A message has been circulating on social media that claims central government is giving up to Rs. 3800 per month to citizens between 18- 50 years age under the Prime Minister Unemployed Allowance scheme.
The viral message also has a link which tells users to click on it to get register to collect this payment. The message claims that people who are unemployed and fall in age group 18-25 will get up to Rs 1,500 per month, people falling in age group 25-30 years will get Rs 2,000 per month, age group 31-35 years will get Rs 3,000 per month, people of age 36-45 will get Rs 3,500, while people belonging to age group 46-50 will get Rs 3,800.
FACT CHECK:
Press Information Bureau (PIB) conducted a fact check on this report and found out that no such scheme is being run by the Central government. It is FALSE news.
PIB in a tweet wrote, ”It is being claimed in a message that the Central Government is providing unemployment allowance up to ₹ 3800 per month to the unemployed. #PIBFactCheck: – This claim is fake. The central government has not made any such announcement”.
Check out the tweet: