Source directory
The documents behind the guides. Exact claim locators are listed on each article.
Source checks are not independent editorial or legal approval, or continuous monitoring.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Winning Candidates analysis
Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch
- Source type
- independent primary analysis
- Published
- 2024-06-06
- Reference period
- Winning-candidate records in the 2024 Lok Sabha election
- What was inspected
- Cover, provenance note and page 6 criminal-case summary inspected; page 6 checked visually.
Historical election cohort as analysed by ADR; not current Parliament membership, a deduplicated person census or a current case-status database.
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, original gazette text
Ministry of Home Affairs / Gazette of India
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Act 46 of 2023, original enactment
- Published
- 2023-12-25
- What was inspected
- Definitions, police report, charge/discharge provisions and savings clause inspected.
Original enacted text, not a guaranteed current consolidation. Used for general legal vocabulary, not eligibility, deadline or advice for a specific proceeding. Older proceedings may continue under the former code under the savings provision.
Budget at a Glance 2026–2027
Ministry of Finance
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Union Budget 2026–27
- Reference period
- 2024–25 actuals; 2025–26 BE and RE; 2026–27 BE
- What was inspected
- PDF page 3 table (printed page 1) inspected in text and screenshot; units and column headings checked.
Key to Budget Documents 2026–2027
Ministry of Finance
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Union Budget 2026–27
- Published
- 2026-02
- What was inspected
- Explanatory text inspected; first content page checked as a PDF image.
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Constitution of India, official English compilation
Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- As on 1 May 2026
- What was inspected
- Cover and cited constitutional provisions inspected; PDF page numbers below are physical PDF pages, not printed article-page labels.
This compilation has a stated cutoff. No assertion that every post-cutoff notification or judgment was exhaustively checked. Article explanations concern the provisions cited, not personalised legal advice.
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- Why should I care about politics?
- Country, State, government and party: what is the difference?
- I am new to this. Where do I start?
- Union, state or local government: who is responsible?
- What do MLAs and MLCs do?
- Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha: why two Houses?
- What can an MP actually do?
- How does a Bill become an enforceable law?
- What is the opposition supposed to do?
- Who is actually responsible for this local problem?
- Who should fix this road or bus service?
- Who should answer for unsafe water or poor sanitation?
- How do votes become seats?
- How can I compare candidates without a popularity contest?
- What does a CAG report prove, and what does it not prove?
- Political terms in plain English
Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
- Source type
- official primary
- What was inspected
- About, tracking/appeal description and matters excluded from redress read.
Electors on the voter list and identification at polling
Election Commission of India, published by PIB
- Source type
- official primary
- Published
- 2025-10-10
- What was inspected
- Paragraphs stating roll inclusion is a prerequisite and EPIC identifies the voter inspected.
The notice concerns specified 2025 elections. Its election-specific alternative ID list is not reproduced as a universal current list.
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eGramSwaraj overview
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- Source type
- official primary
- What was inspected
- Panchayat profile, planning and progress-reporting modules inspected.
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Local Government Directory overview
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- Source type
- official primary
- What was inspected
- Directory purpose, local-body hierarchy and unique codes read.
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Lok Sabha frequently asked questions
Lok Sabha Secretariat
- Source type
- official primary
- What was inspected
- Evergreen procedure sections read: scrutiny, motions, committees and member contact information.
Some office-holder and historical House details on this FAQ are stale. No current names, salaries or membership totals are taken from it.
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- Country, State, government and party: what is the difference?
- Union, state or local government: who is responsible?
- Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha: why two Houses?
- What can an MP actually do?
- How does a Bill become an enforceable law?
- What is the opposition supposed to do?
- How can I compare candidates without a popularity contest?
- How can I ask an MP, MLA or councillor a question that needs an answer?
Questions in Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha Secretariat
- Source type
- official primary
- What was inspected
- Question procedure and question-category overview inspected; no live performance rankings calculated.
MyNeta affidavit repository and data provenance
Association for Democratic Reforms
- Source type
- independent primary analysis
- What was inspected
- Repository explanation and original-affidavit precedence disclaimer inspected.
Independent non-government repository, not a court finding. Individual 2026 affidavits have not been checked for this package.
Indian Constitution at Work, chapter 3: Election and Representation
NCERT
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Reprint 2026–27
- What was inspected
- FPTP explanation on PDF pages 6–7 inspected.
Historical illustrations and proposals for electoral reform are not current law. No figures from historic examples used as live results.
Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025: release and methods note
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, published by PIB
- Source type
- official primary
- Published
- 2026-03-27
- Reference period
- January–December 2025
- What was inspected
- Key findings, indicator definitions, revised sampling and comparability note read.
This release, not the full underlying report, is the inspected numerical source. Annual usual-status estimates are not current-month unemployment or a job-quality measure.
Reuters standards and values
Reuters
- Source type
- publisher own standards
- What was inspected
- Accuracy, corrections, source attribution and anonymous sourcing standards read.
A publisher statement about its own standards is not independent proof every report meets them.
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Road accident death data: Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question 2820
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways / Rajya Sabha
- Source type
- official primary
- Published
- 2026-08-12
- Reference period
- 2024 road fatalities
- What was inspected
- Both pages read in text and screenshots, including question versus answer and differing series.
The figures and explanations are attributed to the Ministry in this answer. The three underlying full report series were not independently audited here.
Introduction to legislation
Rajya Sabha Secretariat
- Source type
- official primary
- What was inspected
- Introduction describing Bills and the legislative process inspected.
Right to Information Act 2005, CIC-hosted compilation
Central Information Commission
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- As modified up to 1 February 2011
- What was inspected
- Sections 2(f), 2(j), 3 and 4 read for the basic records-access concept only.
Not a current consolidated Act. Do not use this copy for present territorial extent, amended exemptions, service conditions, deadlines or case-specific rights. Current procedural references use the live portal.
RTI Online frequently asked questions
Department of Personnel and Training
- Source type
- official primary
- What was inspected
- FAQ on covered authorities, acknowledgement, routing and request status inspected.
A Guide for the Information Seekers under the RTI Act 2005
Department of Personnel and Training; official copy hosted by AIIMS Bhubaneswar
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- DoPT memorandum dated 8 November 2007
- Published
- 2007-11-08
- What was inspected
- Cover/date and PDF page 5 (printed page 2) read visually.
Historical guide. The 2025 URL folder is not the publication date. Used only for existing-information versus creating answers distinction, not current fees, exemptions or deadlines.
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RTI Online, Central Government portal
Department of Personnel and Training
- Source type
- official primary
- What was inspected
- Current scope warning and portal introduction read.
SIFT: The Four Moves
Mike Caulfield
- Source type
- method author primary
- Published
- 2019-06-19
- What was inspected
- Original verification framework used as an attributed method; no empirical effect sizes asserted.
Constitution of India: official English compilation
Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- As on 1 May 2026
- What was inspected
- Cover visually checked; cited articles, schedules and relevant footnotes inspected in parsed text.
The compilation has a 1 May 2026 cutoff. These are explanations of cited provisions, not a claim that every later case or notification has been reviewed. No current office-holder or live majority is inferred.
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Lok Sabha frequently asked questions
Lok Sabha Secretariat
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Page includes an as-on 1 August 2019 notice
- What was inspected
- Relevant passages read from the original source through web retrieval.
Only basic question-format explanations are used. Dated office-holder information, membership numbers, exact notice periods and conflicting timing statements are not reused.
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Introduction to parliamentary committees
Lok Sabha Secretariat
- Source type
- official primary
- What was inspected
- Relevant passages read from the original source through web retrieval.
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Handbook chapter III: Parliamentary Committees
Lok Sabha Secretariat
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Parliament-hosted handbook chapter; publication date not established
- What was inspected
- PDF text inspected, including printed pages 146–149; first-page committee table visually checked.
Historical examples and lists in the handbook are not presented as current committee membership. A report must be read with its own date and scope.
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Handbook chapter V: anti-defection provisions
Lok Sabha Secretariat
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Parliament-hosted handbook chapter
- What was inspected
- Four-page chapter inspected; printed page 176 visually checked.
Simplified parliamentary explanation. The full Tenth Schedule and case-specific orders control; no named current dispute is adjudicated here.
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Constitutional provisions for State Election Commissions
State Election Commission, Himachal Pradesh
- Source type
- official primary
- What was inspected
- Relevant passages read from the original source through web retrieval.
Reproduction of constitutional provisions, not a verified list of every state/local election procedure or special-area arrangement.
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Online filing of political-party financial accounts
Election Commission of India, via PIB
- Source type
- official primary
- Published
- 2023-07-03
- What was inspected
- Relevant passages read from the original source through web retrieval.
Establishes the three report categories and the filing initiative. It does not verify the completeness or truth of any party’s individual filing.
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ECI uploads electoral-bond data received from SBI
Election Commission of India, via PIB
- Source type
- official primary
- Published
- 2024-03-21
- Reference period
- Historical disclosure event on 21 March 2024
- What was inspected
- Relevant passages read from the original source through web retrieval.
Disclosure event only. Underlying transaction files were not reconstructed or audited in this release.
Common Cause and connected petitions: Supreme Court order
Supreme Court of India
- Source type
- official primary
- Published
- 2024-08-02
- Reference period
- Order dated 2 August 2024
- What was inspected
- Original ten-page order inspected, especially the recap of the February judgment and paragraphs 15–17.
Historical order, not a live status check of all electoral-bond investigations. Petitioners’ allegations are not judicial findings. The February judgment is referenced through this later official order, not claimed as fully inspected.
Budget at a Glance 2026–27
Ministry of Finance
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Union Budget 2026–27
- Reference period
- FY 2024–25 actuals; FY 2025–26 BE and RE; FY 2026–27 BE
- What was inspected
- Five-page PDF inspected. Main table on PDF page 3 was visually checked against parsed values.
Union figures, not consolidated Union/state/local finances. Estimates are not actual expenditure. Published crore values can produce small arithmetic differences because of rounding; no source total is silently adjusted.
Output Outcome Monitoring Framework 2026–27
Government of India / Union Budget
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- 2026–27 major Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored schemes
- Reference period
- FY 2026–27 targets
- What was inspected
- Preface and selected scheme pages inspected. This release uses definitions, not a full audit of 302 pages.
Budget targets are not achievements. An outcome indicator can be an imperfect proxy for the public benefit of interest.
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Department of Expenditure procurement manuals directory
Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance
- Source type
- official primary
- What was inspected
- Live index inspected: Works Second Edition 2025 listed 5 January 2026; Goods Second Edition 2024; service manuals 2025.
An index verifies listed editions, not the text of every manual. Works and service manuals are not claimed as read.
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Manual for Procurement of Goods, Second Edition 2024
Department of Expenditure; copy hosted by IIT Kanpur
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Second Edition 2024
- What was inspected
- Official manual on public-institution host. Cited sections read; printed page 42 / PDF page 66 visually checked.
Central goods-procurement framework; not a universal rulebook for every state, municipality, works contract or service purchase. Current tender terms and applicable amendments must be checked for an individual contract.
Consumer Price Index release: September 2026
National Statistics Office, MoSPI
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- CPI base 2024=100
- Published
- 2026-10-12
- Reference period
- September 2026 provisional; August 2026 final
- What was inspected
- Ten-page release inspected. Main table (PDF page 1) and division table (PDF page 6) visually checked.
Year-on-year rates are not month-on-month price changes. CFPI is not identical to the Food and Beverages division. September figures are provisional. Rounded indices do not reproduce every published rate exactly.
UDISE+ 2025–26: Ministry of Education release and tables
Ministry of Education, via PIB
- Source type
- official primary
- Published
- 2026-07-07
- Reference period
- Academic years 2022–23 through 2025–26
- What was inspected
- Original release’s HTML tables inspected directly, not reconstructed from search snippets.
Selected tables from the ministry’s release, not a full extraction of the national reports. Administrative reporting is not an independent measure of classroom learning or daily facility functionality. Narrative claims of causal success are not adopted.
ASER basic survey design and scope
ASER Centre
- Source type
- independent primary analysis
- What was inspected
- Original survey producer’s design explanation inspected.
Explains the basic rural household survey. Not all ASER thematic or rapid surveys use this design. No new national learning estimate is extracted here.
National Health Accounts 2022–23 release
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, via PIB
- Source type
- official primary
- Published
- 2026-05-27
- Reference period
- FY 2013–14, 2021–22 and 2022–23 (selected comparisons)
- What was inspected
- Official release inspected, including the GDP-series note. Full NHA report was too large for successful web retrieval; no claim of full-table inspection.
The source is the official release, not the full report. Percentages use different denominators. Rounded expenditure amounts must not be converted into invented exact totals. Aggregate spending does not establish access, quality or individual bills.
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National Air Quality Index launch and methodology
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, via PIB
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Indian National AQI category framework
- Published
- 2014-10-17
- What was inspected
- Original methodology text and category table inspected.
Reference classification, not live air-quality readings, pollutant source attribution, exposure estimates or individual medical advice.
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National Air Quality Index: concept note
Indian Economic Service, Ministry of Finance
- Source type
- official primary
- What was inspected
- Official explanatory page inspected to corroborate the category framework.
Undated concept explanation, not a monitoring dataset.
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Central Pollution Control Board: functions
Government of India, via PIB
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Historical government explanation of institutional functions
- Published
- 2008-06-02
- What was inspected
- Government description of central coordination and pollution-control functions inspected.
Broad institutional functions only. No historical monitoring-station count is presented as current. State/local enforcement powers must be identified for the actual issue.
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Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition
World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank
- Source type
- method author primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Second Edition
- Published
- 2016
- What was inspected
- Original book inspected: counterfactual discussion in chapter 3 and equal-trends discussion in chapter 7.
Method explanation, not an evaluation of an Indian policy. Numerical teaching examples in this pack are newly authored and explicitly synthetic.
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SIFT: The Four Moves
Mike Caulfield
- Source type
- method author primary
- Published
- 2019-06-19
- What was inspected
- Author’s original post inspected; comments and trackbacks are not evidence.
Verification workflow, not a guarantee that an image or claim can be conclusively authenticated.
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Political advertisements and MCMC pre-certification
Election Commission of India, via PIB
- Source type
- official primary
- Published
- 2026-03-20
- Reference period
- Guidance issued for specified 2026 assembly elections and by-elections
- What was inspected
- Original release inspected, including scope of electronic political advertisements.
Dated election guidance, not a statement that every political opinion post requires certification. Certification is not an independent fact-check endorsement.
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Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 2110: Pre-Legislative Consultation Policy
Ministry of Law and Justice / Lok Sabha
- Source type
- official primary
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- Reference period
- Reply dated 12 December 2025
- What was inspected
- All three PDF pages inspected; answer page visually checked.
Establishes what the ministry answered on this date. It does not establish that no department consulted the public or that the 2025 position is unchanged indefinitely.
Decisions on Pre-Legislative Consultation Policy
Committee of Secretaries, Government of India; copy hosted by Jacobs, Cordova & Associates
- Source type
- official primary mirror
- Edition / cutoff
- 2014 policy
- Reference period
- Committee of Secretaries meeting: 10 January 2014
- What was inspected
- Original three-page policy copy inspected; PDF page 2 visually checked. Official department landing page did not return readable policy text.
Primary government document on a third-party host, disclosed as a mirror. Policy language is not a universal statutory deadline or a guarantee of an oral hearing.
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Representation of the People Act 1951: election-expense provisions
Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala (statutory text host)
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Hosted compilation; consolidation date not established
- What was inspected
- Sections 76–78 on PDF pages 38–39 inspected.
Used only for the distinction between candidate expense accounts and party reports, scoped to Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. No expenditure ceiling, current filing instruction or obsolete electoral-bond exemption is extracted. Other provisions are not presented as fully current.
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State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. v. Brij Pal Singh & Anr., 2026 INSC 901
Supreme Court of India
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Judgment dated 20 August 2026
- Published
- 2026-08-20
- What was inspected
- Case heading and paragraph 10.3 inspected in parsed PDF text.
Used only to distinguish a chargesheet from a closure report. The judgment concerns a special statute; its procedural holding is not presented as a universal police-power rule.
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Conducting Youth Parliament: glossary entry for Whip
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
- Source type
- official primary
- Edition / cutoff
- Publicly hosted training manual; publication date not established
- What was inspected
- Appendix I glossary entry “Whip” inspected in text and page image, physical PDF page 41.
Used only for the party-official definition. Do not infer that historical rules, examples or membership references elsewhere in this manual are current.