UNEMPLOYMENT STATUS IN VAISHALI DISTRICT OF BIHAR-A SOCIO-ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
Authors:
Dr. Dharmendra Kumar Chaudhary
Abstract:
The problem of unemployment has created various severe problems, like poverty, hunger, malnutrition & undernutrition, houselessness, slums and squatter settlements, inequality, crime, child labour, begging, etc. Unemployment can be considered as a difference between the demand for jobs and the supply of jobs. The high rate of unemployment in India is a direct consequence of the rapid rise of population growth. Most poor in the country are living in rural areas and belongs to the categories of landless agricultural and casual labourers, marginal and small farmers, and rural artisans, etc. The agriculture and industrial sectors are unable to sustain the excessive population pressure.
Bihar state is one of the country’s poorest states, posted a steep rise in unemployment in the year ended June 2019 to record nearly double the national jobless rate. Unemployment in Vaishali rose by 3 percentage points to 10.2 percent during the year ended June 2019. The present paper discusses the issues afflicting the unemployment status in Vaishali, Bihar and talks about the possible strategic interventions to make the best use of available resources adopting a multi-pronged strategy on improving the unemployment status. The labour absorptive capacity of agriculture in Vaishali has reached its plateau and is not able to provide employment to the rural workforce around the year. Several policies have been initiated by the state & central government to control the unemployment problem in the economy and specific for the rural agrarian society like MNREGA, PMKVY, Start-Up India Scheme, National Skill Development Mission etc. All the programs have had a positive impact to improve the unemployment status of the Vaishali but still, the unemployment status of the educated young is grim. Thus, it is suggested priority should be accorded for creating rural employment opportunities to create a sustainable rural economy in Vaishali.