Over 12,000 people got jobs in five yrs: Uttarakhand minister

Over 12,000 applicants registered unemployed were provided jobs over the last five years in Uttarakhand, the state assembly was told Wednesday.

Of 9,24,511 unemployed people registered at employment exchanges in the state, altogether 12,747 got jobs in this time period, Skill Development Minister Harak Singh Rawat said in reply to a question in the state assembly.

(With inputs from agencies.)