{"id":40444,"date":"2019-07-06T21:51:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T16:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=40444"},"modified":"2019-07-06T21:51:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T16:21:57","slug":"no-fm-nirmala-sitharaman-did-not-claim-that-modi-govt-distributed-35000-crore-led-bulbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-fm-nirmala-sitharaman-did-not-claim-that-modi-govt-distributed-35000-crore-led-bulbs\/","title":{"rendered":"No, FM Nirmala Sitharaman did not claim that Modi govt distributed 35,000 crore LED bulbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A screengrab of leading news channel <em>CNBC Awaaz <\/em>is being shared on social media. It quotes Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman claiming during her maiden budget that BJP government has distributed 35,000 crores LED bulbs in the country. A twitter handle <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlkaMaverick\/status\/1147176886163787776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AlkaMaverick<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>posted the screenshot with the message, <em>&#8220;\u092f\u0947 LED \u092c\u0932\u094d\u092c \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0915\u094b \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0939\u0948???? \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e..\u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b??? (Who got this LED bulb? I didn&#8217;t get it, did you?)&#8221;.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947 LED \u092c\u0932\u094d\u092c \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0915\u094b \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0939\u0948???? \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e..\u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BkEwKloKoa\">pic.twitter.com\/BkEwKloKoa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alka (@AlkaMaverick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlkaMaverick\/status\/1147176886163787776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The comments of several users on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=LED%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%2035%2C000&amp;epa=SEARCH_BOX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=LED%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%2035%2C000&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> testify that many people believed the Finance Minister to have made the statement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40453\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/35000-bulb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/35000-bulb.jpg 455w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/35000-bulb-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Preeti Chobey, the national executive member of the Samajwadi Party, also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/preeti_chobey\/status\/1147130859490664449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> the same screenshot and took a jibe at the ruling party.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">35000 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c LED \u092c\u0932\u094d\u092c \u092c\u093e\u0902\u091f\u0947 \u0917\u090f \u092f\u093e \u092c\u0947\u091a\u0947 \u0917\u090f? \u092f\u093e \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0918\u094b\u091f\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u093e?<br \/>\n\u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u0932\u094d\u092c \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e?<br \/>\n\u0939\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0924\u094b \u090f\u0915 \u092d\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e!!<br \/>\n\u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u094b \u0915\u094b \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0924\u094b \u092c\u0924\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0947, \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092d\u0940 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e \u0924\u092c \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/socialistsatya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@socialistsatya<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YztltMiqtG\">pic.twitter.com\/YztltMiqtG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Preeti Chobey (@preeti_chobey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/preeti_chobey\/status\/1147130859490664449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Fact-check<\/h2>\n<p>Upon watching the complete July 5 budget <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jyvN4KDQwBg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speech<\/a> of Nirmala Sitharaman, Alt News found that the figure cited by\u00a0<em>CNBC Awaz<\/em> was incorrect. In her speech, the Finance Minister claimed that 35 crore (and not 35,000 crore) LED bulbs were distributed in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In the video posted below, Sitharaman can be heard saying at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jyvN4KDQwBg?t=4008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1:06:48<\/a>, <em>&#8220;Approximately 35 crore LED bulbs have been distributed under UJALA Yojana, leading to cost saving of Rs 18,341 crores annually.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jyvN4KDQwBg?start=3991\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jyvN4KDQwBg?start=3991<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The same was cross-checked with the text of her speech available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiabudget.gov.in\/budgetspeech.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Indiabuget.gov.in<\/em><\/a>, the official website of the Union Budget under the GOI&#8217;s Finance Ministry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40457\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/SS-of-FMs-speech.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/SS-of-FMs-speech.png 701w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/SS-of-FMs-speech-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News contacted a source within <em>CNBC Awaaz <\/em>who informed that &#8220;35,000&#8221; LED bulbs was a typo made during the broadcast and was corrected soon after it came to the organisation&#8217;s notice.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, a screengrab of <em>CNBC Awaaz&#8217;s<\/em>\u00a0broadcast, where the news channel had mistakenly quoted the FM, was circulated on social media to question and target the BJP government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A screengrab of leading news channel CNBC Awaaz is being shared on social media. It quotes Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman claiming during her maiden budget that BJP government has distributed 35,000 crores LED bulbs in the country. A twitter handle @AlkaMaverick\u00a0posted the screenshot with the message, &#8220;\u092f\u0947 LED \u092c\u0932\u094d\u092c \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0915\u094b \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0939\u0948???? \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":40463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[152],"class_list":["post-40444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No, FM Nirmala Sitharaman did not claim that Modi govt distributed 35,000 crore LED bulbs - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No, FM Nirmala Sitharaman did not claim that Modi govt distributed 35,000 crore LED bulbs - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A screengrab of leading news channel CNBC Awaaz is being shared on social media. 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