New Delhi, February 3: A viral offer letter is doing rounds on social media platforms claiming that an applicant has been appointed for the post of Grade-1 Assistant Engineer. The fake letter claims that the appointment of the Assistant Engineer has allegedly been issued by the Ministry of Power. The claim states: "It is being claimed in an appointment letter allegedly issued by the Ministry of Power that the applicant has been appointed for the post of Grade-1 Assistant Engineer".
Dismissing the fake claims, a fact check by Press Information Bureau (PIB), stated that the offer letter claiming that it has been issued by the Ministry of Power is a fake letter. The PIB issued a clarification sating that the Ministry of Power has not issued any such appointment letter. Railway Jobs 2021: Appointment Letter By Northern Railways For Post of Group (C) 'Commercial Clerk' Goes Viral, PIB Calls it Fake.
Here's the tweet:
It is being claimed in an appointment letter allegedly issued by the Ministry of Power that the applicant has been appointed for the post of Grade-1 Assistant Engineer. #PIBFactCheck: This letter is #Fake. @MinOfPower has not issued any such appointment letter. pic.twitter.com/y9Zu882bIp
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) February 3, 2021
The government has taken several initiatives to curb the spread of fake news by doing a fact check of the fake information which is being floated on digital platforms. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, fake news is spreading like wildfire, triggering panic among people. In a bid to curb the spread of such fake information, the government has time and again urged people of the country not to believe in such misinformation.
Fact check
It is being claimed in an appointment letter allegedly issued by the Ministry of Power that the applicant has been appointed for the post of Grade-1 Assistant Engineer.
A fact-check by PIB states that the letter is Fake as the Ministry of Power has not issued any such appointment letter.
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