Unemployment in Nepal

The people who are temporarily without jobs are called unemployed. The state of being unemployed is unemployment. If people do not apt jobs to be employed, it is called ‘the problem of unemployment’. Nowadays, this problem is a burning challenge in Nepal.

Many people are unemployed in Nepal. The number of them is rapidly increasing. Therefore, it is a serious problem in Nepal. There are many causes of unemployment. Nepal is an agro-based country. Firstly, many people are employed in agriculture, but nowadays, the trend of leaving agriculture is increasing. People feel that agriculture is not economically beneficial. They go to towns to look for good jobs but they cannot get any jobs easily and become unemployed. Secondly, some educated people are extremely traditional. They feel that educated people should not start simple jobs. They stay at home being jobless. Thirdly, most of the students in Nepal are getting general education. They do not have apt knowledge and skill of technical and practical education. Fourthly, job opportunities in Nepal are very limited.

The problem of unemployment invites many problems and social disasters. If people do not get anything to live on, they are likely to be involved in crimes such as robbery, theft etc. We can see that unemployed youths may start taking drugs and drinking. In some serious conditions, completely unemployed people are likely to commit suicide. The pace of development gets slower because unemployed people cannot educate their children. By the result, the future of them can be led to misery and ruins.

In order to solve the problem of unemployment, the opportunities and facilities of technical education should be decentralized. Youths should be encouraged to get technical education. Technical hands can be self-dependent. Many job opportunities can be created by establishing many factories and industries. In the rural areas, the government should encourage the people to establish cottage industries. Similarly, emigration to cities is to be discouraged to reduce the gravity of this problem.

The problem of unemployment can be reduced and removed but it takes a long time. Everyone must be responsible for it. This problem is more serious in towns than in villages. The development of the rural areas certainly solves the problem of unemployment.

Population Problem in Nepal

            The total number of people living in a certain place and in a certain time is known as population. Population consists of males and females. Population is always a flux. Everyday some babies are born and some people die. In the context of Nepal, population is increasing, but the rate of population growth does not seem very challenging. The density of population in urban areas is higher than in rural regions.

            Nepal is a developing country. More than 50% of the people are illiterate. They are not fully aware of the adverse effects of population. Illiteracy is one of the major causes of population growth in Nepal. The people who are conservative want to accept as many children as they are naturally born. They think that God gives them their children, and if they try to stop giving birth to their babies. God will be unhappy with them. The second cause of population growth in Nepal is lack of a balanced diet. People along with their children are not completely healthy. Many children die everyday. Parents are not sure that all of the children can be alive. Therefore they want to give birth to many children.

            Most of the people are poor in Nepal. They feel that more hands in a family means more income in future. Specially farmers and labourers want to give birth to many babies. They hope that their children can help them in their field work. Thus the next cause of the rapid population growth is poverty. Because of polygamy system, too, population is increasing. The system of polygyny in our society helps to increase our population. A man gets married to more women, and these women give birth to more babies. The another cause of population growth is immigration to Nepal from our neighbouring countries.

            There are many adverse effects of uncontrolled population growth. It brings many problems such as natural disasters, crimes and poverty. If population increases rapidly, a country cannot use the money for the development. More people means more problems. Growing population clears the jungle for agriculture and settlement. Then pollution gets increased. Theft and robbery can take place in the society. Most of the people have to face with the problem of unemployment.

            We can control over population growth in some ways. Firstly, we have to educate the people because educated people do not want to give birth to many children. The people who are illiterate should be convinced to control their family size. The means of family planning should be provided adequately all over the country. Nowadays, many parents have controlled their family size. It may be true that the upliftment of the nation depends on the controlled and required population growth.