Claim: GOI introduced a new application portal for providing free smartphones to financially backward students.
Fact-check: This registration link alluring free smartphones in the name of a government scheme is a fraudulent one - FACTLY
Verdict: facts: the registration link shared in the post is a fraudulent one. the link redirects the user to a blog and asks for personal details. it also asks the user to share the message until the blue bar provided below in the portal gets filled. previously, the press information bureau  debunked many such fake blogs offering smartphones, laptops, and scholarships. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2022-04-20T07:30:39