Jammu Tawi, March 20 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government has disclosed that the current unemployment rate in the Union Territory stands at 6.1% for individuals aged 15 years and above in the year 2023-24, according to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).

In response to a question from MLA Tanvir Sadiq, the government further disclosed that as of January 2025, a total of 3,70,811 unemployed youth have voluntarily registered on the employment portal.

The concerned minister highlighted various self-employment schemes like Mumkin, Tejaswani, Mission Youth, PMEGP, and REGP, aimed at generating employment opportunities. Since 2021, these initiatives have led to the creation of approximately 9.58 lakh self-employme...