Jammu, March 16 -- Minister for Agriculture Production Javed Ahmad Dar said the unemployment rate has not increased drastically in the Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir since 2019, which stood at 6.7% in the year 2019-20 to 6.1% in the year 2023-24.

He said a total of 9.58 lakh self-employment/livelihood opportunities have been generated through schemes like Mumkin, Tejaswani, PMEGP, REGP, etc., up to January 2025 in the past four years in J&K.

The Minister was replying on behalf of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to a question raised by Mubarak Gul in the Legislative Assembly.

He informed that 11,526 selections have been made by the JKPSC and JKSSB, while 45688 private employment avenues have been generated in the industrial sector duri...