Government promises
When a minister tells Parliament "we will look into it" or "we will provide the figures", it is recorded as an assurance. CivicLens tracks all of them, from the official record. Built 15 Nov 2026.
16,550assurances given in Parliament, 1987 to 2026
82 percentrecorded as fulfilled (13,606)
1,832still pending
1,181pending for more than a year
499 daysmedian time to fulfil, from the day it was given
Which ministries keep their word
Every promise a minister gave on the floor of Parliament and agreed to follow up. Click a column heading to sort. Ministries with fewer than five assurances are left out.
| Ministry | Assurances | Fulfilled | Pending | Pending over a year | Dropped | Median days to fulfil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railways | 1,038 | 78% | 127 | 79 | 98 | 504 days |
| Finance | 911 | 88% | 50 | 30 | 61 | 383 days |
| Education | 822 | 86% | 74 | 61 | 38 | 534 days |
| Road Transport and Highways | 784 | 81% | 119 | 56 | 29 | 478 days |
| Home Affairs | 780 | 84% | 7 | 5 | 116 | 491 days |
| Law and Justice | 668 | 79% | 38 | 33 | 103 | 615 days |
| Civil Aviation | 661 | 70% | 165 | 85 | 30 | 464 days |
| Communications | 630 | 92% | 32 | 16 | 19 | 574 days |
| Health and Family Welfare | 626 | 88% | 54 | 35 | 21 | 523 days |
| Defence | 559 | 89% | 22 | 21 | 39 | 487 days |
| Chemicals and Fertilizers | 557 | 88% | 61 | 29 | 5 | 757 days |
| Labour and Employment | 523 | 86% | 56 | 36 | 19 | 606 days |
| Environment, Forests and Climate Change | 437 | 93% | 9 | 5 | 22 | 702 days |
| Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | 417 | 87% | 39 | 32 | 15 | 345 days |
| Coal | 347 | 92% | 22 | 10 | 6 | 519 days |
| Petroleum and Natural Gas | 332 | 86% | 36 | 20 | 11 | 477 days |
| Housing and Urban Affairs | 331 | 76% | 59 | 42 | 21 | 443 days |
| Jal Shakti | 328 | 79% | 48 | 38 | 22 | 398 days |
| Rural Development | 320 | 82% | 28 | 17 | 29 | 407 days |
| Social Justice and Empowerment | 306 | 76% | 58 | 51 | 14 | 824 days |
| Culture | 294 | 76% | 45 | 35 | 26 | 515 days |
| Power | 289 | 71% | 58 | 29 | 26 | 510 days |
| Information and Broadcasting | 284 | 93% | 14 | 11 | 6 | 657 days |
| Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | 279 | 92% | 12 | 4 | 10 | 374 days |
| Commerce and Industry | 276 | 76% | 45 | 36 | 22 | 379 days |
| Ports, Shipping and Waterways | 259 | 73% | 55 | 30 | 14 | 600 days |
| Women and Child Development | 219 | 77% | 14 | 10 | 36 | 508 days |
| Youth Affairs & Sports | 217 | 86% | 16 | 11 | 14 | 730 days |
| Textiles | 196 | 77% | 22 | 15 | 23 | 377 days |
| Niti Aayog | 190 | 85% | 5 | 4 | 24 | 581 days |
| Tribal Affairs | 185 | 73% | 32 | 19 | 18 | 532 days |
| Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions | 180 | 83% | 12 | 12 | 19 | 840 days |
| Corporate Affairs | 177 | 81% | 23 | 17 | 11 | 476 days |
| Tourism | 176 | 68% | 51 | 42 | 6 | 492 days |
| External Affairs | 159 | 80% | 17 | 10 | 15 | 490 days |
| Atomic Energy | 148 | 49% | 58 | 38 | 17 | 513 days |
| Science and Technology | 143 | 90% | 12 | 6 | 2 | 434 days |
| New and Renewable Energy | 129 | 74% | 27 | 9 | 7 | 463 days |
| Ayush | 120 | 88% | 5 | 4 | 9 | 418 days |
| Electronics and Information Technology | 117 | 60% | 28 | 23 | 19 | 627 days |
| Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | 113 | 83% | 17 | 11 | 2 | 517 days |
| Heavy Industries | 103 | 80% | 4 | 4 | 17 | 576 days |
| Minority Affairs | 97 | 62% | 27 | 23 | 10 | 636 days |
| Mines | 95 | 92% | 7 | 6 | 1 | 457 days |
| Steel | 90 | 96% | 2 | 1 | 2 | 373 days |
| Earth Science | 79 | 77% | 12 | 10 | 6 | 433 days |
| Space | 76 | 67% | 21 | 11 | 4 | 496 days |
| Cooperation | 67 | 69% | 18 | 12 | 3 | 505 days |
| Micro Small and Medium Enterprises | 64 | 67% | 14 | 5 | 7 | 373 days |
| Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying | 63 | 76% | 14 | 10 | 1 | 589 days |
| Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation | 62 | 95% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 357 days |
| Food Processing Industries | 44 | 73% | 7 | 3 | 5 | 379 days |
| Panchayati Raj | 38 | 74% | 8 | 5 | 2 | 572 days |
| Overseas Indian Affairs | 33 | 97% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 540 days |
| Drinking Water and Sanitation | 32 | 97% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 376 days |
| Statistics and Programme Implementation | 31 | 84% | 5 | 0 | 0 | 511 days |
| Development of North Eastern Region | 17 | 47% | 6 | 4 | 3 | too few |
| Parliamentary Affairs | 13 | 92% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 867 days |
| Environment, Forests & Climate Change | 7 | 0% | 7 | 5 | 0 | too few |
Find a promise
Search by subject, assurance number or ministry. For open promises, the last column is the model estimate that it will be recorded as fulfilled within 90 days. How reliable is that estimate?
| Number | Given on | Subject | Ministry | Status | Fulfilled in 90 days |
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