FCN Signatories

Website

https://www.boomlive.in

Date

22/09/2025

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APPLICANT

Date: 21/06/2025

BOOMLive does not receive any funding from local/ foreign state or political sources.

Assessor´s verdict:

COMPLIANT

Conversation:

Assessor

NEEDS MORE INFO

Date: 30/07/2025

Perhaps a note on the promoters and the basic outlay of their funding can be mentioned somewhere or disclosed to MCA if applicable.

Applicant

NEEDS MORE INFO

Date: 10/09/2025

BOOMLive does not receive any funding from local / foreign state or political sources However, given the feedback from the assessor we have added more information in the About Us page related to our funders / promoters. You can check the page here: https://www.boomlive.in/about-us

Assessor

COMPLIANT

Date: 12/09/2025

The funders, promoters, legal status, organizational structure, and top editorial personnel are described with adequate detail on BOOM Live's "About Us" page. It additionally includes a required declaration of editorial independence from its funders, which is in line with MCA-FCN guidelines.

APPLICANT

Date: 21/06/2025

Please refer to Q 8 in BOOM Fact‑Check Methodology | How Boom Checks News & Claims. Conflict of Interest Disclosure: In the case of any fact-check referring to any individual, or entity that has a direct or indirect conflict of interest with BOOMLive or Outcue Media Pvt Ltd, a disclosure is made to that effect in the respective fact-check

Assessor´s verdict:

COMPLIANT

Conversation:

Assessor

NEEDS MORE INFO

Date: 30/07/2025

There is a conflict of interest disclosure on the website but it would be nice if some examples can be added if applicable. I could not find any example on the website.

Applicant

NEEDS MORE INFO

Date: 10/09/2025

Not applicable - as BOOMLive did not have a scope where a disclosure was necessary in a fact check about an individual or entity that had direct or indirect conflict of interest with BOOMLive or Outcue Media Pvt Ltd. Thus, we do not have any examples to share.

Assessor

COMPLIANT

Date: 12/09/2025

If there is no example, then it is understandable.

APPLICANT

Date: 21/06/2025

Organisations that contributed more than 5 per cent of total BOOM revenues in the Financial Year 2022-2023 are listed in the website. Please refer to the section for more details about BOOM’s funding: About BOOM | India’s Trusted Digital Fact-Checking Leader

Assessor´s verdict:

COMPLIANT

Conversation:

Assessor

NEEDS MORE INFO

Date: 30/07/2025

Could not find the details regarding FY 2022-23 from the mentioned link.

Assessor

NEEDS MORE INFO

Date: 30/07/2025

The page mentions Google and Facebook only. Do they have any more in FY 2023-24 or 2024-25?

Applicant

NEEDS MORE INFO

Date: 10/09/2025

Organisations that contributed more than 5 per cent of total BOOM revenues in the Financial Year 2023-2024 are listed here: • Facebook • Google Govindraj Ethiraj and Rajeshree Naik own majority stake in Outcue Media Private Limited. D Ashwin and Sunila D hold more than 10% stake each in the company.
Please refer to: https://www.boomlive.in/about-us for more details.

Assessor

COMPLIANT

Date: 12/09/2025

The names of two other stakeholders have been updated.

APPLICANT

Date: 21/06/2025

Govindraj Ethiraj and Rajeshree Naik own majority stake in Outcue Media Private Limited. For more details, please refer to the page: About BOOM | India’s Trusted Digital Fact-Checking Leader

Assessor´s verdict:

COMPLIANT

Conversation:

Assessor

NEEDS MORE INFO

Date: 30/07/2025

The page mentions two individuals as majority stakeholders but does not clarify if there are others stakeholders who have more than 10% share.

Applicant

NEEDS MORE INFO

Date: 10/09/2025

Outcue Media Private Limited is a for-profit entity and gets its income from social platforms as well as contract work, media literacy, training as well as media content creation contracts in the non fact checking space. Organisations that contributed more than 5 per cent of total BOOM revenues in the Financial Year 2023-2024 are Facebook and Google.

Govindraj Ethiraj and Rajeshree Naik own majority stake in Outcue Media Private Limited. D Ashwin and Sunila D hold more than 10% stake each in the company.

Please refer to the updated About Us page: https://www.boomlive.in/about-us

Assessor

COMPLIANT

Date: 12/09/2025

This has been done now.

Section 1: Eligibility to be a verified signatory This section aims to assess if an Applicant meets the eligibility criteria for becoming a verified signatory to the MCA Code of Principles.

1.1 The Applicant is legally registered in India

1.2 The Applicant's fact-checking activities have a substantial and demonstrable focus on India

1.3 The Applicant’s fact-checking has been published either in English/Hindi and/or in one of the 22 languages listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India, in the course of the twelve months prior to the date of application

1.4 At least 75% of the Applicant’s fact checks must relate to issues that could have an impact on the welfare or well-being of individuals, the general public, or society, or have a public interest element

1.5 The Applicant’s editorial output must not be under the control of the state, any political party, or a politician

1.6 The Applicant must, fully and fairly, disclose if it receives funds from local or foreign state or political sources

Section 2: Non-partisanship and fairness This section aims to understand how an Applicant ensures impartiality in their fact-checking operation.

2.1 The Applicant fact-checks use the same high standards of evidence and judgement for equivalent claims, regardless of who made the claim

2.2 The Applicant does not unduly concentrate its fact-checking on any one side

2.3 The Applicant discloses on its website and/or in the fact check any reasonable conflict of interest, other relevant interests, or bias, including that of the experts or organisations cited in the fact check

2.4 The Applicant is not affiliated with nor declares or shows support for any political party, any politician or political candidate, nor does it advocate for or against any policy positions on any issues save for transparency and accuracy in public debate

2.6 The Applicant discloses any ownership or stake in its organization held by sitting members of parliament, assembly, local governments; office bearers or spokespersons of political parties; or those directly or indirectly associated with political parties

2.7 The Applicant does not employ anyone who holds a salaried and/or prominent position in a political party, government, state, or public company under the direct or indirect control of a political party, government, or the state

2.8 The Applicant only advocates for issues that are relevant to the mission of fact-checking, strengthening democracy, and improving general transparency and accountability of various organs of the state, and are compatible with the reputation for independence and impartiality

Section 3: Transparency of sources This section aims to understand how the Applicant ensures that their readers can independently verify the findings mentioned in a fact check themselves.

3.1 The Applicant identifies the source of all significant evidence used in its fact checks and provides relevant links where the source is available online

3.2 The Applicant uses the best available primary, not secondary, source of evidence

3.3 The Applicant checks all key elements of claims against more than one named source of evidence, except where the one source is the only source relevant and available on the topic

3.4 The Applicant always identifies and discloses its relevant interests, including any commercial relations, and that of its sources, in the fact checks, where the reader might reasonably conclude those interests could influence the accuracy of the evidence provided

Section 4: Transparency of funding and organisation This section aims to understand the funding sources of the Applicant and their funders' influence on editorial decisions.

4.1 The Applicant is an independent organization

4.2 The Applicant is a dedicated fact-checking section or unit in an organization

4.3 The Applicant discloses the names of persons or entities holding over 10% of the shares/stakes in it

4.4 The Applicant provides information about who runs its editorial operations and how

BOOM has a detailed page about its team members with brief professional biographies and contact details (X profile and email address) of each member. Please refer to the page: BOOM Team to know more about BOOM's team members.

4.5 The Applicant provides an easy means on its website and/or via social media for users to communicate with its editorial and fact-checking team

Section 5: Transparency of methodology This section aims to understand an Applicant's methodology for selecting, researching, writing, editing, publishing and correcting their fact checks and how they encourage readers to send claims to fact-check.

5.1 The Applicant’s fact-checking methodology is available on its website

5.2 The Applicant selects claims to fact-check based on their reach and importance

5.3 The Applicant provides evidence that supports and undermines a claim, irrespective of who made the claim

5.4 The Applicant makes a demonstrable effort to contact the person/organization making the claim to seek supporting evidence

5.5 The Applicant encourages readers to send in claims to fact check

5.6 The Applicant quotes experts after establishing their credibility

5.7 The Applicant ensures each investigation undergoes at least one round of editing before publication, by someone other than the author

5.8 The Applicant presents findings in precise, factual, and non-emotive language while taking care not to overstate conclusions

Section 6: Open and honest corrections policyy This section aims to understand an Applicant's corrections policy, how it is followed, how transparent it is, and how the Applicant ensures that readers see the corrected version.

6.1 The Applicant has a corrections or complaints policy that is easily and prominently visible and accessible on its website

6.2 Where credible evidence is provided demonstrating that the Applicant has made a mistake worthy of correction, it makes the correction openly and transparently, seeking to ensure as far as possible that readers of the original see the correction and the corrected version

6.4 If the Applicant is the fact-checking unit of a media company, its parent company adopts and adheres to the same corrections policy as is being followed by the Applicant

Section 7: Intellectual property rights This section aims to understand how Applicant observes and demonstrates respect for intellectual property rights in all forms including text, image, audio or video.

7.1 The Applicant publishes all fact checks on its website, and does not keep the fact checks behind a paywall. The fact checks should be easily accessible in the public domain and without coste

7.2 The Applicant observes & respects intellectual property laws, creative commons licences, copyrights when using, modifying, and/or merging any contente

7.3 The Applicant allows, where possible & applicable, the organization’s content to be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons license with source attribution

7.5 The Applicant discloses all references and sources that have been used in the fact-check

Section 8: Commitment to privacy and safety This section aims to understand how Applicant identifies and demonstrates commitment to privacy and safety.

8.2 The Applicant is restrictive, respectful, and considerate when mentioning or identifying minors (as permitted under existing law) and makes all possible efforts to protect their privacy

8.4 The Applicant has put in place measures that aim to address the risk of trauma or harassment experienced by staff as a result of its activities, including but not limited to, providing training to prevent and identify symptoms