The Maha Vikas Aghadi government has spent Rs 155 crore on publicity in the last 16 months, a Right To Information query has revealed.

The three-party government has spent Rs 5.99 crore on social media and Rs  9.6 crore is spent every month on publicity campaigns, says the Directorate General of Information and Public Relations (DGIPR), in the information given to RTI activist Anil Galgali. The activist had sought the statement of accounts between December 11, 2019, and March 12, 2021. The government spent Rs 20.31 crore in 2019, with the highest expenditure of Rs 19.92 crore on Covid-19 vaccination campaigns.