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The Ministry of Labour and Employment has no proposal to provide unemployment allowance to the educated unemployed youth mainly on account of resource constraints. More than 4 crore job seekers are on the live register of Employment Exchange in various states (as on 30th September 2004) all of whom are not necessarily unemployed. The state wise distribution of job seekers during 2002, 2003 and 2004 (upto 30th September) is as follows:-
S.No.
State/UT
2002
2003
30th Sept. 2004
1.
Andhra Pradesh
2947.3
2674.3
2527.3
2.
Arunachal Pradesh
22.8
24.0
22.8
3.
Assam
1547.3
1568.6
1611.5
4.
Bihar
1812.8
1694.4
1620.5
5.
Chattisgarh
797.1
849.5
902.9
6.
Delhi
1060.0
1119.6
654.6
7.
Goa
103.6
104.1
100.7
8.
Gujarat
1052.8
998.1
956.7
9.
Haryana
802.0
902.3
762.0
10.
Himachal Pradesh
905.8
907.5
897.0
11.
Jammu & Kashmir
146.0
115.1
110.8
12.
Jharkhand
1318.9
1466.2
1358.3
13.
Karnataka
1949.1
1784.3
1645.3
14.
Kerala
3744.1
3635.1
3791.0
15.
Madhya Pradesh
1870.4
2003.2
2050.9
16.
Maharashtra
4346.9
4324.7
4446.7
17.
Manipur
414.8
442.9
453.9
18.
Meghalaya
36.2
35.8
36.3
19.
Mizoram
41.4
36.3
36.4
20.
Nagaland
35.5
42.7
43.9
21.
Orissa
761.8
736.2
817.4
22.
Punjab
506.4
484.8
482.5
23.
Rajasthan
696.0
817.0
812.9
24.
Tamil Nadu
4977.3
5006.4
4771.8
25.
Tripura
352.4
365.3
374.7
26.
Uttaranchal
347.8
316.6
330.0
27.
Uttar Pradesh
1826.8
1927.8
1946.4
28.
West Bengal
6451.2
6721.5
6930.6
Union Territories
29.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
39.1
33.6
36.8
30.
Chandigarh
82.2
67.9
65.9
31.
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
5.5
5.9
6.4
32.
Daman & Diu
8.3
9.1
9.8
33.
Lakshadweep
10.0
10.6
11.1
34.
Pondicherry
151.6
157.6
165.8
Total
41171.2
41388.7
40792.1
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