Overview

• The original income certificate issued on July 22 by Tehsildar Saurabh Dwivedi misstated Ramswaroop’s annual earnings as ₹3.
• A photograph of the faulty document circulated widely online, prompting netizens to dub him “India’s poorest man.”
• Officials reissued the certificate on July 25, officially recording the farmer’s annual income as ₹30,000.
• Dwivedi publicly acknowledged the mistake as a clerical error and confirmed that the updated certificate had been issued.
• The Madhya Pradesh Congress criticised Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s administration over bureaucratic lapses, and no further reforms have yet been announced.