While unemployment ‘halves’ in Haryana, its youth seek jobs abroad Premium
The Hindu
High unemployment rate in Haryana challenges BJP government, but recent job survey shows significant improvement.
The high unemployment rate in the Bharatiya Janta Party-ruled Haryana reflected even in Union government surveys, has been a major weapon in the hands of the Opposition to attack the State government, and more so as the State goes to the polls in a few weeks from now.
But the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation for the January-March quarter in FY24, shows that the unemployment rate among those above 15 years of age as per current weekly status in urban areas has more than halved to 4.1% from 8.8% since the corresponding quarter the year before, dropping below the national average of 6.7%.
This is in sharp contrast to the annual PLFS results for 2021-22 which showed that Haryana with an unemployment rate of 9% - more than double the national rate of 4.1%, had fared poorly compared to its neighbours including Uttar Pradesh (2.9%), Himachal Pradesh (4.0%), Rajasthan (4.7%) and Punjab (6.4%).
Attributing the high unemployment rate in FY22 in the State to the global post-Covid economic slowdown in sectors such as hospitality and civil aviation, Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Rajesh Khullar told The Hindu that job creation, both in the public and private sector, had been the Government’s top priority. He said the government was on a “job offering spree” in the past few months to fill government posts.
“Around 30,000 regular government jobs, including in Group C and D, have been filled this year so far with Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini handing over appointment letters to 7,500 Trained Graduate Teachers on July 30. The government aims to give 50,000 regular jobs before the Assembly polls on October 5, but some of these appointments have been delayed as the Model Code of Conduct came into force on August 16.
His predecessor Manohar Lal had in January announced “Mission 60,000” for youth employment for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families by engaging them as “Van Mitras”, “E-Sewa Mitras” and “Kisan Mitras” and imparting training to 10,000 youth to become contractors,” said Mr. Khullar.
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