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Politics & government fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about politics & government. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

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Pagella PoliticaPolitics & government

Sono stati drasticamente ridotti personale (20 mila dipendenti in meno) e risorse (5,2 miliardi in meno in quattro anni) [alle province], ma sono rimaste funzioni fondamentali come la pianificazione territoriale, le strade, l'edilizia scolastica, il trasporto pubblico e privato

Publisher’s rating: C'eri quasi

Pagella Politica examined Anna Maria Bernini’s claim that provinces had lost about 20,000 employees and €5.2 billion while retaining essential responsibilities. It found the claim broadly right, but imprecise: the remaining functions she listed corresponded to those set out in the Delrio law, while the reduction in staff was 16,000, not 20,000. The funding figure also needs qualification. The review says that the cumulative cuts reached about €5.2 billion by 2017 only if an earlier €500 million reduction made by the Berlusconi government in 2010 is excluded, and if funds later returned through measures adopted from year to year are not counted. It also describes provinces as still operating amid uncertainty, with resources allocated as needed. Thus, the excerpt supports the broad account of substantial cuts alongside retained functions, but not the unqualified figures or timeframe in the claim.

FACTLYPolitics & government

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a country wide ban on Alcohol.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned a social-media post showing a screenshot of Narendra Modi’s speech and alleging that he had announced a country-wide alcohol ban. FACTLY’s review concluded that he had made no such announcement. Its central finding was that the image was not evidence of a new ban announcement: the review traced it to Modi’s New Year’s Eve address on December 31, 2016, and said he appeared in the same attire and against the same background as in the circulating image. The review describes using reverse image search to locate the earlier address and compare the matching visual details. It therefore treats the screenshot as an old image reused in a misleading post, rather than as a record of the claimed announcement. The review also characterizes the image as photoshopped, but the excerpt does not describe the specific edits; its stated provenance and visual comparison are the evidence it provides. As additional context, the review says alcohol taxes and duties fall under the states’ jurisdiction in the Constitution’s Seventh Schedule, so decisions about an alcohol ban or changes to alcohol taxation would be for the relevant state government, not the central government. It mentions Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s election-manifesto promise of an alcohol ban as a separate, state-level example—not as evidence that Modi announced a nationwide ban.