2. THE PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN INDIA

The problem of unemployment in India is in a very acute form. Thousands of educated and uneducated people roam about without jobs. They are capable of and willing to work but they are without any work. The situation is steadily deteriorating and has now reached a stage when it is impossible for anyone to say what the future of the vast majority of the unemployed is going to be.

There are several causes of unemployment. Two or three of these causes are very prominent. One cause is the maldistribution of the world’s gold supplies, uneven production, and high tariffs. Another cause is the rapid growth of population in India. A third cause is the defects and disabilities under which our country has been labouring for sometime in the past.

Generally speaking, the middle class population is suffering most from lack of employment. To this class belong the educated men of this country. The working classes are fairly well off for a time owing to rise in wages. They can readily obtain employment and earn fair wages. The agricultural population of India gets regular employment from four to six months in the year and then it has a holiday for the rest of the time. The proportion of population which derives its support from agriculture in India is much higher than that which derives its support from industries in India.

India’s income from industries in comparison to the one from agriculture is very low. In such a state of affairs the following measures, if adopted, can prove to be very fruitful.
First, suitable arrangements should be made providing regular employment to the agriculturists in cottage and rural industries during the months in which there is no farm work. This will raise their wages and earnings, affecting their standard of living.
Secondly, the general level of beneficence and enthusiasm of the department of the Government connected with nation-building activities should be raised. Thirdly, certain specific emergency schemes will help to raise the national income in the briefest time possible.

These measures require the most earnest attention of both the Government and the people at the present time. Both the Government and the society should put their heads together and be prepared to co operate with each other. To give a practical shape to these measures, the people should be advised what commodities they can manufacture with profit in order to provide work for the local labour. The Government should help the industry by effective tariff protection. Along with it, the rapid growth of population should be checked. Population may be reduced by emigration and by late marriages. But the most effective method is birth control by using contraceptives.

In order to increase production and enlarge employment, the country should be rapidly industrialised. There should be schemes for rural reconstruction by increasing produce from agriculture and cottage and home industries in rural areas by co-operative efforts of the villagers.

The universities and educational institutions should prepare men and women for vocations and professions. Training in practical aspects should be as varied and complete as possible in accordance with the needs of the society. These educational bodies should set up employment bureaus. Adult education should be advanced sufficiently

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1. USE AND ABUSE OF INTERNET

Computers and computer-websites can now be linked and are linked through satellite to form an internet.Internet is a very refined medium of communication and through it any message ( e – mail)can be sent anywhere in the world.Just by opening a website on your computer and installing a modem,you can find out about anything in the whole world by pressing the mighty mouse.Through internet you can search the world market to find a certain useful book ,you can do shopping,you can seek any kind of information,you can see movies and listen to any kind of music,you can see results of examinations and competitions,you can converse anyone anywhere in the world,and you can even get a job.There are schools in some foreign countries where students can do their homework on the computer and it can be checked by the teacher through internet without anyone going anywhere.

Websites offering a touch-and-try on internet add excitement to planning holidays.Travel websites offer everything one need to know-from foreign exchange regulations,passport and visa details to weather information,cost-effective online booking,staying accommodation,travel links from place to place and a number of other items of information.

Women in distress can find help quickly,at the click of the mouse.There are websites that give woman exact information about their legal rights and what they should be doing in case of harassment or matrimonial disputes.Women in distress now have the option of launching their complaints on the internet.All they need to do is log on to a particular site ,write about their problem and there will be a sea of information and counseling guidance at their disposal from experts.

Internet can become a bane if it is used rationally and for good purposes.By using the internet excessively and doing chatting with some unknown people just for fun ,the youngsters may waste their valuable time and harm their eyesight.They may also indulge in mischief,which may harm their morals.Only recently two school going boys were caught in Delhi who had created a pornographic website on the internet and were showing to other boys.

Another misuse of internet can be in offering fake jobs,transactions etc. on the internet.An example of this was reported in The Hindustan Times of June 8^th,2001.”The Economic Offence Wing of the Crime Branch has arrested two managing directors of a company for duping scores of people of Rs 70 lakhs.The accused had launched a website by falsely claiming that they had a collaboration with the Union Surface Transport Ministry.”

A major drawback of internet is now coming to light with the rapid use of multimedia mobiles.Some mentally sick people capture the private moments of others as well as their own and put these on the internet. Innocent girls are becoming victims of this MMS saga .This more often than not spoils their lives.

To sum up ,internet is a great power and it helps us immensely only if used in a right manner.If used in a wrong manner can prove disastrous.It is a double edged sword.

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