India’s Ministry of Culture has not announced a relief scheme for artists affected by COVID-19
A message that is going viral on social media claims that the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, has announced a relief scheme for artists affected by COVID_19 and have asked them to send their personal details on the e-mail IDs provided in the message.
The message reads:
Many others also share the message.
TRUTH
With the keyword search that led us to the tweet by the Press Information Bureau Fact Check (PIB) that the no such initiative has been announced by the government.
दावा: एक संदेश में दावा किया गया है कि भारत सरकार ने #COVID19 के कारण प्रभावित कलाकारों के लिए राहत योजना की घोषणा की है और उनका विवरण दिए गए आईडी पर ईमेल करने के लिए कहा गया है#PIBFactCheck: झूठ। संगीत नाटक अकादमी, संस्कृति मंत्रालय द्वारा ऐसी कोई भी योजना नहीं चलाई जा रही है pic.twitter.com/KrK3R1rm1O
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) May 12, 2020
This confirms that the viral message is fake.