Unemployment

The fixed income groups feel the pinch of rising prices the most as their real income gets eroded. The government grants dearness allowance from time to time but it can’t match the rising prices. Rising prices exert physical and mental pressure on the people in general. Many households find it difficult to afford balanced and nourishing food and this tells upon physical and mental health of the members of families. The poor remain ill-fed and ill-clad. Poor parents are forced to chuck out their children from schools and seek employment for them. Child labor gets a boost. Employers prefer to employ children because they give them less salary. This increases unemployment for the grown-ups. Moreover, huge amount spent on school- buildings goes waste as they remain empty or only a few children turn up for education. Young girls from poor families and even from middle class families become household helping hands to earn extra buck for their parents. Their employers many a time exploit their helplessness and degrade them physically. We see tiny tots and somewhat grown up children roaming streets, picking rags and empty plastic bottles from the filth. These children should have been in the school. div>