{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-05T13:15:13.268Z","data":{"id":"bjp-up-2022-001","text":"Free electricity for irrigation for all farmers within five years.","quote":"अगले 5 वर्षों में हम सभी किसानों को सिंचाई के लिए मुफ्त बिजली उपलब्ध कराएंगे।","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"hi","quoteEnglish":"In the next 5 years we will provide free electricity for irrigation to all farmers.","page":5,"sector":"agriculture","measurability":"measurable","importance":"headline","deadline":"2027-03-31","deadlineType":"implied","status":"kept","rating":10,"ratingRule":"kept","provisional":false,"confidence":"high","reason":"The 2026-27 budget speech states farmers have received free power for tube-well irrigation since 1 April 2023. A 2024 report notes eligibility requires clearing earlier bills, so coverage is of registered private tube wells.","evidence":[{"date":"2026-02-11","sourceType":"budget","publisher":"Government of Uttar Pradesh, Finance Department","title":"Budget speech 2026-2027 (Hindi), PDF p. 5","url":"https://budget.up.nic.in/budgetbhashan/budgetbhashan_2026_2027.pdf","quote":"Translated from Hindi: Farmers are being provided free electricity supply for irrigation from tube wells from 1 April 2023.","stance":"supports"},{"date":"2024-03-26","sourceType":"news","publisher":"CMV360","title":"New rules impact free electricity scheme beneficiaries","url":"https://www.cmv360.com/news/new-rules-impacts-free-electricity-scheme-beneficiaries","quote":"Uttar Pradesh's Krishak Free Electricity Scheme serves approximately 14.32 lakh farmers, providing free electricity specifically for private tube wells (summary of article).","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["free-power","irrigation","tubewell"],"sensitive":false,"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"bjp-up-2022","partyId":"bjp","electionId":"up-2022"}}