed 8.1%, later revised to 7.34%.", "topics": [ "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "State's GDP growth at par with nation (The Assam Tribune)", "url": "https://assamtribune.com/states-gdp-growth-at-par-with-nation" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Assam Tribune", "title": "State's GDP growth at par with nation", "url": "https://assamtribune.com/states-gdp-growth-at-par-with-nation", "date": "2011-06-15", "key_figure": "Gogoi, quoting Planning Commission figures: Assam growth 8.1%, almost at par with all-India." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Assam", "title": "Economic Survey, Assam, 2011-12", "url": "https://des.assam.gov.in/sites/default/files/swf_utility_folder/departments/ecostat_medhassu_in_oid_3/menu/document/economic_survey2011-12_0.pdf", "date": "2011-12-24", "key_figure": "2010-11 growth 7.34% (quick estimates); 2011-12 advance estimate 8.42%." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Tarun Gogoi said Assam's growth rate had reached 8.1% and was almost at par with the all-India average, citing Planning Commission figures released the previous day. India's GDP growth for 2010-11 was then estimated at 8.5%.\n\nAssam's Economic Survey 2011-12 later put the state's 2010-11 growth at 7.34% on quick estimates, while the advance estimate for 2011-12 was 8.42%. The 8.1% figure was therefore a provisional Planning Commission estimate that was subsequently revised down.\n\nAt the time of the statement, the 8.1% figure was the official Planning Commission number, and the gap with the 8.5% national estimate was 0.4 percentage points.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The Assam Tribune page metadata shows 2010-09-15 but the text refers to June 15 and the 2011-12 Plan, so the statement date is taken as 2011-06-15. Assam's later quick estimate for 2010-11 was 7.34%.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-gogoi-2011-assam-much-peaceful", "speaker": "Tarun Gogoi", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Assam", "level": "state", "state": "Assam", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2011-05-13", "venue": "Guwahati, after the 2011 Assam assembly election results", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Today Assam is a much peaceful state. But outside perception is that it is a disturbed area.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Assam insurgency fatalities fell to 94 in 2011 from 392 in 2009, though incidents continued and the state remained under the 'disturbed area' tag.", "topics": [ "internal-security", "security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "India Today: Reaching out to militant groups main priority: Tarun Gogoi (13 May 2011)", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2011/assam/story/reaching-out-to-militant-groups-main-priority-tarun-gogoi-133679-2011-05-12" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "index", "publisher": "South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP)", "title": "Assam Assessment 2014", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20140215151306/http://satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/index.html", "date": "2014-02-15", "key_figure": "Fatalities: 392 (2009), 158 (2010), 94 (2011), 91 (2012), 101 (2013); the 1998 peak was 783. The Union Home Ministry extended the state's 'disturbed area' tag in 2013." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "title": "2008 Assam bombings", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Assam_bombings", "key_figure": "The 30 October 2008 serial bombings killed 81 people, the high point against which the later decline is measured." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "After the 2011 Assam assembly election, Gogoi said 'Today Assam is a much peaceful state', while complaining that the state was still perceived as disturbed.\n\nSATP data show fatalities falling to 94 in 2011 from 392 in 2009, against a 1998 peak of 783. The same assessment records 91 fatalities in 2012 and 101 in 2013, and notes that the Union Home Ministry extended the state's 'disturbed area' tag in 2013.\n\nThe comparative claim that Assam was 'much peaceful' is supported by the fatality trend, although low-level violence and abductions continued.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Date from the India Today report (13 May 2011). The 'disturbed area' tag detail is from the SATP assessment. SATP is a secondary compiler of official and media data.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-jairam-2011-tiger-census", "speaker": "Jairam Ramesh", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister of Environment and Forests", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2011-03-28", "venue": "New Delhi (release of the report 'Tiger Estimate in India')", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The 2010 National Tiger Assessment estimated the total population of wild tigers in India at 1,706.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The Ministry of Environment and Forests, under Jairam Ramesh, released the 2010 National Tiger Assessment which estimated 1,706 wild tigers; the 2014 assessment reported 2,226 tigers, an increase of about 30.5 per cent.", "topics": [ "environment" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Ministry of Environment and Forests, 'Tiger Estimate in India' 2010 (report released 28 March 2011, archived)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20110612082807/http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/tiger-brochure.pdf" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Environment and Forests", "title": "Tiger Estimate in India (2010 National Tiger Assessment)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20110612082807/http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/tiger-brochure.pdf", "date": "2011-03-28", "key_figure": "1,706 wild tigers estimated in 2010" }, { "type": "index", "publisher": "Wikipedia (compiling MoEF/NTCA/WII data)", "title": "Project Tiger - tiger population", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Tiger", "date": "2022-01-01", "key_figure": "1,706 in 2010; 2,226 in 2014 (+30.5 per cent); 2,967 (average) in 2018" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Project Tiger - tiger population", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Tiger", "summary": "The Ministry of Environment and Forests reported the wild tiger population at 2,226 in 2014, an increase of 30.5 per cent over the 2010 estimate." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The 2010 National Tiger Assessment, released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on 28 March 2011, estimated India's wild tiger population at 1,706, using camera-trap and sign-survey methods introduced in 2006.\n\nThe subsequent 2014 assessment reported 2,226 tigers, an increase of about 30.5 per cent over the 2010 figure, and later cycles reported further increases.\n\nThe figure of 1,706 released in 2011 is consistent with the subsequent government estimates.", "confidence": "low", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "A direct news quote from Jairam Ramesh announcing the figure could not be confirmed with an openable URL, so the government report 'Tiger Estimate in India' is listed as the source; the archived PDF did not render in the fetcher (only the Wayback wrapper loaded), and the 1,706/2,226 figures were confirmed from the Wikipedia 'Project Tiger' page. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2011-inflation-7-percent", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2011-02-16", "venue": "Interaction with editors of the electronic media, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "And at the end of the fiscal year, the inflation rate should come down to no more than 7 percent.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "false", "summary": "Wholesale price inflation remained above 7% through 2010-11 and 2011-12, the period the Prime Minister was referring to.", "topics": [ "prices", "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's interaction with Editors of the Electronic Media on Feb.16, 2011 (transcript), The Hindu", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/resources/Prime-Minister-Manmohan-Singhs-interaction-with-Editors-of-the-Electronic-Media-on-Feb.16-2011/article15446992.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Economic and Political Weekly (Ghatak, 'Growth in the Time of UPA')", "title": "Key indicators during NDA and UPA years", "url": "https://personal.lse.ac.uk/ghatak/upa-epw.pdf", "date": "2014-01-01", "key_figure": "General inflation (industrial workers): UPA-I 6.1%, UPA-II 10.4%; food inflation: UPA-I 7.0%, UPA-II 11.6%" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "MoSPI", "title": "Statistical Year Book India, Prices chapter", "url": "https://mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/Statistical_year_book_india_chapters/Prices%20Writeup_0.pdf", "date": "2014-01-01", "key_figure": "Annual WPI inflation series for the late-2000s/early-2010s includes readings of 9.6%, 8.9% and 7.6%, i.e. above the 7% mark beforer and around 2010-11" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Reserve Bank of India", "title": "RBI press release: Survey of Professional Forecasters", "url": "https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=24460", "date": "2011-07-01", "key_figure": "Forecasters' median estimate for WPI inflation in Q1 2011-12 was 8.2%, revised up from 6.4%" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PM's own explanation in the same interaction (global oil/commodity prices, open economy)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/resources/Prime-Minister-Manmohan-Singhs-interaction-with-Editors-of-the-Electronic-Media-on-Feb.16-2011/article15446992.ece", "summary": "The Prime Minister said inflation was being driven by rising international oil, food and commodity prices and that tighter monetary policy alone could slow it at the cost of growth." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In a February 2011 interaction the Prime Minister said the inflation rate should come down to no more than 7% by the end of that fiscal year (March 2011).\n\nWholesale price inflation did not fall to that level. Independent compilations put general (industrial-worker) inflation at an average of about 10.4% during UPA-II and food inflation at about 11.6%, with WPI readings above 8-9% in both 2010-11 and 2011-12. The Reserve Bank's own forecaster survey in mid-2011 expected WPI inflation above 8% in the first quarter of 2011-12.\n\nThe claim is assessed as false on its stated metric (headline inflation below 7% by end-March 2011); inflation was a persistent problem through UPA-II.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The PM's sentence is verbatim from the transcript. The precise annual WPI figure for 2010-11 is not stated unambiguously in the fetched snippets; the MoSPI chapter's year-to-value mapping was not fully verifiable here, so the verdict rests mainly on the EPW compilation and the RBI forecast survey. A monthly WPI release for March 2011 (about 8-9%) was not retrieved.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-kapil-sibal-2011-2g-zero-loss", "speaker": "Kapil Sibal", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2011-01-07", "venue": "Press conference, New Delhi (reported by The Hindu / PTI)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "There was \"no loss at all\" to the exchequer due to the allocation of licences and 2G spectrum in 2008; the CAG's loss projection was \"utterly erroneous\" and presumptive.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "The CAG's Report No. 19 of 2010 put the presumptive loss at about Rs 1.76 lakh crore; the CBI's charge-sheet cited Rs 30,984 crore, and the Supreme Court declined to accept the minister's stand.", "topics": [ "corruption", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Text of the Press Statement given by Shri Kapil Sibal on 2G Spectrum Issues (PIB)", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=68943" }, { "title": "The Hindu: 2G spectrum allocation lacked transparency: Sibal", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/2G-spectrum-allocation-lacked-transparency-Sibal/article15514492.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "cag", "publisher": "Comptroller and Auditor General of India", "title": "Report No. 19 of 2010 – Performance Audit of Issue of Licences and Allocation of 2G Spectrum", "url": "https://cag.gov.in/en/audit-report/details/2314", "date": "2010-11-16", "key_figure": "Report tabled 16 November 2010; audit flagged lack of transparency and non-maximisation of revenue in the January 2008 licence issue" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "India Today", "title": "CAG says Raja caused Rs 1.76 lakh cr loss in scam", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/2g-scam/investigations/story/cag-says-raja-caused-rs-176-lakh-cr-loss-in-scam-84990-2010-11-02", "date": "2010-11-02", "key_figure": "Loss of Rs 176,379 crore in the 2G spectrum allocation" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu / PTI", "title": "2G spectrum allocation lacked transparency: Sibal", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/2G-spectrum-allocation-lacked-transparency-Sibal/article15514492.ece", "date": "2011-01-10", "key_figure": "Sibal said there was \"no loss at all\" and that the CAG's Rs 1.76 lakh crore figure was presumptive and \"utterly erroneous\"; The Hindu also records that the Supreme Court did not take cognisance of his stand" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Text of the Press Statement given by Shri Kapil Sibal on 2G Spectrum Issues", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=68943", "summary": "The minister's official press statement disputed the CAG's presumptive-loss methodology and defended the 2008 allocation against the reported loss figure." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In the first week of January 2011, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal held a press conference at which he disputed the Comptroller and Auditor General's reading of the 2008 2G spectrum allocation, saying there was \"no loss at all\" to the exchequer and calling the CAG's loss projection presumptive and \"utterly erroneous\".\n\nThe CAG's Report No. 19 of 2010, a performance audit tabled on 16 November 2010, estimated a presumptive loss of about Rs 1.76 lakh crore from the January 2008 issue of 120 licences at 2001 prices. The CBI's charge-sheet later put the loss at Rs 30,984 crore.\n\nReporting at the time records that the Supreme Court declined to take cognisance of the minister's stand. The Audit Report page confirms the report's tabling date and its findings on the allocation process; the precise loss figure appears in the report itself.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The PIB statement URL was seen in search results but returned HTTP 403 when fetched. The exact day of the press conference is taken as circa 7 January 2011 from The Hindu report published 10 January 2011; the day is approximate.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-jairam-2010-forest-cover-increase", "speaker": "Jairam Ramesh", "party": "INC", "role": "Minister of State for Environment and Forests", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 0, "score": 0 }, "date": "2010-11-29", "venue": "Rajya Sabha, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The country's forest and tree cover has increased by 728 and 1,106 sq km respectively.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The India State of Forest Report 2009 recorded a net increase of 728 sq km in forest cover and 1,106 sq km in tree cover between 2005 and 2007.", "topics": [ "environment" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Hindu: Forest, tree cover increasing, says Ramesh", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/Forest-tree-cover-increasing-says-Ramesh/article15720839.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Forest Survey of India", "title": "India State of Forest Report 2009, Chapter 2", "url": "https://www.fsi.nic.in/sfr2009/chapter2.pdf", "date": "2009-11-30", "key_figure": "Net increase of 728 sq km in forest cover and 1,106 sq km in tree cover between 2005 and 2007" }, { "type": "index", "publisher": "India Environment Portal", "title": "India State of Forest Report 2009", "url": "https://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-and-documents/india-state-of-forest-report-2009-2/", "date": "2009-11-30", "key_figure": "Forest and tree cover estimated at 78.37 million ha, 23.84% of India's geographical area in 2007" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Ramesh's written reply in the Rajya Sabha cited the India State of Forest Report 2009. The report recorded a net increase of 728 sq km in forest cover and 1,106 sq km in tree cover between 2005 and 2007.\n\nThe same report put forest and tree cover at 78.37 million hectares, or 23.84% of India's geographical area in 2007. The increase is consistent with the report's national totals.\n\nThe claim is a statement about the reported change, not about the quality or density of forest cover.", "confidence": "low", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The Rajya Sabha reply was based on ISFR 2009; the report's reference years are 2005 and 2007. [QA: automated grounding check could not find the cited figures on the evidence page; confidence lowered to low pending manual review.]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-gogoi-2010-insurgency-subdued", "speaker": "Tarun Gogoi", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Assam", "level": "state", "state": "Assam", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2010-10-22", "venue": "Press conference, Guwahati", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "We have got phenomenal success in combating insurgency in the last two years. ... The drastic fall in insurgency-related incidents in the state in the last two years only goes to prove that we were right.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "SATP data record Assam insurgency fatalities falling from 392 in 2009 to 158 in 2010 and 94 in 2011, consistent with Gogoi's claim of a sharp decline.", "topics": [ "internal-security", "security", "terrorism" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "New Indian Express: 'Defeat militancy through development' (23 Oct 2010)", "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2010/Oct/23/defeat-militancy-through-development-197391.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "index", "publisher": "South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP)", "title": "Assam Assessment 2014", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20140215151306/http://satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/index.html", "date": "2014-02-15", "key_figure": "Assam insurgency fatalities: 392 (2009), 158 (2010), 94 (2011), 91 (2012); SATP describes a 'continuously declining trend since 2009'. The 1998 peak was 783." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "title": "2008 Assam bombings", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Assam_bombings", "key_figure": "Serial bombings in Assam on 30 October 2008 killed 81 people and injured 470, showing the high-violence baseline before the 2009-2010 decline." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "At a press conference in Guwahati on 22 October 2010, Gogoi said his government had achieved 'phenomenal success' against insurgency and that insurgency-related incidents had fallen sharply over the previous two years.\n\nSATP's Assam assessment records insurgency fatalities of 392 in 2009, 158 in 2010 and 94 in 2011, and describes a continuously declining trend since 2009. The 2008 baseline was high: serial bombings in Assam on 30 October 2008 killed 81 people.\n\nThe direction of the claim is supported by the data. Violence did not end, and Gogoi himself said in 2013 that it would be over-optimistic to declare the nightmare of militant violence over.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Gogoi spoke on a Friday; the New Indian Express report is dated 23 October 2010, so the date is taken as 22 October 2010. SATP data are compiled from official and media reports rather than being primary MHA tables.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-chidambaram-2010-overcome-maoism-3-years", "speaker": "P. Chidambaram", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2010-07-29", "venue": "Parliamentary Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The government was confident that the problem of left wing extremism would be overcome in the next three years.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2013-07-29", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "Left-wing extremism was not overcome by mid-2013; MHA data show violence declined gradually but continued well past the three-year window.", "topics": [ "internal-security", "security", "terrorism" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Hindu: Maoist problem will be overcome in three years: Chidambaram (29 Jul 2010)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/Maoist-problem-will-be-overcome-in-three-years-Chidambaram/article16215473.ece" }, { "title": "Times of India / PTI: Will overcome Maoist problem in three years: Chidambaram (29 Jul 2010)", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/will-overcome-maoist-problem-in-three-years-chidambaram/articleshow/6233378.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Deutsche Welle (citing Home Ministry data)", "title": "Why has Maoist violence subsided in India?", "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/why-has-maoist-violence-subsided-in-india/a-64292819", "date": "2023-01-05", "key_figure": "LWE incidents fell from 2,258 (2009) to 509 (2021); deaths fell from a peak of 1,005 (2010) to 147 (2021); affected districts fell from 96 (2010) to 46." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Dataful (compiling MHA Left-Wing Extremism Division and Parliament data)", "title": "Final Phase of Naxalism: Fewer Districts, Fewer Incidents, Increased Surrenders", "url": "https://insights.dataful.in/articles/final-phase-of-naxalism-fewer-districts-fewer-incidents-increased-surrenders", "date": "2025-10-31", "key_figure": "Peak year 2010 (1,005 deaths); more than 2,200 attacks in 2009 falling to fewer than 500 in 2024; deaths 908 (2009) to 130 (2024)." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 29 July 2010 Chidambaram told the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Home Affairs that the government was confident left-wing extremism would be overcome in the next three years, an implicit target of mid-2013.\n\nMHA figures compiled by DW show 2,258 LWE incidents in 2009 and 509 in 2021, with deaths falling from a peak of 1,005 in 2010 to 147 in 2021. Dataful's compilation of MHA data records more than 2,200 attacks in 2009 falling to fewer than 500 in 2024, and 130 deaths in 2024.\n\nThe decline was gradual. The data show a falling trend, not the elimination of the problem by 2013, and the government continued to treat LWE as a security challenge after that date.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The three-year window is counted from the 29 July 2010 statement, giving mid-2013; no formal end-date was published. Incident and death figures are MHA data as compiled by DW and Dataful; different MHA series use different definitions, so only same-series comparisons are reliable.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2010-inflation-5-6-december", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2010-05-24", "venue": "National Press Conference, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "I believe in the coming days, by December this year, we can bring down inflation to 5-6 per cent.", "quote_english": "I believe in the coming days, by December this year, we can bring down inflation to 5-6 per cent.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2010-12-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "The Prime Minister said inflation would fall to 5-6% by December 2010; WPI inflation was 8.43% that month.", "topics": [ "prices", "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Inflation will drop to 5-6% by Dec, says PM (The Indian Express)", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/inflation-will-drop-to-56-by-dec-says-pm/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "Inflation will drop to 5-6% by Dec, says PM", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/inflation-will-drop-to-56-by-dec-says-pm/", "date": "2010-05-24", "key_figure": "PM: inflation can be brought down to 5-6% by December this year; inflation then around 10%." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "Overall inflation surges to 8.43% in Dec", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/Overall-inflation-surges-to-8.43-in-Dec/article15520960.ece", "date": "2011-01-14", "key_figure": "WPI inflation 8.43% in December 2010, up from 7.48% in November." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Department of Economic Affairs", "title": "Public Debt Management: Third Quarter 2010-11", "url": "http://dea.gov.in/files/public_debt_management_documents/PDM3rdQ.pdf", "date": "2011-01-01", "key_figure": "December 2010 WPI inflation 8.43% year on year." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PM attributes inflation to global crisis, petroleum prices, drought and floods", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/inflation-will-drop-to-56-by-dec-says-pm/", "summary": "The Prime Minister said inflation was largely due to the global crisis, petroleum products, the 2009 drought and floods, and that the government was taking steps to moderate prices." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "At his national press conference on 24 May 2010, Manmohan Singh said inflation could be brought down to 5-6% by December 2010. Headline WPI inflation was 9.59% in April 2010, according to the same report.\n\nWPI inflation for December 2010 was 8.43%, higher than November's 7.48%, driven by food and fuel prices. The Finance Ministry's debt-management report records the same 8.43% figure.\n\nThe target was missed by about 2.4 to 3.4 percentage points. Inflation remained above 8% through much of 2011.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Quote as reported by The Indian Express; the full press-conference transcript was published by The Hindu and Rediff. WPI is the headline all-commodity index.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-dikshit-2010-delhi-safest", "speaker": "Sheila Dikshit", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Delhi", "level": "state", "state": "Delhi", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2010-03-30", "venue": "Delhi Legislative Assembly", "language": "en", "quote_original": "Delhi has been described as the safest city amongst 37 cities in the country in the latest survey conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry and another independent agency.", "quote_english": "Delhi has been described as the safest city amongst 37 cities in the country in the latest survey conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry and another independent agency.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "Dikshit cited a private CII survey of 37 cities; the NCRB's Crime in India 2009 report recorded Delhi as the most unsafe metro, with 13.2% of crimes reported in 35 mega cities and the highest crime rate against children.", "topics": [ "security", "internal-security", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Rediff/PTI: Delhi, the safest city in India: Dikshit (30 Mar 2010)", "url": "https://www.rediff.com/news/report/delhi-the-safest-city-in-india-dikshit/20100331.htm" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "National Crime Records Bureau, via The Indian Express", "title": "Delhi tops among metros in crimes, atrocities on women", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/crime/delhi-tops-among-metros-in-crimes-atrocities-on-women/", "date": "2011-01-21", "key_figure": "Delhi accounted for 13.2% of 3,43,749 crimes reported in 35 mega cities in 2009, followed by Bengaluru (9.4%) and Mumbai (9.1%); Delhi reported the highest crime rate against children (16.0 vs national average 2.1)." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "India Today", "title": "Delhi registered 4 per cent rise in crime in 2011", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/delhi-registered-4-per-cent-rise-in-crime-in-2011-88792-2012-01-06", "date": "2012-01-06", "key_figure": "Delhi recorded a 4% increase in crime in 2011, with sharp rises in kidnapping for ransom, attempted murder and rape." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Dikshit told the Delhi Assembly that a Confederation of Indian Industry survey of 37 cities, conducted with another independent agency, had described Delhi as the safest city. She also said the crime rate was lower than in other international cities.\n\nThe NCRB's Crime in India 2009 report, reported by The Indian Express in January 2011, recorded Delhi as the most unsafe metro: 13.2% of all crimes reported in 35 mega cities took place in Delhi, ahead of Bengaluru and Mumbai, and Delhi had the highest crime rate against children.\n\nThe private CII survey was not located, so its methodology and indicators could not be checked. Because the claim rests on an unverified private survey while official NCRB data points in the opposite direction, the 'safest city' characterisation is misleading rather than a clean factual statement.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The CII survey itself was not found online. Dikshit's statement was made in the Assembly on 30 March 2010; Rediff's report is dated 30 March 2010 at 23:56 IST. NCRB data for 2009 was the most recent official series available at the time of the statement.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-shinde-2010-62000mw-11th-plan", "speaker": "Sushilkumar Shinde", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister of Power", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2010-03-28", "venue": "Solapur, Maharashtra", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "About 62,000 MW capacity addition would certainly be achieved out of the 78,700 MW target envisaged for the 11th Plan.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said in March 2010 that about 62,000 MW of the 78,700 MW 11th Plan capacity-addition target would certainly be achieved; official figures show 54,964 MW was actually added (88 per cent of the 62,374 MW revised target).", "topics": [ "energy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Power Ministry achieves 21221 MW capacity addition - Construction Week India", "url": "https://www.constructionweekonline.in/business/power-ministry-achieves-21221-mw-capacity-addition" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Power", "title": "Capacity Addition Target", "url": "https://archive.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=87247", "date": "2012-09-03", "key_figure": "11th Plan target 78,700 MW, revised to 62,374 MW; achieved 54,964 MW (88 per cent of the revised target)" }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Power", "title": "Capacity Addition of Power", "url": "https://archive.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=98536", "date": "2013-08-22", "key_figure": "Thermal capacity added in the 11th Plan was 48,540 MW; 20,832 MW of the original target could not be commissioned" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Capacity Addition Target (Rajya Sabha reply)", "url": "https://archive.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=87247", "summary": "The government stated the 11th Plan target was revised downward to 62,374 MW by the Planning Commission's mid-term appraisal and that 54,964 MW (88 per cent) was achieved." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Construction Week India reported on 28 March 2010 that, after 21,221 MW had been commissioned in the 11th Plan to that point, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said about 62,000 MW would certainly be achieved. Central Electricity Authority projections at the time estimated 62,374 MW with a high degree of certainty.\n\nA PIB release of 3 September 2012 recorded that the original 78,700 MW target for the 11th Plan was revised to 62,374 MW and that 54,964 MW was achieved, which is 88 per cent of the revised target and about 70 per cent of the original target.\n\nThe 62,000 MW figure cited by the minister was not reached; actual addition was 54,964 MW.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The Construction Week article quotes Shinde; the two PIB releases (Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha replies) provide the outcome figures and were read directly.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-manmohan-2010-solar-20gw", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2010-01-11", "venue": "Solar Energy Conclave 2010, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The mission planned to create an installed capacity of 20,000 MW by the end of the 13th Plan.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2022-03-31", "verdict": "true", "summary": "The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 11 January 2010, set an initial grid-connected solar target of 20,000 MW by 2022; India crossed 20,000 MW of installed solar capacity in 2018 and had about 54,000 MW by March 2022.", "topics": [ "energy", "environment" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Manmohan Singh launches 'Solar India' - The Hindu (archived)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20100115080517/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/12/stories/2010011260911100.htm" }, { "title": "National Solar Mission (overview and targets)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Solar_Mission" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "index", "publisher": "Wikipedia (compiling MNRE / CEA data)", "title": "National Solar Mission - installed capacity table", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Solar_Mission", "date": "2022-03-31", "key_figure": "Installed solar capacity 53,996 MW as on 31 March 2022; 20 GW crossed in 2018" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Central Electricity Authority (CEA)", "title": "Installed Capacity Reports", "url": "https://cea.nic.in/installed-capacity-report/?lang=en", "date": "2022-03-31", "key_figure": "CEA installed-capacity series used for the solar capacity figures" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "MNRE: Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission", "url": "https://archive.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=90837", "summary": "PIB release (17 December 2012) stating the mission had set a target of 20,000 MW of grid-connected solar power by 2022." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The Hindu reported that, at the 11 January 2010 launch, Manmohan Singh said the mission planned to create 20,000 MW of installed capacity by the end of the 13th Plan (2022).\n\nInstalled solar capacity grew from about 11 MW in 2010 to 2,632 MW by March 2014 (end of the INC-led UPA period). It crossed 20 GW in 2018 and reached about 54,000 MW by March 2022, exceeding the original 20 GW target. The Phase-3 goal was later raised to 100 GW, and the 100 GW milestone was reached in January 2025.\n\nThe claim is therefore assessed against the original 20,000 MW target and the stated 2022 timeline; both were met.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The launch date and wording are from The Hindu (archived). The 20,000 MW figure was the mission's initial Phase-3 target, later revised upward to 100 GW. The CEA installed-capacity URL was seen in the National Solar Mission reference list but was not fetched directly.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-kamalnath-2010-20km-highways", "speaker": "Kamal Nath", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2010-01-10", "venue": "Automobile dealers association conference, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "We are currently doing 9 km a day and would be in a position to scale up to 20 km a day by April-May 2010.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2010-04-30", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "Kamal Nath said in January 2010 that highway construction would rise from about 9 km a day to 20 km a day by April-May 2010; official figures for June 2009 to September 2010 show an average of 12.01 km a day, and the ministry was criticised in Parliament for not meeting the target.", "topics": [ "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Will build 20 km a day by April: Nath - The Indian Express", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/will-build-20-km-a-day-by-april-nath/" }, { "title": "We are hoping to build 20 km road per day starting April: Kamal Nath - Economic Times", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/we-are-hoping-to-build-20-km-road-per-day-starting-april-kamal-nath/articleshow/5453175.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways", "title": "Construction of National Highways", "url": "https://archive.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=66832", "date": "2010-11-09", "key_figure": "Average 12.01 km of National Highways per day achieved from June 2009 to September 2010" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Hindustan Times", "title": "Nath grilled over highway target", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/nath-grilled-over-highway-target/story-uCRt2POzOdLfb2PyfxoSQI.html", "date": "2010-11-09", "key_figure": "Lok Sabha; ministry criticised for failing to reach 20 km a day" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "NDTV", "title": "Kamal Nath's ambitious target: 20 km of road per day", "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/kamal-naths-ambitious-target-20-km-of-road-per-day-408922", "date": "2010-01-01", "key_figure": "Target of 20 km a day" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Nath grilled over highway target - Hindustan Times", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/nath-grilled-over-highway-target/story-uCRt2POzOdLfb2PyfxoSQI.html", "summary": "In the Lok Sabha Kamal Nath said he had only promised to initiate the process of reaching 20 km a day within a year, that 20 km a day was impossible in the current circumstances, and that 12.1 km a day had already been achieved." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The Indian Express (10 January 2010) quoted Kamal Nath saying highway construction was running at about 9 km a day and would be scaled to 20 km a day by April-May 2010. The Economic Times and NDTV carried the same target.\n\nA PIB release of 9 November 2010 recorded average construction of 12.01 km of National Highways per day over June 2009 to September 2010. The same week, Hindustan Times reported that Nath was questioned in the Lok Sabha over the failure to meet the 20 km a day goal; he replied that the target had been to initiate the process within a year, and described 20 km a day as impossible under then-current conditions.\n\nThe 20 km a day pace was therefore not reached by the stated April 2010 date.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The ET and NDTV URLs were seen in search results and were not fetched directly; the Indian Express article, the PIB release and the Hindustan Times article were read. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-sibal-2009-out-of-school-children-4-22-percent", "speaker": "Kapil Sibal", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister for Human Resource Development", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2009-12-31", "venue": "Ministry of Human Resource Development Year End Review, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "An independent study done in 2009 shows that the percentage of out-of-school children has declined to 4.22% children in the 6-14 age group.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The HRD Ministry's 2009 year-end review reported out-of-school children at 4.22% of the 6-14 age group, based on an independent 2009 SRI-IMRB survey which the same ministry cites as about 80 lakh children.", "topics": [ "education" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Year End Review 2009 — School Education and Literacy (PIB)", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=56534" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Human Resource Development)", "title": "Year End Review 2009 — School Education and Literacy", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=56534", "date": "2009-12-31", "key_figure": "The percentage of out-of-school children declined to 4.22% in the 6-14 age group (independent 2009 study); Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan outlay Rs 13,100 crore" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Human Resource Development)", "title": "English Releases — SRI-IMRB sample survey 2009", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=52554", "date": "2009-01-01", "key_figure": "As per an independent sample survey by SRI-IMRB in 2009, there are 80 lakh children out of school" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Year End Review 2009 — School Education", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=56534", "summary": "The ministry attributes the 4.22% figure to an independent 2009 study and cites it as evidence of progress under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "In its 2009 year-end review, the Ministry of Human Resource Development stated that an independent 2009 study showed out-of-school children had declined to 4.22% of the 6-14 age group.\n\nThe same government exercise, and a separate PIB release, attribute the underlying finding to a 2009 sample survey by SRI-IMRB that counted about 80 lakh out-of-school children in that age band. The percentage and the absolute number are consistent with each other for the relevant child population.\n\nLater government surveys and the 2011 Census reported continued declines in out-of-school children, so the direction of the claim is supported by later data.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The statement is a Ministry/PIB release rather than a direct ministerial quote; it is attributed here to the HRD Minister who led the ministry. This claim and inc-sibal-2009-rte-160-million-out-of-school use overlapping government sources but are separate statements made in the same period. PIB URLs returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-sibal-2009-secondary-education-right-by-2015", "speaker": "Kapil Sibal", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister for Human Resource Development", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2009-12-04", "venue": "ICC Regional CEO Forum on Globalisation and Inclusive Growth, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Hopefully by 2013 or 2015, we should make free and compulsory education a right at secondary stage also.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2015-12-31", "verdict": "unachieved", "summary": "Sibal said in December 2009 that free and compulsory education would be made a right at the secondary stage by 2013 or 2015; the RTE Act 2009 continued to cover only ages 6-14 and no secondary-stage right was enacted by 2014.", "topics": [ "education" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Sibal for making secondary education a right of every child (The Hindu)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Sibal-for-making-secondary-education-a-right-of-every-child/article16851520.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Human Resource Development)", "title": "Year End Review 2009 — School Education and Literacy", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=56534", "date": "2009-12-31", "key_figure": "RTE Act 2009 provides free and compulsory education to children aged six to fourteen years; secondary education addressed through Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (launched March 2009)" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Human Resource Development)", "title": "English Releases — Right to Education / 86th Amendment", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=52554", "date": "2009-01-01", "key_figure": "Article 21A and the RTE Act 2009 make education a fundamental right for children aged 6-14 only" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Year End Review 2009 — School Education", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=56534", "summary": "The ministry records that the statutory right covers ages 6-14 and that secondary schooling was being expanded through RMSA rather than a constitutional right." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 4 December 2009, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said the government hoped to make free and compulsory education a right at the secondary stage by 2013 or 2015, after the RTE Act had made elementary education a fundamental right.\n\nThe Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 and Article 21A apply to children aged six to fourteen years. Secondary education was being expanded through a scheme, the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, not through a legal entitlement.\n\nNo law extending the right to secondary education was enacted during the 2009-2014 period, and the stated 2013/2015 window passed without such a right coming into force.", "confidence": "low", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The claim is a hope framed with a conditional deadline ('hopefully by 2013 or 2015'). A dedicated source confirming that no secondary-education right was enacted was not located; the verdict rests on the statutory scope of the RTE Act described in PIB releases. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-jairam-2009-emissions-intensity", "speaker": "Jairam Ramesh", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister of Environment and Forests", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2009-12-03", "venue": "Parliament, New Delhi (statement ahead of the Copenhagen summit)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "India would reduce its carbon intensity by a minimum of 20 per cent and most likely 25 per cent by the year 2020, on 2005 levels.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2020-12-31", "verdict": "true", "summary": "In December 2009 Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh announced in Parliament that India would cut the emission intensity of its GDP by 20-25 per cent by 2020 from 2005 levels; India's official reporting states that emission intensity fell by 24 per cent between 2005 and 2016.", "topics": [ "environment", "energy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Jairam Ramesh: 20-25 pc carbon emission intensity cut by 2020 - The Hindu", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Jairam-Ramesh-20-25-pc-carbon-emission-intensity-cut-by-2020/article16851626.ece" }, { "title": "'India can cut emission intensity by 20-25%' - Business Standard", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/-india-can-cut-emission-intensity-by-20-25-109120400064_1.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "intl_org", "publisher": "Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (India's Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC), summarised on Wikipedia", "title": "Climate change in India - mitigation", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_India", "date": "2018-02-01", "key_figure": "India's emission intensity of GDP reduced by 24 per cent between 2005 and 2016" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "India will stand by its commitments on emission intensity cuts", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/india-will-stand-by-its-commitments-on-emission-intensity-cuts/", "date": "2010-02-02", "key_figure": "India's reduction in emission intensity of GDP will be higher than 20-25 per cent by 2020 from 2005 levels" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Climate change in India - mitigation (Biennial Update Report summary)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_India", "summary": "India's Biennial Update Report states emission intensity of GDP fell 24 per cent between 2005 and 2016, putting India on track to meet its voluntary 20-25 per cent target." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Jairam Ramesh announced India's voluntary target in Parliament on 3 December 2009: a 20-25 per cent reduction in the emission intensity of GDP by 2020 relative to 2005, to be pursued without a legally binding cap.\n\nIndia's Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC, released in 2018, reports a 24 per cent reduction in emission intensity of GDP between 2005 and 2016. Independent summaries describe India as on track for the 20-25 per cent target.\n\nThe announced target is assessed as met.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 24 per cent figure is taken from the summary of India's Biennial Update Report on the Wikipedia 'Climate change in India' page; the primary BUR PDF was not opened. The Hindu, Business Standard and Indian Express URLs were seen in search results; the Wikipedia page was read.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-ramesh-2009-no-binding-emission-cuts", "speaker": "Jairam Ramesh", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2009-12-03", "venue": "Rajya Sabha, Parliament House, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "There is no question of India accepting a legally binding emission reduction cut.", "quote_english": "There is no question of India accepting a legally binding emission reduction cut.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "India associated itself with the non-binding Copenhagen Accord and did not accept legally binding emission cuts at Copenhagen.", "topics": [ "foreign-policy", "environment" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "India will not sign binding emission cuts", "url": "https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/india-will-not-sign-binding-emission-cuts-idUSDEL485342/" }, { "title": "Won't accept legally binding emission cuts", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/won-t-accept-legally-binding-emission-cuts/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Reuters", "title": "India will not sign binding emission cuts", "url": "https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/india-will-not-sign-binding-emission-cuts-idUSDEL485342/", "date": "2009-12-03", "key_figure": "Ramesh told Parliament there was no question of India accepting a legally binding emission reduction cut." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "Copenhagen Accord not legally binding: UNFCC", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Copenhagen-Accord-not-legally-binding-UNFCC/article16839919.ece", "date": "2010-01-28", "key_figure": "UNFCCC said the Copenhagen Accord was a political document, not a legally binding treaty." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "In the Rajya Sabha on 3 December 2009, Jairam Ramesh said there was no question of India accepting a legally binding emission reduction cut. He said India would accept international verification of reductions only if supported by finance and technology transfers.\n\nThe Copenhagen Accord was noted by the Conference of Parties on 18 December 2009. In January 2010 the UNFCCC clarified that the Accord was a political document and not legally binding. India associated itself with the Accord but did not take on binding emission targets.\n\nThe statement held for the Copenhagen round.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The claim concerns the Copenhagen round. India later associated itself with the non-binding Accord and submitted voluntary mitigation actions. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-sibal-2009-rte-160-million-out-of-school", "speaker": "Kapil Sibal", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Minister for Human Resource Development", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2009-11-11", "venue": "National Education Day function, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The recently passed Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act will give an estimated 160 million children, who are presently out of school, access to quality education.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "Sibal described the 160 million figure as children 'presently out of school', but the government's own 2009 SRI-IMRB survey put out-of-school children aged 6-14 at about 8 million (4.22%).", "topics": [ "education" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "New Act to give quality education to 160 million children: Sibal (The Indian Express)", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/education-news/new-act-to-give-quality-education-to-160-million-children-sibal/" }, { "title": "Address deficiency in teaching quality: Manmohan (The Hindu)", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Address-deficiency-in-teaching-quality-Manmohan/article16891499.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Human Resource Development)", "title": "English Releases — 100-day agenda / SRI-IMRB survey 2009", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=52554", "date": "2009-01-01", "key_figure": "As per an independent sample survey by SRI-IMRB in 2009, there are 80 lakh children out of school" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Human Resource Development)", "title": "Year End Review 2009 — School Education and Literacy", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=56534", "date": "2009-12-31", "key_figure": "Independent 2009 study shows the percentage of out-of-school children declined to 4.22% in the 6-14 age group; central outlay for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Rs 13,100 crore" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Year End Review 2009 — School Education", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=56534", "summary": "The ministry's own review uses a much smaller out-of-school figure (4.22%, about 80 lakh children) than the 160 million cited by the minister." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Speaking at the National Education Day function on 11 November 2009, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said the Right to Education Act would give an estimated 160 million children, described as 'presently out of school', access to quality education.\n\nThe Ministry of Human Resource Development's own PIB releases from 2009 cite an independent SRI-IMRB sample survey that counted about 80 lakh (8 million) out-of-school children in the 6-14 age group, equal to 4.22%.\n\nThe 160 million figure is of the order of the total child population in the relevant age band rather than the number out of school, so the claim overstates the out-of-school count by roughly an order of magnitude of about twenty.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "PIB URLs were located via search; direct automated fetch of pib.gov.in returned HTTP 403. The 160 million quote is verbatim from the Indian Express report. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-chidambaram-2009-cctns-2012", "speaker": "P. Chidambaram", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2009-09-18", "venue": "Conference of small entrepreneurs, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The Rs 2,000-crore project to bring all 16,000 police stations in the country under a single network to counter terror challenges will become operational by 2011-12.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2012-03-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "CCTNS was not operational across all police stations by the end of 2011-12; in December 2014 the Home Ministry told Parliament the project was lagging behind schedule and only 58% of crime records had been digitised.", "topics": [ "internal-security", "security", "governance", "digital" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "DNA: All police stations will be linked by 2012: Chidambaram (18 Sep 2009)", "url": "https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-all-police-stations-will-be-linked-by-2012-chidambaram-1291406" }, { "title": "The Hindu: Crime tracking network system by 2011-12: Chidambaram", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Crime-tracking-network-system-by-2011-12-Chidambaram/article16882132.ece" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Economic Times", "title": "Only 58% digitalisation of crime records achieved across various states", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/only-58-digitalisation-of-crime-records-achieved-across-various-states/articleshow/45464034.cms", "date": "2014-12-11", "key_figure": "Home Ministry told Parliament CCTNS was 'lagging behind schedule'; 58% of crime records digitised; a senior MHA official said end-2015 was a more realistic deadline." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "National Crime Records Bureau / Wikipedia summary", "title": "Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_and_Criminal_Tracking_Network_and_Systems", "key_figure": "CCTNS was approved in 2009 with a Rs 2,000 crore outlay; only a pilot phase was launched on 4 January 2013." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Home Ministry statement to Parliament, December 2014", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/only-58-digitalisation-of-crime-records-achieved-across-various-states/articleshow/45464034.cms", "summary": "The Home Ministry acknowledged the project was behind schedule and said a deadline of end-2015 was more realistic for seamless connectivity between police stations." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 18 September 2009, Chidambaram said the Rs 2,000 crore CCTNS project would link all 16,000 police stations and become operational by 2011-12, a target that implied completion by 31 March 2012.\n\nIn December 2014 the Home Ministry told Parliament that CCTNS was 'lagging behind schedule'. Only 58% of crime records had been digitised, Rs 806 crore of the Rs 2,000 crore outlay had been released, and a senior ministry official said end-2015 was a more realistic date for seamless connectivity.\n\nThe project did eventually expand, but the 2011-12 target was not met. The pilot phase itself was launched only on 4 January 2013, after the stated deadline.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 2009-09-18 date is from contemporaneous reports of the launch; DNA's page carries a later update stamp. The quote is the wording reported by The Economic Times and The Hindu, not a transcript. '2011-12' is treated as the Indian financial year ending 31 March 2012.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-manmohan-2009-rajiv-awas-yojana-five-years", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2009-08-15", "venue": "Independence Day address, Red Fort, Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "In the next five years, we will provide better housing facilities to slum dwellers through a new scheme, Rajiv Awas Yojana. ... Today, lakhs of our citizens live in slums which lack basic amenities. We wish to make our country slum free as early as possible.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2014-08-15", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "Rajiv Awas Yojana was announced in 2009 with a stated five-year aim of making India slum-free; Census 2011 still recorded about 65.5 million slum residents and the ministry projected about 93 million by 2012.", "topics": [ "housing" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Govt to provide houses to slum dwellers in five years (PM's Independence Day speech, Hindustan Times)", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/govt-to-provide-houses-to-slum-dwellers-in-five-years/story-6IR9mtN3iMX6V9vMfctc9O.html" }, { "title": "President's address to Parliament, June 2009 — Rajiv Awas Yojana (President of India)", "url": "http://presidentofindia.nic.in/smt-pratibha-devisingh-patil/speeches/address-honble-president-india-shrimati-pratibha-devisingh" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "Slum-free India scheme to be taken up as national mission", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/slumfree-india-scheme-to-be-taken-up-as-national-mission/article2358818.ece", "date": "2011-08-15", "key_figure": "Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry estimate: about 93.06 million people would live in slums by 2012; scheme expected to begin in 250 cities with an estimated 32.10 million slum residents" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Hindustan Times / PTI", "title": "Govt to provide houses to slum dwellers in five years", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/govt-to-provide-houses-to-slum-dwellers-in-five-years/story-6IR9mtN3iMX6V9vMfctc9O.html", "date": "2009-08-15", "key_figure": "Token allocation of Rs 150 crore in the scheme's first year" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "President's address to Parliament, June 2009", "url": "http://presidentofindia.nic.in/smt-pratibha-devisingh-patil/speeches/address-honble-president-india-shrimati-pratibha-devisingh", "summary": "The government described RAY as support under JNNURM to states willing to assign property rights to slum dwellers, aimed at a slum-free India in five years." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) was announced in June 2009 and the Prime Minister repeated the five-year housing aim in his Independence Day address of 15 August 2009. Phase I was approved in June 2011, with a first-year token allocation of Rs 150 crore.\n\nCensus 2011 counted about 65.5 million people living in slums. The Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry estimated that about 93.06 million people would live in slums by 2012, and a 2011 report said the scheme was expected to begin in 250 cities holding an estimated 32.10 million slum residents.\n\nThe five-year window from the 2009 announcement ended in 2014. Slums were not eliminated and the scheme was still in an early rollout phase by the end of the INC/UPA period.\n\nThe verdict rests on the persistence of slum populations against the stated goal; no post-2014 primary evaluation document was located during this research.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The five-year count is taken from the 2009 Independence Day speech. A precise post-2014 official evaluation of RAY (completed houses vs target) was not located through the search tools available, so confidence is medium.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2009-nrega-4-crore-families", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 2, "score": 0.6666666666666666 }, "date": "2009-08-15", "venue": "Red Fort, New Delhi (Independence Day address)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "In the year 2008-09, it benefited about 4 crore families.", "quote_english": "In the year 2008-09, it benefited about 4 crore families.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Official NREGA data show 4.51 crore households provided employment in 2008-09, consistent with the Prime Minister's 'about 4 crore families'.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "jobs" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "PM's Independence Day Speech, 2009", "url": "https://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/speech-details.php?nodeid=780", "channel": "Prime Minister's Office" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM's Independence Day Speech, 2009 (full text)", "url": "https://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/speech-details.php?nodeid=780" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Rural Development", "title": "NREGA: employment and persondays generated", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=52630", "date": "2009", "key_figure": "In 2008-09, 4.5 crore households were provided employment and 216.01 crore persondays were generated" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Rural Development", "title": "NREGA budget and employment data", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=53159", "date": "2009", "key_figure": "4.49 crore households provided employment in 2008-09" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Rural Development", "title": "Annual Report 2009-10", "url": "https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/45604356/annual-report-2009-10pdf-ministry-of-rural-development/29", "date": "2010", "key_figure": "4.51 crore households provided employment in 2008-09; 216.32 crore persondays" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: 4.5 crore households employed under NREGA in 2008-09", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=52630", "summary": "The Rural Development Ministry reported 4.5 crore households and 216.01 crore persondays in 2008-09." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The Prime Minister's Independence Day address said the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act benefited about 4 crore families in 2008-09. Ministry of Rural Development figures put the number at 4.49-4.51 crore households, with 216 crore persondays generated. The stated figure is therefore consistent with the official data.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The PMO speech page was returned in search results with the exact sentence but could not be re-fetched directly; the same sentence is reproduced in the search snippet. Other official releases give 4.49-4.5 crore. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-chidambaram-2009-nsg-hubs", "speaker": "P. Chidambaram", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Home Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2009-08-12", "venue": "Ministry of Home Affairs / PIB release, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Four Regional hubs of NSG with a total strength of 1086 personnel have been set up by the Government at Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The four NSG regional hubs decided on after the 26/11 attacks were set up and inaugurated on 30 June and 1 July 2009.", "topics": [ "security", "terrorism", "internal-security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: Four hubs set up to sharpen NSG effectiveness (12 Aug 2009)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20251206051203/https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=51795®=3&lang=2" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Home Affairs / PIB", "title": "Four hubs set up to sharpen NSG effectiveness", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20251206051203/https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=51795®=3&lang=2", "date": "2009-08-12", "key_figure": "Four NSG regional hubs with 1,086 personnel were set up at Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai and formally inaugurated by Home Minister P. Chidambaram on 30 June and 1 July 2009." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "title": "National Security Guard", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Guard", "key_figure": "The NSG's regional hubs are listed as Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "After the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, the Home Ministry decided to station NSG teams at more locations to cut reaction time. A PIB release dated 12 August 2009 records that four regional hubs, with a total strength of 1,086 personnel, were set up at Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.\n\nThe release says Home Minister P. Chidambaram formally inaugurated the hubs on 30 June and 1 July 2009, and records plans for regional centres at Hyderabad and Kolkata. The NSG's current list of regional hubs includes the four cities.\n\nThe specific claim that the four hubs were established is supported by the government record and by the NSG's regional structure.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The PIB release is dated 12 August 2009 and reports the hubs as already operational; it is a government source. The date of the original decision or promise was not independently confirmed. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-manmohan-singh-2009-sharm-el-sheikh", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2009-07-29", "venue": "Statement in Lok Sabha on the Sharm el-Sheikh joint statement, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "I stand by what I have said in Parliament — that there has been no dilution of our position in this regard.", "quote_english": "I stand by what I have said in Parliament — that there has been no dilution of our position in this regard.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "misleading", "summary": "The 16 July 2009 India-Pakistan joint statement recorded Pakistan's claim about \"threats in Balochistan and other areas\" and de-linked terrorism from the composite dialogue, which the government said was not a dilution of India's position.", "topics": [ "foreign-policy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech in Parliament on the Sharm el-Sheikh joint statement", "url": "https://www.insightsonindia.com/2009/07/30/text-of-the-prime-minister-manmohan-singhs-speech-in-the-parliament-reiterating-indias-stance-taken-during-nam-summit-at-sharm-al-sheikh-in-delinking-talks-with-terrorism-while-dealing-with-pakist/" }, { "title": "MEA: Joint Statement, Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh and Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani", "url": "https://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/4855/Joint+Statement+Prime+Minister+of+India+Dr+Manmohan+Singh+and+the+Prime+Minister+of+Pakistan+Syed+Yusuf+Raza+Gilani" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "India Today", "title": "What is UPA's 2009 Balochistan blunder of Sharm El-Sheikh", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/how-upa-ended-up-hyphenating-india-pakistan-with-its-balochistan-blunder-manmohan-singh-yusuf-raza-gilani-2762671-2025-07-28", "date": "2025-07-28", "key_figure": "Joint statement text: \"Prime Minister Gilani mentioned that Pakistan has some information on threats in Balochistan and other areas\"; India also de-linked terrorism from the composite dialogue" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of External Affairs", "title": "Joint Statement, Sharm el-Sheikh, 16 July 2009", "url": "https://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/4855/Joint+Statement+Prime+Minister+of+India+Dr+Manmohan+Singh+and+the+Prime+Minister+of+Pakistan+Syed+Yusuf+Raza+Gilani", "date": "2009-07-16", "key_figure": "Both leaders agreed that terrorism is the main threat to both countries; the statement referred to Balochistan" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Insights on India: Prime Minister's statement in Parliament reiterating India's stance after Sharm el-Sheikh", "url": "https://www.insightsonindia.com/2009/07/30/text-of-the-prime-minister-manmohan-singhs-speech-in-the-parliament-reiterating-indias-stance-taken-during-nam-summit-at-sharm-al-sheikh-in-delinking-talks-with-terrorism-while-dealing-with-pakist/", "summary": "The Prime Minister told Parliament that India's position had not been diluted, that India had \"no interest in destabilising Pakistan\", and that dialogue and engagement were the only alternatives to war." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "On 16 July 2009 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani issued a joint statement at Sharm el-Sheikh. The text recorded that Prime Minister Gilani \"mentioned that Pakistan has some information on threats in Balochistan and other areas\", and stated that action on terrorism should not be linked to the composite dialogue.\n\nIn Parliament on 29 July 2009 Manmohan Singh defended the statement, saying \"there has been no dilution of our position in this regard\", that India had no interest in destabilising Pakistan, and that dialogue remained the way forward.\n\nOpposition parties and several commentators said the text reversed India's earlier public position linking progress in dialogue to Pakistan's action on terrorism and gave Pakistan a handle on Balochistan. The government maintained the reference did not amount to an admission. The joint statement text and the Prime Minister's Parliament statement are both matters of record; the characterisation of \"no dilution\" remains contested.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The MEA document page did not render its body when fetched (JavaScript page); the joint statement wording is quoted from the fetched India Today explainer, which reproduces the MEA text. The PM's Parliament statement was read in a full transcript.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-gandhi-2009-panchayat-women-40pct", "speaker": "Sonia Gandhi", "party": "INC", "role": "Congress President and UPA Chairperson", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2009-03-24", "venue": "Indian National Congress manifesto for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "Today, about 40% of the elected representatives in panchayats are women, compared to a reservation of 33% mandated for them.", "quote_english": "Today, about 40% of the elected representatives in panchayats are women, compared to a reservation of 33% mandated for them.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statistic", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "Official data put women at 35.8% of district panchayat members in 2010 and 46% of all PRI representatives by 2024, broadly consistent with the manifesto's 'about 40%' figure.", "topics": [ "governance", "women" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Congress manifesto for General Elections 2009 (full text)", "url": "https://www.smetimes.in/smetimes/general-elections-2009/news/2009/Apr/14/congress-manifesto-for-general-elections-2009-full-text.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau", "title": "Participation of Women in Panchayati Raj System", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=73916", "date": "2012-08-01", "key_figure": "35.80% of district panchayat members were women in 2010, according to the State of Panchayats Report 2008-09." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau", "title": "Elected Women Representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2019625", "date": "2024-05-04", "key_figure": "Over 46% of elected representatives in Panchayati Raj institutions were women." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "The 2009 Congress manifesto said about 40% of elected panchayat representatives were women, against a reservation of 33%.\n\nA PIB release citing the State of Panchayats Report 2008-09 put women at 35.80% of district panchayat members in 2010. A 2024 PIB release put women at over 46% of all elected representatives in Panchayati Raj institutions.\n\nThe available official figures bracket the manifesto's 'about 40%' figure. The 2010 figure covered district panchayats only, so the claim is treated as broadly supported rather than exact for every tier.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "No all-India all-tier figure for 2009 was found. The 2010 PIB figure covered district panchayats only; later data show 46% overall. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-gandhi-2009-right-to-food", "speaker": "Sonia Gandhi", "party": "INC", "role": "Congress President / UPA Chairperson", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2009-03-24", "venue": "Release of the Indian National Congress manifesto for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Along the lines of NREGA, we will enact a National Food Security Act. ... The Indian National Congress pledges that every family living below the poverty line either in rural or urban areas will be entitled, by law, to 25 kgs of rice or wheat per month at Rs 3 per kg.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2014-05-25", "verdict": "true", "summary": "The 2009 Congress manifesto pledged a statutory right to food and a legal entitlement of 25 kg of rice or wheat per family per month at Rs 3/kg; the National Food Security Act was enacted in September 2013, entitling priority households to 5 kg per person per month at Rs 3/2/1 per kg.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "prices" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Indian National Congress Manifesto 2009 (Lok Sabha elections)", "url": "https://www.iocongress.org/uploads/manifesto/1547546675_Manifesto_2009.pdf" }, { "title": "BBC News: Congress sets out poll manifesto (Sonia Gandhi at manifesto release)", "url": "http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7960588.stm" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Department of Food and Public Distribution / NFSA portal", "title": "National Food Security Act, (NFSA) 2013", "url": "https://nfsa.gov.in/portal/NFSA_Act", "date": "2013-07-05", "key_figure": "Covers up to 75% of rural and 50% of urban population (about two-thirds of the population); priority households entitled to 5 kg of foodgrains per person per month at Rs 3/2/1 per kg" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Government of India (India Code)", "title": "The National Food Security Act, 2013, No. 20 of 2013", "url": "https://www.indiacode.nic.in/indiacode/bitstream/123456789/6931/1/food_security_act_2013.pdf", "date": "2013-09-10", "key_figure": "Section 3: priority households entitled to five kilograms of foodgrains per person per month; AAY households 35 kg per household per month" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB", "title": "National Food Security Act coverage", "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2179514", "date": "2024-01-01", "key_figure": "Coverage calculated at 81.35 crore persons on Census 2011; about 78.90 crore beneficiaries covered" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "The 2009 manifesto committed the party to a National Food Security Act modelled on the legal-guarantee approach of NREGA, and specified an entitlement of 25 kg of rice or wheat per BPL family per month at Rs 3/kg. The manifesto frame for comparison was the earlier PDS norm of 35 kg per family at higher prices.\n\nThe Act was promulgated as an Ordinance on 5 July 2013 and passed by both Houses in August-September 2013, receiving assent on 10 September 2013. Its structure differs in form from the manifesto wording: entitlement is defined per person (5 kg per person per month for priority households) and AAY households get 35 kg per household per month, with prices capped at Rs 3/2/1 per kg for rice, wheat and coarse grains. A family of five at 5 kg per person equals the 25 kg per family figure in the manifesto.\n\nCoverage is up to 75 per cent of the rural and 50 per cent of the urban population, i.e. about two-thirds of the population once identified. Rollout across states was gradual, and the Act was passed roughly four years into the 2009-2014 term.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The quote is the printed manifesto text, released under Sonia Gandhi as Congress President; quote_is_verbatim=true refers to the manifesto document rather than a spoken transcript. The manifesto frame of reference (35 kg per family at higher prices under the older PDS) was also raised by opposition parties at the time. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-gandhi-2009-women-reservation", "speaker": "Sonia Gandhi", "party": "INC", "role": "Congress President and UPA Chairperson", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2009-03-24", "venue": "Indian National Congress manifesto for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "The Indian National Congress will ensure that the Bill for reserving 33% of the seats in the Lok Sabha and the State legislatures is passed in the 15th Lok Sabha and that the elections to the 16th Lok Sabha are held on the basis of one-third reservation for women.", "quote_english": "The Indian National Congress will ensure that the Bill for reserving 33% of the seats in the Lok Sabha and the State legislatures is passed in the 15th Lok Sabha and that the elections to the 16th Lok Sabha are held on the basis of one-third reservation for women.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2014-05-31", "verdict": "unachieved", "summary": "The bill passed the Rajya Sabha but was never voted on in the Lok Sabha and lapsed in 2014, so the 33% reservation was not in place for the 2014 election.", "topics": [ "governance", "women" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Congress manifesto for General Elections 2009 (full text)", "url": "https://www.smetimes.in/smetimes/general-elections-2009/news/2009/Apr/14/congress-manifesto-for-general-elections-2009-full-text.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "PRS Legislative Research", "title": "Women's Reservation Bill [The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 2008]", "url": "https://prsindia.org/billtrack/womens-reservation-bill-the-constitution-108th-amendment-bill-2008-45", "date": "2010-03-09", "key_figure": "Passed by Rajya Sabha on 9 March 2010; no Lok Sabha vote recorded." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Business Standard / ANI", "title": "Women's Reservation Bill lapses", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/women-s-reservation-bill-lapses-114081400714_1.html", "date": "2014-08-14", "key_figure": "Bill lapsed after Rajya Sabha passage; it was never taken up in the Lok Sabha." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Women's Reservation Bill lapses", "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/women-s-reservation-bill-lapses-114081400714_1.html", "summary": "Congress leader Manish Tewari called the lapse unfortunate and said every attempt should be made to pass the bill." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The 2009 Congress manifesto committed the party to passing a bill reserving 33% of Lok Sabha and state legislature seats for women in the 15th Lok Sabha, and to holding the 16th Lok Sabha elections on that basis.\n\nThe Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 9 March 2010. The Lok Sabha did not vote on it. The bill lapsed when the 15th Lok Sabha was dissolved in 2014.\n\nThe 16th Lok Sabha elections were held without one-third reservation for women. The manifesto's target was therefore not achieved within the stated parliamentary term.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Manifesto released on 24 March 2009. The deadline is set to the end of the 15th Lok Sabha term. The bill passed the Rajya Sabha but never reached a Lok Sabha vote.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-sonia-gandhi-2009-lokpal", "speaker": "Sonia Gandhi", "party": "INC", "role": "Congress President / Chairperson, UPA", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2009-03-01", "venue": "Indian National Congress manifesto for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The Congress party in its manifesto for the 2009 parliamentary elections promised to bring a strong Lokpal to curb corruption (as reported by The Times of India).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "in-progress", "summary": "The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill was passed by Parliament on 17 December 2013 and the Act received assent on 1 January 2014, but the Lokpal body was not constituted until 19 March 2019.", "topics": [ "corruption", "governance" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Indian National Congress, 2009 Lok Sabha election manifesto", "url": "https://www.iocongress.org/uploads/manifesto/1547546675_Manifesto_2009.pdf" }, { "title": "The Times of India: report that the 2009 Congress manifesto promised a strong Lokpal", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/congress-general-secretary-digvijay-singh-gave-credit-to-congress-president-sonia-gandhi-for-taking-imitative-for-a-strong-lokpal-and-hinted-that-the-lokpal-bill-examined-by-the-parliamentary-committee-would-be-different-from-team-annas-version-the-congress-party-in-its-manifesto-for-2009-parliamentary-elections-had-promised-to-bring-a-strong-lokpal-to-curb-corruption-on-the-request-of-congress-president-civil-society-members-aruna-roy-and-harsh-mander-have-prepared-a-lokpal-bill-/articleshow/10379671.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Lokpal, Government of India", "title": "Lokpal – official website", "url": "https://lokpal.gov.in/", "date": "2013-12-17", "key_figure": "The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 was passed by Parliament on 17 December 2013" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "BBC", "title": "Lokpal: Indian upper house passes anti-corruption bill", "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25411760", "date": "2013-12-17", "key_figure": "Rajya Sabha passed the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill on 17 December 2013" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Wikipedia (citing The Hindu and others)", "title": "Lokpal – formation of the institution", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokpal", "date": "2019-03-19", "key_figure": "Lokpal constituted on 19 March 2019 with the appointment of its first chairperson and members" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "The Hindu: Lokpal Bill – Cong hails Rahul's 'key role', promises more", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lokpal-bill-cong-hails-rahuls-key-role-promises-more/article5474428.ece", "summary": "The Congress said the passage of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill in December 2013 fulfilled its anti-corruption pledge and pointed to Rahul Gandhi's role in the Winter Session." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The Congress's 2009 Lok Sabha manifesto promised to bring a strong Lokpal to curb corruption.\n\nThe Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 was passed by Parliament on 17 December 2013 and the Act received the President's assent on 1 January 2014, inside the UPA-II term. The January 2014 Act followed the 2011 anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare, whose supporters and several parties argued the enacted version was weaker than the draft Jan Lokpal Bill.\n\nThe Lokpal institution itself was not constituted until 19 March 2019, when its first chairperson and members were appointed. As of the end of the INC era in May 2014, the enabling law existed but the ombudsman was not operational.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 2009 manifesto PDF could not be fetched (PDF content type unsupported) and the release date is approximate; the promise is documented by The Times of India and The Hindu. The Lokpal website text was surfaced through search results rather than a direct fetch.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-sheila-dikshit-2008-unauthorised-colonies", "speaker": "Sheila Dikshit", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Delhi", "level": "state", "state": "Delhi", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2008-11-01", "venue": "Delhi Assembly election campaign (provisional regularisation certificates issued to unauthorised colonies)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Ahead of the 2008 Delhi Assembly polls the Dikshit government gave provisional regularisation certificates to unauthorised colonies and promised to regularise them; in 2012 she said the government was \"fulfilling the promise it made in 2008\" (reported wording).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "unachieved", "summary": "Of the 1,639 colonies given provisional regularisation certificates, 917 were regularised in 2012; the remaining colonies were not regularised by the end of the term, and the process was challenged.", "topics": [ "governance" ], "media": [ { "platform": "youtube", "title": "Delhi government regularises over 900 illegal colonies", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF0zpHpN98s" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Economic Times / PTI: Sheila Dikshit announces regularising of 917 unauthorised colonies", "url": "https://m.economictimes.com/wealth/personal-finance-news/sheila-dikshit-announces-regularising-of-917-unauthorised-colonies/articleshow/15900936.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Economic Times / PTI", "title": "Sheila Dikshit announces regularising of 917 unauthorised colonies", "url": "https://m.economictimes.com/wealth/personal-finance-news/sheila-dikshit-announces-regularising-of-917-unauthorised-colonies/articleshow/15900936.cms", "date": "2012-08-28", "key_figure": "917 of 1,639 colonies with provisional certificates regularised; the report notes that not a single colony had been regularised until then" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu (op-ed)", "title": "The promise of regularisation", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-promise-of-regularisation/article5678050.ece", "date": "2014-02-12", "key_figure": "Some unauthorised colonies received provisional certificates despite incomplete applications; regularisation remained incomplete and contested" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Firstpost", "title": "Sheila Dikshit's trump card: The voting power of unauthorised colonies", "url": "https://www.firstpost.com/politics/sheila-dikshits-trump-card-the-voting-power-of-unauthorised-colonies-917777.html", "date": "2013-07-01", "key_figure": "Dikshit made good the promise by regularising over half of those colonies (895) in September 2012" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "The Economic Times: Dikshit says government is fulfilling 2008 promise", "url": "https://m.economictimes.com/wealth/personal-finance-news/sheila-dikshit-announces-regularising-of-917-unauthorised-colonies/articleshow/15900936.cms", "summary": "The Chief Minister said her government had made a \"historical decision\" to regularise 917 colonies, benefiting 40 lakh residents, and was fulfilling the promise it made in 2008." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Ahead of the 2008 Delhi Assembly elections, the Sheila Dikshit government issued provisional regularisation certificates to 1,639 unauthorised colonies and promised to regularise them if the Congress returned to power. The Economic Times report notes that no colony had been regularised before 2012.\n\nOn 28 August 2012 Chief Minister Dikshit announced the regularisation of 917 of those colonies, and said the government was \"fulfilling the promise it made in 2008\". A section of colonies (on Archaeological Survey of India or forest land) was left out, and another report records that some colonies received provisional certificates despite incomplete applications.\n\nIn February 2014 the Delhi government sought action against Dikshit following a Lokayukta order on the regularisation of unauthorised colonies. The full set of colonies covered by the 2008 promise had not been regularised by the end of the term, and the process continued under later governments.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 2008 promise predates the 28 August 2012 announcement; the claim date is set to November 2008 (before the assembly polls) and is approximate. The exact wording of the 2008 promise was not located in a primary transcript, so quote_is_verbatim is false. Verdict 'unachieved' reflects partial delivery (917 of 1,639 by 2012) rather than total failure.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-manmohan-singh-2008-nuclear-isolation", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2008-09-06", "venue": "Statement in New Delhi after the Nuclear Suppliers Group waiver", "language": "en", "quote_original": "marks the end of India's decades-long isolation from the nuclear mainstream and of the technology denial regime", "quote_english": "marks the end of India's decades-long isolation from the nuclear mainstream and of the technology denial regime", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group waived its guidelines for India on 6 September 2008, after the IAEA approved India's safeguards agreement on 1 August 2008 and before the US Congress approved the 123 Agreement.", "topics": [ "foreign-policy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Arms Control Today: NSG, Congress Approve Nuclear Trade with India (quotes Singh's 6 September 2008 statement)", "url": "https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2008-10/nsg-congress-approve-nuclear-trade-india" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "intl_org", "publisher": "Arms Control Association / Arms Control Today", "title": "NSG, Congress Approve Nuclear Trade with India", "url": "https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2008-10/nsg-congress-approve-nuclear-trade-india", "date": "2008-10-07", "key_figure": "NSG waiver agreed 6 September 2008; US House approved the 123 Agreement 298-117 on 27 September 2008 and the Senate 86-13 on 1 October 2008" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "US Department of State (archive)", "title": "U.S.-India: Civil Nuclear Cooperation", "url": "https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/sca/c17361.htm", "date": "2008-08-01", "key_figure": "IAEA Board of Governors approved India's safeguards agreement on 1 August 2008, paving the way for the NSG decision" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of External Affairs", "title": "Frequently Asked Questions on the India-US Nuclear Agreement", "url": "https://www.mea.gov.in/Uploads/PublicationDocs/19149_Frequently_Asked_Questions_01-11-2008.pdf", "date": "2008-11-01", "key_figure": "MEA explanation of the 123 Agreement and civil nuclear cooperation" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "MEA: Frequently Asked Questions on the India-US Nuclear Agreement", "url": "https://www.mea.gov.in/Uploads/PublicationDocs/19149_Frequently_Asked_Questions_01-11-2008.pdf", "summary": "The government described the agreement as cooperation for peaceful uses of nuclear energy with no reference to extraneous issues." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "After the Nuclear Suppliers Group agreed on 6 September 2008 to adjust its guidelines to enable full civil nuclear cooperation with India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the decision \"marks the end of India's decades-long isolation from the nuclear mainstream and of the technology denial regime\".\n\nThe NSG waiver followed the IAEA Board of Governors' approval of India's safeguards agreement on 1 August 2008, and preceded the US Congress's approval of the India-US 123 Agreement in late September and October 2008. India had been subject to nuclear trade restrictions since its 1974 test and the NSG's 1992 rule.\n\nIndia subsequently signed civil nuclear cooperation agreements with several countries, though the operationalisation of some projects has been slow. The 6 September 2008 statement is reproduced verbatim in contemporaneous arms-control reporting.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The Arms Control Today article quotes Singh's 6 September 2008 statement directly; the MEA FAQ PDF was identified in search results but not parsed as text.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2008-ctbt-no-sign", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2008-06-11", "venue": "Address to Indian Foreign Service probationers, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "India will not sign the CTBT that prevents it from conducting further nuclear tests and impinges on its sovereignty.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "India has not signed the CTBT, so the 2008 statement held.", "topics": [ "foreign-policy", "security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "India will not sign CTBT: Manmohan", "url": "https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-india-will-not-sign-ctbt-manmohan-1170431" }, { "title": "India will not sign CTBT: PM", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/india-will-not-sign-ctbt-pm-26182-2008-06-11" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "intl_org", "publisher": "Arms Control Association", "title": "The Status of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Signatories and Ratifiers", "url": "https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/status-comprehensive-test-ban-treaty-signatories-and-ratifiers", "date": "2024-07-01", "key_figure": "India, Pakistan and North Korea are the three Annex 2 states that have not signed the CTBT." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "India Today", "title": "India resists Japan's CTBT demand", "url": "https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/manmohan-resists-japans-ctbt-demand-favours-universal-disarmament-63977-2009-12-28", "date": "2009-12-28", "key_figure": "India continued to refuse to sign the CTBT, calling it a flawed pact." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Speaking to Indian Foreign Service probationers on 11 June 2008, Manmohan Singh said India would not sign the CTBT because it would prevent further nuclear tests and impinge on sovereignty, according to press reports.\n\nIndia has not signed the treaty. The Arms Control Association's status table, last reviewed in July 2024, lists India, Pakistan and North Korea as the three Annex 2 states that have not signed.\n\nThe statement therefore held. India has maintained a voluntary moratorium on nuclear testing without joining the treaty.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The quote is the reported wording. The Arms Control Association status table was last reviewed in July 2024 and lists India as not having signed.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-chidambaram-2008-farm-loan-waiver", "speaker": "P. Chidambaram", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Finance Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 3, "matched": 3, "score": 1 }, "date": "2008-02-29", "venue": "Lok Sabha, Union Budget 2008-09 speech", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "For marginal farmers (i.e., holding upto 1 hectare) and small farmers (1-2 hectare), there will be a complete waiver of all loans that were overdue on December 31, 2007 and which remained unpaid until February 29, 2008. ... Government estimates that about three crore small and marginal farmers and about one crore other farmers will benefit from the scheme. The total value of overdue loans being waived is estimated at Rs.50,000 crore and the OTS relief on the overdue loans is estimated at Rs.10,000 crore.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2008-06-30", "verdict": "true", "summary": "The 2008-09 Budget announced an agricultural debt waiver and debt-relief scheme of about Rs 60,000 crore with implementation to be completed by 30 June 2008; PIB and RBI documents record that the waiver was rolled out and the debt-relief window was later extended to June 2010.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Statement of Estimated Receipts and Expenditure, 29 February 2008 (Indian Kanoon transcript)", "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1208977" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Finance / PIB", "title": "Implementation of the Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=39107", "date": "2008-05-23", "key_figure": "About 3,69,00,000 small/marginal farmer accounts and 59,75,000 other-farmer accounts covered; estimated cash outgo about Rs 60,416 crore for small/marginal farmers" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Reserve Bank of India", "title": "Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008", "url": "https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_CircularIndexDisplay.aspx?Id=4190", "date": "2008-05-23", "key_figure": "Waiver portion to be implemented by 30 June 2008; debt-relief (OTS) payments up to June 2009" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Finance", "title": "Debt waiver and debt relief for farmers - estimated amount implemented", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=49835", "date": "2009-07-07", "key_figure": "Estimated amount of Rs 65,318.33 crore disbursed under the scheme as of that release" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Cabinet approves guidelines for Farmers Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=39107", "summary": "The government said the scheme came into force with immediate effect and covered direct agricultural loans from scheduled commercial banks, RRBs, cooperative credit institutions and local area banks." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The scheme announced in the 2008-09 Budget gave a full waiver of eligible overdue direct agricultural loans to small and marginal farmers and a one-time settlement (25 per cent rebate on payment of 75 per cent) to 'other farmers'. The Budget estimated the waiver at Rs 50,000 crore and the OTS relief at Rs 10,000 crore.\n\nPIB's 23 May 2008 release, using RBI and NABARD provisional data, put the small/marginal accounts at about 3.69 crore and other-farmer accounts at about 59.75 lakh, with an estimated cash outgo of roughly Rs 60,416 crore plus about Rs 7,960 crore. A July 2009 PIB release recorded an implemented amount of about Rs 65,318.33 crore.\n\nThe stated completion date of 30 June 2008 applied to the waiver; the debt-relief portion was extended through 2009 and formally closed on 30 June 2010. The final outlay is generally reported at about Rs 71,680 crore, higher than the original Budget estimate.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The Budget speech estimated Rs 50,000 crore waiver + Rs 10,000 crore OTS (about Rs 60,000 crore); later official figures and widely cited reports put the total near Rs 71,680 crore. The deadline field refers to the waiver-implementation date stated in the Budget; the OTS window ran to June 2010. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2007-eleventh-plan-9-percent", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister and Chairman, Planning Commission", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2007-12-19", "venue": "National Development Council meeting, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "It sets a target for 9% growth in the five year period 2007-08 to 2011-12 with acceleration during the period to reach 10% by the end of the Plan.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2012-03-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "The Eleventh Five Year Plan targeted average GDP growth of 9% a year but the realised average was 8.0%.", "topics": [ "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Eleventh Five Year Plan (Vol. 1), Planning Commission of India", "url": "https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-08/11th_vol1.pdf" }, { "title": "MoSPI Statistical Year Book India, Chapter 7: Five Year Plans", "url": "https://www.mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/Statistical_year_book_india_chapters/ch7.pdf" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "MoSPI", "title": "Statistical Year Book India, Chapter 7: Five Year Plans", "url": "https://www.mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/Statistical_year_book_india_chapters/ch7.pdf", "date": "2013-01-01", "key_figure": "Eleventh Plan (2007-2012) Target Growth 9%, Actual Growth 8%" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Planning Commission / NITI Aayog", "title": "Eleventh Five Year Plan, Volume 1", "url": "https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-08/11th_vol1.pdf", "date": "2008-01-01", "key_figure": "Target of 9% growth for 2007-08 to 2011-12, accelerating to 10% by the end of the Plan" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017) — records Eleventh Plan average growth of 8%", "url": "https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/10/India_Twelfth-Five-Year-Plan-2012%E2%80%932017.pdf", "summary": "Government plan documents state that the Eleventh Plan average growth of 8.0% was lower than the 9% target, and attribute the shortfall to two global crises (2008 and 2011)." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-08 to 2011-12) set an average growth target of 9% per year, with acceleration to 10% by the end of the Plan period. The Prime Minister chaired the Planning Commission that adopted the Plan.\n\nOfficial data put the realised average for the Plan period at 8.0% per year. Yearly growth was 9.3% (2007-08), 6.7% (2008-09), 8.6% (2009-10), 9.3% (2010-11) and 6.2% (2011-12), so the target was missed, although 8% was still the highest plan average achieved up to that point.\n\nGovernment documents attribute the shortfall to two global slowdowns during the period and to domestic supply-side and monetary conditions in 2011-12.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Date used is the National Development Council meeting that approved the Eleventh Plan (December 2007); the exact day was not re-verified here. Quote is the Plan document's own description of the target, not a spoken transcript.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-reddy-2007-aarogyasri-health-insurance", "speaker": "Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh", "level": "state", "state": "Andhra Pradesh", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2007-04-01", "venue": "Andhra Pradesh (state-wide launch of the health insurance scheme)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The state government will provide free hospital treatment to below-poverty-line families through a new health insurance scheme (Aarogyasri).", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The Andhra Pradesh government under Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy launched the Aarogyasri health insurance scheme in 2007; state records describe it as a state-sponsored scheme for BPL families covering thousands of listed procedures.", "topics": [ "health" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Dr. YSR Aarogyasri scheme — Government of Andhra Pradesh / Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva Trust", "url": "https://drntrvaidyaseva.ap.gov.in/dr.ysr-aarogyasri-scheme" }, { "title": "Dr. YSR Aarogyasri Health Care Trust (Government of Andhra Pradesh)", "url": "https://drntrvaidyaseva.ap.gov.in/asri1" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Government of Andhra Pradesh (Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva Trust)", "title": "Dr. YSR Aarogyasri Health Insurance Scheme", "url": "https://drntrvaidyaseva.ap.gov.in/asri1", "date": "2020-01-01", "key_figure": "State-sponsored Dr. YSR Aarogyasri health insurance scheme providing cashless, evidence-based care to poor families and protecting them from catastrophic health expenditure" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Times of India", "title": "Revanth pledges to fulfil YSR's dreams, revive key irrigation projects", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/revanth-pledges-to-fulfil-ysrs-dreams-revive-key-irrigation-projects/articleshow/123663024.cms", "date": "2024-09-02", "key_figure": "Aarogyasri health coverage listed among YSR's flagship initiatives" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Policybazaar", "title": "Aarogyasri Health Insurance Scheme", "url": "https://www.policybazaar.com/health-insurance/govt-scheme/aarogyasri/", "date": "2023-01-01", "key_figure": "Scheme launched by Chief Minister Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy in 2007, providing cashless treatment to BPL families across 3,000+ procedures" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Government of Andhra Pradesh: Dr. YSR Aarogyasri Health Insurance Scheme", "url": "https://drntrvaidyaseva.ap.gov.in/asri1", "summary": "The state presents Aarogyasri as a pioneer scheme for equity and financial protection in health care for poor families." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The Aarogyasri health insurance scheme was introduced by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2007 under Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. It provided cashless hospital treatment for a defined list of surgical and medical procedures to below-poverty-line families.\n\nState scheme records describe Aarogyasri as a state-sponsored health insurance programme to assist poor families with catastrophic health expenditure, initially with cover of about Rs 2 lakh per family per year across thousands of listed procedures.\n\nThe scheme was retained and renamed by later state governments, and Maharashtra's Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana was modelled on it, indicating that it was implemented and sustained rather than being a paper announcement.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "No verbatim quote by YSR at the launch was located through the available search tools, so quote_is_verbatim is false and only the reported wording is given. The exact launch day is uncertain (scheme convention dates are given as 2005/2007; some sources say 2 April 2007), so the date is set to 2007-04-01 and the day should be confirmed in review. The claim is treated as a statement of what the state government would deliver, which subsequent scheme records show was delivered. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-dikshit-2006-delhi-power-surplus-2012", "speaker": "Sheila Dikshit", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Delhi", "level": "state", "state": "Delhi", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 1, "score": 0.5 }, "date": "2006-12-09", "venue": "National Development Council meeting, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "As a result, we will be adding 8,288 MW of power thereby enhancing the power availability in the capital to 12,917 MW by 2011-12, which will make Delhi power surplus.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2012-03-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "Delhi did not record a power surplus by 2011-12; CEA monthly data show a peak deficit of 433 MW in August 2012, although officials reported a winter surplus later that year.", "topics": [ "energy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Hindustan Times: Delhi to be power surplus by 2011-12: Dikshit", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/delhi-to-be-power-surplus-by-2011-12-dikshit/story-sTg84tLm4ADFeTlxKfP5QK.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "index", "publisher": "CEIC / Central Electricity Authority", "title": "Electricity: Power: Delhi: Peak Surplus or Deficit", "url": "https://www.ceicdata.com/en/india/electricity-demand-and-supply/electricity-power-delhi-peak-surplus-or-deficit", "date": "2026-10-17", "key_figure": "Record low of -433 MW in August 2012; series sourced to CEA" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "Delhi has surplus power", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-has-surplus-power/article4163268.ece", "date": "2012-12-04", "key_figure": "Delhi officials said the city had 700-800 MW of surplus power and no buyers" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "The Hindu: Delhi has surplus power", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-has-surplus-power/article4163268.ece", "summary": "Delhi power officials said in December 2012 that the city had 700-800 MW of surplus power and asked the Centre to help find buyers." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Dikshit projected 8,288 MW of new capacity, taking Delhi's power availability to 12,917 MW by 2011-12. CEA monthly data compiled by CEIC record a peak deficit of 433 MW in August 2012, the largest shortfall in the series.\n\nIn December 2012, Delhi power officials said the city had 700-800 MW of surplus power and asked the Centre to help find buyers. That statement came after the 2011-12 deadline and describes a winter month, not the annual peak.\n\nThe claim's own test was whether Delhi would be power surplus by 2011-12. The CEA monthly series shows a deficit in August 2012, so the deadline was not met.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The CEIC series is sourced to CEA, but the underlying CEA monthly report was not directly accessible. Delhi's reported winter surplus in December 2012 came after the 2011-12 deadline.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2006-naxalism-biggest-threat", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2006-04-13", "venue": "Second meeting of the Standing Committee of Chief Ministers on Naxalism, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "It would not be an exaggeration to say that the problem of naxalism is the single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by our country.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The government's own casualty data for the period are consistent with Singh's assessment that Naxalism was then the country's principal internal-security challenge.", "topics": [ "internal-security", "security", "terrorism" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PIB: PM's concluding remarks at the 2nd meeting of the Standing Committee of Chief Ministers on Naxalism (13 Apr 2006)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260406100243/https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=17128®=3&lang=2" }, { "title": "ThePrint: Naxalism was on decline under Manmohan Singh (6 Apr 2026)", "url": "https://theprint.in/opinion/naxalism-manmohan-singh-modi-govt/2897511/" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Prime Minister's Office / PIB", "title": "PM's concluding remarks at the 2nd meeting of the Standing Committee of Chief Ministers on Naxalism", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260406100243/https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=17128®=3&lang=2", "date": "2006-04-13", "key_figure": "Verbatim: 'It would not be an exaggeration to say that the problem of naxalism is the single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by our country.' He also said the movement had spread to over 160 districts." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Deutsche Welle (citing Home Ministry data)", "title": "Why has Maoist violence subsided in India?", "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/why-has-maoist-violence-subsided-in-india/a-64292819", "date": "2023-01-05", "key_figure": "LWE incidents reached 2,258 in 2009 and deaths peaked at 1,005 in 2010; the insurgency was described as having claimed over 12,000 lives." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "ThePrint", "title": "Naxalism was on decline under Manmohan Singh. Modi govt moved in at the time of consolidation", "url": "https://theprint.in/opinion/naxalism-manmohan-singh-modi-govt/2897511/", "date": "2026-04-06", "key_figure": "Records the April 2006 speech and quotes Singh calling Naxalism 'the single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by our country'." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Speaking at the second meeting of the Standing Committee of Chief Ministers on Naxalism on 13 April 2006, Manmohan Singh said it would not be an exaggeration to call naxalism the single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by the country. He also said the movement had spread to over 160 districts.\n\nThe assessment was consistent with the casualty pattern of the period. MHA data show LWE incidents peaking at 2,258 in 2009 and deaths at 1,005 in 2010, before a gradual decline.\n\nThe statement is a characterisation rather than a numeric target. It is recorded as true because the government's own data for 2005-2010 show LWE as one of the largest and most persistent internal-security challenges of the period.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Quote read in the PIB transcript of the 13 April 2006 speech. 'Single biggest ... challenge' is an assessment; the verdict reflects consistency with MHA casualty data, not a statistical test. The 'over 160 districts' figure is from the same speech and was not separately checked against an MHA list.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2005-bharat-nirman-irrigation", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2005-08-15", "venue": "Red Fort, New Delhi (Independence Day address)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "In Bharat Nirman, one crore hectares of unirrigated land will be irrigated.", "quote_english": "In Bharat Nirman, one crore hectares of unirrigated land will be irrigated.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2009-12-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "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.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "infrastructure" ], "media": [ { "platform": "news", "title": "Independence Day Address by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Red Fort, New Delhi", "url": "https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl%2F2657%2FIndependence+Day+Address+by+Prime+Minister+Dr+Manmohan+Singh+Red+Fort+New+Delhi=", "channel": "Ministry of External Affairs" } ], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "PM's Independence Day Address, 2005", "url": "https://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/speech-details.php?nodeid=160" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Water Resources", "title": "Annual Report 2008-09", "url": "https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3a70dc40477bc2adceef4d2c90f47eb82/uploads/2023/02/2023022075.pdf", "date": "2009", "key_figure": "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" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Rediff Business", "title": "Slippage, quality issues dog Bharat Nirman", "url": "https://business.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/23/budget-2010-slippage-quality-issues-dog-bharat-nirman.htm", "date": "2010-02-23", "key_figure": "7,343,632 hectares achieved till September 2009, 73.44% of the 10 million hectare target" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB / Ministry of Water Resources", "title": "Bharat Nirman Yojana", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=90560", "date": "2012-12-13", "key_figure": "State-wise irrigation potential creation under Bharat Nirman, April 2005 to March 2012" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Bharat Nirman irrigation progress reported by states", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=90560", "summary": "The government published state-wise achievement data and continued the irrigation component into the 12th Plan." } ], "chart": null, "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": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "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]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-manmohan-2005-nrhm-imr-target-30", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2005-04-12", "venue": "Launch of the National Rural Health Mission, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The National Rural Health Mission would reduce the infant mortality rate to 30 per 1,000 live births and the maternal mortality ratio to 100 per 100,000 live births by 2012.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2012-12-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "The National Rural Health Mission, launched on 12 April 2005, set a target of IMR 30 per 1,000 live births by 2012; SRS data place IMR at 42 in 2012, down from 58 in 2005.", "topics": [ "health" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "National Rural Health Mission — launch (National Health Mission)", "url": "https://nhm.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=1&sublinkid=969&lid=49" }, { "title": "PM's address at the launch of the National Rural Health Mission (archivepmo)", "url": "https://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/speech-details.php?nodeid=96" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "National Health Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare", "title": "NRHM Framework for Implementation (2005–2012)", "url": "https://www.nhm.gov.in/images/pdf/about-nrhm/nrhm-framework-implementation/nrhm-framework-latest.pdf", "date": "2005-01-01", "key_figure": "Target: IMR reduced to 30/1000 live births by 2012; MMR to 100/100,000 by 2012" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau", "title": "Achievements under the National Rural Health Mission", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=123670", "date": "2015-07-24", "key_figure": "IMR reduced from 58 in 2005 to 42 in 2012 (SRS)" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "NITI Aayog", "title": "National Health Mission: Impact and Learnings for the future", "url": "https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-03/National%20Health%20mission%20Impact%20and%20Learnings%20for%20future.pdf", "date": "2023-03-01", "key_figure": "NRHM's 2012 targets for MMR, IMR and TFR were later extended to 2020 under the National Health Mission" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: Achievements under the National Rural Health Mission (2015)", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=123670", "summary": "The government cites the fall in IMR from 58 (2005) to 42 (2012) and lists capacity and human-resource additions under NRHM." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "NRHM was launched on 12 April 2005 with quantified targets for 2012, including an infant mortality rate of 30 per 1,000 live births and a maternal mortality ratio of 100 per 100,000 live births.\n\nSample Registration System data reported by the government show IMR at 58 in 2005 and 42 in 2012, and the mission's own framework document lists the same 2012 targets. Neither the IMR nor the MMR target was reached by 2012.\n\nA 2023 NITI Aayog review records that the 2012 targets were later extended to 2020 under the National Health Mission. The government's public position emphasises the absolute decline in infant mortality and the expansion of rural health infrastructure rather than the unmet target date.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "PIB and archivepmo URLs were taken from search-result listings; automated GET of pib.gov.in returned HTTP 403 during this research. NRHM framework PDF and NHM pages were seen via search snippets. Date of the PM's launch address is given as 12 April 2005 per the National Health Mission page. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-manmohan-2005-village-electrification-2009", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 2, "matched": 2, "score": 1 }, "date": "2005-04-04", "venue": "Launch of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Plan to bring electricity to every village in the country by 2009.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2009-12-31", "verdict": "missed-deadline", "summary": "The 2009 deadline was missed: by May 2014 about 1.05 lakh of the 1.25 lakh unelectrified villages had been connected, leaving roughly 20,000 villages without grid electricity.", "topics": [ "energy", "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "BBC News: All India 'to have power by 2009'", "url": "http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4408999.stm" }, { "title": "PMO archive: PM launches Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana", "url": "https://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/speech-details.php?nodeid=87" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "cag", "publisher": "Comptroller and Auditor General of India", "title": "Report No. 27 of 2013: Performance Audit of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana", "url": "https://cag.gov.in/en/audit-report/details/913", "date": "2014-02-11", "key_figure": "Target: electrify 1,25,000 un-electrified villages and 7.8 crore rural households by 2009" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Indian Express", "title": "All villages electrified, but darkness pervades", "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/electricity-in-india-villages-problems-still-no-light-poverty-3030107/", "date": "2016-09-14", "key_figure": "By May 2014, about 1.05 lakh of 1.25 lakh unelectrified villages had been electrified; 18,542 remained on 1 April 2015" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "PIB: 99,470 villages covered under RGGVY", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=77617", "summary": "The Ministry of Power reported that electrification works in 99,470 villages had been completed and 1,73,79,364 BPL households connected as of 31 October 2011." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The National Common Minimum Programme committed the UPA government to completing household electrification in five years, by 2009. The RGGVY target was 1,25,000 un-electrified villages and 7.8 crore rural households, including free connections for 2.34 crore BPL households.\n\nBy May 2014, about 1.05 lakh of the 1.25 lakh villages that were un-electrified in 2005 had been electrified. The Indian Express reported 18,542 villages still un-electrified on 1 April 2015.\n\nThe CAG's 2013 performance audit set out the 2009 target. The government's own 2011 release reported 99,470 villages covered and a revised Bharat Nirman target of 1 lakh villages by March 2012, which also slipped.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The PMO speech page timed out during research; the BBC report and CAG audit were used for the promise and target. Village electrification is defined by the 2006 policy as basic infrastructure plus 10% household connections, not universal household access.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-chidambaram-2004-education-cess", "speaker": "P. Chidambaram", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Finance Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2004-07-08", "venue": "Lok Sabha, Parliament of India, New Delhi (Union Budget 2004-05 speech)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "The NCMP mandates Government to levy an education cess. I propose to levy a cess of 2 per cent.", "quote_english": "The NCMP mandates Government to levy an education cess. I propose to levy a cess of 2 per cent.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The 2004-05 Budget proposed a 2 per cent education cess; the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004 levied it from 2004-05 to fund elementary education and the mid-day meal scheme.", "topics": [ "education" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Union Budget 2004-05: Budget speech", "url": "https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/bspeech/bs200405.pdf" }, { "title": "Budget 2004-05: Education and health (transcript reproduction)", "url": "http://www.banknetindia.com/banking/budget046.htm" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Finance", "title": "Budget 2004-05: Memorandum explaining the provisions of the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2004", "url": "https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/budget_archive/ub2004-05/mem/mem1.pdf", "date": "2004-07-08", "key_figure": "An additional surcharge called the Education Cess proposed at 2 per cent to finance universal quality basic education" }, { "type": "parliament", "publisher": "Lok Sabha, Ministry of Finance", "title": "Unstarred Question No. 969: Education cess", "url": "https://www.sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/175/AU969.pdf?source=pqals", "key_figure": "Education cess levied at 2 per cent from FY 2004-05 for basic education and the mid-day meal scheme; an additional 1 per cent cess followed in 2007-08" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Rediff", "title": "Govt levies 2% education cess", "url": "https://www.rediff.com/money/2004/jul/08bud19.htm", "date": "2004-07-08", "key_figure": "Cess proposed on income tax, corporation tax, excise, customs and service tax; expected to yield Rs 4,000-5,000 crore a year" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Budget 2004-05 memorandum on the education cess", "url": "https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/budget_archive/ub2004-05/mem/mem1.pdf", "summary": "The Finance Ministry described the 2 per cent education cess as financing the government's commitment to universalise quality basic education." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The 2004-05 Budget speech proposed a 2 per cent cess on central taxes to fund universal elementary education. The accompanying Finance Ministry memorandum described it as an additional surcharge to finance the government's commitment to universalise quality basic education.\n\nA subsequent Lok Sabha reply records that the education cess was levied at 2 per cent from 2004-05 and was used for basic education and the mid-day meal scheme; an additional 1 per cent cess for secondary and higher education followed in 2007-08.\n\nThe proposal was therefore implemented. The cess is an earmarked surcharge on taxes rather than a direct increase in the education budget.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The exact wording was cross-checked against a transcript reproduction of the Budget speech. The Lok Sabha answer is a later government record of the cess and does not carry a visible date in the search result; the date field was therefore omitted. The budget PDFs are official Ministry of Finance documents.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-chidambaram-2004-nrega-100-days", "speaker": "P. Chidambaram", "party": "INC", "role": "Union Finance Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2004-07-08", "venue": "Lok Sabha, Parliament House, New Delhi (Union Budget 2004-05 speech)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Work has begun on the National Employment Guarantee Act. The object is to guarantee 100 days of employment in a year to one able-bodied person in every poor household.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2005-12-31", "verdict": "true", "summary": "The UPA enacted the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in 2005, which gives a legal guarantee of at least 100 days of wage employment a year to rural households that demand work.", "topics": [ "jobs", "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Union Budget 2004-05, Speech of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram (Part B)", "url": "https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/bspeech/bs200405.pdf" }, { "title": "Text of the UPA Common Minimum Programme (Employment section), Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/text-of-the-cmp/articleshow/703777.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Government of India (India Code)", "title": "The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (Act No. 42 of 2005)", "url": "https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_18_21_00009_200542_1517807324969&filename=a2005-42.pdf&type=actfile", "date": "2005-08-23", "key_figure": "Section 3(1): not less than one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "PIB, Ministry of Rural Development", "title": "Effective implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2112680", "date": "2025-03-19", "key_figure": "MGNREGA provides a legal guarantee for 100 days of employment per year to every rural household; 2006-07 to 2013-14 outlay about Rs 2,13,220 crore" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "IHDS / NCAER, University of Maryland", "title": "MGNREGA: A Catalyst for Rural Transformation", "url": "https://ihds.umd.edu/system/files/2021-03/MGNREGA%20Report%20Complete2015-08-08.pdf", "date": "2015-08-08", "key_figure": "Rural households that worked under MGNREGA: 5.26 crore (2009-10) falling to 4.79 crore (2013-14); 283.59 crore and 220.22 crore person-days" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Indian National Congress Manifesto 2009 (states NREGA 'has been an outstanding success')", "url": "https://www.iocongress.org/uploads/manifesto/1547546675_Manifesto_2009.pdf", "summary": "The Congress's 2009 manifesto describes the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, first promised in its 2004 manifesto, as an outstanding success and pledges at least 100 days of work at a real wage of Rs 100 a day." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The UPA Common Minimum Programme (May 2004) committed the government to 'immediately enact a National Employment Guarantee Act' giving a legal guarantee of at least 100 days of employment to one able-bodied person in every rural, urban poor and lower middle class household. In the July 2004 budget speech the Finance Minister said the object was to guarantee 100 days of employment in a year to one able-bodied person in every poor household.\n\nParliament passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in August 2005 and it came into force in February 2006; the law guarantees at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work. The core promise was therefore delivered.\n\nThe enacted law narrowed the scope to rural households, so the CMP's reference to urban poor and lower middle class households was not covered by the entitlement. Implementation data also show that the household-level guarantee of 100 days was not always met; the number of households that worked fell from 5.26 crore in 2009-10 to about 4.79 crore in 2013-14, and average days per household were below 100.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The 2004-05 budget speech quote was seen through the indexed speech text (the PDF itself could not be fetched here; wording is from the government budget archive / search snippet). The CMP wording uses 'at least 100 days ... for at least one able-bodied person in every rural, urban poor and lower middle class household'. The enacted Act (2005) covers rural households only; implementation figures vary by source. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2004-iraq-no-troops", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2004-07-07", "venue": "Lok Sabha, Parliament House, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "India will not send troops to Iraq.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "statement", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "India did not deploy troops to Iraq after the 2003 invasion, and the July 2004 statement remained the government's position.", "topics": [ "foreign-policy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "India will not send troops to Iraq: PM", "url": "https://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jul/07iraq.htm" }, { "title": "Manmohan Singh rules out troops to Iraq", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/manmohan-singh-rules-out-troops-to-iraq/story-iczWOB5aPhDwSrWhjG0KpM.html" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Rediff / PTI", "title": "India will not send troops to Iraq: PM", "url": "https://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jul/07iraq.htm", "date": "2004-07-07", "key_figure": "Manmohan Singh ruled out sending troops and said there was no change in policy." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Irish Times", "title": "India's PM rules out sending troops to Iraq", "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/news/india-s-pm-rules-out-sending-troops-to-iraq-1.1148184", "date": "2004-07-08", "key_figure": "India ruled out troops despite the transfer of power to an interim Iraqi administration." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Manmohan Singh told the Lok Sabha on 7 July 2004 that India would not send troops to Iraq, according to PTI reports. The statement was made during Question Hour after opposition members raised the issue.\n\nIndia had been asked to contribute to the US-led coalition after the 2003 invasion. The government's position was that the decision was consistent with Parliament's resolution on Iraq.\n\nNo Indian combat contingent was deployed to Iraq during the UPA period. The policy statement held.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The quote is the reported wording, not a verbatim Lok Sabha transcript. No primary Parliament record was opened.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-reddy-2004-jalayagnam", "speaker": "Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh", "level": "state", "state": "Andhra Pradesh", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2004-06-01", "venue": "Andhra Pradesh Government (Jalayagnam irrigation programme launch)", "language": "te", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Jalayagnam comprised 86 irrigation projects taken up from 2004-05 with the aim of creating an ayacut of 97.46 lakh acres and stabilising an existing ayacut of 22.53 lakh acres.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2009-05-31", "verdict": "unachieved", "summary": "Jalayagnam, launched in 2004 with 86 projects and a target of about 97 lakh acres of new irrigation, was found by CAG's 2012 performance audit to have been taken up without adequate planning and clearances and to have largely not delivered the intended irrigation potential within the term.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Andhra Pradesh 2004-2009 Congress term record - Rajakiyam.org", "url": "https://rajakiyam.org/manifestos/RC_inc_ap_2004" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "cag", "publisher": "Comptroller and Auditor General of India", "title": "Report No. 2 of 2012 - Performance Audit of Jalayagnam in Andhra Pradesh", "url": "https://cag.gov.in/en/audit-report/details/1369", "date": "2013-06-21", "key_figure": "86 projects (44 major, 30 medium, 4 flood banks, 8 modernisation) estimated at Rs 1.86 lakh crore; aimed to create ayacut of 97.46 lakh acres and stabilise 22.53 lakh acres" }, { "type": "cag", "publisher": "South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (CAG findings summary)", "title": "CAG blows the lid off massive irrigation scam in Andhra Pradesh", "url": "https://sandrp.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cag-blows-the-lid-off-massive-irrigation-scam-in-andhra-pradesh.pdf", "date": "2013-07-19", "key_figure": "As on March 2012, about Rs 80,000 crore spent on Jalayagnam projects with 86 projects costing over Rs 1.86 lakh crore" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Economic Times", "title": "CAG report exposes irregularities in AP irrigation projects", "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cag-report-exposes-irregularities-in-ap-irrigation-projects/articleshow/20702065.cms", "date": "2013-07-19", "key_figure": "CAG criticised major irrigation projects taken up without adequate planning and without clearances from the Central Water Commission, Planning Commission and Ministry of Environment and Forests" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Jalayagnam was the flagship irrigation programme of the YSR government, launched in 2004. It comprised 86 projects with an approved cost of about Rs 1.86 lakh crore; 74 projects were sanctioned between 2004-05 and 2008-09. The stated objective was to create a new ayacut of 97.46 lakh acres and stabilise 22.53 lakh acres, mainly in the drought-prone Telangana and Rayalaseema regions.\n\nCAG's performance audit (Report No. 2 of 2012) reviewed implementation of the programme as a whole and of individual projects. It recorded that several projects were taken up without adequate planning and without clearances from agencies including the Central Water Commission, Planning Commission and Ministry of Environment and Forests, and that works did not achieve the objective of providing irrigation to the intended agricultural land.\n\nBy the end of YSR's term in 2009 a large share of the targeted new irrigation potential had not been realised, and spending continued well beyond the term. Press reporting in 2013 recorded that about Rs 80,000 crore had been spent on the programme as of March 2012.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The deadline is set to the end of YSR's term (2009); the projects ran well past that date. The exact month of the launch is not asserted here; date is set to 2004-06-01 with the year established by the CAG and MANAGE documents.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-singh-2004-cmp-growth-7-8", "speaker": "Manmohan Singh", "party": "INC", "role": "Prime Minister", "level": "central", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2004-05-27", "venue": "Release of the UPA National Common Minimum Programme, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "to ensure that the economy grows at least 7-8% per year in a sustained manner over a decade and more and in a manner that generates employment so that each family is assured of a safe and viable livelihood", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2014-05-31", "verdict": "true", "summary": "Real GDP growth averaged about 7.6% a year over the UPA decade (2004-05 to 2013-14), within the 7-8% range set out in the Common Minimum Programme.", "topics": [ "economy", "jobs" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "The Common Minimum Programme: the complete document, Economic Times", "url": "https://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/policy/the-common-minimum-programme-the-complete-document/articleshow/703712.cms" }, { "title": "Text of the CMP, Times of India", "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/text-of-the-cmp/articleshow/703777.cms" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Economic and Political Weekly (Ghatak, 'Growth in the Time of UPA')", "title": "Key indicators during NDA and UPA years", "url": "https://personal.lse.ac.uk/ghatak/upa-epw.pdf", "date": "2014-01-01", "key_figure": "Average annual real GDP growth: NDA (1998-2004) 5.9%; UPA-I (2004-09) 8.0%; UPA-II (2009-13) 7.0%; UPA (2004-13) 7.6%" }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "MoSPI", "title": "Statistical Year Book India, Chapter 7: Five Year Plans", "url": "https://www.mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/Statistical_year_book_india_chapters/ch7.pdf", "date": "2013-01-01", "key_figure": "Eleventh Plan (2007-2012) average annual GDP growth achieved 8%; Tenth Plan 7.6%" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "The UPA's Common Minimum Programme, adopted in May 2004, listed as its first economic objective ensuring that the economy grows at least 7-8% per year in a sustained manner over a decade and more, with employment generation.\n\nIndependent compilations of official data put average real GDP growth for 2004-05 to 2013-14 at about 7.6% (UPA-I 8.0%, UPA-II 7.0%). That falls inside the 7-8% band the CMP set, although annual growth was uneven, ranging from about 9% in some years to under 5% in 2012-13 and 2013-14.\n\nThe promise is measured on the stated metric (average growth over the period), not on the employment condition attached to it; employment growth over the period was a separate and more contested question.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The CMP is a UPA document; it is attributed here to the Prime Minister who led the UPA government. Growth figures are at factor cost on the 2004-05 series; the EPW table was consulted via search-result text, not the full PDF. No unverified YouTube video was cited.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-reddy-2004-free-power-farmers", "speaker": "Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh", "level": "state", "state": "Andhra Pradesh", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2004-05-14", "venue": "Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office, Hyderabad (order after taking oath)", "language": "te", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Free electricity to agricultural pumpsets was a campaign promise in the 2004 Andhra Pradesh assembly election; Reddy ordered it immediately after being sworn in as Chief Minister on 14 May 2004.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2004-06-30", "verdict": "true", "summary": "Free power to farmers was a Congress promise in the 2004 Andhra Pradesh election; YSR ordered the scheme on taking office in May 2004 and the agricultural subsidy continued through his term.", "topics": [ "agriculture", "energy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Free electricity to farmers (Andhra Pradesh) - Wikipedia (documents the 2004 order and scheme)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_electricity_to_farmers_(Andhra_Pradesh)" }, { "title": "Andhra Pradesh 2004-2009 Congress manifesto/term record - Rajakiyam.org", "url": "https://rajakiyam.org/manifestos/RC_inc_ap_2004" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "MANAGE (National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management), Government of India", "title": "New Agricultural Schemes - Andhra Pradesh", "url": "https://www.manage.gov.in/fpoacademy/SGSchemes/andhrapradesh.pdf", "date": "2021-10-13", "key_figure": "Free power scheme was introduced in 2004 and has been functioning since then; agriculture electricity cash transfer estimated at about Rs 8,400 crore per annum" }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "Wikipedia (citing India Today, 7 June 2004; rediff.com)", "title": "Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy orders free power to state farmers", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_electricity_to_farmers_(Andhra_Pradesh)", "date": "2013-07-19", "key_figure": "Scheme signed on 14 May 2004; initial annual subsidy bill about Rs 400 crore; about 7 hours of power supply a day to fields" } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "Free power to agriculture was a Congress election promise in Andhra Pradesh in 2004. On the day he was sworn in as Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy signed an order providing free electricity to agricultural pumpsets.\n\nThe initial subsidy bill was reported at about Rs 400 crore and the scheme supplied about seven hours of power a day to farms. A Government of India (MANAGE) document records that the free power scheme was introduced in 2004 and has continued in operation since then, with the annual agriculture electricity subsidy estimated at about Rs 8,400 crore per annum in later years.\n\nThe promise was implemented immediately on assuming office; the policy question that followed concerned the fiscal cost of the subsidy, which grew substantially over time.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Primary 2004 news articles (India Today, 7 June 2004; rediff.com) are referenced through the Wikipedia page but their direct URLs were not opened during research; the scheme's existence and 2004 start are corroborated by the MANAGE government document and later official statements. Quote is the reported wording, not verbatim.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-ysr-2004-jalayagnam-irrigation", "speaker": "Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy", "party": "INC", "role": "Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh", "level": "state", "state": "Andhra Pradesh", "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2004-05-01", "venue": "Andhra Pradesh (election promise and launch of Jalayagnam programme)", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "Jalayagnam was an election promise to provide irrigation to 8.2 million acres in five years.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2009-04-30", "verdict": "unachieved", "summary": "Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy launched the Jalayagnam irrigation programme on a promise to bring 8.2 million acres under irrigation within five years; by 2009 around 12 projects had been completed and irrigation had been provided to about 18 lakh acres.", "topics": [ "infrastructure" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Jalayagnam (programme description and original promise)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalayagnam" }, { "title": "Jalayagnam - YSR Congress Party", "url": "https://www.ysrcongress.com/jalayagnam-676" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "Jalayagnam, graft and polls (archived)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20090412135212/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/08/stories/2009040850061200.htm", "date": "2009-04-08", "key_figure": "About Rs 40,000 crore spent; 12 projects completed and irrigation provided to 18 lakh acres; target was to add about one crore acres" }, { "type": "index", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "title": "Jalayagnam", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalayagnam", "date": "2026-10-01", "key_figure": "Election promise to irrigate 8.2 million acres in five years" } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Jalayagnam - YSR Congress Party", "url": "https://www.ysrcongress.com/jalayagnam-676", "summary": "The party presents Jalayagnam as a water-management programme implemented to bring 8.2 million acres under irrigation in five years." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "Jalayagnam was described in opposition and media accounts as an election promise by Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to bring 8.2 million acres under irrigation within five years, launched after the Congress government took office in 2004.\n\nThe Hindu reported in April 2009 that about Rs 40,000 crore had been spent, 12 projects had been completed and irrigation had been provided to 18 lakh acres, against a target of adding roughly one crore acres. The programme was also the subject of corruption allegations from opposition parties, which the government rejected.\n\nAgainst the stated five-year, 8.2 million acre target, the acreage reported by 2009 was a small fraction.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The exact date of the promise is uncertain; day is set to the first of May 2004 (when Reddy took office). The YSR Congress URL was seen in search results and was not fetched directly.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-gandhi-2004-one-crore-jobs", "speaker": "Sonia Gandhi", "party": "INC", "role": "Congress President", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2004-03-22", "venue": "New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "Yuva Rozgar, to accelerate growth of productive and secure employment opportunities by around one crore a year and ensure that each family has at least one job.", "quote_english": "Yuva Rozgar: to accelerate growth of productive and secure employment opportunities by around one crore a year and ensure that each family has at least one job.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": "2009-05-31", "verdict": "unachieved", "summary": "The 2004 Congress manifesto promised about one crore additional employment opportunities a year, but NSSO data show about 1.1 million jobs were added between 2004-05 and 2009-10.", "topics": [ "jobs", "economy" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Indian National Congress, Lok Sabha Elections 2004 Manifesto (full text, Internet Archive)", "url": "https://archive.org/stream/CongressManifesto2004/Congress%20Manifesto%202004_djvu.txt" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation", "title": "Statistical Year Book India: Employment Trends", "url": "https://mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/Statistical_year_book_india_chapters/Labor%26Employment.pdf", "date": "2013-01-01", "key_figure": "1.1 million jobs created (usual status, ps+ss) between 2004-05 and 2009-10." }, { "type": "intl_org", "publisher": "International Labour Organization", "title": "India: Labour market update", "url": "https://www.ilo.org/media/437081/download", "date": "2014-01-01", "key_figure": "Employment 457.9 million (2004-05) to 459.0 million (2009-10)." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "NSS Report No. 537: Employment and Unemployment Situation in India, 2009-10", "url": "https://www.mospi.gov.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/NSS_Report_No_537.pdf", "summary": "The report argues that aggregate employment growth understates the change and that disaggregated data, especially for workers aged 25 and above, shows a sharper increase." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The 2004 Congress manifesto's 'Yuva Rozgar' section said the party would accelerate growth of productive and secure employment opportunities by around one crore a year and ensure that each family had at least one job. The manifesto did not specify an annual measurement method or a formal end-date; the end of the five-year Lok Sabha term is used here as the implied deadline.\n\nNSSO's 61st round (2004-05) and 66th round (2009-10) show total employment rising from 457.9 million to 459.0 million, an increase of about 1.1 million over five years, or roughly 0.2 million a year. The Planning Commission's Eleventh Plan appraisal and the ILO's India employment report use the same 1.1 million figure.\n\nThe government's own statistical report notes that aggregate employment growth looked slow but argues that disaggregated data, especially for workers aged 25 and above, showed stronger growth. Even on that reading, the published aggregate did not approach one crore a year.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "Manifesto text from Internet Archive OCR; the OCR has a page break in the sentence. The 2004 manifesto did not state a formal deadline; the end of the 2009 Lok Sabha term is used. The 'each family at least one job' part is not separately measurable. The manifesto was released by Sonia Gandhi; some reports date the release to 22-23 March 2004.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-gandhi-2004-repeal-pota", "speaker": "Sonia Gandhi", "party": "INC", "role": "Congress President and UPA Chairperson", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 1, "matched": 1, "score": 1 }, "date": "2004-03-01", "venue": "Indian National Congress manifesto for the 2004 Lok Sabha election", "language": "en", "quote_original": "", "quote_english": "The Congress 2004 manifesto promised to scrap the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), arguing that the law had been misused, particularly against minority communities.", "quote_is_verbatim": false, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "POTA was repealed in September 2004, in the first year of the Congress-led UPA government, as the 2004 manifesto had pledged.", "topics": [ "terrorism", "security", "internal-security" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Open Magazine: The Delhi riots bail debate misses the point that India needs an anti-terror law (records the 2004 Congress manifesto pledge to scrap POTA)", "url": "https://openthemagazine.com/india/the-delhi-riots-bail-debate-misses-the-point-that-india-needs-an-anti-terror-law" }, { "title": "Al Jazeera: India rescinds anti-terror law (17 Sep 2004)", "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/9/17/india-rescinds-anti-terror-law" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "news", "publisher": "Al Jazeera / AFP", "title": "India rescinds anti-terror law", "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/9/17/india-rescinds-anti-terror-law", "date": "2004-09-17", "key_figure": "The cabinet decided on 17 September 2004 to replace POTA; the government statement said the UPA was fulfilling a promise made after coming to power in May 2004." }, { "type": "news", "publisher": "The Hindu", "title": "Prevention of Terrorism Act repealed to save Congress vote bank: Amit Shah", "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/prevention-of-terrorism-act-repealed-to-save-congress-vote-bank-amit-shah/article61595231.ece", "key_figure": "Report on Amit Shah's speech referring to the UPA's 2004 repeal of POTA; the repeal itself is not in dispute." } ], "govt_response": [ { "title": "Government statement quoted by AFP, 17 September 2004", "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/9/17/india-rescinds-anti-terror-law", "summary": "The government said its intention was to protect people against misuse of POTA, that the Act would be repealed without compromising the fight against terrorism, and that the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act would be upgraded with terrorism provisions." } ], "chart": null, "analysis": "The 2004 Congress manifesto promised to repeal POTA, the anti-terror law enacted by the NDA government in 2002. The Congress-led UPA took office in May 2004 and the cabinet decided on 17 September 2004 to replace POTA, with the repeal following in Parliament.\n\nThe repeal was paired with amendments to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, which the government presented as retaining terrorism-related powers while removing POTA's contested provisions.\n\nOn the specific pledge, the record is consistent: the law was repealed within months of the UPA taking office. The BJP has since argued that the repeal weakened India's counter-terror framework, but that is a policy criticism rather than a dispute about whether the promise was kept.", "confidence": "medium", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The exact release date of the 2004 manifesto was not confirmed, so the date is set to 2004-03-01. The pledge is reported by Open Magazine and Al Jazeera; the original manifesto PDF was not opened. The repeal date is from AFP/Al Jazeera (cabinet decision 17 September 2004); the POTA Repeal Act was passed later.", "scored": true }, { "id": "inc-gandhi-2004-rti-act", "speaker": "Sonia Gandhi", "party": "INC", "role": "Congress President", "level": "party", "state": null, "researched_by": "deepseek-v4.1-flash-free", "grounding": { "checked": 0, "matched": 0, "score": null }, "date": "2004-03-01", "venue": "Indian National Congress manifesto for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, New Delhi", "language": "en", "quote_original": "The Right to Information Act at the centre will be made more progressive, meaningful and useful to the public.", "quote_english": "The Right to Information Act at the centre will be made more progressive, meaningful and useful to the public.", "quote_is_verbatim": true, "claim_type": "promise", "deadline": null, "verdict": "true", "summary": "The RTI Act, 2005 replaced the Freedom of Information Act, 2002 and created a time-bound disclosure regime with penalties for delay, matching the manifesto's stated target.", "topics": [ "governance", "corruption" ], "media": [], "transcript_sources": [ { "title": "Congress Manifesto 2004 (full text, Internet Archive)", "url": "https://archive.org/download/CongressManifesto2004/Congress%20Manifesto%202004_djvu.txt" }, { "title": "Congress Manifesto 2004 (PDF)", "url": "https://archive.org/download/CongressManifesto2004/Congress%20Manifesto%202004_text.pdf" } ], "evidence": [ { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "India Code", "title": "The Right to Information Act, 2005 (Act No. 22 of 2005)", "url": "https://www.indiacode.nic.in/indiacode/bitstream/123456789/17520/1/rti_act_2005_eng.pdf", "date": "2005-06-15", "key_figure": "Act No. 22 of 2005; received presidential assent on 15 June 2005." }, { "type": "govt_data", "publisher": "Central Information Commission", "title": "Right to Information Act", "url": "https://cic.gov.in/rti_act", "date": "2026-10-17", "key_figure": "CIC lists the Right to Information Act, 2005 as the governing statute." } ], "govt_response": [], "chart": null, "analysis": "The 2004 Congress manifesto said the Right to Information Act at the Centre would be made more progressive, meaningful and useful to the public. It did not set a deadline for the change.\n\nThe Right to Information Act, 2005 replaced the Freedom of Information Act, 2002. It set time limits for public authorities to respond, created a two-tier appeal system and provided penalties for delay. The Act received presidential assent in June 2005 and came into force in October 2005.\n\nThe manifesto's target was met by the 2005 Act. The entry is scored against the stated target rather than a date because no deadline was given.", "confidence": "high", "review_status": "draft", "reviews": [], "last_reviewed": "2026-10-17", "notes": "The manifesto release date is not shown on the archive page; 2004-03-01 is used as an approximate date. No deadline was stated for this promise.", "scored": true } ]