NEW DELHI: Kerala had one of many highest youth unemployment charges amongst states and Union Territories whereas Madhya Pradesh recorded the bottom adopted by Gujarat, official jobs information launched by statistics workplace confirmed.
Periodic Labour Power Survey (PLFS) launched on Monday confirmed Kerala had an unemployment fee of 29.9% within the 15-29 years age group with the joblessness fee amongst females at 47.1% and males at 19.3%.
The PLFS information confirmed the unemployment fee within the nation for these within the 15 years and above class remained unchanged at 3.2% in 2023-24, whereas joblessness fee for females inched as much as 3.2% from 2.9% within the earlier yr.
Youth unemployment was in double digits at 10.2% with the speed amongst females at 11% and people for males at 9.8%. The joblessness fee for these within the 15-29 age group in 2022-23 was at 10%.
Joblessness among the many youth has been an issue for policymakers prompting a number of measures to create employment . Specialists have mentioned 7% plus financial development isn’t creating sufficient jobs.
The UT of Lakshadweep topped the checklist with the very best unemployment fee within the 15-29 years age class recording a fee of 36.2% with joblessness amongst females at 79.7% and males at 26.2%. This was adopted by one other UT-Andaman & Nicobar Island with an unemployment fee of 33.6%. Joblessness fee amongst females was at 49.5% and males at 24%.
Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh additionally recorded excessive youth unemployment charges whereas Goa had a fee of 19.1%. The information additionally confirmed that 24 states and UTs had a double digit joblessness fee within the July 2023-June 2024 interval.
In city areas, total youth unemployment fee was at 14.7% whereas in rural areas it was decrease at 8.5%. The general joblessness fee amongst females in city areas was at 20.1% whereas in rural section was at 8.2% .
