Ways and means to remove unemployment in Society of Bangladesh removal of unemployment is the responsibility of the state. The Constitutional of Bangladesh has the “Directive Principles” of the State and enjoined this duty on the State Government.
In
Society we have already seen that there is a good deal of unemployment. This
removal of unemployment is necessary for the prosperity of the nation. For
this, the following steps have to be taken:
1)
Improvement in the agricultural system:
We
have already seen that the agricultural system in Bangladesh is backward and
underdeveloped. This backwardness is responsible for a lot of unemployment. If
the unemployment has to removed, the system of agriculture has to be modernized
and improved, for this the following steps to be taken:
1) Holding should be consolidated and
made economic.
2)Methods of agriculture should be
improved and as far as possible farmers should be freed from dependence on
nature.
3) System of crops should be planned
scientifically and improved. If more crops earned they would provide more
employment.
4) The farmers should be provided with
good seed, good fertilizer, healthy animals, modern implements and tools etc.
2)
Adequate arrangement of facilities of irrigation:
In
villages the agriculture very much depends on nature. If rains fail, the crops
are destroyed. This brings about a good deal of unemployment. Methods of irrigation
should be made more modern. They should also be adequate so that it may be
possible for people to water their fields.
3)
Increasing the area of cultivable land:
To
day in the villages there is a great pressure on land. The area under
cultivation is not sufficient to provide food to all the people of this
country. Barren land should be broken and made fertile. Other methods should
also be made for improving the area of cultivable land which is not normally
fit for agriculture, also be improved and made fit. This would remove
unemployment in the villages.
4)
Setting up and develop the cottage and village industries:
In
village, people have seasonal employment in agriculture. Apart from it all the
persons do not have avenues for the employment. What is needed is to set up of
industries so that those who do not have land are employed in it. Apart from
it, the agriculturalists during dull season should get employment in these
industries. Women and land less laborers shall also be able to get employment
if industries are set up.
5)
Improving the means of transport and communication:
In
villages there is need to have proper roads and places where offices and stores
for seeds etc, may be set up. Public construction should be undertaken in the
villages to provide employment to the idle hands. This would improve the
employment position in the village. Apart from it, it would also add to the
prosperity of the villages.
6)
Construction of public Transports, Roads etc:
It
is necessary to improve the means of transport and communication. This would
have two fold advantages. Firstly, the village people shall be able to send
their products to markets for sale and secondly, they shall also be able to go
to such other places where they can get employment. Apart from it, this would
also provide employment to many persons who shall engage themselves in the task
of transporting these people.
7)
Organization of the agricultural market:
There
is need to organize markets for the agricultural product. At present, there is
dearth of such market. This situation creates difficulties for the
agriculturalists. On the one hand, they are not able to get proper price and on
the other hand they have to suffer from other handicaps. If markets are
organized, they would provide employment to certain hands and also help the
agriculturalists to get proper price for their labor.
In fact Bangladesh is such a vast
country and unemployment is so large that “Herculean” efforts shall have to be
made to surmount this degree. Various economists and social thinkers have
suggested various ways for it. Many of these ways have also been incorporated
in the Five Year Plans. In spite of these Five Year Plans employment position
is far from satisfactory.