“e-SHRAM cardholders will get a pension of ₹5000 every month”
What FACTLY found
According to the official e-SHRAM portal, holders of eSHRAM card, which is issued for unorganised workers, will get an Accidental Insurance cover of 2 Lakh rupees under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bhima Yojana. Also, one of the objectives of this portal is to share the data of these unorganised workers with various government departments in order to improve the implementation of various social security schemes meant for them. It is nowhere mentioned that the e-SHRAM card holders are eligible for ...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 November 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 22 November 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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