Which industries and services can help the underemployed people in rural areas?
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Explanation:
When more than required numbers of people are engaged in productive activities and where production is not affected even by their absence, it is called underemployment. This kind of unemployment is also called disguised unemployment.
In rural areas, the agricultural sector and daily wage earners, such as painters and plumbers, in urban areas show that underemployment conditions prevail.
In agriculture, sometimes all the family members work on the small piece of farm. Even if we move some people out, the production will remain the same. For example, Raghu along with five other family members work on two hectares of land. The members work on the field as they are not engaged in any other economic activity. Therefore, even if they will not work, the production of the land will not be affected. This results in underemployment.
Similarly, we may see people carrying loads from one place to another. Though they work for the entire day, they earn very less. This is an example of underemployment as people are carrying the load because they do not have better opportunities to work.