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Unemployment

A nation's development and progress depends on its human resource. The human  and intelligence pool contributes to the economic growth and nation building. The government of all countries endeavour to provide good education and vocational training to its youth to enroll them in gainful employment.       India has been facing a severe problem of unemployment as well as underdevelopment. Ideally all capable individuals should indulge in an occupation, earn and contribute to the national income and development. However, when people fail to find jobs it leads to unemployment. Sometimes people are unable to find jobs as per their skills and have to satisfy themselves with menial jobs, which leads to underemployment.

Heath and Fitness

Health implies the complete physical, mental and social well being of a person. It also means a disease free state, where the mind is relaxed and a person is well adjusted in the society. Health should be the first priority of every individual.        The school age is the time when most of the physical growth takes place. It is also the time when there is lot of mental burden on the child. Thus, there is a requirement of a nutritious and well balanced diet. The children of this age group require protein, calcium and iron in adequate amounts along with zinc and vitamin B12. As the children are busy attending curricular and co-curricular classes at school and at home,they generally take to unhealthy eating habits. Junk food forms a chief constituent of their diet. This leads to the problem of obesity.        In addition to diet, children need to undertake some kind of physical exercise. It can either be sports in school or a regular walk in even...

Dowry System

Marriage is an important  social institution  where  two individuals vow to spend their lives together and their families are also tied in a relationship forever. The Indian marriages are bound by two laws--the rituals and the dowry, both being inevitable.     The direct impact of the increasing menace of dowry System can be seen on the deterioting status of women in the society. The birth of a girl child has become a matter of resentment and to get rid of the anxiety of the burden of  dowry, parents have begun to kill female infants. Now prenatal see determination has become popular following which practice of female foeticide is increasing. This has resulted in an imbalance in the male-female population ratio causing disharmony in the society.     The clutches of dowry mostly continue even after marriage. The parents of girls are often seen fulfilling demands years after the marriage. In case parents fail to meet up with  the demands, th...