AHMEDABAD: A total of 2.38 lakh educated people in Gujarat are unemployed and have registered themselves for employment with various departments, according to government data. Also, in the last two years, only 32 youths could land government jobs. Of these, 22 were in Ahmedabad, 9 in Bhavnagar, and one in Gandhinagar. In response to a question posed by Congress MLAs in the Assembly on Tuesday, the state government stated that 2,38,978 educated unemployed have been registered in the last two years in a total of 29 districts, while 10,757 partially-educated unemployed have been registered, taking the number of educated unemployed people to 2,49,735. According to the data, Anand has the highest number of unemployed — 21,633, followed by Vadodara at 18,732, Ahmedabad ranks third at 16,400, and Devbhoomi Dwarka is the lowest with 2,362 unemployed people.

Source: Indian Express February 15, 2024 07:07 UTC