Discuss the various causes of unemployment in India. Assess their linkages with structural transformation failures. Recommend pathways for employment-intensive growth.
Kartavya Desk Staff
Topic: Inflationary Gap and Inflationary process
Topic: Inflationary Gap and Inflationary process
Q5. Discuss the various causes of unemployment in India. Assess their linkages with structural transformation failures. Recommend pathways for employment-intensive growth. (15 M)
Difficulty Level: Medium
Reference: InsightsIAS
Why the question Unemployment persists despite growth, and India’s structural transformation is incomplete, making it important to analyse causes, linkages and policy pathways for job-rich growth. Key Demand of the question Explain the major causes of unemployment and show how they stem from or reinforce failures of structural transformation, then suggest strategies for generating employment-intensive growth. Structure of the Answer: Introduction Briefly refer to India’s unemployment paradox where economic growth has not translated into adequate job creation, indicating deeper structural issues. Body Causes of unemployment in India – give broad structural and institutional reasons. Linkages with failures of structural transformation – explain how stalled farm-to-non-farm shifts and incomplete industrialisation worsen unemployment. Pathways for employment-intensive growth – suggest practical, sector-linked and systemic approaches. Conclusion Provide a forward-looking line on aligning growth strategy with labour absorption to harness the demographic dividend.
Why the question Unemployment persists despite growth, and India’s structural transformation is incomplete, making it important to analyse causes, linkages and policy pathways for job-rich growth.
Key Demand of the question Explain the major causes of unemployment and show how they stem from or reinforce failures of structural transformation, then suggest strategies for generating employment-intensive growth.
Structure of the Answer:
Introduction Briefly refer to India’s unemployment paradox where economic growth has not translated into adequate job creation, indicating deeper structural issues.
• Causes of unemployment in India – give broad structural and institutional reasons.
• Linkages with failures of structural transformation – explain how stalled farm-to-non-farm shifts and incomplete industrialisation worsen unemployment.
• Pathways for employment-intensive growth – suggest practical, sector-linked and systemic approaches.
Conclusion Provide a forward-looking line on aligning growth strategy with labour absorption to harness the demographic dividend.