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Certified by IFCN, FactChecker is India's first dedicated fact-checking initiative. We verify statements and other claims made by those in public life factchecker.in Mumbai Joined November 2013-
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Has Gujarat’s dropout rate gone from 40% to less than 3% as Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently claimed? Our #FactCheck: factchecker.in/fact-check/pm-…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim that Gujarat’s dropout rate is now less than 3% cherry-picks data for the primary level, while the upper primary and secondary-school dropout rate is over 3%. Our #FactCheck: factchecker.in/fact-check/pm-…
Has Gujarat’s dropout rate gone from 40% to less than 3% as Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently claimed? Our #FactCheck: factchecker.in/fact-check/pm-…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim that Gujarat’s dropout rate is now less than 3% cherry-picks data for the primary level, while the upper primary & secondary-school dropout rate is over 3%. Our #FactCheck: factchecker.in/fact-check/pm-…
.@BJP4Rajasthan claimed that Rajasthan ranked first in crimes against women. Fact: False. Assam and Uttar Pradesh have the highest crime rate and overall crime incidents against women respectively. factchecker.in/context-check/…
While citing CRY’s 2022 Missing Children report, @BJP4Rajasthan claimed that 12 girls were reported missing daily in Rajasthan. They further claimed that Rajasthan topped in crimes against women. While the first claim is true, the second is false. factchecker.in/context-check/…
National Center for Vector Borne Diseases Control’s data shows that there have been zero malaria deaths since 2018 in Uttar Pradesh. But experts say UP sporadically reports these deaths. Read our factcheck: factchecker.in/n-862336
“Nowadays, no one dies of encephalitis,” in Gorakhpur, claimed UP CM Yogi Adityanath in April. Though encephalitis cases & deaths have reduced, Gorakhpur’s main medical centre reported 28 acute syndrome encephalitis deaths in 2022 & 1 death in 2023. factchecker.in/n-862336
Experts highlight the roadblocks hindering the scheme, including issues in identifying eligible beneficiaries and administrative delays. Read our story: factchecker.in/context-check/…
BJP claims that there are >3 crore beneficiaries under PM Aawas Yojana #PMAY. Our #ContextCheck finds that despite this, the scheme falls short of its housing targets
ಎಲ್ಲರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲರ ವಿಕಾಸ, ಎಲ್ಲರ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸ ಎಂಬ ಮೂಲಮಂತ್ರದೊಂದಿಗೆ @narendramodi ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಸುಧಾರಣೆ-ಕಾರ್ಯದಕ್ಷತೆ-ಪಾರದರ್ಶಕ ಆಡಳಿತ ನೀಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಪ್ರತಿ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲರನ್ನೂ ತಲುಪುತ್ತಿವೆ. #BJPYeBharavase #DoubleEngineSarkara
Read more in our #contextcheck: factchecker.in/context-check/…
The BJP claims that >9.59 crore free LPG connections were provided under Ujjwala Yojana #PMUY. However, official data shows that about 9.6% did not opt for any LPG cylinder refills, 11.3% took only one refill & 56.5% took 4 or fewer refills in 2021-22.
ಎಲ್ಲರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲರ ವಿಕಾಸ, ಎಲ್ಲರ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸ ಎಂಬ ಮೂಲಮಂತ್ರದೊಂದಿಗೆ @narendramodi ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಸುಧಾರಣೆ-ಕಾರ್ಯದಕ್ಷತೆ-ಪಾರದರ್ಶಕ ಆಡಳಿತ ನೀಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಪ್ರತಿ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲರನ್ನೂ ತಲುಪುತ್ತಿವೆ. #BJPYeBharavase #DoubleEngineSarkara
UP CM @myogiadityanath claims 700+ riots happened in UP from 2012-2017, 364+ from 2007-2012, but none since 2017. Official data shows UP had 35,040 riot cases under BJP, 22,347 under BSP, and 33,034 under SP. More in our #factcheck factchecker.in/fact-check/chi…
.@myogiadityanath criticised the previous govts in UP saying more than 700 riots occurred in UP during SP’s rule & 364+ during BSP’s rule, but none since 2017. But his claim is false. Official data show 35,040 cases from 2017-2021 #factcheck factchecker.in/fact-check/chi…
UP CM @myogiadityanath claims 700+ riots occurred in UP from 2012-2017, 364+ from 2007-2012, but no riots since 2017. But @NCRBHQ data shows 35,040 riot cases in UP between 2017-2021. Our #factcheck factchecker.in/fact-check/chi…
PM @narendramodi claimed that BJP receives more than 50% votes in many states. Our analysis shows that they secured over 50% of votes in 11 states and 2 UTs during 2019 general elections, plus 2 state assemblies. Check our #contextcheck for more factchecker.in/context-check/…
Is BJP's vote share in various states higher than 50%, as claimed by PM @narendramodi? Read our #contextcheck to find out factchecker.in/context-check/…
PM @narendramodi claimed that BJP receives more than 50% of votes in elections in many states. Official data show that they actually secured this only in Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh in State Assembly Elections. Our #contextcheck factchecker.in/context-check/…
PM @narendramodi claimed that BJP receives more than 50% of votes in elections in many states. Official data show that they actually secured more than 50% votes in 11 states and 2 UTs in the 2019 General Assembly Elections. Our #contextcheck factchecker.in/context-check/…
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