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Did Modi’s Biggest Promises Come True?

Open the original words, latest official result, important qualification and primary links behind all 20 promise records.

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Latest source pack · August 2026

Is Your ₹1 Lakh Still Worth ₹1 Lakh?

Inspect the official CPI releases, the constructed June series, formulas, splice rules and limitations behind the story.

23 June checkpoints 3.90× 2004–2026 multiplier 4 documented source groups

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SRC-MOSPI-CPI-JUN26 Consumer Price Index, June 2026 (Base 2024=100) Dataset

National Statistics Office, MoSPI June 2026

Is Your ₹1 Lakh Still Worth ₹1 Lakh?

Published Open record

SRC-MOSPI-CPI-LINK CPI 2024 technical note, linking factor and back-series rules Methodology

National Statistics Office, MoSPI February 2026

Is Your ₹1 Lakh Still Worth ₹1 Lakh?

Published Open record

SRC-ES-CPI-HIST Economic Survey historical All-India CPI tables Dataset

Ministry of Finance, Government of India 2004–2013

Is Your ₹1 Lakh Still Worth ₹1 Lakh?

Published Open record

SRC-TDS-LAKH-METHOD Linked June price series and purchasing-power calculations Methodology

TheDataStory.in August 2026 release

Is Your ₹1 Lakh Still Worth ₹1 Lakh?

Open data Open record

SRC-PUN-BUD-2026 Punjab Budget documents, 2026–27 Budget

Department of Finance, Government of Punjab 2026–27

Punjab public-finance series

Catalogued

SRC-CAG-PUN-SF State Finances Audit Report: Punjab Audit

Comptroller and Auditor General of India Latest report

Punjab public-finance series

Under review

SRC-RBI-STATE-FIN State Finances: A Study of Budgets Dataset

Reserve Bank of India Annual series

State of the States

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SRC-PUN-MAN-2022 Punjab Assembly Election Manifesto, 2022 Manifesto

Political-party publication 2022

Punjab Promise Watch

Text mapping

SRC-PUN-ASSEMBLY Punjab Legislative Assembly proceedings Legislature

Punjab Legislative Assembly Session records

Promise Watch

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SRC-RTI-REGISTER RTI disclosure and reply register RTI

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