Sri Nagar, 16/7:A staggering 6.63 lakh educated youth are hankering for jobs in Jammu and Kashmir and the numbers are rising with each passing day.
An extensive survey conducted by the J&K Department of Employment across all districts of the Union Territory between March and May 2022, in collaboration with district administrations revealed that as of May 31, 2022, there were 663,511 unemployed youth in the union territory (UT).
However, the survey says, 10-15 per cent of these individuals are self-employed, engaged in agricultural ventures, or run small businesses in their villages. Thus, the actual number of unemployed youth seeking employment stands at 563,984, the figures reveal.
According to the 2011 census, J&K’s population is 12.5 million. Since the private sector is almost negligible in the UT, the government is the main source of jobs in the organised sector.