Unemployment in IIOJK is nearly 38pc: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: President of Peoples Democratic Party Mehbooba Mufti has said that unemployment in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir is nearly 38 per cent.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Mehbooba Mufti Speaking at a party programme in Srinagar said the authorities in the territory have failed to generate adequate employment and address growing economic distress among people.
She said that the administration was increasingly dependent on outsourcing, temporary engagements and what she described as “backdoor” recruitment instead of creating stable employment opportunities.
She said uncertainty was affecting professionals as well as young people, citing doctors, engineers and other sections of the workforce among those facing difficulties.
“People are protesting everywhere,” Mehbooba said, referring to demonstrations involving doctors, interns, veterinary staff, nursing staff and anganwadi workers.
She attributed the growing frustration to a combination of unemployment, rising inflation and what she termed inadequate salaries and stipends.
“Especially the youth are distressed; there is suffocation,” she said, adding that the prevailing situation had left the administrative system “in disarray.”
