A claim has been going viral on social media claiming that the Centre is giving Rs 5 Lakh to farmers under the PM Kisan Tractor Yojana as a subsidy. The post also has a smiling picture of PM Narendra Modi.
We also found such posts dating back to June 2020.
#प्रधानमंत्री_किसान #ट्रैक्टर_योजना_2020#pm #tractor #yojna2020 #Swaraj #tractor #companyculture #government_tractor_company_5 #lakh #subsidy #farmers#kisan #eskim #pmfund #govt #Agriculture #1YearOfModi2 #BJP #PrimeMinister #modi #kisan #contect Watts app number 9414177701 pic.twitter.com/Zd6hPQVtyc
— राकेश माचरा (प्रधान) (@rakeshmachrabjp) June 4, 2020
Additionally, we found such information on a few websites as well:
FACT CHECK
We fact-checked the above claims and found them to be false.
Since the Press Information Bureau is the official source for all government-related news, we checked their official Twitter account.
On the PIB Fact Check official Twitter account, we found a recent tweet from August 15, 2020, stating that the claims are false and that the government has not launched any such scheme.
दावा: केंद्र सरकार पीएम किसान ट्रैक्टर योजना के तहत आधे दाम में ट्रैक्टर मुहैया करा रही है।#PIBFactCheck : केंद्र सरकार द्वारा ऐसी कोई योजना नहीं चलाई जा रही। pic.twitter.com/0qTbN9KxgP
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) August 15, 2020
Hence it is proven that the claims are fake.
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