“Each citizen would get Rs. 14.81 crores, if the 2000 crores spent on building a statute is distributed among the 135 crore population”
What FACTLY found
Each individual would get just 14.81 rupees and not 14.81 crores, if 2,000 crores is distributed among 135 crore population of the country. Such simple calculation failures are often being shared on social media on different issues. For instance, such wrong calculations are also shared when Elon Musk announced the $44 billion Twitter acquisition plan
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 July 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 13 July 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/Cf3UDFcPT3Q/
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.