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Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-05-26): The BJP government published an infographic titled ‘Harnessing yuva shakti through self-employment’ on the 48-months portal. The infographic makes four claims about self-employment related schemes of Startup India and MUDRA. This article is a fact check of these claims.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-02-01): Union Budget 2018 allocated Rs 3 lakh crore for Micro-Units Development & Refinance Agency Ltd (MUDRA), a nearly 20 per cent rise from the last year. The Budget 2017 had allocated Rs 2.44 lakh crore for Mudra. [...] This may provide the NDA government's job-creation target a much-needed boost ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-02-01): - Outlay on health, education and social protection will be 1.38 lakh crore. Tribal students to get Ekalavya Residential School in each tribal block by 2022. Welfare fund for SCs gets a boost. [...] - Rs. 5.97 lakh crore allocation for infrastructure - Ten prominent sites to be developed as Iconic tourist destinations - NITI Aayog to initiate a national programme on Artificial Intelligence(AI) - Centres of excellence to be set up on robotics, AI, Internet of things etc - Disinvestment crossed target of Rs 72,500 crore to reach Rs 1,00,000 crore - Comprehensive Gold Policy on the anvil to develop yellow metal as an asset class - 100 percent deduction proposed to companies registered as Farmer Producer Companies with an annual turnover upto Rs. 100 crore on profit derived from such activities, for five years from 2018-19.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-02-01): Education, Health, and Social Protection - Estimated budgetary expenditure on health, education and social protection at Rs.1.38 lakh crore - Ekalavya Model Residential School to be set up for tribal children - Investments for research & infra in premier educational institutions at Rs.1 lakh crore in next 4 years - Allocation on National Social Assistance Programme at Rs. 9975 crore - World’s largest government-funded health care programme titled National Health Protection Scheme announced - NHPS to cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries) [...] Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs) and Employment - Major thrust for Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs) – allocation at Rs. 3794 crore - Target of Rs.3 lakh crore for lending under MUDRA Yojana - 70 lakh formal jobs to be created this year - Govt to make 12% contribution of new employees in the EPF for all the sectors for 3 years - Outlay of Rs.7148 crore for the textile sector - Increase budgetary allocation on infrastructure for at Rs.5.97 lakh crore - To develop 10 prominent tourist sites into Iconic Tourism destinations - 35000 kms road construction in Phase-I at an estimated cost of Rs.5,35,000 crore [...] Digital Economy - NITI Aayog to initiate a national program to direct efforts in artificial intelligence - Department of Science & Technology to launch Mission on Cyber-Physical Systems - Allocation doubled on Digital India programme to Rs 3073 crore - To set up 5 lakh wifi hotspots to provide net-connectivity to five crore rural citizens - Rs. 10000 crore for creation and augmentation of telecom infrastructure
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-02-02): While funding for health, education and sanitation programmes in Budget 2018-19 appears to be the highest over the last three years–a 13 percent rise from the previous year–the money set aside has declined from actual allocations of 2017-18, according to a FactChecker analysis of Budget data . With an eye on the 2019 general elections, finance minister Arun Jaitley announced the world’s largest national health insurance programme, scholarships for 1,000 doctorate engineering students at the Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institute of Science, and the construction of 18.8 million toilets by 2019. The estimated budgetary expenditure on health, education and social protection for 2018-19 is now Rs.1.38 lakh crore, a 13 percent rise over the estimated expenditure of Rs.1.22 lakh crore in 2017-18. [...] On a positive note, the budget for the National Nutrition Mission –a programme that seeks to reduce stunting, undernutrition, anemia and low birth weight of babies–under the women and child development ministry, rose over three times, from Rs 950 crore in 2017-18 (revised estimates) to Rs 3,000 crore in 2018-19 (budget estimate). This restores the government’s commitment to the improving nutrition status among Indian children, after the programme’s budget was cut in the revised estimate for 2017-18. From an allocation of Rs 1,500 crore, the revised estimate came down 36.6 percent to Rs 950 crore for that year.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-02-02): The budget allocation for the Health Ministry for 2018-19 is Rs 52,800.00 crore in comparison to last year's allocation of Rs 47,352.51 crore, an increase of 5,448 crore or about 11.5 per cent. The revised allocation for 2017-2018 was Rs 51,550.85. The allocation in the last budget had seen an increase of 27.76 per cent from 2016-17. The allocation for the Department of Health Research for 2018-19 was raised to Rs 1,800.00 crore from the last budget's allocation of Rs 1,500.00 crore, an increase of Rs 300 crore.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-02-01): The Budget has given a big thrust to Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs) to boost employment and economic growth. A sum of Rs. 3794 crore has been provided for giving credit support, capital and interest subsidy and for innovations. MUDRA Yojana launched in April, 2015 has led to sanction of Rs.4.6 lakh crore in credit from 10.38 crore MUDRA loans. 76% of loan accounts are of women and more than 50% belong to SCs, STs and OBCs. It is proposed to set a target of Rs.3 lakh crore for lending under MUDRA for 2018-19 after having successfully exceeded the targets in all previous years. [...] Emphasising that infrastructure is the growth driver of economy, the Finance Minister estimated that investment in excess of Rs.50 lakh crore is needed to increase growth of GDP and connect the nation with a network of roads, airports, railways, ports and inland waterways. He announced increase of budgetary allocation on infrastructure for 2018-19 to Rs.5.97 lakh crore against estimated expenditure of Rs.4.94 lakh crore in 2017-18. [...] Department of Science & Technology will launch a Mission on Cyber Physical Systems to support establishment of centres of excellence for research, training and skilling in robotics, artificial intelligence, digital manufacturing, big data analysis, quantum communication and internet of things. The Budget doubled the allocation on Digital India programme to Rs 3073 crore in 2018-19.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-02-02): HEALTHCAREWith the Budget 2018-19, India has proposed the world's largest government-funded health protection plan, which aims to benefit 10 crore poor families of the nation with medical aid worth Rs 5 lakh each a year. The National Health Policy 2017 indicated that health expenditure would increase to 2.5% of GDP, but the goal is still far (it is 1.2% of the GDP right now). The increase in allocation towards healthcare is a minuscule 2.76 per cent compared to last year's budget. In fact, just 2.2 per cent of the total spending in budget is towards healthcare. TOURISMAn amount of Rs 2,150 crore was today allocated to the Ministry of Tourism under the Union Budget 2018-19, receiving a 21 per cent jump from the current fiscal. Within these projects, integrated development of tourist circuits has been allocated Rs 1,100 crore, up from Rs 950 crore in the current fiscal. The Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation (PRASAD) scheme was given Rs 150 crore as compared to Rs 100 crore in the last budget announcement. [...] TELECOM INFRASTRUCTUREThe Union Budget proposed an overall allocation of around Rs 14,500 crore for the 2018-19 fiscal to augment telecom infrastructure projects, which include an alternate communication network for defence services. Finance Minister
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-09-12): Premise [edit]The 2018 budget was considered to be a crucial one,[9][10][11] as it would be the first since the rollout of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime in India.[12][13][14] It was widely expected that the budget would either increase the exemption limit, or introduce a standard deduction for salaried people to reduce the tax burden, in addition to a reduction of the tax rate for the ₹5 lakh (equivalent to ₹6.7 lakh or US$8,000 in 2023)–₹10 lakh (equivalent to ₹13 lakh or US$16,000 in 2023) slab from 20% to 10%, and an increase in the 30% band above ₹10 lakh (equivalent to ₹13 lakh or US$16,000 in 2023).[15][16][17] The budget also came on the heels of a cut in the corporate tax rate in the United States.[18][19][20] Printing of the budget began on 20 January 2018 with the traditional Halwa ceremony.[21][22][23]
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-02-02): The Union budget figure for the financial year 2018-19 is about 10% higher than 2017-18, with most sectors witnessing an increase in terms of absolute numbers. For instance, education, which was allocated ₹8.18 lakh crore last year, has been allocated ₹8.5 lakh crore this year -- an increase of almost 4% in absolute terms. [...] Meanwhile, certain allocations like food subsidy and transportation have increased in this year’s budget. The visualisations below show the percentage of each sector in the budget. The treemaps below show the share of each sector in the budget. The size of each box is proportional to the percentage of allocation under each head. All allocation in ₹ crore.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-01-01): The Union Budget for 2018-19 has been announced by Mr Arun Jaitley, Union Minister for Finance, Government of India, in Parliament on February 1, 2018. It focuses on uplifting the rural economy and strengthening of the agriculture sector, healthcare for the economically less privileged, infrastructure creation and improvement in the quality of education of the country. Highlights of Union Budget 2018-19 [...] Click here for more details on the Union Budget 2018-19.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-12-06): The last claim is that, for the MUDRA scheme, ‘Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year.’ In Union Budget speech of 2018-19, the finance minister said, ‘It is proposed to set a target of 3 lakh crore for lending under MUDRA for 2018-19 after having successfully exceeded the targets in all previous years.’ It has to be noted that the 3 lakh crore is the lending target and not budget allocation by the government. This lending is to be done by various banks and other financial institutions. The actual budget allocation through equity capital to MUDRA Bank is only Rs. 900 crores. The total budget allocation including other credit guarantee is less than Rs. 2000 crore.The overall credit flow to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) sector has been over Rs. 3 lakh crores in the past as well, as per this answer & this answer in the Lok Sabha. [...] Fact: The Rs. 3 lakh crore is the lending target, not the budget allocation. The budget allocation to MUDRA bank is less than Rs. 2000 crore. Hence, the claim is FALSE.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-09-26): *By 2030, Indian middle class is expected to have the second-largest share in global consumption at 17%. *Propelled by growth in priority sectors and driven by favourable megatrends, India’s manufacturing sector has opened itself into new geographies and segments. [...] Union Minister of External Affairs, Dr. S. Jaishankar and Union Commerce an...
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2023-08-22): To meet the rising demand from power and industry, the country relied on expensive coal imports, with a 20% increase in non-coking coal imports (by volume) in FY 2023—the highest growth since FY 2015. As a result, the coal import bill reached INR 3.8 lakh crore (USD 47 billion) in FY 2023, an increase of 68% over FY 2022. To reduce costs to electricity providers and steelmakers, India fully exempted imported coal from custom duty for a short duration between June 2022 and November 2022, leading to high support levels. Our estimates show this measure alone led to foregone revenue of INR 10,000 crore (USD 1.2 billion) in FY 2023. Official estimates were not publicly available. Further, the Ministry of Power has mandated that imported coal-based power plants operate at full capacity till June 2024 and directed all thermal power plants to import a minimum of 6% of their fuel requirement for blending till March 2024. It is also planning 80 GW of new thermal capacity addition by 2031–2032 to meet the rising power demand in the country.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Going with the ruling party’s ideology and obsession with the national security, the defence budget crossing the INR 3 lakh crore mark is also not surprising. OROP (one rank, one pension) will take a sizeable amount of that allocation. [...] If we compare the budget estimates of this interim budget with the 2018-19 budget estimates, then corporation tax is estimated to increase by a whopping 22.4%, which is an increase of INR 1.39 lakh crore in collection. Similarly, income tax collection is budgeted to increase 17.2% in 2019-20, compared to last year’s budget estimate, which is once again a heavy increase of INR 0.89 lakh crore in collection. [...] Even expectations about GST collection looks quite overestimated. If we see the revised estimates for 2018-19 from budget documents, then there is a shortfall of INR 1 lakh crore when compared with the previous year’s budget estimates. When actual figures come in, the shortfall might even increase further. In the last fiscal year, GST collections fell short of its target quite alarmingly.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-02-29): Private philanthropy grew 10% in FY 2023, to INR 1.2 lakh crore ($15 billion). This faster growth (vs. FY 2018–2023’s 5% annual growth) was driven by growth in family philanthropy (15%) and retail (12%). However, segments like corporate social responsibility (CSR) and high-net-worth individual (HNI)/affluent donations grew moderately at 7%, despite an expanding donor base. [...] "India’s social sector needs to focus on improvement in the quality of social spend, especially public spend. It’s also crucial to balance allocations across sectors by directing funds towards under-represented sectors and geographies while looking at solving for improving societal outcomes." [...] Driven by strong economic growth and a surge in Indian capital markets, overall giving from HNIs and affluent individuals grew by 7% to reach INR 26,000 crore in FY 2023. Over the next five years, the number of HNIs and affluent individuals is expected to grow to 1.7 million, representing a cumulative net worth of INR 460 lakh crore.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2019-12-26): India would lose Rs 2.7 lakh crore or 0.36% per unit of its gross domestic product due to climate change, a report published by the Bonn-based think-tank Germanwatch said. India’s economic losses are the second highest in the world. [...] The 2019-20 budget allocated Rs 1.4 lakh crore to the agriculture ministry, a 141% rise from Rs 57,600 crore in the 2018-19 budget estimates. But the increased funding would not be enough to fight the ongoing agricultural crisis that has led to widespread farm agitations in India, IndiaSpend reported on February 12, 2019. [...] Of Rs 1,672 crore--close to half of the amount spent to build the Statue of Unity--sanctioned by the home ministry for the fund, 91% remains unused, FactChecker.in reported on December 7, 2019. The fund receives money from various sources, including the home ministry, the women's welfare ministry and the justice department. While funds allocated under the Department of Justice went completely unused, 20% of funds from the Ministry of Women and Child Development were used.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-07-23): "The capital outlay of ₹1,72,000 Crore will further strengthen the capabilities of Armed forces. Earmarking of ₹1,05,518.43 crore for domestic capital procurement will provide further impetus to Atmanirbharta," Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on ‘X’. He said he was pleased that Border Roads Organisation had got a 30% increase in allocation over the last Budget. This allocation of ₹6,500 crore to BRO would further accelerate the border Infrastructure, he stated. [...] The allocation of ₹6.22 lakh crore for the defence sector is 4.79% higher compared to the Budget Estimates (BE) of last year. Of this, a share of 27.66% goes to capital; 14.82% for revenue expenditure on sustenance and operational preparedness; 30.66% for pay and allowances; 22.70% for defence pensions, and 4.17% for civil organisations under MoD. [...] Revenue allocation: ₹2.83 lakh crore
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2020-01-07): Under union budget of India 2018–2019, INR 3762 crore (USD 581.09 million), was allotted for grid-interactive renewable power schemes and projects. As per the 31.12.2018, the installed capacity of total renewable power (excluding large hydropower) in the country amounted to 74.08166 GW. Around 9.363 GW of solar energy, 1.766 GW of wind, 0.105 GW of small hydropower (SHP), and biomass power of 8.7 GW capacity were added in 2017–2018. Table 11 shows the installed capacity of renewable energy over the last 10 years until the 31.12.2018. Wind energy continues to dominate the countries renewable energy industry, accounting for over 47% of cumulative installed renewable capacity (35,138.15 MW), followed by solar power of 34% (25,212.26 MW), biomass power/cogeneration of 12% (9075.5 MW), and small hydropower of 6% (4517.45 MW). In the renewable energy country attractiveness index (RECAI) of 2018, India ranked in fourth position. The installed renewable energy production capacity has grown at an accelerated pace over the preceding few years, posting a CAGR of 19.78% between 2014 and 2018 [45].
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-09-26): *Ministry of New and Renewable Energy targets 500 GW non-fossil-based electricity generation by 2030, as per the Prime Minister's COP26 announcement, with an added installation of 13.5 GW renewable energy capacity in 2023, corresponding to an investment of around Rs. 74,000 crores (US$ 8.90 billion). [...] *In the Interim Budget for 2024-2025, The fiscal allocation for solar power grid infrastructure development surged to Rs. 8,500 Crore (US$ 1.02 billion), a significant rise from the previous year’s Rs. 4,970 Crore (US$ 0.60 billion). *Further, Rs. 17,490 crores (US$ 2.10 billion) were allocated for the Green Hydrogen Mission and the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) Program.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Table 1: Budget Allocation for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (in Rs crore) [...] Table 2: Allocation to major schemes (in Rs crore) [...] In the past 10 years, fund utilisation of the Ministry has been above 70%. The Ministry was able to utilise 100% of the allocated funds in 2016-17. Allocation to the Ministry increased by 141% in 2019-20 on account of PM-KISAN. 48% of the allocation to the Ministry in 2023-24 is towards PM-KISAN. However, utilisation of funds reduced from 93% in 2018-19 to 73% in 2019-20. Utilisation was 93% in 2021-22.
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-10-09): - Showing the government’s farmer-centric focus, the budget set aside for agriculture increased 5 times from ₹1.37 lakh crore during 2007-14 to ₹7.27 lakh crore during 2014-25. [...] - Agricultural mechanization - During the period from 2014-15 to December, 2023 an amount of Rs 6405.55 crore has been allocated for agricultural mechanization. From within the funds of Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM), so far an amount of Rs 141.41 crores have been released towards Kisan drone promotion, which includes purchase of 317 Drones for their demonstration in 79070 hectares of land and supply of 527 drones to the farmers on subsidy. [...] Every year, under PM-KISAN Samman Yojana, direct financial assistance is provided to 11.8 crore farmers, including marginal and small farmers.[3] Under the scheme, farmers have received over Rs 2.80 lakh thousand crore so far. [4]
Claim: Allocation in budget 2018 raised to 3 lakh crore rupees, a rise of 20% over previous year. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Table 1: Budgetary Allocation to the Ministry of Rural Development (in Rs crore) [...] The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation aims to ensure that every citizen has access to clean drinking water and sanitation facilities.2 The Department has been allocated Rs 77,223 crore for 2023-24, a 29% increase over the revised estimates of 2022-23. From 2013-14, budgetary allocation to the department has grown by about 18%. However, a significant increase was seen in 2021-22, when the budgetary allocation was more than three times the revised estimates of the previous year. From 2019-20, the focus of expenditure by the Department shifted from sanitation to drinking water. [...] Figure 1: Budgetary allocation to the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (in Rs crore)