International Journal of Research in Social Sciences

  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 3

Youth Unemployment in India: An analysis

  • Author:
  • Bilal Ahmad Lone
  • Total Page Count: 19
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 249 to 267

M Phil sociology from Bathinda central university

Online published on 25 June, 2019.

Abstract

India is known for its youngest population in the world due to 27.5 percent youth population between the ages of 15–29. Youth have potential to change the fate of the country with their involvement in productive employment. This special category contain 28 percent of the population that is base for development. Every year more and more youth are entering into the labor force after completing the education but unfortunately are more prone to unemployment. It has serious effects on both individual as well as the social life of a man. The country has 18 percent unemployed youth as per the UPS approach. While, on the hand, there is one unemployed graduate out of every three in the country.

Keywords

Unemployment, Youth development index, labour force, LFPR, WPR UPS, UPSS, CWS