For the past few days, WhatsApp has been abuzz with a fake forward claiming that Ratan Tata has dismissed the experts who are predicting that India's economy will fall badly due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

"I don't know much about these experts. But I know for sure that they don't know anything about the value of human motivation and determined efforts. If experts were to be believed, after the total destruction in the Second World War, Japan had no future. But same Japan in just three decades or so, made the US cry at the market place," the fake forward quotes Tata as saying.

Reacting to it, Tata today tweeted out that the post was never said or written by him. "I urge you to verify the messages circulated on Whatsapp and social platforms. If I have something to say, I will say it on my official channels. Hope you are safe and do take care," Tata wrote.

This post has neither been said, nor written by me. I urge you to verify media circulated on WhatsApp and social platforms. If I have something to say, I will say it on my official channels. Hope you are safe and do take care. pic.twitter.com/RNVL40aRTB

— Ratan N. Tata (@RNTata2000) April 11, 2020