68, 504 unemployed youth in Nagaland
Our Correspondent
Kohima | April 20
Nagaland has a work participation rate of 49.24% which translates to about 9.74 lakh workers against a population of 19.78 lakhs as per 2011 population census. “These workers are spread across the various sectors. During the 5th employment and unemployment survey the unemployment rate of Nagaland was at 8.5 % which is higher than the all India average of 5.0 %,” according to Nagaland Economic Survey 2016-17 tabled in the recent state assembly session here by parliamentary secretary for economics & statistics Tovihoto Ayemi.
The survey report stated that unemployment rate estimated on the basis of UPS is also considered as chronic unemployment rate, which implies persons were available for work but the economy could not engage them in any productive activity. Simultaneously the provisional figures of the 6th Economic Census conducted during 2013 reflect that there are a total of 1.16 lakhs person engaged in different enterprises in the state.
The survey report stated that from a total of 66,604 in August 2014 unemployed youth remaining in the live register of Employment Exchanges of Nagaland in December 2016 it increased to 68, 504 indicating an increase by 2.85 %. The report stated that the registration in employment exchange however, do not depict the exact employment status.
While there are many unemployed youth who do not register in the employment exchange, there are also quite a number of youth who are already in employment but have registered their names in the exchange anticipating better and more suitable jobs, the survey report stated. The state government declared 2016-17 as the year of Construction Workers given the young demographic profile of the state and the presence of abled manpower to take advantage of booming construction sector in the state.
