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The main objective of the book is to make an Assessment of Society for Training and Employment Promotion in Mahabubnagar district (SETMAH) in Andhra Pradesh with a view to find out whether and to what extent such a scheme constitute a viable effective policy tool in providing self-employment opportunities to the unemployed youth. The study is an empirical investigation into working to self-employment schemes of SETMAH and it is a micro study to be made through an inductive analysis for evaluating the impact of the SETMAH in terms of beneficiaries. And the study covers the diagnosis of the case studies. The case studies were well discussed with the appropriate interdisciplinary theoretical framework, such as market potentiality, financial viability and commitment of the candidates. Moreover, attempt is made to identify causes for the failure of the self-employment scheme through the diagnosis of case studies. The study has compared the performance of the scheme among the industrial, Business and Service sectors in the select district. The study throws light not only on the self-employment scheme under the study, but also on the strategy of 'self-employment' as a whole. The important inferences and conclusions drawn from the study-has far reaching policy implications. Certainly, this study would provide useful insights to the planners and policy makers as well as academicians and researchers in the field of self-employment.

The main objective of the book is to make a comprehensive evaluation of the Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) scheme with a view to find out whether and to what extent such a scheme constitutes a viable effective policy tool in providing self-employment opportunities to the educated unemployed youth. The study contains a good blend of theory discussion and empirical scheme. It is an inductive analysis for evaluating the impact of the PMRY scheme in terms of beneficiaries, opinions of bankers (funding agency) and DICs-officials (implementing agency) were collected, anaysed and interpreted. Moreover, attempt is made to identify the "grass-root causes" for the failure of the self-employment scheme through the diagnosis of a comparative study. The study has compared the performance of the scheme among the backward, developing and developed districts and the Industrial, Business and Service sectors in the three selected districts of Andhra Pradesh in Telangana region, namely, Ranga Reddy, Nalgonda and Mahabubnagar districts. The study throws light not only on the self-employment scheme under the study, but also on the strategy of 'self-employment' as a whole. The important inferences and conclusions drawn from the study have few reading policy implications. It is hoped that this study would provide useful insights to the planners and policy makers as well as academicians and researchers in the field of self-employment.

Unemployment in India born in terms of magnitude and severity poses a formidable challenge. As per the result the 55th NSSO survey, the rate of employment on Current Daily Status (CDS) basis declined. In addition, the number of job seekers is increasing from one Five Year Plan to the other Five Year Plan period. To overcome this menace, a Task Force on employment opportunities was set up by the Planning Commission, Government of India to suggest appropriate to generate 100 million jobs in a decade. The TF advocated to the government to make efficient policies on education as well as skill development and, thus, upgrade the quality of the labour force and make them capable of supporting the process of creating high quality jobs for the unemployed of supporting the process of creating high quality jobs for the unemployed youth.

This book consists of 31articles, penned by scholars of eminence in the field. These are grouped under four parts namely- Self- employment and government policy; Business processing of outsourcing (BPO); Evaluation of self-employment schemes; and Women empowerment though self employment.

A veritable mine of information, this book will prove informative and useful for one and all.