Did Nirmala Sitharaman promote a scheme promising ₹2.5 lakh monthly? Here's a fact check
The viral video claiming Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman promotes an investment scheme promising ₹2.5 lakh monthly income for an initial investment of ₹22,000 has been debunked.
PIB Fact Check said the video is 'fake and AI-generated' and clarified that neither Sitharaman nor the Government of India has endorsed any such scheme.
PIB Fact Check warned citizens about 'easy money' scams using manipulated videos of public figures and urged reporting suspicious content.
In November 2025, a Bengaluru homemaker lost ₹43.4 lakh in a similar deepfake scam featuring Sitharaman promoting a stock trading platform.
Story angle
Center
Near the middle: closer to straight reporting, less party-line spin.
About how the story is framed, not whether the facts are true.
Hindustan Times
Center-left
Mixed factuality
