Fact Check: Central govt giving Rs 3800 as 'unemployment allowance' to jobless people?

A message has been circulating on social media that claims central government is giving up to Rs. 3800 per month to citizens between 18- 50 years age under the Prime Minister Unemployed Allowance scheme.

The viral message also has a link which tells users to click on it to get register to collect this payment. The message claims that people who are unemployed and fall in age group 18-25 will get up to Rs 1,500 per month, people falling in age group 25-30 years will get Rs 2,000 per month, age group 31-35 years will get Rs 3,000 per month, people of age 36-45 will get Rs 3,500, while people belonging to age group 46-50 will get Rs 3,800.

FACT CHECK: 

Press Information Bureau (PIB) conducted a fact check on this report and found out that no such scheme is being run by the Central government. It is FALSE news.

PIB in a tweet wrote, ”It is being claimed in a message that the Central Government is providing unemployment allowance up to ₹ 3800 per month to the unemployed. #PIBFactCheck: – This claim is fake. The central government has not made any such announcement”.

Check out the tweet:

दावा:- एक मैसेज में दावा किया जा रहा है कि केंद्र सरकार बेरोजगारों को प्रति माह ₹3800 तक का बेरोजगारी भत्ता प्रदान कर रही है।#PIBFactCheck:- यह दावा फर्जी है। केंद्र सरकार ने ऐसी कोई घोषणा नहीं की है। pic.twitter.com/CwedA2UKRB

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) January 27, 2021