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The Amount Of Money Modi Spent On Publicity Is Enough To Feed One
Million Children For 3 Years
Anshul Gandhi
MensXP Staff Writer
Narendra Modi is all about larger than life portrayals. Be it his
image, the work he's done in his four years as Prime Minister or the
string of campaigns he heads, everything has to be publicised in a
grandiose manner and at the end of the day, it costs money. The data
revealed under an RTI shows that the Narendra Modi Government spent
around Rs. 4343.26 crores in advertisements and publicity over four
years in power.
As per the data, now available in public domain, the Modi government
spent Rs. 424.85 crores on print publicity, Rs. 448.97 crore on
electronic media and Rs. 79.72 crore on outdoor publicity from 2014 to
2015. Similarly, the government spent Rs. 1171.11 crore in 2015-106
and 1263.15 crore in 2016-17.
RTI activist Galgia, who submitted the RTI said that even though the
expenses are pretty high, the reduction advertisement expenses in 2017
is a win for those people asking questions about such splurges.
“From the details obtained it can be understood that due to constant criticism of the opposition parties and the public on social media the
Modi government seems to have reduced its spending on publicity in the
year 2017-18. The government which spent Rs 1263.15 crores on
publicity in the year 2016-17, spent Rs 955.46 crores in the year
2017-18, which is a reduction of Rs 308 crores and almost 25% less
than the previous year," Galgali said in a press statement.
These expenses on advertisements and publicity of the government's
work will definitely increase going into next year, as Modi is sure to
unleash a marketing blitzkrieg ahead of the 2019 General Elections.
While it's true that his carefully cultivated image does ensure that
the development work is there for all to see, this huge expenditure is
still being paid off by hard-working citizens of the country through
taxes.
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