FactChecking Claims Made By PM Narendra Modi On Independence Day

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi greeting people, at the ramparts of Red Fort, on the occasion of 72nd Independence Day, in Delhi on August 15, 2018.

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

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— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018

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— 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

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— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018

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— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018

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— Fact Check India (@FactCheckIndia) August 15, 2018