The unemployment rate dropped by 0.1% between 2020-21 and 2021-22 from 4.2% to 4.1%, the Centre told Parliament on Monday citing data from statistics and programme implementation ministry’s Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).
The government said that the unemployment rate dipped to 4.1% in 2021-22 from 4.2% in 2020-21 nationally.
It said that Sikkim(57.0%) had the highest worker-population Ratio in 2021-22 followed by Himachal Pradesh (55.8%) and Dadra & Nagar Haveli (51.6%) and Daman & Diu (51.6%) while Bihar had the lowest ( 25.6%) and Lakshadweep and Manipur with (29.1%) and (29.8%) respectively.
According to the PLFS data, Bihar saw a sharp increase in the unemployment rate, with the state recording 5.9% between 2021-22, compared to 4.6% between 2020-21.
A major reason behind the high unemployment rate is attributed to the menial or no presence of industries within the state. As per the Economic Survey of the state, agriculture and allied sectors continue to have a crucial space in Bihar’s economy.
Lack of employment opportunities had pushed Bihar migrants to leave their native state and relocate to more industrialized states, which had an adverse effect on the unemployment rate. Bihar has had the highest unemployment rate for the last two years.
Next to Bihar, Lakshadweep had the highest unemployment rate. The Island Union territory had (29.1%) unemployment rate between 2021-22, which is however 0.6% lower than that of the 2020-21 unemployment rate (29.7%).
Sikkim has had a turbulent history of unemployment, which is one of the most widely used political gambits, it is surprising to see Sikkim register a massive growth in job creation achieving 57.0% past year.
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