Question

“Since independence, the government has been playing an important role in generating employment directly or indirectly.” Discuss.

Answer 1

Various government departments/enterprises employ people and increase their output of goods and services, leading to direct employment.

When the output of goods and services from government enterprises increases, then private enterprises which receive raw materials from government enterprises will also raise their output. Subsequently, private enterprises using these output are indirectly benefitted with increase in scale of production. This leads to an increase in the number of employment opportunities indirectly in the economy.