The Scorecard · Updated 2026
The Jumla
Meter.
Every government sells a future. We keep the receipts. Below: the headlines that made news — and what actually happened, line by line, source by source.
The Jumla Meter™
Promised.
Then what?
The biggest headlines, weighed against the public record. Every bar is sourced. Every deadline, dated. Tap a card to read the evidence yourself.
2 crore jobs every year
Attributed to PM Narendra Modi · 2014 campaign
Promised. Not delivered. · est. delivered against the headline claim
2 crore jobs a year was promised. The economy lost 70 lakh.
₹15 lakh in every Indian’s bank account
PM Modi, Kanker rally · later called a "jumla" by Amit Shah
Admitted as a campaign gimmick. · est. delivered against the headline claim
The promise that taught India the word "jumla".
Double farmers’ income by 2022
PM Modi, Bareilly · 28 Feb 2016
Promised. Not delivered. · est. delivered against the headline claim
Income was meant to double. Independent studies found it didn’t reach half.
Manufacturing = 25% of GDP (Make in India)
Make in India launch · 2014
Promised. Not delivered. · est. delivered against the headline claim
Target: 25% of GDP. Reality: it fell to a 20-year low near 14%.
100 Smart Cities
Smart Cities Mission launch · 25 Jun 2015
Some progress, far from the claim. · est. delivered against the headline claim
Ten years, 100 cities — only 18 actually finished.
Tap water to every home by 2024
Jal Jeevan Mission · 2019
Deadline quietly moved. · est. delivered against the headline claim
Taps installed in 98% of homes — but only ~75% get reliable water.
A clean Ganga (Namami Gange)
Namami Gange · 2014-15
Some progress, far from the claim. · est. delivered against the headline claim
Genuine progress on the Ganga — just years behind the original promise.
Demonetisation will wipe out black money
PM Modi, national address · 8 Nov 2016
Promised. Not delivered. · est. delivered against the headline claim
99.3% of the banned cash came straight back (RBI). The black money never showed up.
Clean cooking gas for every poor household (Ujjwala)
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana · 2016
Some progress, far from the claim. · est. delivered against the headline claim
The cylinders arrived. For many families, the affordable refills did not.
An open-defecation-free India by 2 Oct 2019
Swachh Bharat Mission · 2014
Some progress, far from the claim. · est. delivered against the headline claim
Millions of toilets built — but the "100% open-defecation-free" claim didn’t survive the surveys.
Electricity to every village and household
Saubhagya / DDUGJY · 2017
Largely delivered. · est. delivered against the headline claim
A promise mostly kept: villages and crores of homes got connected on schedule.
A world-leading digital-payments economy
Digital India / UPI · 2016 onward
Largely delivered. · est. delivered against the headline claim
Credit where due: UPI became the world’s largest real-time payments system.
Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train running by 2023
High-speed rail project launch · 2017
Deadline quietly moved. · est. delivered against the headline claim
Promised by 2023. Now aimed at ~2028, at nearly double the cost.
Housing for All by 2022 (PMAY)
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana · 2015
Deadline quietly moved. · est. delivered against the headline claim
Real houses got built — but "Housing for All by 2022" slipped to at least 2025.
Fuel prices would fall as global crude fell
Deregulation framing · 2014 onward
Promised. Not delivered. · est. delivered against the headline claim
When crude crashed, taxes rose to fill the gap — so your pump price barely moved.
A $5 trillion economy by 2024-25
PM Modi · 2019
Promised. Not delivered. · est. delivered against the headline claim
Promised by 2024-25. We hit ~$3.76T — then the goalpost moved to 2027-28.
Skill 40 crore Indians by 2022 (Skill India)
Skill India Mission / PMKVY · 2015
Promised. Not delivered. · est. delivered against the headline claim
40 crore to be skilled by 2022. Under 6% were — and most weren’t placed.