True Promise · Medium confidence
All 597,464 census villages met the official definition of electrified by 28 April 2018, ahead of the 1,000-day target, but the definition requires only basic infrastructure and 10% of households connected.
Test case in Suite B · score 1.00
English · ParaphrasedEvery single village of India now has access to electricity (as widely reported).
Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.
- Speaker
- Narendra Modi
- Party
- BJP
- Office
- Prime Minister
- Venue
- Statement on social media after Leisang village, Manipur, was connected
- Date
- 2018-04-28
- Deadline
- 2018-05-01
- Topics
- energy, infrastructure
- Researched by
- claude-sonnet
Transcript / text sources
Evidence
| Type | Publisher | Title | Date | Key figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fact-check | The Logical Indian | Fact Check: Every single village of India now has access to electricity | 2018-05 | Electrified = basic infrastructure + 10% households + public places; 597,464 villages; 31.36 million households still unelectrified on Saubhagya portal then |
| News | World Economic Forum | All villages in India are now electrified | 2018-04 | Govt: all villages electrified 12 days ahead of 1,000-day deadline set in 2015 |
| News | The Quint | With Manipur in the Fray, Modi Says All Villages Electrified | 2018 | Reported on the final village; background on definition |
Government's response
Government says it fulfilled the Red Fort 2015 pledge to electrify the remaining ~18,000 villages in 1,000 days; Saubhagya targets household connections.
Analysis
In his 2015 Independence Day speech the PM promised to electrify about 18,000 un-electrified villages in 1,000 days. The government reported the last village (Leisang, Manipur) connected on 28 April 2018.
Under the long-standing official definition a village is electrified if it has basic distribution infrastructure, electricity at public places and at least 10% of households connected. On that definition the claim held. It does not mean every household had power or supply was reliable; the Saubhagya scheme (from October 2017) targeted the remaining households.
The 18,000-village task was a small share of villages, since about 97% were already classed as electrified in August 2015.
Confidence in verdict & review
- Confidence in verdict
- Medium
- Review status
- draft
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-17
Notes
Exact tweet wording not verified against the original tweet; WebFetch of PM India and narendramodi.in pages failed (403/timeout), so the claim date relies on search results. Saubhagya completion (household electrification, March 2019) and later data not yet researched; add if time. The deadline of 1 May 2018 is derived from '12 days ahead' reports and is approximate.
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