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Misleading Statistic · High confidence

Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said in March 2010 that about 62,000 MW of the 78,700 MW 11th Plan capacity-addition target would certainly be achieved; official figures show 54,964 MW was actually added (88 per cent of the 62,374 MW revised target).

Test case in Suite A · score 0.50

English · ParaphrasedAbout 62,000 MW capacity addition would certainly be achieved out of the 78,700 MW target envisaged for the 11th Plan.

Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.

Speaker

Sushilkumar Shinde

Party

INC

Office

Union Minister of Power

Venue

Solapur, Maharashtra

Date

2010-03-28

Topics

energy

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Grounding check

2 of 2 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures

Transcript / text sources

• Power Ministry achieves 21221 MW capacity addition - Construction Week India

Evidence

Government's response

Analysis

Construction Week India reported on 28 March 2010 that, after 21,221 MW had been commissioned in the 11th Plan to that point, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said about 62,000 MW would certainly be achieved. Central Electricity Authority projections at the time estimated 62,374 MW with a high degree of certainty.

A PIB release of 3 September 2012 recorded that the original 78,700 MW target for the 11th Plan was revised to 62,374 MW and that 54,964 MW was achieved, which is 88 per cent of the revised target and about 70 per cent of the original target.

The 62,000 MW figure cited by the minister was not reached; actual addition was 54,964 MW.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

High

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

The Construction Week article quotes Shinde; the two PIB releases (Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha replies) provide the outcome figures and were read directly.