Suggestions are made keeping in view my association with the problem for about a year. The multi-factorial dimensions of unemployment, like psycho-social aspects of unemployment, need an integrated approach focusing on the various intervention models at the micro and macro levels. The social work model appears to be suitable to solve the multi-faceted problems of unemployment. Starting from Case Work Management, group intervention, and Community work intervention. Social workers can play a major role in dealing with problems like unawareness, lack of information, and problems in job-searching behavior. It can also devise group models to deal with problems of self-unemployment and can provide psychological counseling. Research is needed to study the possible social work interventional models to deal with this problem.
The second suggestion is from the political economy aspect of the unemployment situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The government policy on unemployment had suggested strategies like the volunteer services allowance (VSA) and Seed Capital schemes, which seem to be encouraging from various quarters of academic circles. All this was carried out in a hurry without doing some adequate research in this direction. It would have been better if the government had started some pilot projects across the urban and rural hamlets to study the impact of the program. The nature of unemployment in Jammu & Kashmir is directly linked with the state’s Geopolitical economy. There is a need to tap local resources like horticulture, agriculture and water resources, tourism, social services, etc., to link the gap between what is required and what is available. There is a gap between what is taught in schools and colleges and what is needed in the job market. The State is having a course on Biotechnology and is in tune with the local resources, but there is not a biotechnology job in Kashmir. This cross-connection needs to be addressed as a priority. Lastly, from the research point of view, there is a great paucity of research on the psychological aspects of unemployment in India. There is no single meta–analysis study on the Psychological implications on unemployed youth in India. Further research should also focus on the development of a psychological scale, which should meet the needs and consider the cultural dimensions in India.