Kharge also claimed that targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits have become a norm in the past few years.A staggering 65 per cent of government department posts in Jammu and Kashmir remain vacant since 2019, he said.The unemployment rate in Jammu and Kashmir stands at 10 per cent, with an alarming 18.3 per cent youth unemployment rate, he said.Despite the introduction of the New Industrial Policy in 2021, a mere 3 per cent of investments have materialised on the ground, Kharge said.He further claimed that 40 per cent of projects under the PM’s Development Package, 2015, remain pending.”Jammu and Kashmir’s net state domestic product (NSDP) growth rate has declined from 13.28% (April 2015-March 2019) to 8.73% post-2019,” he said.
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