Srinagar, Nov. 24 -- Upset over target shortfall, Jammu and Kashmir government has directed banks to increase lending to youth to help reduce unemployment and boost job creation.

An official document accessed by The Kashmir Monitor revealed that Chief Secretary Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta expressed dismay over under-performance in Mission Youth Schemes, "especially when they are the most attractive schemes in the entire country that promises gainful employment to the youth."

He called for covering a large number of youth under these schemes, which will help to mitigate the problem of unemployment to a very large extent.

The document said that the Chief Secretary has urged for increasing the credit off-taking under Mission Youth schemes.

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