Guwahati, June 27 -- Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday said the state has significantly reduced its unemployment rate and ensured transparency in government recruitment since the BJP took office in 2018.

Speaking at a government job appointment letter distribution event in Agartala, Saha handed out offer letters to 222 new recruits in the school education and health and family welfare departments.

He said that Tripura's unemployment rate had dropped from 10% in 2018-19 to just 1.7% in 2023-24, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. In comparison, the national unemployment rate currently stands at 3.2%.

"The figures clearly show that employability in Tripura ha...