A Post on the name of a scheme called Pardhan Mantri Loan Yojna is getting viral on social media sites. It is being claimed that the loan provides a subsidized loan of up to 20 lakh rupees.
Many users shared the below screenshot with different captions of Pradhan Mantri Yojana Loan.
In many captions, the link for the application is also provided that can be downloaded from the play store.
Fact Check:
We initiate by clicking on the link and found no such application on the play store.
After this we reverse searched the image using the keyframes and found nothing related to this scheme on the internet. Also, there is no such media report on this scheme.
The website provided on the ‘प्रधानमंत्री लोन योजना INDIA’ Facebook page is also not working. also, ‘Pradhan’ is spelled wrong as “prdhan” in the website address.
‘Press Information Bureau (PIB)’ also tweeted that there is no such central government scheme.
केंद्र सरकार की "प्रधानमंत्री लोन योजना' के तहत सभी आवेदन कर्ताओं को 2,00,000रु की राशि दे रही है | #PIBFactcheck: यह दावा झूठा है | केंद्र सरकार की "प्रधानमंत्री लोन योजना" नामक कोई योजना नहीं है | pic.twitter.com/ZHoNvjEkXs
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) February 20, 2020
Conclusion:
DFRAC found that this image and Facebook page is spreading the picture with fake claim.
Claim Review: Pardhan Mantri Loan Yojna is getting viral on social media sites. It is being claimed that the loan provides a subsidized loan of up to 20 lakh rupees.
Claimed by: social media users.
Fact check: fake
