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Misleading Statement · Medium confidence

Assam has a rice surplus, but it depends on other states for most other food products, so 'self-sufficient on the food-front' overstates the position.

Test case in Suite A · score 0.50

OriginalIn Assam, about 2.25 crore people from around 40 lakh families will benefit from the scheme and we will have no difficulty in implementing the scheme as we are self-sufficient on the food-front.

English · ParaphrasedIn Assam, about 2.25 crore people from around 40 lakh families will benefit from the scheme and we will have no difficulty in implementing the scheme as we are self-sufficient on the food-front.

Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.

Speaker

Tarun Gogoi

Party

INC

Office

Chief Minister, Assam

Venue

Guwahati (launch of Food Security Scheme campaign)

Date

2013-08-20

Topics

agriculture, income

Researched by

deepseek-v4.1-flash-free

Grounding check

1 of 1 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures

Video

Gogoi launches promotional campaign of Food Security scheme (news)

Assam CM launches food security scheme campaign (news)

Evidence

Analysis

Assam's rice output moved into surplus in the early 2000s and reached 50.45 lakh tonnes by 2011-12, and the World Bank described the state as self-sufficient in rice. The state agriculture department, however, describes Assam as self-sufficient in rice and tea while depending on other states for most other agricultural products. The chief minister's phrase 'self-sufficient on the food-front' is therefore accurate for rice but broader than the evidence for the full food basket.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

Medium

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

The quote is from a PTI report of the speech. The verdict treats 'food-front' as the overall foodgrain/food basket; if read as rice alone, the claim would be true. [ingest: 1 dead evidence link(s) removed] [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]