DigitEye India Fact Checkers
A social media post is going viral with a claim that the Tata group has decided to build the new Parliament building in 17 months at a cost of just one rupee as a ‘gift to the nation’. It has appeared soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the new Parliament building on March 30, 2023. See the claims here:
New Parliament House
Two new records
It was built in merely 17 months
TATA bulit it and only 1 rupee as a cost to the govt.
This is TATA ‘s gift to nation.Proud being a part of TATA GROUP 🤘
Jai Hind Vande Matram pic.twitter.com/PW4qbK0ksS
— SHIVRAM VAIDYA (@SHIVRAMVAIDYA) April 4, 2023
The claim reads:
“New Parliament House
Two new records
It was built in merely 17 months
TATA bulit it and only 1 rupee as a cost to the govt.
This is TATA ‘s gift to nation.
Proud being a part of TATA GROUP 🤘
Jai Hind Vande Matram.”
It was shared again as: “Did you know that TATA group has decided to build the “New Parliament Building” in 17 months for just one Rupee”.
It has been shared here and on facebook too here.
FACT CHECK
A simple search on tender won by Tata group showed that the tender for construction of the new parliament building at a cost of Rs.861 crore was won by the Tata group on Sept 16, 2020. See news here.
“Tata Projects Limited (TPL) on Wednesday won the contract to build a new Parliament building at a cost of Rs 861.90 crore. Among all the bids, Tata Group emerged as the lowest bidder. The next lowest bidder, L&T Ltd, had submitted a bid of Rs 865 crore.”
In a statement Tata Group said that it was “delighted to share TPL is L1 for New Parliament House project.” Hence, the claim that the Tata Group is constructing the new parliament building for just one rupee is totally false.
Claim: Tata Group is constructing the new parliament building for just one rupee.
Conclusion: Totally False as the contract to construct the new parliament building was given to the lowest bid by Tata Group for Rs.861.9 crore.
Rating: Totally false — 
