| 29,806 given Govt jobs in J&K since 2019: MHA | | | Agencies
New Delhi, July 19: Over 29,000 recruitments have been done in the government sector in Jammu and Kashmir since 2019, Home Ministry said on Tuesday. In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said while district-wise information on employment rate in Jammu and Kashmir is not available, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir has carried out recruitment in the public sector from the year 2019 onwards totaling 29,806.
In addition, employment for 5.2 lakh persons is estimated to have been created through self-employment schemes from August 2019 upto June 2022, the Minster said.
On August 5, 2019, Article 370 and 35A were abrogated and Jammu and Kashmir was made into a Union Territory, bifurcating Ladakh out as a separate UT. |
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