A total of 3,26,963 job seekers including 2,22,988 male and 1,03,975 female are live-registered in the different Employment Exchanges of Manipur at the end of April, 2019, official sources said.
A total of 3,26,548 job seekers are live-registered by the end of March this year.
According to monthly progress report on the working of State Employment Service, Manipur issued by the Directorate of Employment, Government of Manipur, the total number of registered job seekers in Imphal West district is 51,962 including 32,271 male and 19,691 female.
Imphal East district has 38,600 (25,015 male and 13,585 female), Thoubal 42,738 (30,444 male and 12,294 female), Bishnupur 37,085 (27,055 male and 10,030 female), Churachandpur 35,786 (30,057 male and 5,729 female), Ukhrul 26,259 (18,703 male and 7,556 female), Senapati 51,109 (31,193 male and 19,916 female), Tamenglong 24,213 (16,410 male and 7,803 female) and Chandel 15,476 (9,490 male and 5,986 female) respectively.
The number of those registered under physically handicapped are 3,082 (2,069 male and 1,013 female) and under University Employment Information & Guidance Bureau are 653 (281 male and 372 female).
During the month, 417 applicants including 234 female applicants got themselves registered with Employment Exchanges in Manipur as against 1,910 applicants of the previous month, the source added.
It may be recalled that the number of job-seekers registered with all the Employment Exchanges in Manipur as per live-register as on December 31, 2017 is 3, 58,123 including 2,46,056 males.