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Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Pragna Prabodh Parivar

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Education and Unemployment Level
Cities Villages Total Illiterate
1.3% 1.1% 2.4% Primary
2.1% 1.6% 3.7% Secondary
4.4% 5.8% 10.2% Higher Secondary 7.3% 7.8% 15.1% Graduates
8.2% 11.1% 19.3% Post Graduates
7.7% 13.9% 21.6%
The above figures show that there is least unemployment amongst the illiterates and maximum unemployment amongst the most educated. One should not forget that thousands and lakhs of illiterate persons earn their livelihood based on their skilled labour rather than formal education. When the whole world is in the clutch of uncontrolled unemployment, one cannot ignore the employment figures which are temple centric and run into lakhs... An industrial empire comes into existence after snatching away the employment of thousands of persons dependent on cottage industries. The employment generation by such industrial empires is secondary, one must consider their contribution in pollution of air and water. For the believers a religious temple is something which enlightens their heart. However, those who view everything intellectually, can also not deny the fact that temple, which provides livelihood to lakhs of people is a non-polluting industrial unit.
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