SRINAGAR, March 20 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said that the current unemployment rate in the Union Territory stands at 6.1% for individuals aged 15 years and above in 2023-24, as per the MoSPI.

Responding to a query by MLA Tanvir Sadiq, the government, as per KNO, also informed that 3,70,811 unemployed youth have voluntarily registered on the employment portal by the end of January 2025.

The concerned minister said that the government has implemented several self-employment schemes under initiatives like Mumkin, Tejaswani, Mission Youth, PMEGP, and REGP.

He said that these schemes have facilitated the generation of approximately 9.58 lakh self-employment opportunities since 2021. In the current fiscal year (2024-25...