early times report
Jammu, Oct 18: Contesting the Jammu and Kashmir coalition government's claims of having created new avenues of employment during last five years of its rule, BJP National Executive Member and J&K Chief Spokesperson Dr. Jitendra Singh today cited latest official figures from the "Annual Employment and Unemployment Survey Report for 2012-13" released by Labour Bureau under Union Ministry of Labour and Employment.
He said to show that unemployment in J&K had increased over the last few years and the current unemployment rate per 1000 persons in general category in J&K was 100 which accounted for 10 %,thus being the highest among the North Indian states followed by, per 1000 persons unemployment rate of Himachal Pradesh (69), Haryana (50), Punjab (48), Delhi (43) and UT Chandigarh (40).
What is more appalling, disclosed Dr. Jitendra Singh, is that in the Scheduled Castes (SC) category, J&K had second highest unemployment rate in North India. As per the survey, the unemployment rate per 1000 persons, in age group of 15 years and above, among SC population was highest in UT Chandigarh at 151, followed by J&K (132), Delhi (82), Punjab (55), Haryana (42) and Himachal Pradesh (36), he elaborated. |
