“Notification issued by the Union Ministry of Finance to merge nine Public Sector Banks into three.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 Sep 2026.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This is a fake notification. The Ministry of Finance has not made any such announcement, and no official notification was issued in the Gazette of India. PIB Fact Check also has confirmed the document is fabricated.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 September 2026. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 September 2026. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.