Ratan Tata hasn’t stated half of India’s population would be unemployed if he had become an IAS officer - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 1, 2023
A post is being shared on social media claiming that industrialist and former Chairman of Tata Group, Ratan Tata, had said, “If I would have became an IAS officer, more than half of India’s population would have become unemployed.” Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Ratan Tata said half of India’s population would have become unemployed if he had become an IAS officer.
Fact: Ratan Tata did not make any such statement predicting unemployment in the country. Ratan Tata never made such a statement on any of his official social media handles or during any public or media interaction. Ratan Tata himself debunked several such fake quotes attributed to him on social media. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE
When we searched to check whether Ratan Tata had made any such statement saying that half of India’s population would have become unemployed if he had become an IAS officer, we could not find any reliable sources on the internet attributing such a statement to Ratan Tata. If Ratan Tata had made any such statement, several news websites would have published articles reporting that information.
Further, Ratan Tata had never made any such statement on any of his official social media handles (Twitter and Instagram) or during any public or media interaction. Ratan Tata on multiple occasions spoke about the importance of job creation in the country. But Ratan Tata had never said that half of India’s population would have become unemployed if he had become an IAS officer. Ratan Tata indeed never wished to become an IAS officer.
Ratan Tata himself debunked several such fake quotes attributed to him on social media. Earlier, FACTLY published several fact-check articles debunking such fake quotes attributed to Ratan Tata. A few of them can be seen here, here and here.
I’m afraid this too, has not been said by me. I will endeavour to call out fake news whenever I can, but would encourage you to always verify news sources. My picture alongside a quote does not guarantee me having said it, a problem that many people face. pic.twitter.com/pk0S75FxPA
To sum it up, Ratan Tata hasn’t said half of India’s population would be unemployed if he had become an IAS officer.