{"id":716,"date":"2023-09-11T18:28:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralplanetnews.com\/?p=716"},"modified":"2023-09-11T18:28:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:28:21","slug":"the-government-denies-spending-300-more-on-the-g20-and-refutes-allegations-infrastructure-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralplanetnews.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/11\/the-government-denies-spending-300-more-on-the-g20-and-refutes-allegations-infrastructure-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"The government denies spending 300% more on the G20 and refutes allegations: &#8216;Infrastructure growth&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By &#8211; Prakarsh Kastwar <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congress and Trinamool stated that the federal government spent 300% more than what was budgeted for the G20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government dismissed Trinamool leader Saket Gokhale&#8217;s latest accusation on G-20, saying the amount given for G20 was 300% overrun. According to the PIB fact check team, the allegation is deceptive because there has been spending on permanent asset creation and other infrastructure development, which is not confined to hosting the G20 conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to sources, the Trinamool politician alleged on Monday that the recent Union Budget included 990 crore towards hosting the G20 summit. However, the government actually spent Rs. 4,100 crore. &#8220;Why shouldn&#8217;t the BJP be made to pay this extra 3110 cr when it was clearly non-essential spending purely for Modi&#8217;s self-advertisement &amp; personal PR for 2024 elections?&#8221; the Trinamool politician said on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A tweet claims Govt spent 300% more on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G20?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#G20<\/a> than funds allocated in budget<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PIBFactCheck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PIBFactCheck<\/a><br><br>1 This claim is misleading<br><br>2 The quoted expenditure is majorly towards permanent asset creation by ITPO &amp; other infrastructure development which is not limited to hosting G20 Summit alone <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CRGkraJw3J\">pic.twitter.com\/CRGkraJw3J<\/a><\/p>&mdash; PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PIBFactCheck\/status\/1701158567561351498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Congress also made it a point to criticize PM Modi for overspending on his&#8217;show off&#8217;. &#8220;Prime Minister Modi spent extra money to put up posters ahead of the Lok Sabha election to boost his image.&#8221; PM Modi made lavish arrangements for the guests, including silver and gold-plated dinnerware, to cover up the city&#8217;s destitute,&#8221; the Congress video added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">G-20 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f-<br>\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u091c\u091f \u0925\u093e 990 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0930\u0941\u092a\u090f<br>\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u0947 \u0909\u0921\u093c\u093e \u0926\u093f\u090f 4100 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0930\u0941\u092a\u090f<br><br>\u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0939\u0928\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u092e\u093e\u0908<br>\u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u091b\u0935\u093f \u091a\u092e\u0915\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0909\u0921\u093c\u093e\u0908 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LuUWctJA0q\">pic.twitter.com\/LuUWctJA0q<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Congress (@INCIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INCIndia\/status\/1701242701826429313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Delhi was decked out for the two days of the G-20 summit, which closed India&#8217;s year as G-20 presidency. 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