Following are the main causes of ever increasing unemployment in India:
1. Slow economic growth:
Indian economy is underdeveloped and rate of economic is very slow. This slow growth rate fails to provide enough employment opportunities’ to rising population
2. Rapid growth of population:
Constant increase in population has been grave problem of India. It is one of the main cause of unemployment.
3. Agrculture:
Agriculture is also one of the major cause for unemployment in India because it is seasonal in nature so majority of population will have a job for partial of year. So it has led the farmers stay unemployed in odd seasons.
4. Lack of irrigation facilities:
Despite the completion of nine five year plans irrigation facilities could be provided only to 34% of agricultural area. For want of irrigation only one crop is grown in year on the large of agricultural land. Consequently, the fanners remain unemployed for quite some time during the year.
5. Joint family system:
It encourages disguised unemployment, in big families having large businesses, many such persons are found who do not do any work and depend on the joint income of the family. Joint family system is more prevalent in rural areas, hence a high degree of disguised unemployment exists there.
