Centre spent over ₹1,000 crore on ads in fiscal year 2016-17
The Centre has spent over ₹1,066 crore on advertisements in the current fiscal till March 17, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Of this, the maximum amount was spent on advertisements through electronic media, which stood at ₹509 crore, followed by ₹423 crore on print media ads. 