WhatsApp Viral Message: Government to bring Act for all salaried persons to deposit 18% income? Here is truth

A message has been doing the rounds on WhatsApp claiming that Government is going to bring an Act which will require all salaried persons to deposit 18% income. Now, Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau (PIB) has revealed the truth behind it. The Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau busted this fake news doing the rounds on WhatsApp. The tweet by PIB clarified that Government is not considering any such law. The tweet also advised people not to forward unverified information.

PIB Fact Check tweeted, "Claim: WhatsApp forward claims Government is going to bring in Act to have 18% income deposited by all tax payers

#PIBFactCheck: No such move being discussed by the Government. This is a figment of imagination aimed at scaremongering. Please do not forward any such #FakeNews."

Claim: WhatsApp forward claims Government is going to bring in Act to have 18% income deposited by all tax payers #PIBFactCheck: No such move being discussed by the Government. This is a figment of imagination aimed at scaremongering. Please do not forward any such #FakeNews pic.twitter.com/z9H90uXG7n

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) April 26, 2020

Earlier, a message related to reduction in retirement age of Central government employees was going viral on social media. The Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau had revealed the truth behind it. According to a statement tweeted by Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau (PIB), Central Government is not mulling any reduction in retirement age of Central Government employees.
 
In order to check the spread of fake news on social media and following observations of the Supreme Court, PIB set up a dedicated unit to bust rumours getting viral on the social media. ‘PIBFactCheck’ is a verified handle on Twitter that continuously monitors trending messages on social media platforms and conducts comprehensive review of its contents to bust fake news. Besides, PIB_India handle and various PIB regional unit handles on Twitter are posting official and authentic version of any item on Twitter using the hashtag #PIBFactCheck for the benefit of the Twitter community at large.

Any person can submit to PIBFactCheck any social media message, including text, audio and video, to verification of its authenticity. These can be submitted online on the portal https://factcheck.pib.gov.in/ or on Whatsapp No. +918799711259 or email: pibfactcheck@gmail.com. The details are also available on PIB website: https://pib.gov.in