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Did Modi’s Biggest Promises Come True?
Follow 20 promises from the original speech to the latest government record.
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Did Modi’s Biggest Promises Come True?
We checked 20 big promises from the Modi years against speeches and official records—what was completed, what came late, what changed and what cannot be verified.
01 · The latest
Stories designed to be understood, not endured.
Every investigation begins with a precise question. The reporting, data and interaction are built together to answer it.
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Punjab Promise Watch
We are mapping the 2022 manifesto promise by promise, then checking each claim against budgets, notifications, assembly records and outcomes.
See how the tracker works01
Manifesto mapped Promise text preserved exactly
Complete02
Evidence review Budgets, orders and outcome data
In progress03
Right of reply Government response added in full
Next04
Public verdicts Rules published before ratings
Launch02 · Explore the work
Public life, seen from six angles.
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Promise Watch
Manifestos, government commitments and what the official record shows after power changes hands.
Promise → allocation → delivery
02 Money Trail
Budgets, contracts, subsidies and the path public money takes from announcement to expenditure.
Follow the rupee
03 Policy Check
Whether a scheme reached the people it was designed for—and what changed on the ground.
Intent → outcome
04 Crime & Justice
Crime patterns, policing, courts and prisons without mistaking raw totals for meaningful comparison.
Cases → process → result
05 India Over Time
The long view: how India’s people, places, work and public systems transformed over decades.
Past → present
06 State of the States
Comparable measures that put state rankings in context rather than turning them into a league table.
Compare with care
03 · Evidence before verdict
See the claim. Follow the source. Check our work.
Political data is rarely neutral on its own. Definitions change, totals hide population differences and official series can contain gaps. Our method makes those choices visible.
- 01 Find the primary record
Budgets, audit reports, laws, RTIs and legislative records.
- 02 Build a fair comparison
Across years, governments, states and relevant benchmarks.
- 03 Test the conclusion
Record assumptions, exclusions, limitations and responses.
- 04 Open the evidence
Publish sources, cleaned data, methodology and corrections.
04 · Source Vault
The evidence should never be hidden behind the story.
Browse the budgets, CAG reports, court records, parliamentary documents, RTI replies and cleaned datasets used in our reporting.
Enter the Source Vault Documents retain their original links and dates.