The following are the causes of rural unemployment in India.
(a) Lack of education and skill: Rural areas are far behind in education and thus are not able to access required skill.
(b) Less scope for industrialization: Industries are generally not set up in the rural areas due to lack of services.
(c) Stress on family occupation: More family members are supposed to assist in production of crops rather than going for other occupations because of the fact that agriculture is labour intensive.
(d) No access to opportunities: Rural areas and occupations are devoid of investment. This makes the inadequate opportunities.
(e) Lack of infrastructure: Seasonal roads, lack of electricity, etc. keep the rural areas far behind development.
