In a newspaper cutting posted by Yogi Adityanath Office (@myogioffice) on the micro-blogging site Twitter, with the heading – “The unemployment rate in UP has come down to 2% now: Yogi.”
The caption of the post reads, “The unemployment rate in UP has come down to 2 percent now: Chief Minister Mr.@myogiadityanath, sir.”
Similarly, many other social media users have also shared this newspaper cutting.
Fact Check
To know the veracity of the viral claim, we did a simple search on Google with the help of some keywords. In the result, we found the website of the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) unemploymentinindia.cmie.com, according to which the unemployment rate in India is currently 9.1%. The unemployment rate in the city is 10.1% while in rural it is 8.7%. According to the latest knowable Ho CMIE in March 2017 when Yogi Adityanath had CM Of Form in oath Took Was So it The rate was 2.4%.
CMEI data, Uttar Pradesh currently has 4.1% unemployment.
Source: Infogram
One verified user has written, ” UP in Unemployment Rate, March 2017: 2.4%, November 2022: 4.1%. Meaning when Yogi became CM of UP the unemployment rate was 2.4%, now Unemployment The rate is 4.1%. The unemployment rate has almost doubled”
Conclusion:
It is clear from this fact check by DFRAC that the claim made by CM Yogi Adityanath is false as according to CMEI data the unemployment rate in Uttar Pradesh is not 2.1% but 4.1%.
