Short Essay on Unemployment in India

On January 30, 2014 By Vikash PathakCategory: Essays, Paragraphs and

Articles

Unemployment in India
Unemployment is a serious problem of India. It is becoming more and
more serious day by day. India has the population of about 1.20 billion.
Many of the Indians are jobless. The problem of unemployment is rising
fast. Every able bodied man and woman must get employment. If not,
the problem of unemployment will create difficulties for the development
of the country.

Many age-old businesses that are not able to cope-up with the changing
demand and economic scenario are either closed down or heavy
retrenchment takes place in them. When there is slump in business,
many people find themselves without jobs.

Though a number of young men have been absorbed in the Information

Technology businesses, a large number of youth people are still
unemployed.

Check on population growth

First of all, we must check the fast rising population of India. We cannot
create jobs for all if the rate of population growth is not slowed down.

Family Planning schemes should be made popular. People should be

educated about the importance of a small family. This will help us solve
the problem of unemployment.

Defective education system

The education system of our country should be made need-based. At
present, every man and woman wants a job in offices. Our education
makes a student bookish. Schools and colleges are like factories. They
produce B.A.s, M.A.s and Ph.D.s. Even agriculture graduates want office
jobs in town. So the education of our country should be job-oriented. It
must make our students self-dependent.

Change in attitude needed

A change in the mental attitude of our boys and girls is necessary. As
many of them are service-minded, they do not want to take risks. They
do not like to start business or small-scale industries. They should not
depend on the government for everything. It is not possible for any
government to give jobs to all. A desire for doing something of one’s own
may solve, to some extent, the problem of unemployment for both the
educated and uneducated people.

Solution and Conclusion

In brief, we have to solve the problem of unemployment on a war footing.
For this both long and short measures should be taken in India.

 Population growth has to be checked.

 Family planning should be made productive.
 Each one should give financial help to the unemployed to set up
some industries or start some business.
 People should be encouraged to go for skill based education.
 Government should promote the establishment of industries by
Private sector.

Thus the problem of unemployment may be solved.

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Overview of Unemployment Problem in India (Causes, Effects and

Solutions)
On September 16, 2015 By PrakashCategory: Blog
What is means? Unemployment may be defined as the involuntary
joblessness on the part of able people who are searching and willing to
work.

Unemployment means the state of being without any opportunity of

earning one’s livelihood. It refers to a condition when the workforce is not
able to secure a paying job.

It arises in the cases of young men who are physically fit and mentally
competent. At the end of their education or training, they do not find any
job to earn a living.

Introductory explanation: During the early days, there was not much of
unemployment. Most people lived in villages and they were engaged in
agriculture to earn their livelihood. But with the advancement of
civilization machines with modern technologies have been introduced
and this industrial civilization has brought about a change in the sphere
of employment.

India is burdened with so many problems and unemployment problem is

one of the serious problems. The number of unemployed youths in our
country has already reached an alarming stage and still the number is
increasing every year. A large number of youths, though willing to work,
find no scope for employment. The economic well being of our country
depends on the solution of this problem.

Causes
 Population explosion, and the lack of vocational and technical
education, are the leading cause of the problem.
 People from rural areas have developed a tendency to migrate to
the cities for office jobs. They find little interest in self-employment
schemes.
 Due to the lack of practical knowledge, thousands of graduates,
post graduates, qualified engineers remain idle after completing their
jobs.
 Many people are physically weak and unfit for hard manual labor.
 Many people shy at this hard job of factory labor.
 Some people have a weakness for white-collared job. They prefer
the security of a clerkship on small salary. They are against joining
business that requires them to put some capital at risk. The
uncertainties of business frighten them.
 There are various social prejudices against certain profession. The
son of a rich man will think that his prestige will be lowered if he sets
up a shop in a street corner.
 Though India has good progress in the sphere of industrialization,
it has not equally distributed across diverse geographical locations of
India. Under-industrialized regions cannot absorb many people.
 There are few technical schools for vocational education.
Therefore, the young men without specialized training cannot get jobs
that require technical skill.
 Some of the young men are turning to be anti-social out of their
formation.

Effects
In India, this formidable problem will go to an alarming stage unless
some positive measures are immediately adopted. The vast mass of
unemployed people is a source of great danger to society and the state.

1. In despair, these young men may run wild and take the law into
their own hand. They may engage in many undesirable
activities. Criminal activities are on the rise.
2. The standard of living of people remains low because of
unemployment. The sharp increase in the poverty rate and low
standard of public health are also the ill effects of the problem.
3. Unemployment aggravates social unrest and economic imbalance
of the country.
4. Unemployment is the leading cause for depression among youth.
5. Poor people, who are unemployed, finds it difficult to manage the
rising cost of basic necessities.

Solutions or Remedies
The problem of unemployment cries for immediate solution. However, it
is not easy to solve it by the hand of magic. If sincere attempts are made
the problem may be solved.

 Population explosion is one of the most important factor for the

present unemployment problem. People should be made aware of
the benefits of population control.
 The Government should open more training centers for vocational
education. Young men with special training from these centers can
easily fit in any industrial undertaking.
 The Government should try for rapid industrialization in under-
industrialized regions of the country and create more opportunities for
employment.
 The village and cottage industry should be developed. If the
villages become sufficient in their economy the villagers would not run
to the cities in search of jobs.
 Our young men should build up new industries, form co-operative
societies and go in for agriculture.
 Rural people should be taught better methods of agriculture. The
cultivators can earn more by increasing the quantity and quality of
crops. This can be done by implementing better irrigation methods,
high quality seeds, etc.
 Loan facilities should be extended among the unemployed youths
so that they may set up small industries.

Conclusion
We should keep in mind that self-help is the best help. We must admit
the bitter fact that no government can provide employment to all the
unemployed youths. Mere government measures cannot solve such an
enormous problem. Still, the government should adopt measures to
create opportunities for self-employment.