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Misleading Statistic · Low confidence

About 50 crore people were eligible for cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family, but BOOM found only about 4.5 million had used the scheme in its first year.

Test case in Suite A · score 0.50

OriginalEvery year 50 crore get benefits of health insurance to the tune of Rs. 5 lakh

English · ParaphrasedEvery year 50 crore get benefits of health insurance to the tune of Rs. 5 lakh

Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.

Speaker

Narendra Modi

Party

BJP

Office

Prime Minister

Venue

United Nations General Assembly, New York

Date

2019-09-27

Topics

health, governance

Researched by

claude-sonnet

Transcript / text sources

• Public welfare to global welfare: PM Modi's UNGA address (BOOM, quotes the speech)

Evidence

Government's response

Analysis

The scheme (PM-JAY) entitles about 10.74 crore poorer families, roughly 50 crore people, to cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year. The statement says 50 crore 'get benefits' every year, which suggests use rather than eligibility.

BOOM found about 4.5 million people had availed treatment in the first year. Read as eligibility, the figure matches the National Health Authority; read as annual beneficiaries, it does not.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

Low

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

Only one evidence item found; needs a second (e.g. NHA/PIB or Lok Sabha figures on hospital admissions). BOOM's rating is internally inconsistent (body Partially True, summary False). Verdict is mine and based on that single fact-check. Topic is health though outside my domain list; assigned to welfare-schemes item 7.