“The NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority) along with Planning Commission has urged the Government of India to reimpose a nationwide lockdown for 46 days starting from 25 September 2020”
Social media posts
Claim dated 15 Sep 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
PIB through a tweet stated that NDMA has not issued any such order urging the government to reimpose a nationwide lockdown and their tweet categorically rated the news as fake. Also, GoI on 01 January 2015 through a cabinet resolution replaced the Planning Commission with NITI Aayog
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 September 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 16 September 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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