copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Special banking arrangement of Rs. 10,000 crores to clear fertilizer subsidy dues. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2020-04-17): Rs 10,000 crores is allocated under the scheme for Formalisation of Micro Food Enterprises (MFE). For more information: [...] As fertilizer consumption is going up significantly, ₹65,000 Crore is being provided to ensure increased supply of fertilizers to farmers to enable timely availability of fertilizers in the upcoming crop season. For more details about the announcement, please visit: [...] With a view to revive and strengthen rural economy and provide employment opportunity, the government has allocated additional outlay of ₹10,000 Crore under PM Garib Kalyan Rozgar Yojana. For more details about the announcement, please visit:
Claim: Special banking arrangement of Rs. 10,000 crores to clear fertilizer subsidy dues. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Phase II of the scheme will be implemented from April, 2019. It will have a total outlay of Rs 10,000 crore over a period of three years, from 2019 to 2022. [...] The fund is estimated to be worth Rs 7,522 crore, funded by the following sources: (i) Rs 5,266 crore from the nodal loaning entities, (ii) Rs 1,317 crore through contribution from beneficiaries, and (iii) Rs 939 crore through budgetary support from the central government. The nodal loaning entities consist of NABARD, National Cooperatives Development Corporation, and all the scheduled banks. [...] The Union Cabinet approved a corpus of Rs 5,000 crore for a Micro Irrigation Fund under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY) in May 2018.[101] Of this, Rs 2,000 crore was approved for the year 2018-19. The remaining Rs 3,000 crore will be utilised in 2019-20.
Claim: Special banking arrangement of Rs. 10,000 crores to clear fertilizer subsidy dues. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-10-09): - Fertiliser subsidy: Expenditure on fertiliser subsidy is estimated at Rs 79,530 crore in 2021-22, a 1% annual decrease as compared to 2019-20. In 2020-21, the revised allocation to fertiliser subsidy is 88% higher than the budgeted allocation. [...] - Ministry of Railways: Allocation to the Ministry of Railways in 2021-22 is Rs 1,10,055 crore, an annual increase of 25% over 2019-20. 2020-21 revised estimate includes Rs 79,398 crore allocated through a special loan to: (i) bridge the resource gap of Indian Railways caused due to COVID-19 in 2020-21, and (ii) clear its pension dues for the year 2019-20.
Claim: Special banking arrangement of Rs. 10,000 crores to clear fertilizer subsidy dues. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2020-03-20): The latter includes a Production Linked Incentive scheme targeting 13 priority sectors and is expected to cost about 0.8 percent of GDP over 5 years, a higher fertilizer subsidy allocation benefiting the agriculture sector (0.3 percent of GDP) and support for urban housing construction (0.1 percent of GDP). Several measures to ease the tax compliance burden across a range of sectors have also been announced, including postponing some tax-filing and other compliance deadlines, and a reduction in the penalty interest rate for overdue GST filings. Similar measures to ease tax compliance burden during the months of April and May 2021 were re-introduced in response to the recent surge in infections. Measures without an immediate direct bearing on the government's deficit position aim to provide credit support to businesses (1.9 percent of GDP), poor households, especially migrants and farmers (1.6 percent of GDP), distressed electricity distribution companies (0.4 percent of GDP), and targeted support for the agricultural sector (0.7 percent of GDP), as well as some miscellaneous support measures (about 0.3 percent of GDP). [...] - Writing-off of the subsidies and the repayable part of the PFR liquidity loans to micro firms and SMEs, which are affected by the new sanitary restrictions if their revenues in March-2020 to March-2021 drop by at least 30 percent year on year.
Claim: Special banking arrangement of Rs. 10,000 crores to clear fertilizer subsidy dues. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-11-29): Fertilizer subsidies: Urea and Nutrient bases subsidies up by almost 8 percent to Rs 70000 crore [...] Direct Benefit Transfer in Fertilizer Subsidy · [...] Consumption of fertilizers was reduced by 25,931 MTs resulting in saving of subsidy of Rs.44.83 Crores)
Claim: Special banking arrangement of Rs. 10,000 crores to clear fertilizer subsidy dues. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2017-12-28): REDUCTION IN THE RATES OF P&K FERTILIZERS [...] DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER SCHEME IN FERTILIZER SUBSIDY SCHEME AND ITS EEXPECTED BENEFITS TO FARMERS - The Pilot project has beenimplemented in 17 districts out of the projected 19 districts. [...] 10,000 crores has been approved in Budget 2017 to clear fertilizer subsidy dues. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has accorded the ex–post facto approval for implementation of SBA.
Claim: Special banking arrangement of Rs. 10,000 crores to clear fertilizer subsidy dues. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-01-01): News 11 - Rs. 10000 crore Special Banking Arrangement made in Budget 2017 To reduce the burden of fertilizer subsidy backlogs, a Special Banking Arrangement of Rs. 10000 crores has been approved in this Budget to clear fertilizer subsidy dues and improve service delivery to farmers. The overall budget allocation for the Department of Fertilizer for the year 2017-18 is Rs. 74,235 crores. [...] The public-sector banks were given Rs. 25,000 crores in 2015-16, and similar amount has been earmarked for the current fiscal. Besides, Rs. 10,000 crores each would be infused in 2017-18 and 2018-19.
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2023-07-12): The visuals are related to the recent train accident, wherein, a portion of Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express caught fire causing damage to a few coaches. Responding immediately, the police, army and the passengers detached the adjacent coaches physically, to control the spread of fire to other coaches. South Central Railway and the concerned authorities have clarified the same. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2023-07-13): A video of Indian Army jawans, police personnel, railway staff, and civilians pushing a halted train has recently been widely shared on social media. Those sharing the video claim it shows people pushing a train to restart it after it "stopped abruptly." The caption of one such post reads, "9 years of Vikas is overflowing. Railway police, Army Jawans & passengers were trying to push a train as it stopped abruptly. In 70 years, have you ever seen such a government?" [...] We performed a reverse image search on the keyframes of the video and found a news report by NDTV dated July 10. The report, which uses the viral video, says that the clip is from the fire on the Falaknuma Express train on the Howrah-Secunderabad route on July 7. The report said that the video shows the men coordinating to move coaches adjacent to the one on fire. [...] We also found a similar video shared by Rachakonda Police on July 8 showing police, army and railway staff pushing a train. The text in the caption reads, "A team is many hands in one Mind. #RachakondaPolice is committed to serve citizens & ensure their safety&Security round the clock. Efforts during the #FalaknumaExpress fire incident at Bhongir. Well done team #RCKP! Was great to see you all at work with grit, from the spot."
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2024-08-28): Varanasi: In joint action by STF Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghazipur police, and Govt Reserve Police of Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, four Bihar-based liquor smugglers were nabbed on Monday, for killing two Railway Police Force jawans by pushing them out of a moving train on Aug 20. [...] Talking to TOI on Tuesday, Ghazipur SP Iraj Raja said that teams engaged in solving the case of the killing of RPF jawans Mohammad Javed and Pramod Kumar nabbed Vinay Kumar, Premchandra, Pankaj Kumar, and Vilendra Kumar of Patna on Monday. During interrogation, the criminals divulged that they had also thrown the wallets and mobile phones of the jawans while pushing them from the moving train in the Gahmar area. [...] When Pramod and Javed, who were in civil clothes, tried to take stock of the situation, the smugglers thrashed them and prevented passengers from making video. Later, they tore off the clothes of the RPF jawans and threw them off the moving train. The SP said, " Teams are still working to nab other smugglers involved in the killing of the RPF personnel."
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2024-08-24): Railroad police or railway police are people responsible for the protection of railroad (or railway) properties, facilities, revenue, equipment (train cars and locomotives), and personnel, as well as carried passengers and cargo. Railroad police may also patrol public rail transit systems. [...] Bahnpolizei was the name of the former Railway police of West Germany and fell under the jurisdiction of the Deutsche Bundesbahn federal railway company. Bahnpolizei officers investigated trespassing on rail property, assaults against passengers, terrorism threats targeting the railway, arson, tagging of graffiti on railroad rolling stock or buildings, signal vandalism, pickpocketing, ticket fraud, robbery, and theft of personal belongings, baggage, or freight. They also investigated train/vehicle collisions and hazardous materials releases. [...] Pakistan [edit]Pakistan Railways Police, an agency under the Ministry of Railways, is responsible for guarding trains and passengers in the country.[9]
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2023-07-31): Tikaram Meena was a resident of Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur, and Chetan Singh is from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh. Two other RPF jawans were accompanying them, and the police is recording their statements, they said. [...] The RPF constable opened fire inside the moving train after it crossed Palghar Station, pulled the chain and got out of the train near Dahisar Station, the Chief Public Relations Officer of the railways said. He was caught by police at Mira Road with the help of Government Railway Police and RPF officials. According to railway officials, four RPF personnel, including the accused, were escorting the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Express from Surat station in Gujarat on Monday.
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2006-07-05): The jawans allegedly hurled abuses and beat up passengers in the Guwahati-New Delhi North East Express. BEGUSARAI: A passenger on the Guwahati-New Delhi North East Express was allegedly stripped and tortured by a group of apparently drunk jawans who have been arrested, Railway Protection Force sources said on Wednesday. Parmatma Yadav of Balia, Uttar Pradesh, was stripped and forced to run naked in an aisle of the train on Tuesday night, RPF Assistant Commissioner Mahtab Khan and Barauni RPF officer-in-charge O A Khan said. The jawans allegedly hurled abuses and beat up other passengers in a compartment of the train in a bid to force them out, the sources said adding that army headquarters have been informed about the incident. When the train reached Barauni, the jawans drove out the passengers and threw their belongings on the platform, the victims complained to the Government Railway Police and RPF.
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2023-07-10): A recent video from the horrific train accident on the Howrah - Secunderabad route, when five coaches of the Falaknuma Express caught massive fire, has surfaced online. It shows people involved in preventing the fire from engulfing other coaches of the passenger train. Taking control of the situation and ensuring the safety of lives, army jawans, police teams, railway staff, and some passengers pushed apart the train's coaches from the affected ones. The assistance of several men by coming together on the railway tracks and pushing the train to detach it preventing further damage was seen in the footage. It was learned that the people didn't waste time waiting for another engine to arrive and separate the other coaches from the ones that caught fire. Unitedly they took action in the matter and resorted to stop the spread of fire. Amitabh Sharma, the Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Railways, acknowledged the video and said, "This relates to Train No 12703 (HWH-SC) fire incident on 7th July... Railway personnel and Local police joined hands to detach the rear coaches & avoid further spread of fire." [...] Earlier on Monday, the video went viral on social media without clear details about the incident. Rather it mislead netizens by claiming that the train had "stopped abruptly" and forced jawans and passengers to push it to make it move further.
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2023-07-10): On Monday, July 10, a video went viral on social media showing the Army jawans police team, railway staff, locals, and commuters onboard pushing a train to ‘start’ it. The footage was extensively shared on Twitter by several media outlets, opposition leaders and members of the leftist cabal with claims that an Indian Railway train carrying hundreds of passengers stopped all of a sudden and had to be pushed to re-start. The claim, however, turned out to be false. [...] Despite the fact that the video appears to show army forces and railway employees pushing the train, the narrative weaved around the video is entirely false. There is undoubtedly more than what meets the eye. [...] The Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Railways also issued a tweet debunking the false claims being attributed to the video wherein Army jawans police team, railway staff, locals, and commuters onboard can be seen pushing a train.
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2023-07-10): New Delhi: In a classic case of smear campaign against the Indian Railways, a video of train caught in fire and Army jawans rushing to salvage the passengers was projected as incident of ‘starting the train by manual push’ on social media. A video circulated on Monday, showing hordes of Army jawans, police team, railway personnel & also commuters assembling at the tracks and pushing a train to ‘start’ it. Owing to such rare phenomenon, the video footage was lapped up by Opposition leaders, who mocked the Indian Railways for its ‘tragic failure’. They claimed that the train stopped all of a sudden & Army jawans were called in for ‘re-starting’ the engine & sending passengers to their destination. Jawans & passengers were trying to push a train as it stopped abruptly.
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2023-07-10): Railway Ministry On Passengers Pushing Train: 'Fire Incident Being Used Irresponsibly' The viral video showcased people pushing the train that halted midway. Army Jawans, police, and even passengers were spotted helping the loco pilot start the train. [...] The viral video showed several officials and passengers pushing the train that halted midway. In the video, Army Jawans, police, and even passengers were spotted helping the loco pilot start the train. The incident was reported from a route under the South-Central Railway. The clip was shared along with a text that read, "Jawans & passengers were trying to push a train as it stopped abruptly. In 70 years, have you ever seen such a government?"
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2023-07-10): Uploaded by Sagar Rawate on July 10, 2023
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2023-07-12): A video is getting viral on social platforms. In this video, it can be seen that some Army Jawans and Railway staff are pushing a train manually, which comes to a sudden halt. Users on social media are sharing this video relentlessly. A verified account by the name of Time8 posted this video on Twitter and wrote: "Army-police personnel started the train lying on the tracks by pushing, the video went viral". [...] Another account by the name of Hum log We the People posted the same video on Twitter , captioning: "When the train did not run, the army-police personnel pushed and started it! viral video Falaknuma Express".
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2023-07-13): The video depicting police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train has gained significant traction on various social media platforms. It is being shared alongside a political assertion, targeting the government, stating that this represents a novel method of initiating train movement. In this article, let’s investigate the veracity of the video and shed light on the truth behind its contents. [...] While the video indeed depicts police, army, and passengers collectively exerting force to move the train, it is important to note that contrary to the claim, the effort is not to physically start the train but to detach the coaches from others which caught fire, following a train accident. [...] On 07 July 2023, a portion of the Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express caught fire causing damage to a few coaches. To reduce the impact of the damage, the rear coaches were isolated to prevent the fire from spreading to other coaches. It was manually removed by railway staff and local police. The viral visuals shared in the post depict the collective efforts by the police, army, and passengers. News agencies that reported the incident can be read here and here.
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2023-07-10): A video captured a moment when Army jawans, police teams, railway staff, locals, and commuters united to push a train. Initially, there were speculations about the train unexpectedly stopping, leading to the collaborative effort to restart it. However, the South Central Railway has now clarified the incident, revealing it as a heroic act to avert a potentially catastrophic fire. [...] The train stopped in moving condition, when the train did not move, the #jawans pushed it, these are the jawans of our country.#railway #RailwayApprentice #JawanTrailer #BoycottbollywoodCompletely pic.twitter.com/C07ItsLKqt— Surveer (@Surveer886) July 10, 2023 [...] Railway personnel and Local police joined hands to detach the rear coaches & avoid further speead of fire. Our gratitude to the alert police personnel for responding promptly.
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2024-10-02): Meena said personnel of the Government Railway Police (GRP), local police and BSF have conducted a search.
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2002-04-30): 18 The Railway Protection Force is a central government police force for Indian railways. RPF officers were present during the Godhra massacre; S. Satayanarayanan, "Godhra Carnage Not Preplanned: RPF Report Dispels Conspiracy Theory," Tribune, April 9, 2002.
Claim: Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-12)
Evidence (2021-05-06): Two guys came out to push it. I joined in to help. After some pushing the guys outside remembered there were three more people in the car apart from the driver. They convinced two girls to come out and push with us. The third one simply refused to come out.
Claim: Recent picture of US President Joe Biden having ice cream in Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-21)
Evidence (2023-02-21): The post shared a digitally altered image created by merging a picture of Kyiv’s street food centre and an old image of Joe Biden taken while he was eating ice cream during his visit to Ohio in May 2021. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
Claim: Recent picture of US President Joe Biden having ice cream in Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-21)
Evidence (2024-10-08): Joe Biden branded 'super weird' for enjoying ice cream while addressing Gaza ceasefire [...] Podcast host Clay Travis wrote on X: "Joe Biden eating ice cream while answering reporter questions about serious issues isn’t charming, it’s super weird. [...] US National Security strategist Naoufal Houjami said: "Joe Biden's ignoring the CHAOS of his failure policies in New York and America by eating ice cream."
Claim: Recent picture of US President Joe Biden having ice cream in Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-21)
Evidence (2023-02-21): Biden visits Zelensky in Kyiv and says Putin 'dead wrong' on Ukraine war The US will back Ukraine in its fight against Russia for "as long as it takes", US President Joe Biden has said on an unannounced visit to Kyiv. [...] President Biden's visit to Kyiv came ahead of a three-day visit to Poland where he will meet the country's President, Andrzej Duda, and east European members of the Nato military alliance.
Claim: Recent picture of US President Joe Biden having ice cream in Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-21)
Evidence (2024-09-26): Statement from President Joe Biden on U.S. Support for Ukraine I am proud to welcome President Zelenskyy back to the White House today. For nearly three years, the United States has rallied the world to stand with the people of Ukraine as they defend their freedom from Russian aggression, and it has been a top priority of my Administration to provide Ukraine with the support it needs to prevail. In that time, Ukraine has won the battle of Kyiv, reclaimed more than half the territory that Russia seized at the start of the war, and safeguarded its sovereignty and independence. But there is more work to do. That is why, today, I am announcing a surge in security assistance for Ukraine and a series of additional actions to help Ukraine win this war.
Claim: Recent picture of US President Joe Biden having ice cream in Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-02-21)
Evidence (2023-02-20): Biden in Ukraine: How the president's surprise visit was kept a secret [...] Appearing in a war zone under regular attack, White House officials describe Joe Biden's unexpected visit to Ukraine's capital Kyiv as "unprecedented in modern times". [...] President Biden then spent 10 hours on a train to get to Kyiv. He could have visited other locations inside Ukraine that would have been easier to get to, but he wanted to make the symbolic trip to Kyiv itself.