Solving the unemployment problem of the country is the first step towards making it truly democratic. If people do not have a means of earning then they will always be at the mercy of some one or the other. Oppression, social injustice , violence , corruption has its roots
In lack of economic means to support one self.
There will have to be a back ward working on education , child and mother care and basic health along with other infrastructure development.
Till now many schemes have been floated towards improving basic health, basic education. It needs to be strengthened further. But the end all and be all of all the peripheral schemes should be that an average citizen of our country should be able to live a life with basic rights.
Amongst the many steps of strengthening the employment base Vocational training at village level and self employment or small enterprise development is the stepping stone to strengthen the development. If a rural family is able to earn Rs. 6000 per month over and above their agriculture income then their standard of living will be at par with middle class in metros. They will be able to afford good health, good education along with basic necessities of life.
A parallel revolution should start to empower village youth towards self sustenance . Reverse migration will help in training the village in various life skills and trade skills.
The same can theory of self employment and self sustained can be applied in urban slums too. Any ways if employment options are available in villages then the pressure on slums will reduce. Manual labour will have an option to choose between a urban slum and his/ her village life.
The large industries are moving towards heavy mechanisation and automatic equipments are being installed across all industries. This progress ensures that operator level people trained in handling machines accompanied by a few basic skilled labours are engaged in mega industries. Earlier where thousands of human labourers were required to operate a textile plant, today only a few hundred of them are required.
This results in increasing efficiency of the industry but does not solve our basic employment problem. Thus on one hand where heavy industrialisation and retail chains are good as they creates some specialised jobs for semi skilled and skilled work force. But it is not the only solution towards inclusive development.
The solution of development is primarily at the grassroots. Making village youth self sustainable by investing in region specific skills and trades. Promoting self employment is the key towards development.
India being such a big country provides us this opportunity for internal consumption. Exports are good but so is internal consumption. Our internal consumption is so huge that if we focus on it fully we will have a large market to sell our goods produced. But we are neglecting our internal market which is evident in the sale of low cost Chinese idols, Pooja materials and the list is endless. Other countries are expanding there market in the remotest part of our country by focusing on our day today needs but some where we have been unable to make it work.
Small industries need to be focused in the next few years with the high intensity. Our economic policy needs to bend user friendly, easily implement able and swift.
Swaraj is the need of the hour. Govt should focus on strengthening the bottom of the pyramid by imparting skills, education and sustainable business opportunities.
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