How We Fact-Check
Modinama exists to hold public claims to a documented, verifiable standard. This page explains what we source from, how we rate claims, and how we preserve evidence against the risk that an original source is later edited, taken down, or deleted.
Sourcing Criteria
Every claim, promise, and report on this site is checked against primary or independently verifiable sources — never against other commentary or opinion pieces alone. We prioritize, in order:
- CAG Audits — reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, the constitutional auditor of government accounts and public-sector spending.
- RTI Responses — official replies obtained under the Right to Information Act, treated as primary government records.
- Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Transcripts — verbatim parliamentary records and written/oral answers tabled by ministers.
- Verified Journalism — reporting from outlets with a documented editorial and corrections process, cross- referenced against at least one other independent source where possible.
Rating Standard Definitions
Statements and quotes are rated on a six-point scale:
- True
- The claim is accurate and complete based on all available, verifiable evidence.
- Mostly True
- The claim is accurate but leaves out important details or adds context that would give a different impression.
- Half True
- The claim is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context.
- Mostly False
- The claim contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts that would create a substantially different impression.
- False
- The claim is not accurate and is contradicted by verifiable evidence.
- Jumla
- A rhetorical promise or slogan made for political effect, with no operational plan or evident intent to fulfill it — drawn from the Hindi political-discourse term for an empty pledge.
Manifesto promises are tracked separately on a five-point scale, since a promise is a commitment to future action rather than a single verifiable statement of fact:
- Promise Kept
- The pledge was substantially fulfilled as originally stated, within a reasonable timeframe of its stated target.
- In Progress
- Concrete steps toward the pledge are underway, but it has not yet been completed or is not yet due.
- Compromise
- A version of the pledge was fulfilled, but on materially different terms, timeline, or scope than originally promised.
- Stalled
- No meaningful progress has been made toward the pledge despite it being due or significantly overdue.
- Promise Broken
- The pledge was not fulfilled, was explicitly abandoned, or was contradicted by subsequent official action.
Link Preservation & Archiving Policy
Original sources — social media posts, news articles, government PDFs — can be edited, taken down, or deleted after publication. Every entry on this site carries two links: a Source link to the original, and a Mirror link to an independent snapshot taken at or near the time of publication, typically via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine or archive.today. If a source ever becomes unavailable, the mirror remains the authoritative record of what was actually said or published.
Data Transparency
Every dataset behind this site — promises, statements, reports, and macro indicators — is open for independent review. We publish the full schema and dataset rather than asking readers to take our ratings on faith.