Fact Check of Rajnath Singh’s rally at Howrah

WHAT RAJNATH SINGH SAID

We have given the Bengal govt 2.8 lakh crore

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3,45, 577 crore debt left by Left Front Govt, Bengal has to pay back, no support from Centre. We paid Rs 47,000 crore in 2018-19 alone. All development work being done by State’s own money

Source: Millennium Post
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WHAT RAJNATH SINGH SAID

We gave Rs 6000 to farmers, but in Bengal they didn’t receive it. Farmers with 2 hectare of land, we will give Rs 6000

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Bengal has Krishak Bandhu scheme which 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: Scroll.in
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WHAT RAJNATH SINGH SAID

Farmers don’t have Kisan Credit Cards here, Trinamool govt didn’t give it to farmers

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More than 69 lakh Kisan Credit Cards have been distributed in Bengal. Prior to 2011, this number was only 27 lakhs

Source: wbcmo
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WHAT RAJNATH SINGH SAID

We will give farmers old age pension

TRUTH

One lakh farmers in Bengal already get old age pension of Rs 1000 per month

Source: IBTimes India
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WHAT RAJNATH SINGH SAID

Mamata Banerjee has not brought any industry in Bengal

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Industry sector of Bengal grew at 11.41% compared to India’s 4.4%. In GVA of employment-intensive industries Bengal 1 of only 5 states to clock growth higher than the national average

Source: FICCI
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