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SRINAGAR: In a clear indication that more and more Kashmiri youths are getting jobs, the unemployment rate of J&K for 2020-21 has gone below that of Delhi, Goa, Haryana and Rajasthan. According to a survey conducted by Mumbai-based Centre for Monitoring Indian economy (CMIE), while Haryana’s unemployment rate for the period stood at 28.1%, Goa’s at 22.1%, Rajasthan’s at 19.7% and Delhi’s at 9.4%, J&K reported a much lower rate of only 9%.
This is significant considering the fact that J&K has put up such a stunning performance on the job front at a time when the entire country, including the Union territory itself, was reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic.