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	ClaimIndian Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) were made to shell out nearly Rs 2,500 crore as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund for the construction of Sardar Patel statue. Loan of Rs 3600 crore was taken to fund the statue.ConclusionPSUs did bear the cost of Sardar Patel statue project, but did not spend to the tune Rs 2,500 crore as being claimed. Also, the claims about funds coming from China as loan are far from true.		ClaimIndian Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) were made to shell out nearly Rs 2,500 crore as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund for the construction of Sardar Patel statue. Loan of Rs 3600 crore was taken to fund the statue.ConclusionPSUs did bear the cost of Sardar Patel statue project, but did not spend to the tune Rs 2,500 crore as being claimed. Also, the claims about funds coming from China as loan are far from true.
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		+	=Tribals’ fears=
		+	==2019==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F12%2F24&entity=Ar01421&sk=4B688FBF&mode=text Dec 24, 2019 ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Tribals of villages close to the Statue of Unity in Narmada district of Gujarat on Monday demanded the withdrawal of a bill that envisages setting up of an authority for planned development around the imposing structure, a major tourist attraction.
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		+	They fear that once the Statue of Unity Area Development and Tourism Governance Bill comes into force, authorities will take away their land in the name of development. The Bill was passed by the state assembly recently.
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		+	The tribals also took out a march against the state’s plan. The Bill proposes an SOU Tourism Authority which will have powers to ensure planned development of the area in and around Kevadiya, where the 182-metre statue dedicated to Sardar Patel stands. The new body is empowered to declare the area a tourism development zone to facilitate visitors coming from all over India and abroad.
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		+	The protesters said the proposed authority will give immense power to officials to take away their land in the name of development. PTI
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		+	[[Category:History\|S SADHU BEYT: STATUE OF UNITY
		+	SADHU BEYT: STATUE OF UNITY]]
		+	[[Category:India\|S SADHU BEYT: STATUE OF UNITY
		+	SADHU BEYT: STATUE OF UNITY]]
		+	[[Category:Places\|S SADHU BEYT: STATUE OF UNITY
		+	SADHU BEYT: STATUE OF UNITY]]
		+	[[Category:Politics\|S SADHU BEYT: STATUE OF UNITY
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	=Visitors=		=Visitors=

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	ClaimIndian Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) were made to shell out nearly Rs 2,500 crore as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund for the construction of Sardar Patel statue. Loan of Rs 3600 crore was taken to fund the statue.ConclusionPSUs did bear the cost of Sardar Patel statue project, but did not spend to the tune Rs 2,500 crore as being claimed. Also, the claims about funds coming from China as loan are far from true.		ClaimIndian Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) were made to shell out nearly Rs 2,500 crore as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund for the construction of Sardar Patel statue. Loan of Rs 3600 crore was taken to fund the statue.ConclusionPSUs did bear the cost of Sardar Patel statue project, but did not spend to the tune Rs 2,500 crore as being claimed. Also, the claims about funds coming from China as loan are far from true.
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		+	=Visitors=
		+	==2018-19: 15,000 visitors a day==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F12%2F07&entity=Ar01313&sk=C8C3E5E2&mode=text Dec 7, 2019 ''Times of India'']
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		+	In just over a year of its unveiling, the Statue of Unity has surpassed the footfall at the 133-year-old Statue of Liberty in the US, with an average of over 15,000 tourists visiting the monument in Gujarat daily.
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		+	“With 74% increase over the daily average of the first year, that is, November 1, 2018, to October 31, 2019, daily average of 15,036 is now registered in the first month of this second year. This has further increased to 22,430 on the weekend. The Statue of Liberty of New York, US, attracts around 10,000 visitors a day,” a statement by Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd said.
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		+	The statue of Vallabhbhai Patel stands at 182 metres and is the world’s tallest statue.
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		+	Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam credited the rise in footfall to the addition of attractions like jungle safari, children’s nutrition park, cactus garden, butterfly garden, ekta nursery, dino trail, rafting, boating, alongside multiple budget accommodation options.
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		+	[[Category:Places\|S
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	=See also=		=See also=

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	The project’s architect is Michael Graves, designer of the 1985 Team Disney Building in Burbank, US and skyscrapers, while SoU’s engineering consultant is the Meinhardt Group, who are involved in building the proposed “Aladdin City,” Dubai. The brass claddings were manufactured at China’s Jiangxi Tongqing Metal Handicrafts.		The project’s architect is Michael Graves, designer of the 1985 Team Disney Building in Burbank, US and skyscrapers, while SoU’s engineering consultant is the Meinhardt Group, who are involved in building the proposed “Aladdin City,” Dubai. The brass claddings were manufactured at China’s Jiangxi Tongqing Metal Handicrafts.
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		+	=Funding=
		+	==The facts==
		+	[https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-statue-of-unity-funding-1384904-2018-11-09 Chayan Kundu, Nikhil Dawar, Balkrishna, Fact Check: Who funded the tallest statue of the world?, November 18, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	''Social media is abuzz with claims that PSUs spent over Rs 2,525 crore for the construction of the Statue of Unity.''
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		+	To find out the details of the contribution made by the PSUs, India Today Fact Check team went through the annual reports of various PSUs and the budget papers.
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		+	The Sardar Patel statue project was first announced on October 7, 2010, by the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. But it wasn't until 2013, when a Special Purpose Vehicle, the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Rashtriya Ekta Trust was formed that it gathered pace.
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		+	After Modi became the prime minister in 2014, the project gathered momentum. The central government in its 2014-15 Budget allocated a sum of Rs 200 crore to the Gujarat government for this purpose.
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		+	Since then, the Gujarat government has been making a provision for funds for the statue in the state budget.
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		+	Following are the figures showing the state’s contribution for the project.
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		+	{\| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"
		+	\| '''YEAR'''
		+	\| '''BUDGETARY PROVISION'''
		+	\|-
		+	\|
		+	[https://financedepartment.gujarat.gov.in/Documents/Bud-Eng_754_2018-2-20_246.pdf 2018-19]
		+	\| Rs 899 crore
		+	\|-
		+	\|
		+	[https://financedepartment.gujarat.gov.in/Documents/Bud-Eng_662_2016-2-23_841.pdf 2016-17]
		+	\| Rs 1066 crore*
		+	\|-
		+	\|
		+	[https://financedepartment.gujarat.gov.in/Documents/Bud-Eng_631_2015-2-24_180.pdf 2015-16]
		+	\| Rs 915 crore
		+	\|-
		+	\|
		+	[https://financedepartment.gujarat.gov.in/Documents/Bud-Eng_47_2014-2-14_83.pdf 2013-14]
		+	\| Rs 100 crore
		+	\|}
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		+	*Provision included funds for establishing Tribal Research & Training Institute
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		+	In the meantime, several PSUs also started contributing funds for the statue which did not go down well with the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG). The CAG in its Compliance Audit on General Purpose Financial Reports 2018 of Central Public Sector Enterprises of Union Government rapped the PSU firms for spending CSR funds on the construction of the statue. The CAG report stated that a total of Rs 146.83 crore was spent by five PSU firms namely ONGC, IOCL, BPCL, HPCL and OIL.
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		+	Here's the individual amount donated by the public sector oil companies over the years as per the CAG report.
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		+	{\| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"
		+	\| '''PU''''''BLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKING'''
		+	\| '''AMOUNT GIVEN UNDER CSR'''
		+	\|-
		+	\| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
		+	\| Rs 50 crore
		+	\|-
		+	\| Indian Oil Corporation Limited
		+	\| Rs 21.83 crore
		+	\|-
		+	\| Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
		+	\| Rs 25 crore
		+	\|-
		+	\| Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
		+	\| Rs 25 crore
		+	\|-
		+	\| Oil India Limited
		+	\| Rs 25 crore
		+	\|}
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		+	Since, the claims made on the basis of Loksatta article do not mention any time frame for the CSR funding for the project, it was difficult to verify the years they were referring to. However, we decided to look into the annual reports of these PSUs since 2015, the year the construction work for the statue gained momentum.
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		+	According to the claims, the Indian Oil Corp gave Rs 900 crore for the statue. However, the annual reports of IOCL say it actually gave Rs 21.83 crore in the year 2016-17 and a cumulative expenditure of Rs 71.34 crore is also mentioned in the 2017-18 annual report.
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		+	For ONGC, the claim made was for Rs 500 crore. But according to the annual report, it has spent only Rs 50 crore from its CSR fund for the project.
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		+	In the viral post, it is claimed that all the three companies -- BPCL, OIC and GAIL -- have spent Rs 250 crore each for the statue. India Today found that BPCL spent Rs 45 crore, OIC Rs 25 crore and GAIL Rs 25 crore. Power Grid has contributed Rs 12.5 crore against a claim of Rs 125 crore made in the post.
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		+	The Loksatta article mentioned that the HPCL has given Rs 250 crore but we found that as per annual report of 2016-17, it gave Rs 25 crore.
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		+	The claims stated that Gujarat Minerals Corporation Limited (GMCL) had given Rs 100 crore for the project whereas India Today found from the annual report that the company gave only Rs 11 crore.
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		+	The post claims that the two companies, Petronet and Balmer Lawrie, have given Rs 50 crore each for the statue project, but we found that Petronet gave Rs 5 crore while Balmer Lawrie gave money twice -- Rs 62 lakh in 2017-18 and Rs 38 lakh in 2016-17.
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		+	We couldn't find any mention of funds for the statue in the financial statements of Engineers India Limited.
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		+	India Today contacted Sandeep Kumar, joint managing director at the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL), for further clarification on the project funding. The SSNNL has been tasked with overseeing the implementation of the Statue of Unity project. According to Kumar, the project cost was Rs 2,362 crore, and an additional Rs 650 crore has been kept for the maintenance of the project for the next 15 years. The project cost includes setting up of a memorial, a 50-room hotel, and infrastructure surrounding the area.
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		+	Kumar claimed that "the central government had given Rs 300 crore for the project while Rs 550 crore was given by the central and state PSUs, private companies and individuals as donations".
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		+	"Rest of the expenditure has been borne by the Gujarat government," he added.
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		+	India Today Fact Check team found that the claims, which said the PSUs bore the cost of Sardar Patel statue project, are partially true. The PSUs certainly did not spend to the tune Rs 2,500 crore as being claimed. Also, the claims about funds coming from China as loan are far from true.
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		+	Update: One of our esteemed readers pointed out rightly that IOCL had also given money for the statue second time, in the year 2017-18. We have now included that in our story and updated it. The reader has also mentioned that some of "these companies might have also spent some amounts in 2018-19" but since the annual reports for the year 2018-19 are still not available, India Today could not take that into account in the current story.
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		+	'''Statue of Unity funding'''
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		+	ClaimIndian Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) were made to shell out nearly Rs 2,500 crore as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund for the construction of Sardar Patel statue. Loan of Rs 3600 crore was taken to fund the statue.ConclusionPSUs did bear the cost of Sardar Patel statue project, but did not spend to the tune Rs 2,500 crore as being claimed. Also, the claims about funds coming from China as loan are far from true.

	=See also=		=See also=

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+[[File: Statue Of Unity, 2010-18- a history of the project1.jpg|Statue Of Unity, 2010-18- a history of the project <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F10%2F29&entity=Ar01609&sk=0983D33F&mode=text  Kapil Dave, STATUE OF UNITY A GLOBAL LANDMARK, October 29, 2018: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
 ''The Spectacular Memorial To India’s Iron Man Sardar Patel Is Twice The Height Of Statue Of Liberty In New York''

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	The project’s architect is Michael Graves, designer of the 1985 Team Disney Building in Burbank, US and skyscrapers, while SoU’s engineering consultant is the Meinhardt Group, who are involved in building the proposed “Aladdin City,” Dubai. The brass claddings were manufactured at China’s Jiangxi Tongqing Metal Handicrafts.		The project’s architect is Michael Graves, designer of the 1985 Team Disney Building in Burbank, US and skyscrapers, while SoU’s engineering consultant is the Meinhardt Group, who are involved in building the proposed “Aladdin City,” Dubai. The brass claddings were manufactured at China’s Jiangxi Tongqing Metal Handicrafts.
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		+	=See also=
		+	[[Sadhu Beyt: Statue Of Unity]]
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		+	[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]]

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	''Some facts about the Sadhu Beyt- Statue Of Unity; <br/> A comparison with the top 5 tallest statues in the world; <br/> Some detail about the construction material used; <br/> And the map showing the location of Sadhu Beyt: Statue Of Unity;''		''Some facts about the Sadhu Beyt- Statue Of Unity; <br/> A comparison with the top 5 tallest statues in the world; <br/> Some detail about the construction material used; <br/> And the map showing the location of Sadhu Beyt: Statue Of Unity;''
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		+	==Essential facts==
		+	[[File: Statue Of Unity- the essential facts- II.jpg\|Statue Of Unity- the essential facts- II <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F10%2F31&entity=Ar00601&sk=090FB826&mode=image October 31, 2018: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	'''See graphic''':
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		+	''Statue Of Unity- the essential facts- II''

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+[[File: Some facts about the Sadhu Beyt- Statue Of Unity.jpg|Some facts about the Sadhu Beyt- Statue Of Unity; <br/> A comparison with the top 5 tallest statues in the world; <br/> Some detail about the construction material used; <br/> And the map showing the location of Sadhu Beyt: Statue Of Unity; <br/> From: [https://epaper.thehindu.com/Home/ShareImage?Pictureid=G444TQEFC.2  November 1, 2018: ''The Hindu'']|frame|500px]]
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