The unemployment allowance will benefit about five lakh youth in the state. Science graduates and post-graduates would get 50 per cent more allowance than general graduates.
Women would get an additional 50 per cent allowance. While such a scheme would be a first for Uttarakhand, other states like Assam, Haryana and Kerala already have unemployment allowances, though the sum given is small.
‘unemployment allowance’ — ranging from Rs 750 to Rs 2,250 a month — to educated unemployed youth is likely to be imposed at the month of August.