Unemployment Problem

An unemployed person is a person who is willing and able to work but denied the job. It is a curse and calamity. It results in starvation in his family and wastage of man power. It reduces the national income of a country. It leads to poverty and inequality and the growth of antisocial elements. This problem is due increase in rate of growth.

It estimated that one out of every ten able bodied men are unemployed in our county. There are different kinds of unemployment such as seasonal unemployment structural unemployment, technological unemployment structural, cyclical unemployment, chronic unemployment and disguised unemployment.

In our county it can be classified as rural unemployment and urban unemployment. This problem is due to tremendous increase in the rate of growth of population, pressure of population on land, backward nature of cultivation, tendency towards automation, and lack of good and proper education.

There is obviously no single solution for it. Different methods are to be adopted. Creating avenues for more jobs. Rapid expansion of family planning methods, Setting up of small scale units, Expansion of public and private sector and introducing vocation education will solve problem. It cannot be completely eradicated in India. With the adoption of food and flexible policies it can be minimized.