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“Financial help to poor students is being offered by NGO Prerana (supported by Infosys Foundation)”
Social media posts Claim dated 23 Aug 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

Infosys Foundation denies any association with the NGO Prerana mentioned in the post. According to the website of NGO Prerana, they do provide financial-aid to meritorious students from underprivileged backgrounds, but the post is not part of any of their schemes this year

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 23 August 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 August 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.

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