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| 2.45 lakh unemployed youth in JK | | Highest unemployment rate compared to neighbouring states | | Sandeep Bhat
Jammu, Aug 11 : Unemployment is a social issue of serious concern at national as well as state levels.
The state of Jammu and Kashmir like most of the states of the country has been facing the problem of unemployment since long. The problem of unemployment gains more importance because of higher incidence of unemployment among the educated section of youth in the state.
Almost 70% of the population is directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture and allied activities which continue to be a subsistence sector. However, it may be mentioned that near about 70% of the said marginal workers are associated with the
agricultural and allied sector contributing very marginally to the total production thus giving rise to the disguised unemployment in Agriculture. To avoid this situation, out of the said 16.79 lakh of marginal workers, half of this working force suffers from disguised unemployment who can contribute positively on being shifted to other sectors of economy. In the absence of desirable industrial growth and limited scope for absorption in the private sector, many have joined the ranks of job seekers.
The District employment exchanges renamed recently as District employment & counseling centers spread all over the state maintain qualification wise data of job seekers.
As per the economic survey, J&K 2013 -2014 Due to limited job opportunities available for unemployed youth in the state, the number of unemployed youth has been increasing with every passing year.
The number of unemployed youth registered in various district employment & counseling centres of the state is 2.45 lakhs ending December 2013.The Kashmir division is ahead of Jammu Division in terms of registration of unemployed youth. Jammu has 89405 unemployed youth registered against 155250 registered in Kashmir region.
These youth include illiterate, middle, matric , Graduates, post graduates, Diploma holders, Degree holders, skilled, ITI trained and many others. As per the 68th round of NSS ( National survey sample) July 2011 To June 2012, based on usual principal status, (UPS), J&S has the highest unemployment rate of 4.9% in comparison to its neighboring states V12 Punjab (2.8%) H.P (2.0%), Delhi (4.7%), Haryana (3.2%) unemployment rate for males in J&K was 3.2% only whereas Females who 20.2% which is for too high when compared to its neighboring states. The state of Jammu & Kashmir needs on effective employment policy for its unemployed youth so that it can generate employment for them which are increasing by the passing year. |
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