<span style="color: #222222;">A total of 29 thousand 806 recruitments have been carried out in the public sector in Jammu and Kashmir since 2019. This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today. The Minister said, employment for over five lakh people is estimated to have been created through self-employment schemes from 2019 till June this year.<br />''<br />''Replying to another query, Mr. Rai said, a new central scheme is being implemented for industrial development of Jammu and Kashmir with an outlay of 28 thousand 400 crore rupees which would provide employment to four lakh 50 thousand people.</span><br />