India, Jan. 30 -- The government on Friday refuted claims on social media that the Union Budget 2026 had been leaked on Telegram, clarifying that all such images were fake.

According to the Press Information Bureau's (PIB) fact-check unit, the images circulating as the "scanned copy" of the 2026-27 budget were fake. The PIB unit also shared two such images, giving details about them.

"Some images are being shared on social media claiming that a scanned copy of the Union Budget 2026-27 has been leaked on Telegram. These images are #FAKE," the PIB said in a post on X.

The fact-check unit said that one of the images circulating was not from the upcoming Union Budget but from the previous one, and that the front page had been digitally edi...