Srinagar: Unemployment in Jammu & Kashmir was estimated to be at 9% during the month of March, while Delhi’s unemployment rate was estimated to be comparatively more – at 9.4%.
This data was released on Thursday by the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy (CMIE), which undertakes unemployment surveys of states and union territories on a monthly basis.
Experts in J&K have often expressed their skepticism about the accuracy of this data and the methodology adopted in estimating J&K’s unemployment rate. Experts’ contention is that J&K’s current unemployment rate is much higher than reported in CMIE data. Similarly, there is skepticism about J&K and Delhi being almost in the same league in the latest report.
India’s overall unemployment was estimated to be 6.6% in March 2021.
The highest unemployment rate estimated in the country in March was in Haryana, which was reported to be 28.1%, followed by Goa where the unemployment was estimated to be 22.1%.
Interestingly, unemployment rate in Uttar Pradesh – India’s most populous state – was estimated to be only 4.1%
The country’s lowest unemployment rate was reported in Assam at 1.1%, followed by Karnataka which is 1.2%.
Ziraat Times here produces the full data of unemployment of various states and union territories in March 2021.
| States (India) | Mar 2021 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 5.9 |
| Assam | 1.1 |
| Bihar | 14.5 |
| Chhattisgarh | 2.7 |
| Delhi | 9.4 |
| Goa | 22.1 |
| Gujarat | 2.1 |
| Haryana | 28.1 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 14.3 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 9.0 |
| Jharkhand | 12.8 |
| Karnataka | 1.2 |
| Kerala | 5.9 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1.6 |
| Maharashtra | 3.6 |
| Meghalaya | 1.3 |
| Odisha | 1.6 |
| Puducherry | 1.4 |
| Punjab | 7.4 |
| Rajasthan | 19.7 |
| Sikkim | 1.7 |
| Tamil Nadu | 3.1 |
| Telangana | 3.8 |
| Tripura | 13.9 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4.1 |
| Uttarakhand | 3.8 |
| West Bengal | 7.5 |