Fact-Check of Narendra Modi’s speech at Jhargram

WHAT PM SAID

Under Ayushmaan Bharat, the poor people would have received health insurance. But Didi stopped the scheme

TRUTH

Bengal has a better health insurance scheme Swasthya Sathi with cover upto Rs 5 lakh. The card is in the name of the woman in the family, and her parents are also covered. Also free treatment for all in Govt hospitals is provided

Source: Millennium Post
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WHAT PM SAID

We started another scheme for 12 crore small farmers - PM KISAN Nidhi Samman. Didi is not sending us beneficiary list

TRUTH

The average annual income of farmers in Bengal has tripled from Rs 91,000 in 2011 to Rs 2.9 lakh in 2018. Krishak Bandhu scheme gives Rs 5000 per acre to farmers annually, which is much more than the Centre offers. State Govt bears entire premium of the crop insurance under Bangla Fasal Bima Yojana

Source: Business Standard
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WHAT PM SAID

I feel sad when I receive news about torture on girls and trafficking of women. We have formulated strong laws against trafficking

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CID has issued notices to BJP leaders Kailash Vijaywargiya and Rupa Ganguly in connection with the child trafficking case in which BJP’s youth leader Juhi Choudhury was arrested. BJP candidate for this year’s election from Coochbehar, Nishit Pramanik has 11 non-bailable charges against him, which includes human trafficking

Source: The Pioneer,The Economic Times
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WHAT PM SAID

Every poor family will have a pucca house by 2022

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Govt targeted to build one crore rural houses by March 2019 but 40% of target pending. 35% of the houses not complete even after two years of being sanctioned. In urban areas, only 18% of the sanctioned houses have been built. Only 12% of the total 4.7 lakh landless beneficiaries had been given land on which to construct houses

Source: Scroll.in
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WHAT PM SAID

The rights of forest dwellers will not be taken away

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The NDA government has proposed draconian amendments to the Indian Forest Act. Some of these proposals include giving forest officials the power to shoot without any liability; allowing forest officials to reduce or withdraw Adivasis rights and to forcefully relocate them against their will; imprison them, hand over forests arbitrarily to private companies for afforestation, among others

Source: IndiaSpend
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WHAT PM SAID

Trinamool goons tortured BJP workers and killed them

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In February this year Trinamool MLA Satyajit Biswas was shot dead by BJP workers, senior BJP leader Mukul Roy was named in FIR. Three Trinamool workers were injured in Domkal after a crude bomb was hurled at them in the third phase of elections. In the fourth phase, BJP workers attacked and mercilessly beat up Trinamool supporters in Birbhum

Source: News18, Ei Samay
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