Tura MDC Bernard Marak has alleged that the circulation of fake text messages among farmers and others has created a huge amount of confusion amongst beneficiaries of central government schemes.
“False SMS alerts have created confusion among the farmers and other beneficiaries in the state. Farmer schemes, which were released by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are not reaching the beneficiaries in time,” alleged the MDC, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
According to Marak, farmers were getting SMS alerts but the money was not credited to their bank accounts. This has created confusion, with people not being sure if the amounts have really been released or the messages they received are fake.
The MDC has added that similar situations have been reported by the beneficiaries of other centrally-sponsored schemes.