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Finance Ministry secretly corrects 14 data discrepancies in Budget 2020 after India Today seeks answers -Mukesh Rawat

-IndiaToday.in

IndiaToday.in's analysis found that Union Budget 2020 had at least 14 data discrepancies regarding allocations for the Department of Health and Family Welfare. When we sought a clarification, the Finance Ministry secretly corrected them without replying to our mail.

* There were 14 data discrepancies in Expenditure Budget for Dept of Health & Family Welfare

* These were between the PDF and Excel files uploaded by Finance Ministry on budget's official website

* When asked about it, the ministry secretly changed the Excel file and uploaded a new one

In her February 1 Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stressed upon the importance of data, saying "data must have strong credibility" in order to meet challenges of real-time monitoring of our increasingly complex economy. Emphasising on the significance of data, she said the phrase "data is the new oil" has now become a cliché.

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