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Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in

Adityanath claims there have been no farmer suicides in UP in last six years. What do the facts say?

Official data shows 398 farmers and 731 farm labourers died by suicide between 2017 and 2021 in the state.

Merin Mathew, Factchecker.in
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Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
· Mar 13, 2023 · 01:30 pm
A fact-check of JP Nadda’s claims on crimes against women in West Bengal

Although Nadda’s claims on trafficking and kidnapping of women were incorrect, he wasn’t wrong about the state registering the highest number of acid attacks.

Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
· Feb 28, 2023 · 09:30 pm
Modi’s LPG subsidy programme is not as big a success as the finance minister suggests

Around 9.6% of beneficiaries took no cooking gas refills, 11.3% took only one refill and 56.5% took four or fewer refills in 2021-’22.

Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
· Feb 10, 2023 · 09:30 pm

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