New Delhi: A total of 29,295 vacancies were filled in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in the erstwhile state, the Central Government told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai shared the input in a written reply to a member.
“The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has carried out several governance reforms, including in the area of recruitment in Government. After the abrogation of Article 370, a large-scale recruitment drive has been carried out, and the Government of Jammu and Kashmir has filled 29,295 vacancies,” said Rai, adding that recruiting agencies have advertised 7,924 vacancies and examinations in respect of 2,504 vacancies have been conducted.
Minister Rai emphasised that the process of identifying vacancies and recruiting is continuous and ongoing, and the government has undertaken an accelerated recruitment drive to address the issue effectively.
Moreover, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir has been proactive in tackling unemployment and has implemented various self-employment schemes through different departments. These initiatives aim to provide subsidised loans to aspiring entrepreneurs, enabling them to establish sustainable income generation units of their own, the MoS further said.
He said that several self-employment schemes like Mission Youth, Rural Livelihood Mission, Himayat, PMEGP, Avsar, and Tejaswani have been launched to create ample employment opportunities for the residents of the region.
However, the minister said, according to the PLFS data collected between July 2020 and June 2021, the estimated unemployment rate among individuals aged 15–29 years in Jammu and Kashmir was 18.3 percent. The government is actively working on further reducing this rate through various employment-generation initiatives.
