‘Clerical error’ turns M.P. farmer into ‘poorest man in India’; revenue certificates goes viral

{A photograph} of the revenue certificates issued to Ramswaroop (45), a resident of Nayagaon village beneath Kothi tehsil of Satna district, full with the tehsildar’s signature, surfaced on social media this week.

The doc, issued with the signature of Tehsildar Saurabh Dwivedi on July 22, was circulated broadly on social media, with netizens calling Ramswaroop the “poorest man in the country”.

Officials quickly scrambled into motion, and by July 25, a brand new certificates was issued, boosting the farmer’s reported annual revenue to ₹30,000, i.e., ₹2,500 monthly.

The unique certificates 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 unique certificates on X.

“In MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s rule, we discovered India’s poorest man! Annual income: just Rs 3!” the celebration claimed in its publish.

“Isn’t it shocking? A mission to make people poor? Because now the chair itself eats the commission,” it alleged.