Solve Unemployment To Curb Crime In Himachal

By: Aug 5th, 2017 12:22 am

Vijay Sharma

(The writer is based at Hamirpur)

Vijay SharmaIncreasing unemployment and drug addiction is leading Himachali youth towards crime. With huge aspirations of living a luxurious life after completing formal education, Himachali youths stray from their path when they do not get a job after a long struggle. This is the reason why the hill state is falling in the grip of crime and criminals.

No doubt involvement of outside people have been found in heinous crimes in Himachal, but they too have committed crime in connivance with locals. The arrest of local people along with Nepali and Uttarakhand youth in Kotkhai gang rape case vindicates this fact. Heinous crimes like rape, kidnapping and murder etc have become a daily news now in Himachal. And the news of seizure of big consignments of drugs on daily basis have started disturbing everyone. Unemployment is one of the biggest reason behind these ills.

According to the state government figures, there are about 8.28 lakh unemployed youths at present. But the government tries to put veil on its own figures. As per state government figures, the number of unemployed registered in different employment exchanges of the state in 2013-14 was about 10.12 lakh. The state government provided government job to about 1160 persons and about 14,281 people got employment in private companies in 2014-15. On the other hand 1.77 lakh new youths registered in different employment exchanges in 2014-15 and about two lakh youth registered in 2015-16. These figures clearly indicate that there is contradiction in government figures.

One thing is clear from these figures that the state government has failed to counter unemployment problem. There are lakhs of youth in the state today who have degrees but no job. The problem of unemployment could be gauged from the fact that a state with about 72 lakh population has more than 10 lakh unemployed youth. Such is the condition of unemployment in the state today that graduates and postgraduates in large number are applying for the post of panchayat assistants, junior clerks or even peon posts. This fear of not getting job even after acquiring high qualifications is pushing them in the lap of drug addiction. For quick benefits, they are not hesitating to adopt even criminal methods. This is the reason why crime is witnessing a huge surge in Himachal.

Unemployment problem has not raised its head all of a sudden. But the past governments too had not taken this problem seriously. The government has failed to chart a strong employment policy that can deliver results on ground. There are immense probabilities of employment in tourism, organic farming, forestry and horticulture in Himachal. But ironically neither the respective state governments has done much in this direction nor our youth has shown interest in it. Besides this desired results could not be obtained in industrial sector too. To end the unemployment problem, government should ensure maximum investment and manage easy loans and training for youth to establish modern technique based small industries.

विवाह प्रस्ताव की तलाश कर रहे हैं ? भारत मैट्रीमोनी में निःशुल्क रजिस्टर करें !


Keep watching our YouTube Channel ‘Divya Himachal TV’. Also,  Download our Android App