Abstract: Unemployment is a major problem in India. There are various factors that are the causes for this problem. The Government has taken various steps with regard to curb this problem. But then also this is increasing day by day. The present research has shown the status of unemployment in India, its comparison with USA, the status of educational unemployment, the rate of unemployment prevailing in various states and union territories of India, the growth of population and various types of unemployment prevailing in India. The paper has also tried to give some suggestions to fight with this problem. Continuous efforts are needed to get rid of this problem.