Essays

Introduction. India is facing many problems. One of them is the problem of unemployment this problem is very serious- it is increasing very rapidly. The demon of unemployment is threatening our peace and prosperity.

Meaning of unemployment. Employment means lack of work for those persons who .ire willing to work. Some people have compulsory leisure. There are two categories of unemployed persons— 1. Uneducated persons and 2. educated.  Persons Unemployment among the educated people f- increasing. Besides unemployment, there is under employment also. Under employment means insufficient employment.  For example, a farmer is under-employment because he does not have work for the whole year.

Reasons responsible for unemployment. There are many reasons responsible for unemployment; first, there is rapid increase in the population. Secondly, our collage industries arc nearly destroyed- Workers employed in collage industries:, are out of jobs. Thirdly, the educational system is defective. I produce only clerks who hale manual labour. Fourthly, our government cat n            ot gives jobs to all educated personal,

Measures to be adopted. It is necessary to take immediate effective steps. The outlook of young boys and girls is to be changed. For this purpose, the educational system is to he changed completely. The students should be (.aught the importance of labour. They must know that manual labour has us own honour. They must be attracted to cottage industries.

Cottage and small scale industries should be encouraged. Money should be given lo villagers on nominal interest to run cottage industries-s. Import of foreign goods should he stopped. Unemployment among the educated persons should be reduced. Only quite intelligent students should be given chance for higher studies. Fur the rest there should be technical and vocational training. Such educated students will be easily absorbed in factories and industries.

Steps taken by government. The govern men I has taken some steps to solve this problem, Technical and vocational education is being given in schools. Family planning is encouraged among the young men and women to control population. Multi-purpose projects are increasing rapidly. Collage industries are being established in rural and urban areas Employment exchanges have been established in the big cities.