Report of the Committee on Unemployment (Bhagavati Committee Report)

Abstract

The problem of unemployment and under-employment in the country has been causing serious concern to the Government in recent years. Great concern was expressed in Parliament and outside at the deteriorating situation in the country in respect of unemployment, particularly in the wake of the unprecedented'severe droughts of 1965-66 and 1966-67, and of the subsequent serious industrial recession which afflicted the economy during two years (1966- 68). During discussions on a non-official resolution brought by Shri Jyotirmoy Bosu, MP in the Lok Sabha in November, 1969 the Government of India indicated its intention to appoint a committee to assess the extent of the problem in all its dimensions and facets and to suggest suitable remedial measures.