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The numbers behind CivicLens, and a calculator you can use yourself. Every rate comes with a range, because a rate from a few cases is much less reliable than one from thousands.

64 percentof 9,046 reported Supreme Court judgments since 2011 were allowed in whole or part
63 to 65plausible range for that rate
16,550Parliament assurances tracked
1,832still pending

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A project, a case or a promise often needs several things to go right. Give the chance of each step, and see the chance that all of them, any of them, or a number of them happen.

How Supreme Court cases have ended, year by year

Share allowed in whole or part, with the plausible range. A narrow range means many cases. Click a heading to sort.

45%57%68%80%201520202025
YearDecidedAllowedPlausible range
202619471%64% to 77%
202567471%67% to 74%
202455670%66% to 74%
202365869%65% to 72%
202282674%71% to 77%
202152470%66% to 74%
202041159%54% to 64%
201977165%62% to 69%
201854462%58% to 66%
201750963%59% to 67%
201640560%55% to 65%
201558560%56% to 64%
201461362%58% to 66%
201365855%51% to 58%
201247552%47% to 56%
201164359%55% to 62%

Which ministries keep their word

From the record of assurances given in Parliament. Ministries with at least 100 assurances. The full table, with sorting, is on the Promises page.

Highest share fulfilled

  1. Information and Broadcasting: 93 percent of 284
  2. Environment, Forests and Climate Change: 93 percent of 437
  3. Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution: 92 percent of 279
  4. Coal: 92 percent of 347
  5. Communications: 92 percent of 630
  6. Science and Technology: 90 percent of 143
  7. Defence: 89 percent of 559
  8. Ayush: 88 percent of 120

Lowest share fulfilled

  1. Atomic Energy: 49 percent of 148
  2. Electronics and Information Technology: 60 percent of 117
  3. Tourism: 68 percent of 176
  4. Civil Aviation: 70 percent of 661
  5. Power: 71 percent of 289
  6. Tribal Affairs: 73 percent of 185
  7. Ports, Shipping and Waterways: 73 percent of 259
  8. New and Renewable Energy: 74 percent of 129

Most pending for over a year

  1. Civil Aviation: 85 assurances
  2. Railways: 79 assurances
  3. Education: 61 assurances
  4. Road Transport and Highways: 56 assurances
  5. Social Justice and Empowerment: 51 assurances
  6. Housing and Urban Affairs: 42 assurances
  7. Tourism: 42 assurances
  8. Jal Shakti: 38 assurances

Forecasts for individual open promises are on the Predict page.