India, March 7 -- By Riaz Wani Jammu and Kashmir's unemployment rate continues to remain significantly higher than the national average, with the Union Territory recording a jobless rate of 6.7 per cent in 2024-25 compared to 3.5 percent nationally, the government revealed during the recent session of Legislative Assembly.

Responding to a question by legislator Mubarak Gul, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary, who also holds the Labour and Employment portfolio, cited data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. He said the unemployment rate among persons aged 15 years and above in J&K has remained consistently above the all-India average for the past six years.

"In 20...