“Most
people like hard work. Particularly when they are paying for it.”
Hi friends, today I
would like to emphasize on the current employment scenario in India. We know
that, Highest rate of Employment is
observed in agriculture, fishing and forestry. The Lowest rate of employment is
in Electricity, Gas and water supply. Our country is having more population, while
the total employment is less when compared to our population. It indicates that
major portion of the youth remain unemployed. Now a days, Employment has
emerged as an important subject in the development agenda of most national
governments and several international organisations. Let us discuss in our
essay elaborately, prepare well friends, thank you.
Essay on Employment Opportunities in India:-
Has Increased access to employment opportunities,
financial independence and educational attainments enabled women in urban India
to exercise their freedom and agency? Increased employment opportunities,
financial independence and education attainment are the precipitation of the
Urbanisation and Modernisation process culminating in India. Traditional
barriers are weakening and today the status of women have grown tremendously.
She has her own identity, unlike hitherto, being just recognised as a daughter,
sister, wife, or mother of someone. The women have empowered in all fronts i.e.
politically, economically and most importantly socially. They no longer remain dependent and subordinate to their families completely, owing to these factors.
The demand of educated women has
provided women, widespread employment opportunities. Today they are being
recruited , even preferred over men for certain jobs. Many women have emerged
as a role model in their respective fields showcasing the capabilities and
heights a women can achieve, whether it may be Kiran Bedi, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw etc... Today women’s role is not just
confined to the drudgery of household
chores. This enables her to exercise more freedom , gain more voice and
partnership in decision making. Even they represent politically, whether in
state or central legislature elections. In the rural areas, where the
employment opportunities are only in agriculture and petty jobs, it does not
provide women with any choices or freedom to select.
On the contrary, Urban
women, one due to liberal environment and due to opportunities, has abundant
options to chose as per her wish. For instance, she can become an engineer,
doctor, architect, scientist, pilot, civil servant, chartered accountant, or
even open her new venture as an entrepreneur. Financial independence attained by
women has gone a long way in determining their status. They not only contribute
to the family resource, rather also carry a voice in determining various
matters of family. They no longer remain dependent and obliged to their family
member for their financial needs. This has made them self sufficient, self
reliant and self independent too. They can even now spend as per their wish and
fulfil their own wishes, which have been confined for a long time owing to
their dependence.
Consider a women earning 50,000 per
month, she can contribute some money for her children’s education, some money
for family savings, family expenditures and even after that she can save money
for her own wishes and needs. She can even give some money to her friend/mother
in their need. She can join a new course, or may be pursue her hobbies. For
fulfilling her children’s wishes also, she need not wait for her husband’s
consent. Thus the application of mind has diversified and her being as a pillar
of family’s resources also has become a reality. Hence a financially
independent women not only debars from being a liability, rather commands the
respect of an asset to the family.
Urban women, owing to liberalised
ideas of families, adequate opportunities in urban areas and better conveyance
are being able to attain much better education then their rural counterparts.
Urban women, not only achieve higher education, but also attain intellectually.
Their outlook changes, they no longer want to remain under the clutches of
anyone and demand equal participation in the decisions of their lives.
In the
traditional families, or even today in rural families, Patriarchies enjoy the
absolute rights for taking decisions, giving women the subordinate position to
them. Education not only brings a sense of confidence in them and imbibe in
them the capability to chose what is correct and wrong. Education is knowledge
and knowledge is power. Hence education has made them powerful. They can
question the wisdom of others now. Whether it may be the choice of career,
choice of occupation, age of marriage, the choice of groom, even decisions in
their married life, challenging ill attitude from in-laws etc have been
asserted by Indian urban women.
These three features namely,
employment, economic elevation and education are precisely inter connected to
each other and cannot be segregated outrightly. These are manifestations of
empowerment of women in different forms. Education helps them achieve
employment and employment makes them financially independent which in turn bear
fruits in face of freedom and voice. The words of Gandhiji, (i.e). A woman should be a companion
of man in all of his decisions and functions can only be achieved by empowering
women. Even the government has been working in these directions and brought
various reservations for women for different jobs have been provided. Various
laws and commissions ensure their rights are not exploited. Violence against
women has decreased significantly in urban areas, where women can take steps
for assuring their protection. Hence in many ways urban women have been
empowered and the list goes on.
In recent years, the
processes of globalisation have resulted in certain trends in labour markets in
both the developed and developing countries. In the developing countries, fears
have been expressed of displacement of workers in the hither to protected
sectors as a result of international
competition.
They no longer remain the sole
instrument of sacrifice and compromise. Earlier, whenever there was a
circumstance, where one needed to compromise for the family’s welfare, it was
the woman by default. This need not be the case now. They participate in discussions
about various other things apart from family matters with everyone.
In a way,
education has made them enlightened. In helping out their children also, they
need not depend on anyone now, they can freely advice them and give them
quality mentorship in other fields also. Their literacy helps them attain
better respect and even voice in family matters. Hence education has made them
more confident, independent, more significant, more respectful apart from
allowing to achieve greater freedom.
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