About Unemployment : As it is, due to the use of modern machines through Automation, the job-numbers are going down. On top of that, there are imports of a number of goods cheaply from countries like china. All major manufacturers of , for example, TVs, import them from China & sell in India. How will it increase the number of jobs in India ? ( Even in the Local Circles' discussion on artificial ripening of Mangoes, a mention is made of sing a powder imported from China ! ) . The Textile machinery industry got totally ruined when import of (used & new) machinery & instruments from abroad was allowed by the Govt. in the 1990s. This tendency of importing from abroad and consuming in India will never help in increasing Indian jobs. This tendency started from the 19080s, from the Govt of Mr. Rajiv Gandhi. It made some industrialists become big & bigger, but the screw-driver technology did not help increasing jobs here. The one exception so far is the IT Software industry, which too is now in trouble ! The point is that, free-industry will always think of maximising their profits & no one can really blamer them for that, as they have to give good return to their shareholders. (That is why US industries go to Maxico, and Indian industries buy from China ! ) Only the Govt. can play a significant role here, by making suitable laws & implementing them. Mr Modi's ' Make in India' platform is a good bigining for inducing foreign companies to manufacture in India, thereby increasing Indian jobs ( It will also have positive foreign exchange implications). But that is only one step. Import of luxury goods from countries like China must be stopped by the Govt. and such goods for Indian consumption must be made in India. (The Industries & traders won't do this on their own. ) No doubt, WTO may be binding the Govt on some unacceptable points. Yet, in spite of this, the Govt. must have the will to solve this urban unemployment problem (in the manufacturing sector). #There are also other professions, like farmers, tradesmen in rural areas ; like cobblers, barbers etc. (I am referring to them by their profession for livelihood, not their casts) . Their needs also need to be looked into. #Moreover, There is a need to learn new technologies, which the Govt. must arrange at a very wide scale ( through NGOs etc) & encourage this learning through advts. and other means . # Such additional points will need another elaborate discussion. So at present, I am only making a mention of them. - Subhash S. Naik
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