Where is seasonal unemployment found? a) Urban areas b) Rural areas c) Remote areas d) Both a and b
Answers
Answer:
(c)Rural areas
Explanation:
The period of seasonal unemployment in India varies from state to state, depending upon the methods of farming, nature of soil and possibility of multiple cropping. Hence, seasonal unemployment is found in rural areas as the main occupation there is agriculture.
(b) Rural area
1. Unemployment is a condition that affects the economy of a place, area, region or country negatively
2. It is the term that refers to the condition when individuals who are capable of working and are looking for work as well are unable to find any work for them
3. There are mainly three types of unemployment, They are structural, frictional, and cyclical. Under these three types, there are several other types of unemployment like disguised, open, educated, underemployment etc.
4. Seasonal unemployment is the kind of unemployment where people are employed for some months in a year and stay unemployed for the rest.
5. It is prominent in rural areas because during the harvesting season more people are needed to work in the fields whereas these agricultural labourers stay unemployed for the rest of the year.