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Unemployment driving youth out of Manipur
Assam Tribune | Imphal, March 19
Unemployment in Manipur continues to rise, causing out-migration of the youth and reinforcing conditions for corruption in recruitment for government jobs. The registered unemployed in the State, whose literacy rate at 79.85 per cent is higher than the national average of 74.04 per cent, was 7,49,935 by the end of February this year.
That number could easily be viewed as alarming considering that Manipur has a population of 27,21,756 only, according to 2011 Census. “It is not possible on the part of government to provide jobs to all the educated youths,” CM Ibobi said recently.
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