PIB Fact Check: No Free Laptops for Students from the Government 🚫

A message is widely circulated on WhatsApp with a claim that the central government is providing free laptops to students under a scheme. The viral message contains a link and the receivers are being asked to click on it to check eligibility. "Urgent, The Government of India is promoting digitization of education by offering free laptops to students. So if you want to get a free laptop under the Government of India Free Laptop (scheme), you can visit this official site and check eligibility" read the viral message. However, PIB Fact Check, a fact-checking unit of the central government, clarified that the viral message is fake and no such scheme is being run.<br />