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Explain the causes of unemployment in India and suggest measures to reduce unemployment in India.                                                                                                                     [Foreign 2005]

Answer:

Causes of Unemployment:

(i) Insufficient economic development - It is true that under the planned development millions of new jobs were created but the number of job lookers was much more than those jobs. Thus many people still remained unemployed in India.

(ii) Defective system of education - In our educational system there is lack of training facilities, lack of vocational and professional guidance.

(iii) Slow growth of industrialization - Slow growth of industrialization in the country is yet another cause of unemployment in the urban areas.

Measures to Reduce Unemployment:

(i) Rural Works Programme - This programme aims at construction of civil works of permanent nature in rural areas.

(ii) Integrated Dry Land Agricultural Development - Under this scheme, permanent works like soil conservation, development of land and water harvesting are undertaken.

(iii) National Rural Employment Programme - This programme aims at creating community assets for strengthening rural infrastructure-like drinking water wells, community irrigation wells, village tanks, rural roads and schools.

(iv) Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programmes aim at generating gainful employment, creating productive assets in rural areas and improving the overall quality of rural life.