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Topic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment.
5. In the current unemployment scenario, a long-term strategy to impart vocational skills will facilitate increase in income of labour as well as generating formal employment. Elaborate. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Tough
Reference: Live Mint
Why the question:
The recent release of the government’s periodic labour survey shows that the proportion of salaried jobs in urban India fell from 53% between April and June of last year, when a national lockdown was in place, to 48.7% in October-December 2020.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the importance of vocational training in formalise labour and improve incomes.
Directive word:
Elaborate – Give a detailed account as to how and why it occurred, or what is the context. You must be defining key terms wherever appropriate and substantiate with relevant associated facts.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Write a few introductory lines about the status of unemployment in India citing reports like periodic labour survey/ CMIE.
Body:
First, mention the causes of current status of employment in India.
Next, write the importance of vocational training – better expectation setting and career planning. access to new age skills, upskill and re-skill themselves to keep up with the shift in demand that has been accelerated this year, due to the pandemic.
Next, write about the steps/schemes that have been launched and further steps that are needed to be taken in this regard.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.
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