“Current coal crisis artificial, done to privatise the electricity department – Newsclip related to privatising Chandigarh electricity department”
What FACTLY found
This is an old news clip, that dates back November 2020 and has nothing to do with the current ongoing coal crisis in India. There are multiple reasons for the ongoing coal crisis in the country. Revival of the economic activity, increase in international spot market coal prices, cash flow problems affecting the electricity sector, railways facing high passenger traffic, thus effecting the coal freight, etc. add up to the current crisis. However, it is not the first time country facing such i...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 10 May 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 May 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.