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    Unemployment in India

    Unemployment
    India as a nation is faced with massive problem of unemployment. Unemployment can
    be defined as a state of worklessness for a man fit and willing to work. It is a
    condition of involuntary and not voluntary idleness. Some features of unemployment
    have been identified as follows:

    1. The incidence of unemployment is much higher in urban areas than in rural


    areas.
    2. Unemployment rates for women are higher than those for men.
    3. The incidence of unemployment among the educated is much higher than the
    overall unemployment.
    4. There is greater unemployment in agricultural sector than in industrial and
    other major sectors.
    Economists and social thinkers have classified unemployment into various types.
    Generally unemployment can be classified in two types:
    (1) Voluntary unemployment
    In this type of unemployment a person is out of job of his own desire doesn't work
    on the prevalent or prescribed wages. Either he wants higher wages or doesn't want
    to work at all. It is in fact social problem leading to social disorganization.
    Social problems and forces such as a revolution, a social upheaval, a class
    struggle, a financial or economic crisis a war between nations, mental illness,
    political corruption mounting unemployment and crime etc. threaten the smooth
    working of society. Social values are often regarded as the sustaining forces of
    society. They contribute to the strength and stability of social order. But due to
    rapid social change new values come up and some of the old values decline. At the
    same time, people are not is a position to reject the old completely and accept the
    new altogether. Here, conflict between the old and the new is the inevitable result
    which leads to the social disorganization in imposed situation. In economic
    terminology this situation is voluntary unemployment.
    (2) In voluntary unemployment
    In this type of situation the person who is unemployed has no say in the matter. It
    means that a person is separated from remunerative work and devoid of wages
    although he is capable of earning his wages and is also anxious to earn them. Forms
    and types of unemployment according to Hock are.
    a. Cyclical unemployment - This is the result of the trade cycle which is a part
    of the capitalist system. In such a system, there is greater unemployment and when
    there is depression a large number of people are rendered unemployed. Since such an
    economic crisis is the result of trade cycle, the unemployment is a part of it.
    b. Sudden unemployment - When at the place where workers have been employed
    there is some change, a large number of persons are unemployed. It all happens in
    the industries, trades and business where people are employed for a job and
    suddenly when the job has ended they are asked to go.
    c. Unemployment caused by failure of Industries - In many cases, a business a
    factory or an industry has to close down. There may be various factors responsible
    for it there may be dispute amongst the partners, the business may give huge loss
    or the business may not turn out to be useful and so on.
    d. Unemployment caused by deterioration in Industry and business - In various
    industries, trades or business, sometimes, there is deterioration. This
    deterioration may be due to various factors. In efficiency of the employers, keen
    competitions less profit etc. are some of the factors responsible for deterioration
    in the industry and the business.
    e. Seasonal unemployment - Certain industries and traders engage workers for a
    particular season. When the season has ended the workers are rendered unemployed.
    Sugar industry is an example of this type of seasonal unemployment.

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