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"₹15 lakh in every Indian's bank account" — Amit Shah called it a jumla, on record
0.0
/10
FALSE
"2 crore jobs every year" — CMIE: net loss of ~70 lakh jobs 2016-17 → 2022-23
0.8
/10
FALSE
"Farmers' income doubled by 2022" — ICRIER analysis: well under 50% of the target met
2.0
/10
FALSE
"Manufacturing share will reach 25% of GDP" — actually fell to a ~20-year low near 14%
1.8
/10
MOSTLY FALSE
"100 Smart Cities delivered" — only 18 of 100 cities finished all their projects
1.8
/10
MIXED
"Tap water to every home by 2024" — ~98% taps installed, ~75% deliver reliably; deadline → 2028
6.0
/10
MISLEADING
"India is the fastest-growing major economy" — headline GDP rate true; median income stagnant 3+ years (NSO, CMIE, World Bank)
4.5
/10
FALSE
"Youth unemployment at historic lows" — CMIE shows ~45% urban youth unemployment; govt uses redefined categories
1.5
/10
MIXED
"Clean Ganga delivered" (Namami Gange) — real progress on STPs, but repeatedly delayed; water quality still off-target
5.5
/10
FALSE
"Demonetisation will end black money" — 99.3% of demonetised currency returned to the banking system (RBI 2018)
1.0
/10
MISLEADING
"India is 100% open-defecation-free" — NSO, NFHS-5 and a CAG report found large gaps in "ODF" states
3.5
/10
MIXED
"Clean cooking gas for every poor home" — connections delivered, but CAG found refills unaffordable for many (1.67cr took none in 2025-26)
5.5
/10
TRUE
"Every village in India is electrified" — largely TRUE: all inhabited census villages electrified by Apr 2018 (PIB, IEA)
8.5
/10
TRUE
"India runs the world's largest real-time payments system" — TRUE: UPI ≈ half of global real-time transactions (IMF, 2025)
9.5
/10
TRUE
"CJI called unemployed youth 'cockroaches'" — TRUE, 15 May 2026 SC hearing; sparked the Cockroach Janta Party the next day
9.0
/10
TRUE
"NEET 2026 was leaked" — TRUE: guess paper matched up to 140 real questions, exam cancelled, CBI made 7+ arrests
9.0
/10
TRUE
"Wangchuk was forcibly hospitalised" — TRUE, under a Delhi HC order on day 20 of his fast; family says not informed beforehand
9.0
/10
TRUE
"Police tear-gassed the 20 July Parliament march" — TRUE: 10,000+ marchers, tear gas, batons, 70+ detained
9.0
/10
FALSE
"₹15 lakh in every Indian's bank account" — Amit Shah called it a jumla, on record
0.0
/10
FALSE
"2 crore jobs every year" — CMIE: net loss of ~70 lakh jobs 2016-17 → 2022-23
0.8
/10
FALSE
"Farmers' income doubled by 2022" — ICRIER analysis: well under 50% of the target met
2.0
/10
FALSE
"Manufacturing share will reach 25% of GDP" — actually fell to a ~20-year low near 14%
1.8
/10
MOSTLY FALSE
"100 Smart Cities delivered" — only 18 of 100 cities finished all their projects
1.8
/10
MIXED
"Tap water to every home by 2024" — ~98% taps installed, ~75% deliver reliably; deadline → 2028
6.0
/10
MISLEADING
"India is the fastest-growing major economy" — headline GDP rate true; median income stagnant 3+ years (NSO, CMIE, World Bank)
4.5
/10
FALSE
"Youth unemployment at historic lows" — CMIE shows ~45% urban youth unemployment; govt uses redefined categories
1.5
/10
MIXED
"Clean Ganga delivered" (Namami Gange) — real progress on STPs, but repeatedly delayed; water quality still off-target
5.5
/10
FALSE
"Demonetisation will end black money" — 99.3% of demonetised currency returned to the banking system (RBI 2018)
1.0
/10
MISLEADING
"India is 100% open-defecation-free" — NSO, NFHS-5 and a CAG report found large gaps in "ODF" states
3.5
/10
MIXED
"Clean cooking gas for every poor home" — connections delivered, but CAG found refills unaffordable for many (1.67cr took none in 2025-26)
5.5
/10
TRUE
"Every village in India is electrified" — largely TRUE: all inhabited census villages electrified by Apr 2018 (PIB, IEA)
8.5
/10
TRUE
"India runs the world's largest real-time payments system" — TRUE: UPI ≈ half of global real-time transactions (IMF, 2025)
9.5
/10
TRUE
"CJI called unemployed youth 'cockroaches'" — TRUE, 15 May 2026 SC hearing; sparked the Cockroach Janta Party the next day
9.0
/10
TRUE
"NEET 2026 was leaked" — TRUE: guess paper matched up to 140 real questions, exam cancelled, CBI made 7+ arrests
9.0
/10
TRUE
"Wangchuk was forcibly hospitalised" — TRUE, under a Delhi HC order on day 20 of his fast; family says not informed beforehand
9.0
/10
TRUE
"Police tear-gassed the 20 July Parliament march" — TRUE: 10,000+ marchers, tear gas, batons, 70+ detained
9.0
/10
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