DUSHANBE, May 21, 2015, Asia-Plus -- According to the Agency of Labor and Employment of the Ministry of Labor, Migration, and Employment of the Population of Tajikistan, more than 40,000 citizens have applied to the Agency for help over the first four months of this year.

Of this number, approximately 12,000 people (29.6 percent of the overall number of people who have applied to the Agency for help) have reportedly been placed in jobs.

The main reasons for providing a limited number of people with jobs were that the majority of the unemployed did not have the necessary technical training or had lost skills due to prolonged unemployment, as well as the low level of wages offered by employers.

During April 2015, unemployment benefits totaling more than 1.r million somoni (equivalent to 244.2 million U.S. dollars) were paid to 3,100 people.

According to the State Agency on Social Protection, Employment, and Migration of RT, for first two months of 2015, 19,202 new jobs were created, which is 45.5 percent more than in the same period last year.