Srinagar, June 2 -- Jammu and Kashmir has spent years searching for answers to one stubborn problem: unemployment.

Government data and labour surveys have repeatedly shown that joblessness among young people in the Union Territory remains among the highest in the country.

Every recruitment drive attracts thousands of applicants. A handful of vacancies often draw graduates, postgraduates and even doctorate holders.

Such numbers tell a simple story: Kashmiri youth are searching for opportunities wherever they can find them.

That reality explains why Mission YUVA was launched with such ambition.

The programme seeks to move young people away from endless queues for government jobs and towards entrepreneurship, self-employment and enterpr...