Remedies

Recently UPA Government has come up with Rural Employment Guarantee program which aims to provide minimum days of employment to people living in the villages. This is a laudable programme if implemented sincerely because it will provide employment to people during natural calamities like drought, floods etc. The remedial measures for reducing unemployment may lay greater emphasis on creation of opportunities for self -employment, augmentation of productivity and income levels of the working poor, shift in emphasis from creation of relief type of employment to the building up of durable productive assets in the rural areas and instead of attempting to revert somewhat to protectionist policies the pace of privatization may be accelerated.
The problem of unemployment in India can be solved by adopting a multi dimensional strategy. Vocational education should be given more importance. More labour intensive industries should be set up to create more jobs. Measures should be taken to reduce seasonal unemployment. Activities allied to agriculture should be developed which would provide additional employment to the agricultural labour force through out the year.
The unemployment issue must be tackled with utmost care. The future of the country lies in the hands of youth. Their betterment would tantamount to the betterment of the country as a whole.