Among all the threats India faces, unemployment is one of the cruel threats which pose a serious threats to the normality of the Indian social and political structure. Among the unemployed, in the rural areas 40 to 50 percent are youth and in urban areas it is 58 to 60 percent. This can only be averted by ensuring employability of the youth by training them adequately for productive work, by imparting them marketable skills and the flexibility to learn new things to innovate, and by inculcating in them a proper work ethic. Many strategies have been formulated by the government, however this paper insists some essential strategies such as Vocational Guidance and Education, Apprenticeship Scheme, Training of Craftsmen, Role of Employers’ Organisations and Trade Unions, Role of Legislation, Prime Minister’s Scheme for Unemployed Urban Youth, Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment (TRYSEM), Special Schemes of State Governments, and some other Special Employment Schemes. The extent to which the youth avail these schemes ensure the effective organization and implementation of those schemes.

Key words: White-collar jobs, Paramedical services, On-the-job training, Scheduled commercial banks, Collateral guarantee, Employment Guarantee Scheme.