India BPO Promotion Scheme : [
IBPS ] V 2.0
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This scheme was launched in 2015 . Here is how we can
upgrade to IBPS V 2.0
Recent government advertisement in news-paper re the
progress of this scheme , provides following details :
BPO CENTRES ACROSS
INDIA
* 27 States / UTs covered
* 103 Towns covered
* 199 Allocated Units
* 87 Operational Units
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
* 53,300 Seats Planned
* 33,692 Seats Allocated
* 11,649 Jobs Created So Far
* 4,695 Women Employed
While congratulating Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji , on
this initiative , I urge him to consider the suggestion contained in my
following email to upgrade to IBPS V 2.0 :
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
In
my yesterday's blog ,
I
had suggested allowing 1.3 million schools of
India to lease out their premises at night ( 6 pm to 6 am ) , for private
parties to set up Call Centers ( BPOs
)
Also
enabling them with 100 mbps Internet
broadband connections ( of course , FREE )
Idea
was to reduce investment in setting up of BPOs by " round-the-clock "
utilization of , otherwise idle assets
That
logic could be extended to many similar under-utilized public assets such as :
# 2,25,000 Gram Panchayat offices ( all
getting internet connection )
# 1,45,000 Post Offices ( also getting
internet connection under Payment Bank scheme )
#
Lakhs of Government offices ( Central / State / Municipal / PSUs etc )
#
Lakhs of branches of Public Sector Banks
But
any attempt to share a public place by
different entities ( especially by Private
Sector entities ) , at different times of day and night , is bound
to raise many issues , including that of security
/ maintenance etc
Again
, these " idle / under-utilized "
capacities will be available ONLY during
the nights , whereas a Call Centre needs to work around the clock !
But
then , in today's totally interconnected World , why should it be necessary for
housing 10 / 20 / 50 persons in ONE place
, under ONE roof , for
collaborating on execution of COMMON tasks
?
I
am sure , in any given ONE square km of
a small town , there are 50 unemployed -
and quite possibly , GRADUATE - youngsters , who would be more than happy to
" work from home "
They
will be happy to set aside , in their homes , a 5 feet by 5 feet space , as a " Home Work Station "
Now
, that subsidy of " Rs 1 lakh per
seat " that the IT Ministry has promised , is quite sufficient
to set up a :
VIRTUAL CALL CENTER ,
by
connecting those 50 youngsters through a , VPN ( VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK )
And
since these youngsters are working from their homes , they can be asked to work
in 3 shifts of 8 hours each ,
providing " Round the Clock "
service to customers !
If Uber-Ola are adding 5,000 " Ride Sharing Taxies
" EVERY MONTH , by
providing lease finance to the drivers or even buying the cars themselves and
giving to these drivers , then what is holding back the IT Ministry to follow
their suit and enable 5,000 youngsters to become " Self Employed " , each month ? or
even50,000 ?
Dear
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad-ji :
Why
give a subsidy to a prospective " OWNER "
of a Call Centre ?
Why
not give it directly ( DBT /
Direct Benefit Transfer ) to those youngsters ?
Of
course , this subsidy transfer should take place , only AFTER , the Call Centre Owner , certifies
that it has entered into a " Contractual
Retainer-ship " with a particular youngster
I
would request you to consider the following aspects of my suggestion :
*
No new building premises needed
*
All technologies for a VPN, are existing / well proven /
reasonably priced / easy to
implement quickly
* MSPs / ISPs and your own Ministry are
pushing internet connections to every corner
of
India
*
Moving from " Ownership of Assets " to " Assets as Service " scenario ( ala
Uber-Ola-
Airbnb etc )
*
Moving from " Employment " to " Self Employment " with direct transfer of subsidy to
Beneficiary
*
Has the potential to raise India's share in global BPO business from current 36 % to
50 % in one year
*
Can earn billions of dollars in foreign
exchange
*
It would become a LIVING PROOF that DIGITAL INDIA can help our un-employed
graduates to earn a living
*
Google / Microsoft / Facebook , would be happy to help since
" Next Billion " is
their
topmost agenda
In
an age where the " Fast and Furious "
are out to overtake the " Slow and
Steady " , the meek are unlikely to inherit the earth !
POST SCRIPT ( as on 12 April 2018 )
:
Over 280 million LED bulbs were distributed
to consumers in India by Energy Efficiency Services Limited ( EESL ) under
Unnati Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All ( UJALA ) as on
December 19th 2017, and 524.3 million LED bulbs were sold by private players till October 2017.
That is 804 million LED lamps ,
each capable of streaming internet , through Li Fi technology ( at 1 Gb speed ) over the “ Work Stations “ of 80 million
youth , if we implement “ Broadband over Power Line
“ technology !
I urge Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasadji to explore the possibility of my suggestion
12
April 2018
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
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