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J&K Records Second Highest Unemployment Rate In India At 46.3%
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J&K Records Second Highest Unemployment Rate In India At 46.3%
At 67.3 Percent, More Women Jobless Than Men
Srinagar- Despite defying the non-governmental reports on rising unemployment in J&K, on Monday, the Government of India’s Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation published its latest Periodic Labour Force Survey stating that the grueling unemployment figures among educated youth in J&K has reached 46.3 percent, second highest in India.
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A report titled “Periodic Labour Force Survey April-June 2021” released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation shows that urban unemployment rate jumped to 12.6 percent in April-June 2021 from 9.3 percent in the previous quarter.
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As per the report, a copy of which lies with Kashmir Observer, J&K’s urban unemployment rate for 15-29 age group has reached 46.3 percent from the 44.1 percent in the previous quarter. As per the data, J&K’s unemployment in the educated category is the second highest unemployment rate after Kerala where the percentage stood at 47 percent.