Another important factor that "Unemployment" silently contributes and escapes from the view of our planners is, " Mass exodus" of the migrant labour to the cities in search of livelihood. Mass exodus adds more problems to the cities. Unauthorised occupation of land and subsequent sprouting of innumerable Slums.

Migration to cities happens because of lack of facilities in the villages. If the government provides the basic infra structure without destroying the eco balance I am sure the villagers woyuld be happy to remain where they are cultivating their land and contributing to the economy..[/quote


True. For the same reason many family professions are disappearing. Tanjore paintings, Kalankari Paintings gone in to oblivion due to lack of Governmental support and lack of infra structure. Had these professions are alive, no migration takes place in search of livelihood.

Yes, many such skilled professions that ran for generations into particular families are now dying a steady death. Lack of governmental support is one of the reasons, but the most important reason is that those people themselves do not want to do their traditional jobs anymore. The education system as introduced by the British was solely with an objective to produce babus to do their work, which we readily embraced and kept it even after the freedom. Result, everyone wants a white-collar job with a table and a chair with fan, now its AC, over their heads! These trades including, carpentry, weaving, ironsmith etc. means working with own hands and that is now looked upon as being demeaning and inferior! :blink:

As industrialization increases, many traditional professions and skills give way or are not economically viable. Also the rapid spread of education creates in the educated a desire for modern jobs. Today carpenters, plumbers, masons etc are reducing in numbers but due to demand they are able to command higher rates for their services. There is a tremendous need to invest more in rural areas to absorb the rural youth. It may surprise you to know that today qualified persons with adequate experience are not available in sufficient numbers to match the openings becoming available because of industrial and business expansion with the result employees have to work longer hours and this also is one reason why retirement ages are increased in many places.

Oh well, it is indeed surprising! I know a little about centering jobs as is required in the construction of slabs of new buildings, thanks to a lady who cleans our parking space. Her brother does that work and due to lack of more people who specialize in that line, he is able to earn quite a handsome amount. So is the case with many other line of jobs, but then that still does not explain the severe discrepancy in the number of jobs available where the posts remain vacant for years and the growing number of unemployed. Is it due to lack of interest of the youth in taking up specific jobs or lack of proper system? :blink:

The unemployed are concentrated in the unskilled class mostly for whom employment is usually seasonal. The schemes like MNREGA etc where for them to guarantee them at least 100 days employment in a year. Educated unemployed are much less in numbers, but can be underemployed. Due to high salaries offered by IT companies, many sectors esp manufacturing are finding difficult to get professional employees because all are not able to match emoluments and the opportunity of being posted abroad. Similarly at upper levels due to high salaries many persons are choosy about locations etc, which results in existing senior persons getting extensions after retirements. Also if data is taken from employment exchanges then it will not be accurate as persons do not get their names cancelled even after getting jobs. The youth today are surely very choosy about their jobs esp if they are adequately qualified.

Another important factor that "Unemployment" silently contributes and escapes from the view of our planners is, " Mass exodus" of the migrant labour to the cities in search of livelihood. Mass exodus adds more problems to the cities. Unauthorised occupation of land and subsequent sprouting of innumerable Slums.

Migration to cities happens because of lack of facilities in the villages. If the government provides the basic infra structure without destroying the eco balance I am sure the villagers woyuld be happy to remain where they are cultivating their land and contributing to the economy..[/quote


True. For the same reason many family professions are disappearing. Tanjore paintings, Kalankari Paintings gone in to oblivion due to lack of Governmental support and lack of infra structure. Had these professions are alive, no migration takes place in search of livelihood.

Yes, many such skilled professions that ran for generations into particular families are now dying a steady death. Lack of governmental support is one of the reasons, but the most important reason is that those people themselves do not want to do their traditional jobs anymore. The education system as introduced by the British was solely with an objective to produce babus to do their work, which we readily embraced and kept it even after the freedom. Result, everyone wants a white-collar job with a table and a chair with fan, now its AC, over their heads! These trades including, carpentry, weaving, ironsmith etc. means working with own hands and that is now looked upon as being demeaning and inferior! :blink:

As industrialization increases, many traditional professions and skills give way or are not economically viable. Also the rapid spread of education creates in the educated a desire for modern jobs. Today carpenters, plumbers, masons etc are reducing in numbers but due to demand they are able to command higher rates for their services. There is a tremendous need to invest more in rural areas to absorb the rural youth. It may surprise you to know that today qualified persons with adequate experience are not available in sufficient numbers to match the openings becoming available because of industrial and business expansion with the result employees have to work longer hours and this also is one reason why retirement ages are increased in many places.

Oh well, it is indeed surprising! I know a little about centring jobs as is required in the construction of slabs of new buildings, thanks to a lady who cleans our parking space. Her brother does that work and due to lack of more people who specialize in that line, he is able to earn quite a handsome amount. So is the case with many other line of jobs, but then that still does not explain the severe discrepancy in the number of jobs available where the posts remain vacant for years and the growing number of unemployed. Is it due to lack of interest of the youth in taking up specific jobs or lack of proper system? :blink:

Undoubtedly lack of proper system. Industrialization doesn't mean neglecting the tradional and family based professions. Japan, despite it's industrialization , still patronizes its traditional professions like Screen printing(it's a traditional profession of China also) , crochet to name a few. Where as in India, traditional professions like Kundan, Tanjore paintings, Kalankari paintings are thrown in to cold storage creating a large scale unemployment and blocking huge Foreign exchange resources.

There are several job opportunities in government establishments which they do not even bother to report to the selection commissions. At the same time there are thousands of candidates who have already taken exams and waiting in the rank lists for an indefinite period, without an idea when they will be selected. Improper planning is one of the reasons for unemployment.

The greatest problem we face now is that certain well known fields are flooded with applications and there are any number of people qualified enough to take up the job whereas certain other departments face a lack of interest mainly because these fields have not been given enough prominence and there is no ready information...There are government run courses for pottery, handloom, carpentry etc where there are not many students...