Fact-Check: The Central Government Has Not Launched ‘PM Kardata Kalyan Yojana'

The video is an April Fools' Day prank. PIB clarified on X that no such scheme exists.

Fact-Check | There is no scheme named 'PM Kardata Kalyan Yojana'.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video where a person could be heard talking about a new scheme called 'PM Kardata Kalyan Yojana' being implemented from 1 April is going viral on social media platforms.

What about the scheme?: The person mentioned that tax payers will receive different kinds of cards like silver, gold, and platinum based on the tax they pay in a financial year. He further said that incentives like travel benefits could be availed under this scheme.

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: X (formerly Twitter)/Screenshot)

(More archives of similar such claims could be accessed here, here, and here.)

What are the facts?: The video is actually an April Fools' Day prank and does not share information about a real scheme implemented by the government.

• Additionally, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) fact-checking wing clarified that there is no such scheme.

Hints in the video: On going through the entire clip, we noticed that it carried a text on the top-right side on a keyframe that said "happy april fools day."

• Towards the end of the video, we found that a document outlining the scheme carried text saying "Posted On: April Fools Day by LLA".

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The video carried text indicating that it was a prank.

The video carried text indicating that it was a prank.

Finding the original post: We noticed that the viral clip had a watermark that said "Labour Law Advisor". On searching for it on Google, we found an Instagram handle with the same name.

• The video was originally posted on 1 April.

• Its caption indicated that the viral clip was actually a prank.

The caption clearly showed that the video was a prank.

(Source: Instagram/Screenshot)

What did PIB say?: The fact-checking wing of PIB took to X to clarify that the claim is fake and said that no such scheme called "PM Kardata Kalyan Yojana" exists. The post was shared on 5 April.

Conclusion: It is evident that the video was shared as a prank and no such scheme named 'PM Kardata Kalyan Yojana' exists.

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