SAMBA: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today stated that the issue of unemployment can be tackled by establishing a vibrant start-up culture and a strong entrepreneurship ecosystem across Jammu and Kashmir.

The Chief Minister made these remarks while delivering the keynote address at the Annual Start-up Mela of the Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) at Bari Brahmana here today.

Addressing a large gathering of start-up entrepreneurs and industrialists, the Chief Minister said that unemployment is a very challenging issue in J&K and that government jobs are no substitute for addressing unemployment. “A vibrant private sector, hand-holding of existing industrial units, and encouraging start-up entrepreneurs will tackle this issue to a large extent,” CM Omar Abdullah stated.

Highlighting the evolving entrepreneurial landscape, Omar Abdullah emphasized that the youth of J&K are no longer limited to traditional employment avenues and are increasingly embracing innovation-driven enterprises across sectors such as agriculture, technology, handicrafts, tourism, renewable energy, and services.

“No idea is a bad idea,” Omar Abdullah said, “Nobody would have ever thought that Zomato, Blinkit, Uber or Swiggy would become such big enterprises. It was an idea that has been successfully converted into such big companies.”

Highlighting the government’s commitment to nurturing start-up culture in J&K, the Chief Minister said that the role of identifying start-ups lies with JKEDI, universities, and educational institutions. “JKEDI was established with the objective of........

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