Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 29: Alleging that the levels of unemployed educated youth in J&K are increasing alarmingly, former Union Minister Prof Saifuddin Soz has urged Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to take effective measures to resolve this problem.
“The people of J&K State are genuinely worried about the enormous increase of unemployment, especially among the educated youth in the J&K State. An unofficial survey has recently put the figure of unemployed youth in the UT at more than six lakhs,” he said in a statement, issued here today.
Prof Soz said that it was a worrisome situation as people feel aghast that the higher institutions of learning are only adding to the ranks of jobless youth whose families are faced with a miserable situation for which they have no solution at all.
“I would strongly urge the Lt Governor to find a method of reaching the concerned families and bring some relief to such families,” he said and added that till finding a workable solution, the Government may offer unemployment allowances to the concerned families. He also suggested a High Level Expert Committee to identify measures required to tackle this problem, permanently.
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