Factchecker did a live fact check on the claims made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his independence-day speech at Red Fort on August 15, 2018.
The claims, checked and storified:
#Highways doubled: PM https://t.co/x5COU6DZF1 #IndependenceDayIndia pic.twitter.com/4TLaoF703J
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
4X homes in villages. #IndependenceDayIndia https://t.co/wzsEMRkeQz pic.twitter.com/6I57kDvQl1
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
Record output of #crops. https://t.co/SjDeSUOmcq #IndependenceDayIndia pic.twitter.com/cVKo1HUfoN
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
Record sales of tractors. https://t.co/m0ys2uIWVg #IndependenceDayIndia pic.twitter.com/NHirPb2mK0
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
PM on #EaseOfDoingBusiness. #IndependenceDayIndia https://t.co/ZTTyHGoXki https://t.co/Mfs1vFhRSz pic.twitter.com/ur5X2FGPRU
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
Modi on #irrigation and 99 closed big irrigation projects. Follow this thread for more insights. #IndependenceDayIndia pic.twitter.com/ocQvTCmYnN
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
https://t.co/DWITsRwaST pic.twitter.com/ULt8oRTb4n
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
https://t.co/h5DR4Ne32d pic.twitter.com/BUytysZqaJ
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
100% village electrification would have taken one or two more decades. #IndependenceDayIndia pic.twitter.com/ksOIxfhcWG
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
Modi on #MUDRA loans. https://t.co/fgBksGa8Z5 https://t.co/UQPumxmozd #IndependenceDayIndia pic.twitter.com/sDogPFAegW
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
Correction: Loans given to 35 million new entrepreneurs and not 3.5 million. We regret the error. https://t.co/AzeOJqPs6E
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
By 2022 or before that, an Indian will be in space. https://t.co/8of0fYSYGt #IndependenceDayIndia pic.twitter.com/m2a4Q0nx1T
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
Sale of #khadi doubled. https://t.co/4hEPiHR7qZ https://t.co/VYi11Po9Ye #IndependenceDayIndia pic.twitter.com/4Sbcza1DXA
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
#SwachhBharat and #WHO report on avoiding death of children. https://t.co/32oxHEVGX3 #IndependenceDayIndia pic.twitter.com/0VSQMYZCjy
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
#Directtax payers have nearly doubled. https://t.co/SjfKTaWk6R #IndependenceDayIndia pic.twitter.com/eIUB9HMXGA
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
#Rapecase decided in 5 days. #MadhyaPradesh #IndependenceDayIndia https://t.co/VRRH06yVUJ pic.twitter.com/8tMRt76ZnI
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
Power of #Indianpassport has increased. Follow this thread for insights. #IndependenceDayIndia https://t.co/V2EKlDKIMJ pic.twitter.com/JlBmS1Bvx1
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018
— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018