False: Priyanka Gandhi: There are nearly five crore unemployed youths in Uttar Pradesh.

The latest quarterly data shows that around 55.62 lakh people are unemployed in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The Assembly Elections are scheduled to be held next year in Uttar Pradesh. The leaders of various political parties are campaigning as momentum builds for the 2022 elections. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has been addressing several rallies in the state. During a rally on October 31, she said that there were five crore unemployed youths in U.P., but the official government data does not support her claim. According to CMIE, a private think tank that publishes monthly figures on unemployment shows that from May to August, there were 31.96 lakh unemployed youth in the state who were willing to work and looking out for a job. Additionally, there were 23.66 lakh people who were unemployed, ready to work but not looking for a job. So in total, there were 55.62 lakh people who were not working out of the available, total workforce of 6 crores. The combined figure of unemployed youths is far less than the claim made by Priyanka Gandhi. The Periodic Labour Force survey released by the National Statistical Office for October-December 2020 shows that the Unemployment Rate is 11.2 percent of the total state population. Based on the figures outlined in these documents, we can say that the unemployment numbers claimed by Priyanka Gandhi are exaggerated and not backed by factual evidence.