Lok Sabha Question No. 1118 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Vacant Posts in J&K
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Kani K. Navas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1118

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY, 2021

## VACANT POSTS IN J&K

## 1118. SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

## Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the number of vacant government posts in Jammu  & Kashmir(J&K) stood at more than 80,000;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to fill the vacant seats.
- (c) whether around five lakh people have lost jobs in J&K since August 5, 2019;
- (d) Whether according to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), J&K had the highest monthly average unemployment rate of over 15 per cent  between  January,  2016  and  July  2019,  more  than  double  the national monthly average unemployment rate of 6.4 per cent during the period; and
- (e)
- if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a)to(e)  :  As  per  information  received  from  Government  of    Jammu  & Kashmir  through  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs,  the  Government  of  J&K  has constituted an Accelerated Recruitments Committee (ARC) with the aim to identify vacancies for being filled up on immediate basis and finalizing the procedure to be followed at all levels.

The Committee in the Phase-I, identified ten thousand Class-IV vacancies across  various  departments  out  of  which  8575  have  already  been  put  to advertisement  by  the  Board  under  the  provisions  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir Appointment  to  Class-IV  (Special  Recruitment)  Rules,  2020.  As  part  of Phase-II of Accelerated Recruitments Drive, the Committee has identified 12,379 Gazetted and Non-Gazetted vacancies.   Apart from ARC, 3694 other Gazetted  and  Non-Gazetted  vacancies have also been  identified for recruitment.

In the Union Territory of J&K post August, 2019, rigorous efforts are being made  to  provide  jobs  to  unemployed  youth  both  in  public  and  private sectors.  The  Government  of  J&K  has  taken  following  further  steps  to provide employment: -

- i. Under Mission Youth, Rs 200 crore has been provisioned for 202122 to provide for holistic development of youth of J&K. Under this initiative, a program called 'MUMKIN' has already been launched under which full financial assistance is being provided for setting up self employment ventures in Transport sector.
- ii. Under Back to Village programme, over 17,000 unemployed youth have  been  provided  financial  assistance  for  self  employment ventures through J&K Bank under priority sector lending.
- iii. Under the 'Himayaat' scheme 20,827 candidates have completed their training and 7076 candidates have been placed in job.
- iv. Labour and  Employment Department of J&K  Government  is implementing the following self employment schemes for employment generation for unemployed educated youth of UT:
5. a.
6. b.
7. c.
8. Seed Capital Fund Scheme
9. Youth Startup Loan Scheme
10. Women Entrepreneurship Programme
- v. Vocational  Education  is  being  emphasized  with  establishment  of vocational labs in High and Higher Secondary schools for improving employability of students and also in becoming entrepreneurs.
- vi. School  Education  Department  of  J&K  Government  has  launched an Online Career Portal (in phase-I covering two districts Udhampur  and  Ganderbal)  wherein  more  than  30,000  students have registered their interest in selecting their future goals after passing class 12th, besides, introducing new technical subjects in schools with modern requirement which shall enhance the employability among the educated youth.

As  per  results  of  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  conducted  during 2019-20 by National Statistical Office (NSO) under Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, the unemployment rate in J&K (for all the age groups for all persons) on usual status basis (ps+ss) was 6.7 per cent which is much lower than many other States.

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