What do u mean by rural …

An individual, who is ready and willing to work at the prevailing rate of wages but does not find the work, is considered to be unemployed. It is important here to mention that the persons, who voluntarily remain unemployed: living on alms or spending a parasitic life, cannot be treated as unemployed. It may be the case that a person may be willing to work but is not able to work due to his mental or physical constraints; in this case also that person cannot be termed as unemployed. The problem of unemployment among educated persons in India has touched an alarming point. Rural Unemployment About 58.7 percent of labourers, in Indian villages, are engaged in primary sector. Most of them are engaged in non-farm sector. Those rural labourers work in cottage industries as iron-Smiths, carpenters, etc. and in different kinds of services. It has been estimated that more than two-third of the rural workers are self-employed and just one third of them work for others. Problem of involuntary unemployment can further be divided into disguised and seasonal unemployment, which are of alarming proportions in rural areas.