“There are 5,79,092 VIPs in India”
What FACTLY found
No official figure is available for the number of VIPs in India. In reply to an RTI, the ‘Ministry of Home Affairs’ said, “the term ‘VIP’ is not part of any formal official nomenclature and there is no formal procedure whereby an individual is classified as a ‘VIP’ or non-VIP for the purpose of provision of security cover”. According to a report published by the Bureau of Police Research and Department, “a total number of 19,467 Protected Persons (PPs) (Ministers, MPs, MLAs, Judges, Bureaucra...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 May 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 May 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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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.