UNEMPLOYMENT
Employment in simple words can be defined as an occupation by which a person can earn
his living. And Unemployment is the inability of providing gainful work to people who are
willing to work. And for a country like India, employment has become one of the major
challenges of the current economy. Despite the economic reforms and the IT & BPO
boom, the unemployment situation in India is getting worse.
Therefore, emphasis is given on providing more employment opportunities which in turn
reflects on economic growth of the country.
Whenever we are talking about economic development, we cannot ignore young
generation. Youth have been recognized as “the most vital section of the community”.
Among the other problems, the youths of India has been facing the unemployment
problem. Life for an unemployed youth is very miserable in all aspects. They are in
tremendous pressure from all sides. The question what are you doing? without
understanding the ground reality of employment opportunity questions the usefulness of
his life. The problem lies with the high expectation of the family member and the society,
who always nag him without knowing the mental tensions of the youth concerned and the
situation around him. So the educated youth rushes after tuition for his livelihood
forgetting almost all-important aspects of his life and getting less chance to think for the
society and for himself too. Quite appropriately, the problem of youth unemployment has
been recognized as an aspect of national unemployment problem. Educated youths have no
stable and durable employment. An unemployed youth takes a long time to find work and
secures it at an inadequate remuneration since job seekers far outnumber the available
opportunities.
TYPES OF UNEMPLOYMENT
Basically Unemployment is of three types:
1. DISGUISED UNEMPLOYMENT: It is a situation which more people are engaged in an
activity than the required ones. The people who are actually engaged in such an activity
appear to be employed but are not fully employed. It is also known as underemployment.
This problem is acute in rural areas.
Eg: A work can be completed with 2persons but if there are 6 persons do the same work ,
the additional 4 persons are considered as disguised unemployed.
2. SEASONAL UNEMPLOYMENT: During off-season there is unemployment of people
engaged in such types of work or activities which cater to the seasonal demand.
Eg. Agriculture in India is a seasonal activity as it depends on monsoon.
3. STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT: The mismatch of available capital and the size of
