Tuesday, November 26News and updates from Kashmir

Unemployment Rate in Jammu Kashmir Touches 21.6 Per cent, Highest in India

Jammu Kashmir has registered the highest unemployment rate in India with the unemployment rate climbing to 21.6 percent.

According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) figures, with 21. 6 per cent unemployment, Jammu Kashmir has the highest unemployment in India.

The unemployment rates are produced by CMIE using its Consumer Pyramids Household Survey machinery.

CMIE data reveals that India’s unemployment rate is 6.9 percent which means Jammu Kashmir has much higher unemployment rate than the national average.

According to the CMIE data, the unemployment rate in Jammu Kashmir has jumped from over 13 percent in August 2021 to 21.6 percent in September.

As per the data, Jammu Kashmir is the only region in India where unemployment percentage has crossed  over 20 percent.

Jammu Kashmir in terms of the highest unemployment is followed by Haryana, Rajasthan, Tripura.

The Jammu Kashmir Service Selection Board advertisement for 8000 class IV posts saw a whopping 5.
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4 lakh aspirants applying, which is an indication of the rising unemployment in the region.

According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI), the  unemployment rate of the erstwhile state hit the highest 17.8 percent in October-December of last year, when the national average was around 7.11 per cent.

According to official data, 48,908 unemployed youth have registered with the Jammu Kashmir Department of Employment up to June 2021, which includes 21,205 registrations from those with post graduate degrees, alone.

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