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Fact-checking Modi government’s claims of record infrastructure growth in the past eight years -Divyani Dubey

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BJP leaders are promoting the regime’s achievements in developing airports, air routes and national highways. Here’s what official records say.

The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government completed eight years in power in May. Using the hashtag #8YearsOfInfraGati, the incumbent government, BJP leaders and several ministers, including Prime Minister Modi, made a series of claims on social media and in newspaper advertisements related to the growth of urban transport.

In one such newspaper advertisement titled “Nation Resolves to Ensure Benefits of Strong Infrastructure Reach 100% People”, the central government made certain claims about the growth of the Metro rail network, airports and national highways. Although many claims were not made with tangible data or official records for them were unavailable, FactChecker short-listed four claims that could be checked. On verifying the four claims against official data, just one of them was found to be entirely true.

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