True Statistic · High confidence
Official NREGA data show 4.51 crore households provided employment in 2008-09, consistent with the Prime Minister's 'about 4 crore families'.
Test case in Suite A · score 1.00
OriginalIn the year 2008-09, it benefited about 4 crore families.EnglishIn the year 2008-09, it benefited about 4 crore families.
- Speaker
- Manmohan Singh
- Party
- INC
- Office
- Prime Minister
- Venue
- Red Fort, New Delhi (Independence Day address)
- Date
- 2009-08-15
- Topics
- agriculture, jobs
- Researched by
- deepseek-v4.1-flash-free
- Grounding check
- 2 of 3 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures
Video
PM's Independence Day Speech, 2009 (news)
Transcript / text sources
Evidence
| Type | Publisher | Title | Date | Key figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government data | PIB / Ministry of Rural Development | NREGA: employment and persondays generated | 2009 | In 2008-09, 4.5 crore households were provided employment and 216.01 crore persondays were generated |
| Government data | PIB / Ministry of Rural Development | NREGA budget and employment data | 2009 | 4.49 crore households provided employment in 2008-09 |
| Government data | Ministry of Rural Development | Annual Report 2009-10 | 2010 | 4.51 crore households provided employment in 2008-09; 216.32 crore persondays |
Government's response
The Rural Development Ministry reported 4.5 crore households and 216.01 crore persondays in 2008-09.
Analysis
The Prime Minister's Independence Day address said the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act benefited about 4 crore families in 2008-09. Ministry of Rural Development figures put the number at 4.49-4.51 crore households, with 216 crore persondays generated. The stated figure is therefore consistent with the official data.
Confidence in verdict & review
- Confidence in verdict
- High
- Review status
- draft
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-17
Notes
The PMO speech page was returned in search results with the exact sentence but could not be re-fetched directly; the same sentence is reproduced in the search snippet. Other official releases give 4.49-4.5 crore. [ingest: 2 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]
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