“The Central Government allocated funds to the States on 05 January 2021 from the PM CARES fund, but the States failed to install the required oxygen plants”
What FACTLY found
The PM CARES Fund Trust has allocated Rs.201.58 crores for the installation of 162 dedicated PSA Medical Oxygen Generation Plants to the Central Medical Supply Store (CMSS) (an autonomous body of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare), not to the States. The responsibility of establishing the plants lies with the CMSS which is a part of the Central Government. The routine operations and maintenance are to be looked after by the hospitals/States. If it was the failure of only certain State...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 April 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 26 April 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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.