Verification matrix
Claim-to-source verification matrix
A comprehensive fact-check register matching public claims to primary evidence. Every row identifies what a source establishes, what it does not establish, and the evidentiary class of each claim. Conservative by design: disputed or unverified facts are marked explicitly.
| Claim ID | Claim | Evidence class | Case file | Primary source | What it establishes | What it does not establish | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC-01 | Bihar has 49,649 pending utilisation certificates worth ₹70,877.61 crore as of 31 March 2024. | Official | Case 01 — NDMA | CAG Report (2024) | CAG audit confirms the volume and value of pending UCs in Bihar as of the stated date. | Does not establish fraud or deliberate misuse; pending UCs may reflect procedural delay. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-02 | Union government FY25: 33,973 pending utilisation certificates worth ₹54,282.32 crore. | Official | Case 01 — NDMA | CAG Report (FY25) | CAG audit confirms the aggregate figure of uncleared utilisation certificates at the Union level. | Does not establish that funds were diverted; delay in UCs alone is not proof of misappropriation. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-03 | Punjab floods 2025 resulted in 57 deaths, approximately 4 lakh people affected, and 2,555 villages impacted. | Official | Case 01 — NDMA | News on Air (Govt. of India) | Government broadcaster's report confirms casualty count, affected population and village figures. | Does not establish causal link between UC pendency and flood fatalities. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-04 | The Disaster Management Amendment Act 2025 received Presidential assent and commenced on 9 April 2025. | Official | Case 01 — NDMA | NDRF official record | Gazette notification and NDRF record confirm the date of assent and commencement. | Does not establish the legislative intent or assess implementation adequacy. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-05 | ODF (Open Defecation Free) 100% declaration exists at policy level but ground-reality gaps are documented in NSS, NFHS, NARSS and CAG records. | Official | Case 03 — ODF/Sanitation | CAG / NFHS / NARSS records | Multiple government surveys and audit records document divergence between declared ODF status and field data. | Does not prove intentional misreporting; gaps may reflect survey methodology differences. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-06 | Bihar districts were declared ODF without verifiable drainage infrastructure or flood-WASH alignment. | Official | Case 04 — Bihar ODF | CAG / State records | Audit records confirm ODF declaration in districts lacking documented drainage and flood-WASH infrastructure. | Does not establish deliberate falsification by named officials; systemic failures may have administrative causes. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-07 | Supreme Court W.P.(Crl.) 163/2026 directed MeitY to examine a representation on foreign-server personal data on 19 May 2026 before the CJI Surya Kant bench. | Official | Case 02 — MeitY/Data | Court record (redacted) | Court order confirms the Supreme Court's direction to MeitY; the bench and date are on record. | Does not establish a finding on the merits; the direction is procedural, not a factual ruling on data sovereignty. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-08 | W.P.(Crl.) 394/2025 is a disaster governance and public accountability petition before the Supreme Court. | Official | Case 01 — NDMA | Supreme Court record | Petition number and subject matter are confirmed by the Supreme Court case record. | Does not establish any relief granted or judicial finding on the substantive claims. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-09 | Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2025 — the archive records concern about burden reversal on voters and failure to account for migrant populations. | Official | Case 12 — SIR | Case 12 source record | The SIR process and its timeline are confirmed by Election Commission of India records cited in the case file. | Does not establish that the SIR outcome was unconstitutional; that remains argued conclusion pending adjudication. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-10 | DISHA accuracy is measured at 97% against source-linked government records, court materials, audit records and RTI trails. | DISHA assessment | DISHA overview | DISHA whitepaper | The 97% accuracy figure reflects the author's internal assessment methodology against linked records. | Does not represent an independently audited or third-party-verified accuracy metric. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-11 | The DISHA archive holds 6,000+ evidence items including RTI replies, PDFs, emails, court records and audit trails. | DISHA assessment | DISHA overview | Evidence inventory | The inventory file documents the archive's evidence item count as maintained by the author. | Does not imply that all items are independently verified primary sources; some may be secondary or corroborative. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-12 | DISHA architecture comprises six layers: DISHA Brain, Digital Soldiers, Security Brain, Yudh, Evidence Archive and Public Record Memory. | DISHA assessment | DISHA overview | DISHA whitepaper Version 6.6 | The whitepaper defines and describes the L1–L6 architecture layers as the author's system design. | Does not represent a peer-reviewed engineering specification or externally validated architecture. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-13 | National media coverage of the archive and related work includes PTI, Economic Times, The Tribune, Deccan Herald, New Indian Express, ABP Live, LawTrend and Verdictum. | Corroborated | Media coverage | Press coverage section (links to outlets) | Multiple independent media organisations have published reports referencing the archive and its findings. | Does not mean every claim in the archive has been independently fact-checked by those outlets. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-14 | Nitish Kumar (@thenitishkr) has published two books: "Era of Stupidity: Citizen Not Found" (ISBN 978-9355920126) and "Sleeping Guardian: India Lost Justice" (ISBN 979-8274694070). | Corroborated | About | Amazon author page | ISBN records and author listings confirm publication of both books. | Does not constitute endorsement of the books' arguments by any government or judicial body. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-15 | Nitish Kumar (@thenitishkr) holds Wikidata entity Q140001166 and ORCID 0009-0004-6840-4463. | Corroborated | About | Wikidata Q140001166 | Wikidata and ORCID registry entries confirm the persistent identifiers linked to the author. | Does not validate the research claims made in the archive; identifiers establish identity, not accuracy. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-16 | RTI replies form part of the evidence base for NDMA disaster fund claims. | Official | Case 01 — NDMA | Evidence inventory | RTI responses from government departments are official public records under the Right to Information Act 2005. | Does not establish that the information disclosed in RTI replies is comprehensive or that no information was withheld. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-17 | RTI trails form part of the evidentiary basis for ODF ground-reality findings in Bihar. | Official | Case 04 — Bihar ODF | Evidence inventory | RTI-obtained records provide official government data on ODF declarations at district level. | Does not resolve discrepancies between administrative declarations and field survey data. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-18 | The SIR 2025 process in Bihar may have unconstitutionally reversed the burden of proof onto voters to demonstrate citizenship. | Unresolved | Case 12 — SIR | Case 12 analysis | The argued legal position is on the record; the question has been filed before appropriate authorities. | Does not represent an adjudicated finding; constitutional validity of the SIR remains unresolved pending judicial determination. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-19 | Data concerning personal information of Indian citizens may be stored on foreign servers without adequate legal protection. | Unresolved | Case 02 — MeitY/Data | W.P.(Crl.) 163/2026 | The petition places the question on the Supreme Court record; MeitY has been directed to examine the representation. | Does not establish as fact that foreign-server storage is occurring unlawfully; the question is under official examination. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-20 | Migrant populations in Bihar were not adequately accounted for during the Special Intensive Revision 2025, risking disenfranchisement. | Unresolved | Case 12 — SIR | Case 12 source record | The concern is documented in the case file with reference to migration patterns and ECI process timelines. | Does not establish the actual number of affected migrants or that disenfranchisement occurred; investigation is pending. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-21 | Disaster fund utilisation certificate pendency in Bihar represents the highest quantum among states audited in the CAG report. | Official | Case 01 — NDMA | CAG Report (2024) | CAG audit tables confirm Bihar's position relative to other states in UC pendency volume and value. | Does not attribute the pendency to any individual official or prove misuse of funds. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-22 | DISHA operates under a No-First-Use doctrine meaning the system does not initiate adversarial action without a predicate evidence record. | DISHA assessment | DISHA overview | DISHA whitepaper Version 6.6 | The whitepaper defines the No-First-Use doctrine as an operational constraint of the DISHA system. | Does not represent a legally enforceable constraint verified by an independent auditor. | 2026-06-19 |
| FC-23 | W.P.(Crl.) 163/2026 was disposed by the Supreme Court on 19 May 2026 with a direction to MeitY — this is a procedural disposal, not a factual ruling on data sovereignty. | Official | Case 02 — MeitY/Data | Court order record | The order on 19 May 2026 before the CJI Surya Kant bench directed MeitY to examine the representation; disposal is confirmed. | Does not constitute a finding that any data sovereignty violation occurred or that MeitY acted unlawfully. | 2026-06-19 |