The claim
The Government of India has relaunched the Agnipath scheme as the Sainik Saman scheme with multiple changes.
Original review summary
The review says the viral document announcing the relaunch was fake and that the Government of India had made no such decision. It reports that the document lacked official markings and contained spelling errors, and that the Ministry of Defence had made no announcement about the relaunch.[S1]
Additional context
On 16 June 2024, PIB Fact Check said the government had made no such decision. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 17, 2026
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