Statistics of unemployment rate of Nagaland is supposedly among the highest in the north east region. Nagaland has \u2018regained\u2019 the dubious distinction of being the State \/ Union Territory (UT) with the highest unemployment rate in India with 92,302 unemployed youth having registered till January 2022. Nearly 1\/3 of educated people remain unemployed in Nagaland having the highest unemployment rate in India at 19.2% Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report. The unemployment rate of other states in the north east include: Assam 7.69% ; Meghalaya 1.79%; Mizoram 1.56%;Nagaland 19.2%;Sikkim 10.0% and Tripura14.08%. Nagaland is also encountering a more major challenge of giving employment opportunities to its \u2018educated persons,\u2019 as revealed in the annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2020-21 report. Specifically, it stated that the unemployment rate among the \u2018educated\u2019 (15 years and above) was 30.8% against the All-India average of 9.1%. After Nagaland, Manipur has the second-highest unemployment rate in the Northeast. The unemployment rate in Manipur is 9.5 per cent, according to the union labour ministry\u2019s data tabled in parliament last year, and the Covid-19 pandemic has made it worse. The number of educated unemployed youths in Nagaland today could well touch the one lakh mark. Not only being the state with the highest unemployment rate in the region, Nagaland also has the highest ratio of people employed in the government service among all other states. As per estimates, the number of employees under government services was recorded at 1,10,000 in 2008-10. The figure then rose to 1,25,000 by 2010-11 and by 2012-13, it reached 1,30,000. The next highest after Nagaland is Manipur with 65,000 employees for a population of over 25 lakhs. Also the highest Per Capita Income(PCI) recorded was Sikkim with Rs.2.97 lakh and followed by Mizoram with Rs.1.28 lakh and Arunachal Pradesh in third place with Rs.1.19 lakh. The contributing factor to excess employment in Nagaland has been the highly irregular and illegal practice of backdoor appointment in various departments. Backdoor appointment has become a well established racket in the state since 2003 and not even the state\u2019s own Special Investigation Team(SIT) could do anything more than churn out figures and filed charges. In the end nothing has changed since the system has not been over hauled and no strong deterrent action put in place. VIPs managed to have their favourites or nominees appointed. It is a circle of vested interest among the senior bureaucrats and politicians. While employment in the government has already reached beyond the point of serious concern; in sharp contrast, the figure of unemployment in the government has crossed the point of no return. The trajectories themselves tell a story of how jobs in Nagaland are going to become a negative factor against progress. In other states, when backdoor appointment takes place, it would have spiralled into agitations and government forced to take action. Huge funds for projects meant for developments have been spend during the past decades but only benefitted a handful. More jobs can come if private enterprises are thriving but instead the double-engine evils of corruption and extortions are negating economic progress. These have not only dampened the entrepreneurial spirit but discouraged investors from outside to do business in the state. People get the khushi-khushi government they deserve and so that is where the entire problem lies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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