PIB debunks fake video featuring Finance Minister. (Photo Source: Freepik) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

The Press Information Bureau has issued a clarification after a video circulating on social media falsely claimed that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was endorsing a government-backed investment scheme.

In a post on X, PIB’s fact-checking unit stated, “A video claims that Union Finance Minister @nsitharaman is promoting a government project, which promises that an investment of Rs 21,000 can earn up to Rs 15 lakh per month.”

PIB went on to confirm that "this is a digitally altered #fake video".

The misleading video purportedly showed Sitharaman promoting a government scheme that promised unusually high returns, up to Rs 15 lakh per month, on an

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