Claim: Unemployment data for Jan-Mar 2020 is compared with the unemployment rates of July-Sept 2021.
Fact-check: This comparison of unemployment rates before, and after the pandemic-induced lockdowns is misleading - FACTLY
Verdict: though the data provided in the post is true to an extent, the comparison is not appropriate. the data for the quarter jan-mar 2020  is compared to the july-sept 2021 quarter, which is after the initial lockdown. according to periodic labour force surveys, the unemployment rate registered a decline from 13.2% in july-sept 2020 quarter to 9.8% in july-sept 2021. the male unemployment rate declined from 12.6% to 9.3% and the female unemployment rate declined from 15.8% to 11.6%. the unemployment rate registered a decline from 6.1% in 2017-18 to 4.8% in 2019-20. the male unemployment rate declined from 6.2% to 5.1% and the female unemployment rate declined from 5.7% to 4.2% in those years. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Abhishek Mandadi
Date published: 2022-04-01T14:19:02