The central government's web directory has details of all government schemes. It does not show any listing of any scheme as described in the claim.
A WhatsApp forward claiming the government will be providing ₹2,000 as a relief to each citizen of the country has gone viral on social media platforms. The message has a link that recipients can click to claim the amount. On clicking the link, users get redirected to another link: https://india-relief-funds.blogspot.com/. Although the message claims that the website is government-run, it does not have a gov.in or nic.in domain, which all government websites compulsorily have. The government of India web directory which is a one-point source for accessing all government websites did not show any relevant results matching the description of the scheme on searching for relief funds.
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