BBP NEWS: The Union government spent more than Rs 4.76 crore in just 55 days on the promotion of the ‘GST Bachat Utsav’ – a GST savings festival. Information obtained under the Right to Information Act shows that this amount was spent exclusively on print media advertisements.
According to the RTI reply given by the Central Bureau of Communication under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the government spent Rs 47,612,276 on advertisements promoting ‘GST reforms’ under the ‘Bachat Utsav’, between September 4, 2025, and October 28, 2025. This information was provided in response to an RTI application filed by Ajay Basudev Bose, a resident of Amravati, Maharashtra.
