Dehradun: Uttarakhand is making records in providing employment. Uttarakhand has also beaten the national average in the Periodic Labor Force Survey (PLFS) report. Unemployment has decreased in Uttarakhand due to increased employment opportunities in the last one year. If we look at all age groups, its rate has come down from 4.5 percent to 4.3 percent. Whereas in the age group of 15-29 years, it has come down from 14.2 to 9.8 percent.
Youth got more employment opportunities
The worker population ratio in all age groups has improved significantly in the state in 2023-24 as compared to the year 2022-23. The worker population ratio in the age group of 15-29 years has increased from 27.5 percent to 44.2 percent. Youth have got more employment opportunities. Similarly, the worker population ratio in the age group of 15-59 years has increased from 57.2 percent to 61.2 percent. Whereas for the category of 15 years and above, it has increased from 53.5 percent to 58.1 percent.
Youth participation in the labor force increased
The participation of youth in the labor force has also increased in the year 2023-24 as compared to the year 2022-23. The labor force participation rate in the age group of 15-29 years has increased from 43.7 to 49 percent. Similarly, in the age group of 15-59 years, it has increased from 60.1 percent to 64.4 percent and in the category of 15 years and above, it has increased from 56 percent to 60.7 percent.
Also surpassed the national average
Uttarakhand has also surpassed the national average in the labor population average. In Uttarakhand, this average has been 49 percent in the age group of 15-29, while the national average is 46.5 percent. Similarly, in the age group of 15-59, Uttarakhand has 64.4 while the national average is 64.3 and in the category of 15 years and above, Uttarakhand has 60.7 while the national average has been 60.1.
It is our resolve to make Uttarakhand stand with the leading states of the country. With the blessings of the god-like people, we are working day and night to fulfill this resolve. We are creating more and more employment opportunities. We have given employment to more than 16 thousand youth in the government sector itself. This process has started in the private sector as well. In the coming years, with most of the investment agreements coming to the ground, lakhs of youth will get employment. Uttarakhand will not only give employment to the youth, but will also make them employers to others.
– Pushkar Singh Dhami Chief Minister, Uttarakhand
