'Clerical error' turns M.P. farmer into 'poorest man in India'; income certificate goes viral
A photograph of the income certificate issued to Ramswaroop (45), a resident of Nayagaon village under Kothi tehsil of Satna district, complete with the tehsildar's signature, surfaced on social media this week.
The document, issued with the signature of Tehsildar Saurabh Dwivedi on July 22, was circulated widely on social media, with netizens calling Ramswaroop the "poorest man in the country".
Officials soon scrambled into action, and by July 25, a new certificate was issued, boosting the farmer's reported annual income to ₹30,000, i.e., ₹2,500 per month.
The original certificate implied Mr. Ramswaroop earned 25 paise a month.
"It was a clerical error, which has been corrected. A new income certificate has been issued," Mr. Dwivedi clarified.
The Madhya Pradesh Congress pounced on the blunder, sharing the original certificate on X.
"In MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's rule, we discovered India's poorest man! Annual income: just Rs 3!" the party claimed in its post.
मोहन राज में ही मिला भारत का सबसे गरीब आदमी! सतना जिले में एक आय प्रमाण पत्र जारी हुआ! सालाना आमदनी केवल 03.00 रुपए बताई गई है!
है ना चौंकाने वाली बात!
जनता को गरीब बनाने का मिशन?
क्योंकि, अब कुर्सी ही खा रही कमीशन! pic.twitter.com/hB8Q8fDSns — MP Congress (@INCMP) July 26, 2025
"Isn't it shocking? A mission to make people poor? Because now the chair itself eats the commission," it alleged.
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