Miracle of Self Employment
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Times of India ( 07
Jan ) carries following news :
“ Bed , breakfast and a fat bank balance
“
EXTRACT :
Five kilometres off the
NH-27 from Santalpur in Patan lies the village of Bakutra. The arid village,
bordering the Little Rann of Kutch, is home to Gauriben Brahman's house, which
is thronged by a large number of visitors
from across the world, who cut the dusty
roads in their SUVs to experience the taste of rural Gujarat.
Listed on Airbnb, one of the biggest aggregators of bed-and breakfast facilities globally, Gauriben's thatched roof house has three small rooms…...
Gauriben, who never attended school, is an earnest host while welcoming guests….
Gauriben's adherence to the "Atithi devo bhava" credo is made more diligent by fact that while her family earns Rs 45,000 ayear harvesting two crops, she alone earned Rs 55,000 in December.
That was her highest
earning; on an average, she has been making Rs 30,000 per month ever since she
listed her house on Airbnb in June.
With business steadily
rising, Gauriben says she is confident that her three sons will not have to go looking for petty labour jobs anymore.
Gauriben persuaded her
sister Shanti to list her house and helped her earn Rs 45,000 last month.
Gauri and Shanti's entrepreneurial success is part of the 'Hum Sab EkHain' experiment initiated by Self-Employed Women's Association (Sewa) with Airbnb in 2017 to allow its rural members to tap into new forms of livelihood opportunities.
In Mehsana, Mayaben, 40, who has studied till class 7, is ecstatic that she earned Rs 80,000 last month.
"Business is pouring in and I rented a
neighbouring house to host groups and families," said Maya, a mother of
two, who till early last
year was struggling to pay the school fees for her two children.
Maya said her daily wager husband, who earns
around Rs 5,000 per month, helps in running the
business.
"My children are
learning hotel management in their own village. They will automatically become
successful entrepreneurs," Maya said.
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I believe NDA government introduced MUDRA ( loans for self employed ) , after
reading my following blog :
IT
PAYS TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR [ 30
Jan 2012 ]
Or , it could have been ,
TEN
MILLION ENTREPRENEURS ? [ 19
Oct 2015 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2015/10/ten-million-entrepreneurs.html
Obviously , Gauriben
got helped by SEWA / Airbnb , to put to productive / gainful use , her 3 room
house ( - an underutilized asset ? )
To know how many entrepreneurs can we create by encouraging owners of 4 lakh vacant flats ( in Mumbai Region ) to
convert these unutilized assets to productive / profitable ones, read :
Ready
to be Ridiculed [ 23
Aug 2017 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/08/ready-to-be-ridiculed.html
I hope the Policy Makers will tell Shri
Arun Jaitleyji to focus on “ Entrepreneurship / Self Employment “ , rather
than trying to attempt the impossible of creating millions of jobs in the
organized sector , during his Budget Speech
on 01 Feb 2018
One more thing :
Dear Shri Jaitleyji ,
Please tell the Income Tax Department :
Leave alone Gauriben / Shantiben / Mayaben / Ramilaben ( of my blog of 30 Jan
2012 )
I , hereby announce that no Self Employed Entrepreneur need pay any income tax ( personal or
corporate ) , since the government plans to enact :
A NEW
ECONOMIC ORDER ? aka " Start Up Act - 2015 " [ 12
Sept 2015 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2015/09/a-new-economic-order.html
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07 Jan 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
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From: Hemen Parekh
[mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: 06 January 2018 11:50
To: Cabinet Ministers
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Subject: HOW TO MOTIVATE INDUSTRY TO HIRE MORE
Sent: 06 January 2018 11:50
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Subject: HOW TO MOTIVATE INDUSTRY TO HIRE MORE
Threats won’t work
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Economic Times ( 03 Jan ) carries following news :
“ Skill Councils Told to Ensure Jobs by
Industry “
The government has
asked industry to provide jobs to personnel trained in their respective sector
skill councils, warning that future fund
allocation to the council will be withheld and unutilised money will be taken
back if there is no
increase in hiring.
The push comes ahead of general elections scheduled in 2019, where the slow pace of job creation could be a big issue.
The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, which funds the sector skill councils through the National Skill Development Corporation, has told them to ensure that their industry partners provide jobs to people who have been trained and that these numbers must be reflected on the smart portal created for the purpose, a person familiar with the matter told ET.
I am afraid such threats cannot force
Industry to hire persons it does not need and hiring will increase their cost
But , if you can make them see some
benefit , they will
Benefit such as lowering of “ manpower cost “ , which in turn , can help
them lower “ manufacturing cost “ ,
which in turn , can make their products / services , internationally “ competitive “
I urge the Ministry of Labour and
Employment and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship , to
persuade the Cabinet to implement my following suggestion , in order to reduce ( - will not “ eliminate “ ) unemployment :
Skill
Capital of the World ? [ 06 June 2016 ]
Universal
Basic Income [ 20 Jan 2017 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/01/universal-basic-income.html
Discovering
the Obvious ? [ 30 Nov 2017 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/11/discovering-obvious.html
Saving
Jobs : Creating Jobs [ 19 Dec 2017 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/12/saving-jobs-creating-jobs.html
06 Jan 2017
www.hemenparekh.in /
blogs
From: Hemen Parekh
[mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: 06 January 2018 10:49
To: Cabinet Ministers
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Subject: REFORMING : STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION
Sent: 06 January 2018 10:49
To: Cabinet Ministers
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Subject: REFORMING : STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION
Over-qualified :
Under-Skilled : Un-Employable ?
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It does not help to be “ Over-qualified “
And it is outright detrimental to be “ Under-Skilled “ ( in present case , “ Skill of
carrying files “ )
Here is the context ( Source : Indian Express / 05 Jan ) :
“ Look Who Applied for Peon’s Job that
went to MLA’s son “
Engineers , Lawyers , Chartered
Accountants , MBAs were among 12,453 interviewed for 18 class IV posts at Rajasthan Assembly
Secretariat ( - I guess , selected from possibly 100,000 who applied ? )
692
interviewed for EACH post !
To be precise :
·
129……………………… Engineers
·
23………………………… Lawyers
·
1…………………………. Chartered Accountant
·
393……………………. Post Graduates
·
1533…………………. Arts Graduate
·
23……………………… Post Graduates in Science
·
9………………………. MBA
REASON ?
For eligibility , Minimum Edu
Qualification prescribed, was…………. Studied until
Class V
I think it is high time , governments (
State + Central ) , clearly mention in their job advertisements :
Maximum Education Qualification ……….. 10th Standard
FAIL ( - in present case , of course ! )
This would save a lot of time / effort /
money – and frustration - , both for the Selectors and for the Candidates !
But , bureaucracy never learns !
For confirmation , read :
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