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  • Not trueAbhijeet Dipkechecked 30 Sept 2026

    “If we look at the unemployment data, India currently has the highest unemployment rate in the last 40 years”

    5.2%

    What the evidence shows

    What they said

    Abhijeet Dipke said that India currently has the highest unemployment rate in the last 40 years.

    bbc.co.uk, checked 30 Sept 2026

    What is actually true

    5.2%

    overall unemployment rate, persons 15+, PLFS April 2026

    static.pib.gov.in

    The National Statistics Office's Periodic Labour Force Survey monthly bulletin for April 2026 put the all-India unemployment rate for persons aged 15 and above at 5.2% using the current weekly status measure. The Ministry of Labour and Employment told Parliament that the annual usual-status unemployment rate fell from 6.0% in 2017-18 to 3.2% in 2023-24. A 2017-18 PLFS figure of 6.1% was described in one analysis as the highest in 45 years.

    • The National Statistics Office's monthly Periodic Labour Force Survey bulletin for April 2026 says the overall unemployment rate for people aged 15 and above remained broadly stable at 5.2%. [3][4]
    • The Ministry of Labour and Employment has stated in Parliament that the annual usual-status unemployment rate decreased from 6.0% in 2017-18 to 3.2% in 2023-24. [8]
    • The Hindu reported that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi made a similar claim on 24 August 2026 that unemployment is the highest in 40 years, but that is a political assertion, not an official data finding. [1]

    [1] Unemployment rate highest in 40 years; lots of unrest ... — thehindu.com[3] MONTHLY BULLETIN April, 2026 - static.pib.gov.in — static.pib.gov.in[4] Press Release Page | Press Information Bureau — pib.gov.in[8] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT RAJYA ... — dge.gov.in

    The claim that unemployment is currently the highest in 40 years is contradicted by official labour force data. The most recent monthly bulletin shows a rate of 5.2%, while the government's parliamentary answer says the usual-status rate was 6.0% in 2017-18 and 3.2% in 2023-24. Since a higher rate was recorded several years ago, India is not at a 40-year peak now.

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