INDIA: The government spent ₹ 911.17 crore on advertisements in newspapers, television channels and web portals in the past three years, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
The advertisements were paid for by the Central Bureau of Communications from financial year 2019-20 till June 2022, he said.
According to Thakur, The government spent ₹ 295.05 crore on advertisements in 5,326 newspapers in 2019-20, ₹ 197.49 crore in 5,210 newspapers in 2020-21, ₹ 179.04 crore in 6,224 newspapers in 2021-22 and ₹ 19.25 crore in 1,529 newspapers in 2022-23 (till June),
Thakur said, The government spent ₹ 295.05 crore on advertisements in 5,326 newspapers in 2019-20, ₹ 197.49 crore in 5,210 newspapers in 2020-21, ₹ 179.04 crore in 6,224 newspapers and ₹ 2,25 crore in 2021-22 (2-5 crore in 2021-22)( till June).
Responding to a question by Congress member Digvijaya Singh, the minister said that on web portals, the government. 9.35 crore was spent on 54 websites in 2019-20, ₹ 7.43 crore on 72 websites in 2020-21, ₹ 1.83 crore on 18 websites in 2021-22 and ₹ 1.97 crore on 30 websites in 2022-23. 2022).
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