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| Farooq's last three years, Mufti regime topped in job generation | | SURVEY REPORT | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | May 30
As employment makes the center of political and electoral discourse in Jammu and Kashmir, the last three years of the National Conference regime and equal subsequent period under of coalition under Mufti Mohammad Sayeed generated highest number of jobs not only in the periodic timeline in the state but also in the
country. The latest Economic Survey released by the Government of India on Thursday reveals that Jammu and Kashmir topped the job generation in country for eight years between 1999 and 2005. The period between 1999 and 2002 was represented by the National Conference and the subsequent period between 2002 and 2005 was represented by the present PDP-Congress coalition headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
The report, compiled by the Central Statistical Organisation, said that Jammu and Kashmir emerged as the state with maximum employment growth of 6.82 per cent followed by Andhra Pradesh (5.87 per cent), Kerala (5.86 per cent) and Haryana (5.35 per cent). The report says that employment generation in the country has increased considerably in the eight-year period ending 2005 as compared to 1990-98. The employment grew at the rate of 2.78 per cent in 1998-2005, which is much higher than the 1.75 per cent recorded during 1990-98, the fifth Economic Census report said.
The report further said, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh were the two main employment-providing states followed by Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh provided maximum employment in the rural areas (13.14 per cent of the total rural employment), followed by West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, UP, Kerala and Maharashtra.
Among the urban-employment providers, Maharashtra topped the list providing the maximum employment at 14.10 per cent of total urban employment. Referring to the non-agricultural activities, the report observed that such activities in the rural areas were more compared to urban areas, evident by the fact that number of non-agricultural
establishments in rural areas was 19.83 million as against 15.92 million in the urban areas.
In non-agricultural activities, the manufacturing sector scored the maximum with 25.48 million workers engaged in it. This was followed by retail trade (25.14 million workers) and education (7.49 million workers).
Other major area of employment was farming of animals, which employed 9.2 million workers. Also, the report observed, number of establishments grew significantly during the period. Rural areas showed a higher growth rate (5.37 per cent) compared to urban areas (3.69 per cent).
Pointing out that there was positive growth in all the states except Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Islands, the report said highest growth rate in establishments was marked in Mizoram, Tripura, Kerala and Tamil Nadu which grew above 8 per cent.
Interestingly, Delhi and Goa registered a negative growth rate in rural areas, while Bihar, Nagaland, Lakshadweep and A&N Islands saw a negative growth in urban areas, the report said. |
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