Emails (Others): RE: FW: Hi

Dear Editor,

Here is my today’s blog. Feel free to publish , if you so desire

Regards,

Hemen parekh

Dear Shri Arun Jaitleyji,

Even as you proceed to present Central Budget to Lok Sabha on 10 July 2014 , please look out the window of your car and see the " Poor " people on Delhi's footpath

Then , like Mahatma Gandhi ask yourself,

" Whatever budget proposals that I am about to present , will these bring a smile to the faces of these poor ?

363 million poor Indians , who eke out a survival on expenditure of Rs 32 ( rural ) or Rs 47 ( urban ) per day ? ( $0.5 - 0.8 / day )

For a family of 4 , that works out to , Rs 3840 - Rs 5640 per month

( $ 64 - $ 94 per month )

May be the head of the family manages to earn Rs 2,000 per month , doing odd jobs , here and there

The rest of the income must be coming thru ,

* Wife scavenging the garbage heaps for discarded plastic bags / bottles

( when she is not salvaging discarded food ! )

* Children begging on the streets ( you will see them as you drive to Lok Sabha )

Now if,

* Our population keeps growing at 15 million per year

* Inflation keeps rising at 10 % per year, necessitating raising " Poverty

Limit " by 10 % per year

Then ,

* How many more people will get added to "Poor "population, every year ?

May be 5-7 million/year ? 25-35 million by 2019 ? Taking the total to 400 million ?

Mr Jaitley ,

Can you listen to their anguished cries ?

They are " begging " you to create jobs for them , so that they can work hard and earn an honest / decent income , which can lift them above that wretched " Poverty Line "

They don't want your dole-outs / subsidies for food / LPG / Kerosene etc !

They don't want to remain dependent on Sarkaar - Maa Baap , for ever !

Sir ,

Can you ( ie Central Government ) give them jobs ? To even 50 million / year ?

Assuming that creating ONE job calls for an investment ( in fixed assets + working capital ) , of Rs 1 million ( Rs 10 lakhs ) , you need,

* Rs 50 MILLION * MILLION , every year !

And YOU just don't have that kind of money !

Even as { Rs 500 MILLION * MILLION } of Black Money is locked up in un-productive assets , all over the country !

The only way you can create those 50 million jobs / year , is to enable these Black Monies to turn into WHITE MONEY and get channeled into Infrastructure / Manufacturing / Services etc

And the only way you can do is to ,

* Introduce Amnesty Scheme ( now / immediately )

* Introduce INVERSE TAX REGIME ( in 2015 Budget )

I have sent these proposals to Shri Narendra Modi / Shri Murli Manohar Joshi / Shri Nitin Gadkari etc , during the past 8 months

* hemen parekh ( 08 July 2014 / Mumbai )

From: Online News, India [mailto:theindiapost@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 12:40 AM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Re: FW: Hi

http://www.theindiapost.com/articles/the-invisible-corruption/

On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:

Dear Friend ,

If you so desire , you may post on your web site my today's blog as follows :

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The Invisible Corruption

Why invisible ?

Because it is cleverly camouflaged in the " Terms of Contract " that companies sign with Central Government / State Governments / Municipal Corporations / umpteen Government Agencies

This invisible corruption is rampant in Infrastructure Projects that get spread over months / years

And every possible trick / excuse ( officially called " Reasons " ) is used to ensure that these Projects get delayed as much as possible !

Examine carefully and you will find that the more a Project gets delayed , the more that Contractor stands to gain ! Anyone believing otherwise , has got to be naive !

How ?

These contracts contain " Cost Escalation Clauses " which decide the extra / additional amounts payable to the Contractor , over and above the ( so called ) " Fixed Price " quoted at the time of tendering

Under these clauses , the Contractor is eligible to claim / demand extra payments , whenever

* SOMETHING HAPPENS

- costs of certain " Inputs " go up above a certain agreed level , eg :

# Prices of Raw Materials

# Prices of Water / Gas / Electricity

# Cost of Labor

# Foreign Exchange Rate

# Consumer Price Index

# Interest Rate

If any of these go up above certain agreed levels , the quoted price to go up by X/Y/Z amount , as per the Formula which determines the % age contribution of these elements , in the quoted price

* SOMETHING DOES NOT HAPPEN

# Environment Clearance for the Project

# Land acquisition and Handover to Contractor

# Hundreds of permissions from dozens of Govt Depts/Muni Corporations

# Issue of Import Licenses

# Release of Foreign Exchange

# Issue of NOC from umpteen departments

# Issue of Compliance Certificates from various departments

# Approval of Designs / Design Change Requests ( from Govt as well )

If any of these are NOT issued / given by certain " Dates " ( very easily managed ! ) , then the quoted price to go up by X / Y / Z amount

Invariably , these clauses are heavily tilted in favor of the Contractor

And equally invariably , colluding Government officers / bureaucrats / politicians , responsible for drafting / approving these " Clauses " , leave them vague !

This is apart from framing the Tender Specifications in such a manner that only a certain preferred bidder will qualify !

If you doubt what I have said , then just file a RTI application , asking for a copy of,

* Original Tender Document

* Final Contract

* Number of Price Revision Requests received / granted

for any project of your choice !

If Narendra Modi is keen to reduce corruption , he should start by instituting MODEL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT CONTRACT , which clearly spells out what price / time revisions can be granted and when

At the same time , internally , there must be a provision for DEMOTION / PENALTY for those officers who fail to give permissions / approvals / NOC etc, on specified dates ( milestones for the project )

* hemen parekh

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From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 10:13 AM
To: 'Online News, India'
Subject: RE: Hi

Dear Sir / Madam

Many thanks for inviting me to write articles for the IndianPost

My age ( 81 ) and health , do not allow me to make any commitment which I cannot keep

I hope you will understand and excuse me

However , if you wish , you may pick-up my Blogs / Poems etc ( RSS Feed ) from my personal web site,......www.hemenparekh.in ..........and publish on your web site

In such a case , I hope you will credit those in my name and - if your policy permits - provide URL of my site

On your site , you write :

“We are driven by the belief that writing in the first person is more compelling than traditional journalism because it almost always requires the inclusion of personality.

I subscribe to your belief and you will find a proof of that in section " Letters to L&T Employees " on my site

Feel free to reproduce these as well , on your site. I believe , the attitude of co-operation , rather than confrontation , between labor and Management is as relevant today , as it was 30 years back , when I sent those letters to 7,500 employees of L&T

Thanking you once again,

hemen parekh

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Mumbai

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From: Online News, India [mailto:theindiapost@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 9:47 AM
To: Hemendra Parekh
Subject: Hi

Dear Hemendra Parekh,