SRINAGAR: The government on Tuesday said that around 50,000 graduates had passed out in the last two years, while approximately 11,000 selections were made by JKPSC and JKSSB during the same period.
Replying to a question by Chandar Prakash Ganga, the Minister concerned said that 25,428 and 23,926 graduates passed out in 2023 and 2024, respectively. Meanwhile, the selections made by JKPSC and JKSSB in the same period were 2,175 and 9,351, respectively. In total, 49,354 graduates passed out, while 11,526 selections were made in the last two years, the reply stated. Additionally, in the private sector, employment generated in the industrial sector stood at 15,719 in 2022-23 and 29,969 in 2023-24.
Regarding employment generated through self-employment and livelihood schemes, the Minister said that over the last four years, a total of 9.58 lakh self-employment opportunities had been created through schemes such as Mumkin, Tejaswini, PMEGP, and REGP up to January 2025. The year-wise figures are 2,99,266 in 2021-22, 2,83,664 in 2022-23, 2,38,675 in 2023-24, and 1,36,165 up to January 2025. “Under MGNREGA, 3.01 crore person-days were generated up to January 2025, providing employment to 8.07 lakh households,” the Minister added. (KNO)
