New Delhi (NVI): A report by a web news portal that Centre is likely to reduce the retirement age of Central government employees to 50 has been quashed by Press Information Bureau (PIB) which has clarified that the Centre is neither planning nor discussing any such move.
“Claim: A web news portal claims Centre is likely to reduce retirement age of Central Government employees to 50 In #Coronavirus Crisis
“#PIBFactCheck: The claim made within the report is false. Centre is neither planning nor discussing any such move.” PIB tweeted through its Fact Check handle that is constantly debunking misleading or wrong information on internet/social media amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Claim: A web news portal claims Centre is likely to reduce retirement age of Central Government employees to 50 In #Coronavirus Crisis#PIBFactCheck: The claim made within the report is false. Centre is neither planning nor discussing any such move#COVID19 #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/d9jaWnUwxs
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) April 26, 2020
In another case, the PIB Fact Check Unit has tweeted that Centre is not giving Rs 1000 to anybody under the so called Corona Sahayata Yojana scheme.
The tweet was in response to a widely circulating message on WhatsApp that claimed that Government had launched a scheme-WCHO- under which people were being given Rs 1000 each. The message requires people to click on a link and provide their information, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said in a statement.
The tweet clarified that the claim and the link both were fraudulent and warned people against clicking on it.
दावा: कोरोना सहायता योजना WCHO की तरफ से 1000 ₹ सहायता राशि सभी को दिया जा रहा हैें। फॉर्म भरें और 1000 ₹ प्राप्त करें। #PIBFactCheck: केंद्र सरकार द्वारा ऐसी कोई भी योजना नहीं चलाई जा रही। मैसेज में किया गया दावा व दिया गया लिंक फ़र्ज़ी है।
कृपया जालसाज़ों से सावधान रहे। pic.twitter.com/i8z3K5dEid— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) April 25, 2020
