what are the major factor responsible for unemployment in India
Answers
1.Theoretical education:
This unemployment is in some quarters attributed to the system of education prevailing in our country. Our education is too theoretical. It turns too many arts graduates and too few engineers.
To make up for this deficiency Government has opened several technological institutes in different parts of India. However, this attempt, good as it is, will not solve the problem of unemployment.
Already there are more technically trained men than there is employment for them.
2. Lack of full employment in industries:
In the industrial segment, there is the same lack of full employment. There are not many mills and factories and the number of men employed in them is not large. Even the mills and factories that we have do not work to their maximum capacity either for lack of requisite machinery or for lack of adequate supply of materials.
3. Lack of alternative opportunities for agricultural workers:
In the rural India, the picture is equally discouraging. Agriculture is the principal occupation of the majority of rural population. However, agriculture keeps the cultivators engaged for a limited part of the year. For many months every year the agriculturist remain idle and lives miserably.
4. Poor condition of cottage industries:
In villages, unemployment is due to lack of cottage industries. The cottage industries are in a winding state. They give whole-time occupation to only a fraction of the people who depend on them.
5. Other factors are
Excessive burden of population on cultivation
Rapidly increasing population
Low productivity in agriculture sector
Defective economic planning,
Large-scale production
mechanization.