Unemployment in India
Increasing Unemployment rate has become one of the
biggest problems in India. Unemployment has become common in our country and
now it is at a horrifying stage. The unemployment leads to wastage of human
resources. The real problem is with the Indian education system, high level of
corruption and rapidly increasing Population in India. To fight with such a great issue every citizen of the whole country
will have to rise up and take action. Unemployment is the state being out of
work. The problem of unemployment is not raised suddenly it has been years. But
now unemployment is at its worst state in India. The valuable human resource is
not being put to proper use. Our country is known as youth country because more
than half of our population is young and energetic. But due to lack of proper
resources and opportunities, our country is wasting the youthful energy which
should be used to develop our nation and boost our economy. This has resulted in
poverty, slow economic growth rate, increasing crimes and a general
restlessness in the country.
One of the biggest causes of the increasing Unemployment
rate is continuously increasing population. Due to these problems poverty, lack
of proper resources, health problems and many other severe problems have arisen in our country. The growing population means more mouths to feed and
more hands to seek jobs. The growth of population has resulted in the increasing number
of children enrolling in schools and universities.
Due to increase population, every student or child is
not even getting equal educational facilities in colleges or universities.
The Indian education system is also an important
factor due to which the unemployment is at worse state. As in our education
system, theoretical knowledge is more prefer over practical knowledge, since
childhood we are encouraged for cramming rather than understanding. Our
educational system fails to confirm or fulfil the requirements in the present
job opportunities. A report was published, according to that report most of the
students pass out every year do not fulfil criteria required by corporate
and Industries to be able to get a job there. Our education system has become
outdated. In our education system success of a candidate is judged in terms of
intelligence and marks. Now, it’s time to new teaching technique and new
education structure to be introduced.
Children should be taught the applications of the
practical knowledge in day to day life. By implementing the practical training
the children will gain an in-depth knowledge of particular subject.
Unemployment leads to an increase in the number of
crimes. Many students want to get a good and high paying job without putting
the required efforts to get it they start doing crimes or take anti-social way
to get a job or money. Nepotism and bribery is also the biggest problem that
favours unemployment. Due to this less competent and undeserving job seekers
overshadow the deserving and talented candidates through nepotism and bribe.
This gives birth to a new term called ‘Underemployed’. When the candidates find
it impossible to secure a job of the desired level they take up any job that
offered to them. Underemployed is a state where a candidate is not getting the
desired job according to his qualification and status due to compulsion or
other situation he works any kind of work he gets.
Unemployment leads to very bad consequences. It breeds
frustration, depression among some, and discontent among others. Unemployment
leads to personality damage and inferiority complexes in youth that sometimes
result in suicide also which is not a good sign for social and economic
society. Unemployment increases migration due to which urban population is
continuously growing and resources are decreasing rapidly. Unemployment and
Increasing population have also resulted in the migration of some unique and good talents
to foreign countries and settle their permanently which impact our growth and
development of the country.
For solving this huge problem both government and
citizen will have to take some calculative steps and solve the problem
together. First, we have to check our fast-growing population. Without
population control, no plan can get us the desired results. Another major step
which the government has to take is to revise our education policy and propose a
new education structure. The need is to promote vocational and practical
training. Provide internships in institutions to students during the studies
or after passing out. As technology is rapidly increasing computers have
made their reach everywhere so, everyone should focus on basic computer skills
and technical knowledge which can help someone to place somewhere. Students
should work as part-time in any firm during their studies which can help them
learning practical skills and exploring corporate and industry culture. Schools
and Universities should organize various seminars and events where
professionals and counsellors give the knowledge of different career options
and some other life lessons which will help them to know, explore and choose
the right career available in the market. Also, one to one counselling session
should also be provided to each and every student.
Parents should also understand the true passion and the potential of their children and give them the freedom to pursue what they actually
want.
The Government should also on its part take some important
steps to get rid of the problem. They should also provide opportunities and
resources to help youth to achieve their dream. Government should promote
Entrepreneurship, Tourism and media industries. Because these sectors give the
most number of employments. The government should promote tourism because tourism
will boost employment and the economy as well. It is said that a single tourist
gives employment to 7 to 10 people in a direct or indirect way. So, the Government
should propose more tourist sites and also maintain the existing.
The government should promote entrepreneurship and make
easy rules and regulations for entrepreneurs because our country needs “Job
givers, not Job seekers”. With the objective of generating employment, the government
has already started many programs in rural and urban areas like National Rural
Employment Programme, National Scheme of Training of Rural Youth, etc, For
promoting self-employment with prospective of increasing employment.
Government is taking lots of initiatives for
increasing employment in the country, but still, there is long way to go.