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Economy & business fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about economy & business. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

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FACTLYEconomy & business

‘Only gas prices have increased, not the cylinder price.’- Sambit Patra

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns an image circulated on social media as a breaking-news clip quoting BJP National spokesperson Sambit Patra: “only gas prices have increased, not the cylinder price.” The review says it found no evidence that Patra made that statement and concludes that the image was digitally created, rather than a genuine report of his remarks. To investigate the image’s origin, the review used the image in a reverse-image search on Yandex. That search led to a Facebook video of Patra at a press conference. The review reports that a screenshot from the video at 5:04 matches the image used in the post. This establishes a source for the underlying picture, but not for the words overlaid on it. The review also reports finding a breaking-news template available for free online, which users could edit by adding text. It says the same image was used in articles published by The Tribune. Together, these findings support the distinction at the heart of the claim: the picture can be traced to Patra’s press-conference video, while the purported quotation appears in an editable news-style image. The review reports that it found no media reports of Patra making the statement; it does not provide a transcript or describe examining the full press conference to establish what he said.

FACTLYEconomy & business

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar holding a placard that reads ,“ Deposit 20Rs – Daily Income 2000Rs” while promoting an online trading app

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns an image presented as showing Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar advertising an online trading application with a placard promising “Deposit 20Rs – Daily income 2000Rs”. FACTLY reports that it checked whether he had actually promoted the app and concluded that the displayed placard wording was altered: “The content on the placard is altered and then is presented like an advertisement for an online trading app.” [S1]

Factcrescendo Sri LankaEconomy & business

අරගලය ඵල දරයි: කිරි සම්බා කිලෝවක මිල රුපියල් 190 දක්වා අඩු කරනවා - ඩඩ්ලි සිරිසේන

Publisher’s rating: False

The claim circulated amid Sri Lanka’s public protests in July 2022: posts said rice mill owner Dudley Sirisena would cut the price of a kilo of kiri samba rice to Rs. 190 from July 11. The review describes its subject as social media posts making that specific price-cut claim, rather than a general promise to lower rice prices.

El Detector / Univision NoticiasEconomy & business

Se pueden conseguir $4,850 pesos a través del Salario Rosa al completar el formulario de la web bonosolidario.org.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerns a specific offer: that completing a form on bonosolidario.org would provide $4,850 pesos through the Salario Rosa program in the State of Mexico. The review says the state government identified bonosolidario.org as a false site and warned that Salario Rosa “no tiene sitio web ni redes sociales.” It also says the official service for applying was sedesem.edomex.gob.mx, and that the program does not request personal information through messaging apps or web forms. The review characterizes the form-based offer as phishing. The amount and the advertised eligibility also conflict with the review’s account of the program. It reports that the chain promoted $4,850 and said people of many kinds could apply, while the government program described in the review was limited to women who met specific requirements. The review says both program modalities paid $2,400, not $4,850, and that payments could be made “en una y hasta seis ocasiones” subject to authorized budget availability. The review’s conclusion is therefore specific to the advertised website and offer: it says applicants did not need to fill out a questionnaire on bonosolidario.org to access Salario Rosa, calls the site false, and says the amount and broad eligibility advertised in the chain were incorrect. Its account directs applicants to the official state-government service instead.