Fact Check: Is Modi government offering free laptops to students? Here is truth

Fact Check: A text message is being circulated on social media platforms with claims that the Ministry of Education is providing free laptops to students under the Free Laptop Scheme 2022. The message asks people to check their eligibility by clicking on the link available in the message.

"The Ministry of Education has a distribution schedule for laptops to be given out to families to help support virtual learning this fall. To check eligibility visit..." reads the message.

However, the fact check wing of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has now tweeted that there is no such scheme being run by the government.

"A text message with a website link is circulating on social media which claims that @EduMinOfIndia is offering 500,000 free laptops to all students...#PIBFactCheck...The circulated link is #Fake...The government is not running any such scheme," the message reads. 

A text message with a website link is circulating on social media which claims that @EduMinOfIndia is offering 500,000 free laptops to all students #PIBFactCheck

The circulated link is #Fake

The government is not running any such scheme pic.twitter.com/B0LdPI8un2

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) September 19, 2022

PIB Fact Check

Fake news has become rampant these days around the world because of the widespread use of digital platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. In order to keep a tab on such fake news, PIB has started the fact-checking unit.