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“Government of India is distributing ₹ 2000 to every girl in the country under the scheme ‘PM Kalyan Aashirvad Yojana’”
Social media posts Claim dated 4 Jul 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

There is no such scheme by the name ‘PM Kalyan Aashirvad Yojana’, introduced by the Government of India. Press Information Bureau (PIB) also clarified the same when posts on such a scheme went viral on social media

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

In short

This claim spread on social media around 4 July 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 July 2020, 10 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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