The hill state has 8.21 lakh unemployed. As per the data from the states EMPLOYMENT exchange, Kangra district topped the list with 1,66,325 registered unemployed persons, followed by 1,61,085 in Mandi, and 71,316 in Shimla.
Notwithstanding a dip in comparison to the previous financial year, the number of unemployed people in Himachal Pradesh continues to be high. The number of such people registered in all employment exchanges in the State in December 2022 stood at 8.21 lakh compared to 8.73 lakh in December 2021.
As many as 1.41 lakh persons registered themselves in employment exchanges till December 2022 during the current financial year compared to 1.68 lakh the previous year.
Apart from Kangra, Mandi and Shimla, Una district has 64,384 unemployed, Chamba 62,436, and Hamirpur 61,989, while tribal districts of Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur were at the bottom with 5,226 and 8,300 unemployed youths.
Out of 4,75,156 employed persons, 2,79,365 persons were employed in the government sector across 4,417 establishments, while 1,95,791 people were employed in the private sector in 1,824 establishments as on March 31, 2021, as per the Economic Survey.
The Himachal Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Nigam (HPKVN) has launched several programmes in this direction, enrolling 57,781 people so far under its various skilled development programmes. Out of them, 31,770 have been certified.
The HP Skill development Programme was started in 2018 with an outlay of Rs 827 crore, out of which, Rs 661 crore contributed by Asian .
The government is also giving an allowance of Rs 1,000 per month for skill development courses to each aspirant, and Rs 1,500 to people with more than 50 per cent permanent disability.