{"id":118510,"date":"2022-05-19T14:36:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T09:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=118510"},"modified":"2022-05-19T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T09:06:39","slug":"fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-check: Did Finance Ministry state inflation has affected rich more than poor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A graphic featuring a picture of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is making the rounds on social media. It claims that the Finance Ministry said that inflation hurts the rich more than the poor in 2022.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-118510 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/inflation3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/inflation3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/inflation3.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/inflation3-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/inflation2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/inflation2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/inflation2.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/inflation2-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/inflation1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/inflation1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/inflation1.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/inflation1-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The fact-checking wing of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the Indian government\u2019s nodal media agency, declared that the statement was &#8220;fake&#8221;. PIB tweeted that the Finance Ministry hasn&#8217;t given any such statement. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/GdsVl\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Tweet with the picture of Union Finance Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nsitharaman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nsitharaman<\/a> is being circulated claiming that the Finance Ministry has stated &#8211; &#8220;Inflation will affect the rich more than the poor in 2022&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PIBFactCheck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PIBFactCheck<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6\ufe0f The Claim is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Fake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinMinIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FinMinIndia<\/a> has not given such statement <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DpwEWr7DJt\">pic.twitter.com\/DpwEWr7DJt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PIBFactCheck\/status\/1525880632618123269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Finance Ministry\u2019s Twitter handle retweeted PIB&#8217;s fact-check. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220517133622\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinMinIndia\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed keyword searches on Twitter and found a tweet posted by Moneycontrol dated May 12. It states that the Finance Ministry wrote in the April edition of the Economic Review Report that the poor have suffered less due to rising prices in FY 2022 than the rich (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/8Lnrx\">archive link<\/a>). The tweet also contained a link to an article.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Writing in the monthly economic review report for April, the finance ministry&#8217;s officials said the poor were hurt less by higher <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/prices?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#prices<\/a> in FY22 as compared to the rich.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZI6B7J3HUD\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZI6B7J3HUD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiddharthUbiWan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SiddharthUbiWan<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Economy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Economy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FinanceMinistry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FinanceMinistry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Moneycontrol (@moneycontrolcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moneycontrolcom\/status\/1524757050839867392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The headline of the article reads, \u201cInflation hurt rich more than poor in FY22, says Finance Ministry\u201d. Its archived version can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220512143446\/https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/business\/economy\/inflation-hurt-rich-more-than-poor-in-fy22-says-finance-ministry-8496831.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118517 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Articlexx.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"872\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Articlexx.jpg 872w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Articlexx-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Articlexx-768x472.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Economic Report for April 2022 accessible on the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220516104235\/https:\/\/dea.gov.in\/monthly-economic-report-table\">Finance Ministry\u2019s website<\/a> states verbatim, &#8220;Evidence on consumption patterns further suggests that inflation in India has a lesser impact on low-income strata than on high-income groups.&#8221; This can be read on the third page of the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220516081616\/https:\/\/dea.gov.in\/sites\/default\/files\/April%20MER_Final_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/report.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/report.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/report-300x183.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/report-768x468.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mintgenie.livemint.com\/news\/markets\/finance-ministry-says-inflation-hurting-rich-more-151652413389430\">Livemint<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/national\/finance-ministry-says-inflation-hurt-rich-more-than-poor-in-fy22-report-1108944.html\">Deccan Herald<\/a> also published articles quoting the Economic Review Report based on the Moneycontrol article. However, it must be noted that the outlet has since replaced the article. The earlier link <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Ghm9d\">redirects readers<\/a> to a new article.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118518 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/moneyupdated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/moneyupdated.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/moneyupdated-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/moneyupdated-614x1024.jpg 614w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/moneyupdated-768x1280.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, the Department of Economic Affairs under the Ministry of Finance stated in a report that inflation had a lower impact on people with lower incomes than those with higher incomes. The fact-checking wing of the Press Information Bureau, the Indian government\u2019s nodal media agency, falsely declared the statement &#8220;fake&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A graphic featuring a picture of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is making the rounds on social media. It claims that the Finance Ministry said that inflation hurts the rich more than the poor in 2022. The fact-checking wing of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the Indian government\u2019s nodal media agency, declared that the statement was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":118520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[701],"class_list":["post-118510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fact-check: Did Finance Ministry state inflation has affected rich more than poor? - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fact-check: Did Finance Ministry state inflation has affected rich more than poor? - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A graphic featuring a picture of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is making the rounds on social media. It claims that the Finance Ministry said that inflation hurts the rich more than the poor in 2022. The fact-checking wing of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the Indian government\u2019s nodal media agency, declared that the statement was [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/altnews.in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AbhishekNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-19T09:06:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/fin-min.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abhishek Kumar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AbhishekSay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AltNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abhishek Kumar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abhishek Kumar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3b0bd4d12615ff9f530bfae06e65fff5\"},\"headline\":\"Fact-check: Did Finance Ministry state inflation has affected rich more than poor?\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-19T09:06:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":420,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/fin-min.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"featured\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\\\/\",\"name\":\"Fact-check: Did Finance Ministry state inflation has affected rich more than poor? - Alt News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/fin-min.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-19T09:06:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/fin-min.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/fin-min.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/topics\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Fact-check: Did Finance Ministry state inflation has affected rich more than poor?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"Alt News\",\"description\":\"Alternative News and Views in the Post-Truth World\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Alt News\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1\",\"width\":2173,\"height\":2172,\"caption\":\"Alt News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/altnews.in\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AltNews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCdDjoZAtt6PjQKAbr2FTOAQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3b0bd4d12615ff9f530bfae06e65fff5\",\"name\":\"Abhishek Kumar\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/053f7a45c9a8ddf313b5ca791e82f924d3bf019fe6880ece8a9452d768a4fcdf?s=96&d=identicon&r=g2223457c59b6892305b8af716dc3accb\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/053f7a45c9a8ddf313b5ca791e82f924d3bf019fe6880ece8a9452d768a4fcdf?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/053f7a45c9a8ddf313b5ca791e82f924d3bf019fe6880ece8a9452d768a4fcdf?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Abhishek Kumar\"},\"description\":\"Abhishek is a senior fact-checking journalist and researcher at Alt News. He has a keen interest in information verification and technology. He is always eager to learn new skills, explore new OSINT tools and techniques. Prior to joining Alt News, he worked in the field of content development and analysis with a major focus on Search Engine Optimization (SEO).\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/abhishek.bio.link\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AbhishekNews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/abhishek_say\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AbhishekSay\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/author\\\/abhishekkumar\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fact-check: Did Finance Ministry state inflation has affected rich more than poor? - Alt News","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fact-check: Did Finance Ministry state inflation has affected rich more than poor? - Alt News","og_description":"A graphic featuring a picture of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is making the rounds on social media. It claims that the Finance Ministry said that inflation hurts the rich more than the poor in 2022. The fact-checking wing of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the Indian government\u2019s nodal media agency, declared that the statement was [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/","og_site_name":"Alt News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/altnews.in","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AbhishekNews","article_published_time":"2022-05-19T09:06:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/fin-min.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abhishek Kumar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AbhishekSay","twitter_site":"@AltNews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abhishek Kumar","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/"},"author":{"name":"Abhishek Kumar","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/person\/3b0bd4d12615ff9f530bfae06e65fff5"},"headline":"Fact-check: Did Finance Ministry state inflation has affected rich more than poor?","datePublished":"2022-05-19T09:06:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/"},"wordCount":420,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/fin-min.jpg","keywords":["featured"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/","name":"Fact-check: Did Finance Ministry state inflation has affected rich more than poor? - Alt News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/fin-min.jpg","datePublished":"2022-05-19T09:06:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/fin-min.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/fin-min.jpg","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-finance-ministry-say-richest-facing-more-inflation-than-poorest\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/topics\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Fact-check: Did Finance Ministry state inflation has affected rich more than poor?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/","name":"Alt News","description":"Alternative News and Views in the Post-Truth World","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#organization","name":"Alt News","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1","width":2173,"height":2172,"caption":"Alt News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/altnews.in","https:\/\/x.com\/AltNews","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCdDjoZAtt6PjQKAbr2FTOAQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/person\/3b0bd4d12615ff9f530bfae06e65fff5","name":"Abhishek Kumar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/053f7a45c9a8ddf313b5ca791e82f924d3bf019fe6880ece8a9452d768a4fcdf?s=96&d=identicon&r=g2223457c59b6892305b8af716dc3accb","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/053f7a45c9a8ddf313b5ca791e82f924d3bf019fe6880ece8a9452d768a4fcdf?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/053f7a45c9a8ddf313b5ca791e82f924d3bf019fe6880ece8a9452d768a4fcdf?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Abhishek Kumar"},"description":"Abhishek is a senior fact-checking journalist and researcher at Alt News. He has a keen interest in information verification and technology. He is always eager to learn new skills, explore new OSINT tools and techniques. Prior to joining Alt News, he worked in the field of content development and analysis with a major focus on Search Engine Optimization (SEO).","sameAs":["https:\/\/abhishek.bio.link","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AbhishekNews","https:\/\/instagram.com\/abhishek_say","https:\/\/x.com\/AbhishekSay"],"url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/author\/abhishekkumar\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/fin-min.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118510"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118525,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118510\/revisions\/118525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118510"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=118510"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=118510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}