{"id":34512,"date":"2018-10-31T11:37:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T06:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34512"},"modified":"2018-10-31T11:37:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T06:07:34","slug":"government-plans-to-boost-rural-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/government-plans-to-boost-rural-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Government plans to boost rural employment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/govt-to-boost-rural-employment\/article19892734.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government plans to boost rural employment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After an array of suicidal cases of the farmers in India, the Rural Development Ministry is in the midst of examining proposals that promises to leapfrog job creation for the rural youth.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What are the causes of rural unemployment in India?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the report, Rural Agricultural Commission, Indian Agriculturalists are unemployed for about 6 months in a year. Some of the reasons are as follows:<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>In India the population is excessively increasing:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> At this rate of increase in population, no country can guarantee full employment to its hands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>The employment planning of the government is not adequate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In comparison to population growth, employment opportunities did not increase.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Agricultural drawbacks:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>India has a limited area of agricultural land: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attempt is being made to break the barren land and bring greater area under the orbit of the agriculture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Agriculture in India is a seasonal affair:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There is a season for sowing and harvesting. After that the farmers have no job. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Agricultural people are not educated:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Due to lack of education, they are not able to utilise their energy in proper manner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Agricultural holdings are small:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the lands are scattered and fragmented. Because of these drawbacks, the agricultural product is not at all sufficient for the people who depend who depend on it. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Rural India depend directly on various cottage industries for their livelihood: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, now-a-days, these are adversely affected by the industrialisation process. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The present woes of agrarian distress is a result of having <\/span><b>no vision for agriculture sector which is mostly dependent on farming and its failure is affecting other sectors including the banking<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Crop failure in India: An overview:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GM cotton, 2002, initially promising performance of <\/span><b>GM cotton proved short-lived as crops experienced severe pest attacks.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production costs rose threefold due to the more expensive pesticides needed to control problem insects and widespread crop failure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Growing burden of credit on farming community<\/b> <b>and their inability of making repayment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also is a reason of constant crop failures. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though Asian countries including India have often welcomed the use of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">genetically modified<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> crops to boost productivity. Yet, <\/span><b>monopolisation of markets and destruction of alternatives <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have destroyed many.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only a third of the small and marginal farmers in the country have access to institutional credit. As a result, <\/span><b>loan waivers may not be of significant help<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What are the government initiatives to generate rural employment in India?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, MGNREGA):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is an Indian labour law and social securilty measure that aims to guarantee the right to work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It aims to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or DDU-GKY: It is Government of India youth employment scheme.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It aims to target youth, under the age group of 15\u201335 years. DDU-GKY is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Prime Minister\u2019s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Jobs created by the Prime Minister\u2019s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), generates employment in rural and urban areas by initiating new micro enterprises and small projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Make in India Programme:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The main aim of the Make in India programme is to generate employment in the manufacturing sector.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Startup India: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under this programme, the government encouraged banks to provide finance to young entrepreneurs to start their own business ventures.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the way forward?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>More cottage industries and other industries pertaining to agriculture need set up<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the village.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demand for the industrial manufacturing sector has to come from rural India which can be generated by <\/span><b>increasing the purchasing power of rural population<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where farming remains the main activity of employment. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Unless the farming infrastructure receives significant boost<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, farmers in India will stop finding agriculture as a viable source of income.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government plans to boost rural employment Context: After an array of suicidal cases of the farmers in India, the Rural Development Ministry is in the midst of examining proposals that promises to leapfrog job creation for the rural youth. 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