J&K’s unemployment 9%, Delhi’s 9.4% in March: CMIE

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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

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