<p>Satna: A certificate showing a Madhya Pradesh farmer's annual income as Rs 3 went viral on social media with the Internet dubbing him as the "poorest man in India", prompting the authorities to clarify that it was a "clerical error".</p>.<p>A photograph of the income certificate issued to Ramswaroop (45), a resident of Nayagaon village under Kothi tehsil of Satna district, complete with the tehsildar's signature, surfaced on social media this week.</p>.<p>The document, issued with the signature of Tehsildar Saurabh Dwivedi on July 22, was circulated widely on social media, with netizens calling Ramswaroop the "poorest man in the country".</p>.Viral video: Passenger seen defacing coach of running Kolkata Metro train.<p>Officials soon scrambled into action, and by July 25, a new certificate was issued, boosting the farmer's reported annual income to Rs 30,000, i.e., Rs 2,500 per month.</p>.<p>The original certificate implied Ramswaroop earned 25 paise a month.</p>.<p>"It was a clerical error, which has been corrected. A new income certificate has been issued," Dwivedi clarified.</p>.<p>The Madhya Pradesh Congress pounced on the blunder, sharing the original certificate on X.</p>.<p>"In MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's rule, we discovered India's poorest man! Annual income: just Rs 3!" the party claimed in its post.</p>.<p>"Isn't it shocking? A mission to make people poor? Because now the chair itself eats the commission," it alleged. </p>
<p>Satna: A certificate showing a Madhya Pradesh farmer's annual income as Rs 3 went viral on social media with the Internet dubbing him as the "poorest man in India", prompting the authorities to clarify that it was a "clerical error".</p>.<p>A photograph of the income certificate issued to Ramswaroop (45), a resident of Nayagaon village under Kothi tehsil of Satna district, complete with the tehsildar's signature, surfaced on social media this week.</p>.<p>The document, issued with the signature of Tehsildar Saurabh Dwivedi on July 22, was circulated widely on social media, with netizens calling Ramswaroop the "poorest man in the country".</p>.Viral video: Passenger seen defacing coach of running Kolkata Metro train.<p>Officials soon scrambled into action, and by July 25, a new certificate was issued, boosting the farmer's reported annual income to Rs 30,000, i.e., Rs 2,500 per month.</p>.<p>The original certificate implied Ramswaroop earned 25 paise a month.</p>.<p>"It was a clerical error, which has been corrected. A new income certificate has been issued," Dwivedi clarified.</p>.<p>The Madhya Pradesh Congress pounced on the blunder, sharing the original certificate on X.</p>.<p>"In MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's rule, we discovered India's poorest man! Annual income: just Rs 3!" the party claimed in its post.</p>.<p>"Isn't it shocking? A mission to make people poor? Because now the chair itself eats the commission," it alleged. </p>