Published: 20th Oct, 2023
Context:
As per the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey for 2022-23, the unemployment rate for the youth in the age group 15-29 years eased to 10 per cent in 2022-23 from 12.4 per cent in 2021-22, around 24 states/UTs.
Highlights of the survey:
- Youth unemployment rate, especially for females, went up as high as over 40 per cent in 2022-23 (July-June) for Kerala, Goa, Lakshadweep, and Andaman & Nicobar Island.
- For Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, the youth unemployment rate for females stood at 6.1 per cent and 3.9 per cent, respectively in 2022-23.
- With around 22 states/UTs including Goa, Haryana, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh recording a higher unemployment rate than the national average of 3.2 per cent in 2022-23 (July-June).
- In the urban areas, unemployment rate for youth stood at 17.6 per cent as against 18.9 per cent in the year-ago period.
- Employment of both males and females, however, increased in self-employed categories such as own account worker, helper in household enterprise
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