Government Warns of Fake News About Farmer Payment on Raksha Bandhan
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There is a rumor about farmers in India. People say farmers will get 4,000 rupees on Raksha Bandhan. Raksha Bandhan is a special day in India. The government has a program called PM Kisan Yojana. This program gives money to farmers. The government gives money in parts. Each part is called an installment. The next installment is number 24. Farmers usually get 2,000 rupees in one installment.
The government made a new statement. The government said this news about 4,000 rupees is fake. Fake news is not true. The government checked the news. This check is called a fact-check. The government wants people to know the truth. There was an update on the PM Kisan website too. Farmers need to do something important. They must complete this thing to get their next 2,000 rupees. The government is telling everyone to be careful about wrong information online.
Vocabulary15 words
- PM Kisan Yojana
- a government plan that gives money to farmers
- installment
- one part of money paid at one time
- fake
- not true or not real
- fact-check
- to look and see if something is true
- Raksha Bandhan
- a special day in India
- rumor
- information that may not be true
- government
- the people who run a country
- scheme
- a plan made by the government
- update
- new information about something
- website
- a place on the internet with information
- farmer
- a person who grows food
- statement
- words said in public
- alert
- a warning about something
- program
- a plan to help people
- money
- what people use to buy things
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Answer key
1. Farmers getting 4,000 rupees on Raksha Bandhan 2. It is fake 3. 24th