PIB fact check debunks misleading tweets of Subramanian Swamy, Congress leader Udit Raj on Indian economy

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PIB fact check debunks misleading tweets of Subramanian Swamy, Congress leader Udit Raj' on Indian economy

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09:27 PM, Jul 12, 2022
Myind Staff

Congress leader Dr. Udit Raj and former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, in their petty attempt to tarnish the Narendra Modi-led government, misused Twitter to propagate false information regarding India’s position in the world’s fastest-growing economy index in 2021.

As the fake claims went viral, Press Information Bureau (PIB) had to post a tweet debunking the fake claim.

In his Tweet posted on July 12, the Congress leader Udit Raj claimed in Hindi that India, which was at number 3 during the Congress regime has slipped to the 164th rank in the 2021 global list of the fastest-growing nations under BJP rule.

He further added that the Modi administration is making every effort to make sure that India reaches that 193rd position on the global index so that it tops from the bottom.

As OpIndia reported, the disgruntled BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, also peddled the same misinformation on July 11. Taking a dig at the Modi government, Swamy tweeted an image that said: “India is now 164th fastest growing nation in the world, among 193 countries.”

“From 3rd largest economy in 2011 to 164th in 2021,” the image said.

As soon as these politicians disseminated the misleading information and the tweets picked up momentum, PIB fact-checked the leaders and brought the facts to light.

Press Information Bureau’s fact-checking arm discredited the claims made by senior politicians like Udit Raj and Subramanian Swamy. Sharing the image posted by the social media user Inquilab India, the PIB fact-check exposed the fake news Udit Raj and Swamy were trying to peddle in order to malign the Modi administration.

In a tweet, PIB Fact Check called the claim fake. It confirmed that India is still the 3rd largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP).

According to the World Bank data for the reference year 2017, India has retained its position as the third-largest economy in the world in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). India accounts for 6.7 percent, or $8,051 billion, out of the world’s total of $119,547 billion of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in terms of PPP, a measure of relative consumer prices across countries.

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