evidence: The finance minister in his budget speech mentioned that the, ‘Ambitious Bharatmala Pariyojana has been approved for providing seamless connectivity of interior and backward areas and borders of the country to develop about 35000 kms in Phase-I at an estimated cost of 5,35,000 crore.’ [...] An update on the program is available from the response to a Lok Sabha question in July 2018 which says that, ‘out of the total financial outlay of Rs. 5,35,000 crores allocated for Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I, projects with financial implication of approximately Rs. 1,44,300 crores for a length of about 6320 kms have been awarded.’ [...] Fact: The total financial outlay of Rs. 5,35,000 crores is for the entire Bharatmala Pariyojana. Till July 2018, projects worth Rs. 1,44,300 crores have been awarded. The claim talks about the total outlay which is a future event. Hence is claim is PARTLY TRUE.