Estonia : Our Gateway to World ?
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Estonia is a tiny country in North Europe with a
population of 1.3 million ( against our 1300 million )
It gained independence from Soviet Union in Aug 1991 (
44 years after we gained independence )
What is so special about Estonia ?
·
It
was the first country to hold ONLINE elections in 2005
·
It
is one of the world leader in use / application of Information Technology
Estonia’s Minister for Entrepreneurship and IT , Ms Urve Palo is currently in India
In an interview with Times of India , she said :
“ For Start Ups, the e-residency
program gives them a chance to be an e–resident,
ie ; they can avail Estonia’s e services, irrespective
of where they are located
We have over 30,000 e-residents
from 152 different countries of which 1,200
are from India
This is an ideal platform for Start –Ups to leverage
and take their businesses global “
We also invite Indian IT professionals to come to
Estonia . According to reports, Estonia needs at least 7,000 IT specialists as
an intermediate requirement . It will be a win-win situation for both countries
as we will get skilled labour and Indians will get an opportunity to work in a
country that is at the forefront of IT innovation “
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And not to be left out,
Extract :
This is being
necessitated due to the advent of rapid technological innovations in the
societal needs in country. Japan wants to fill in this yawning gap and is looking towards India’s
assistance in the IT space.
Many Japanese companies
feel the limitations to conventional “in-house innovation” and hence moving
towards “most-advanced IT Technology Capabilities” for which India is the most ideal
partner to look out for,” he said
The Japanese government, Maeda said,
will be issuing Green Cards for highly skilled professionals, the first of its
kind in the world, thereby, providing people to get permanent resident status
in as short as one year. This is one of the fastest granted right of residence
in the world.
Even if the above mentioned “ physical relocation “ of
Indian IT pros materialises, all of this is no more than a drop in the ocean,
considering that in India adds 12 million youth to its workforce , each year
We need a VIRTUAL
WINDOW through which these 12 million can serve the entire World , without physically moving out of India
Estonia’s e-resident program could well be our WINDOW TO WORLD, if our government
implements reforms suggested by me in my following blog ( and earlier sent as
e-mail to Cabinet Ministers / NITI Aayog etc ) :
"
BACK FACTORY " OF THE WORLD ? [ 09 Sept 2015 ]
Highlights :
I
believe this can become a reality by 2020 , if Central Government and
State Governments, just get out of way of our scientists / Start Ups and leave
them alone !
Then
tell them :
"
You are our next generation of Freedom
Fighters . Free our millions from
poverty / starvation / jobless depression / ignominy / suicides
Like
war - ravaged people of North Africa , Indians cannot invade Europe / Australia
/ Canada , in search of jobs / better life
We
depend upon you to bring the jobs to India - jobs such as ,
* Operating Machinery in Factories abroad
* Controlling Air Traffic at Airports around the World
* Operating upon patients in Hospitals , all over
* Teaching students in Schools , in remote Africa
* Any job that currently requires immediate presence of a worker
And , if you set up a " Back Factory " , you don't
need to pay Corporate Income Tax for next 10 years !
Simply
register on web site of Income Tax Department as a " Back Factory " owner and file annual
" Zero Corporate Tax Return "
When
this happens ,
*
Millions of skilled Indian workers will operate factories around the World ,
sitting in , internet connected " Back Factories " in small Indian towns
*
Foxcon will not need to replace its high-wage Chinese workers with one
million robots ( as officially announced sometime back )
At half the wages of those Chinese workers , Indians will operate Foxcon
factories , all over the World , remotely
!
*
" Contract Labour Act " will need to be replaced with
" Back Factory " Act
*
" Minimum Wages Act " will need to be scrapped !
*
India will not need to fight with WTO on " Manpower / Service
Exports "
*
" Make in India " will morph into " Make from India "
I
hope NDA Ministers and members of NITI Aayog will ask , Narayan Murthy / Sam
Pitroda / Azim Premji / Sundar Pichai / Satya Nadela / Ray Kurzweil etc :
"
How soon can this be done ? How can you help ? "
14 March 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
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