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  How can employment be increased in both rural and urban areas? Explain.                Or Unemployment is a major problem in a country like India.  Suggest various ways for generating employment opportunities both in rural and urban areas.                               Or What steps should be taken to create more employment? Explain.                

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                    Unemployment is a major problem in India and it is prevalent in both rural and urban areas. Under employment is also visible as disguised unemployment in Agricultural sector in rural areas and as Unorganised Service sector in urban areas. These issues need to be addressed properly. ·         Education and health sector can create massive employment in urban as well as rural areas. Proper planning need to strengthen these sector. Vocational training also create massive employment. ·         Allied activities like horticulture, pisciculture should  be  promoted  through  financial assistance, awareness programmes which will create employment in rural areas. ·         Promotion of small scale industries and self help groups will create scope of employment in urban areas. ·         Tertiary activities like inclusive banking, promotion of market, etc can penetrate Service sector to rural areas and induce mobilization and growth in Primary sector and ultimately create employment. ·         Cheap credit for creation of new enterprises and encouraging foreign investment can also create employment in both rural and urban areas. ·         Social safety net programmes like NREGA, Jawahar Lal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM),    etc    generates    massive employment in rural and urban areas respectively.