FW: Attn : SHRI PRAKASH JAVDEKARJI

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Subject: Attn : SHRI PRAKASH JAVDEKARJI

Congratulations, Shri Javadekarji,

Your just launched Skilling scheme { Shreyas / https://shreyas.ac.in/ } for non-technical graduates , is a fitting answer to the NYAY ( Minimum Income Guarantee ) scheme in Congress Manifesto

But it still falls short of various specific suggestions that I have sent to you over past 2 years

Currently , we are managing to train some 1 CRORE youth every year, using the training facilities of 15,000 IITs

Our target to train 2 CRORE per year , cannot be achieved using this traditional method

Only solution is :

#   Get our Start Ups to develop " Skill Acquisition Modules ( SAM ) " in AR / VR technologies for those 100 trades which you have identified

#   Give ( free of cost ) AR / VR headsets to any youth wanting to get trained , using these programs ( free of cost streaming )

#   By providing FREE high bandwidth ( 100 Mbps ) internet connectivity to each and every public place ( using 5G ), totally " decentralize " Skills training and make it 24x7 effort

# Rope in 50 million MSME into this Abhiyan , as detailed in my earlier E Mail

By doling out Rs 3.6 Lakh*Crore per year ( year after year ) on their just announced NYAY Scheme, Congress would succeed in keeping 5 Crore families into “ perpetual poverty “

Now imagine this :

# Government gives away ( FREE ) , AR/VR headsets , each costing Rs 5,000 , to ONE crore ( 10 million ) youth ,
each year . That is a recurring cost of Rs 5,000 crore per year

# By spending just Rs 5,000 per year ( per unemployed youth ) as against Rs 72,000 per family , you will enable
that youth to start earning Rs 20,000 / month ( by getting a job / freelancing ) and pull himself out of poverty !

Thank You , Prakashbhai  ( Javadekarji ) ,

What for  ?

For Starting from 01 July 2019 , the biggest skilling ( internship ) program called “ Shreyas “

[ Press Note : http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=188989  ]

What will this program achieve ?

#    Some 3 lakh students will get apprenticeship for 6 months from July 2019

#    In the first full year, some 5 lakh students will get this training

What kind of students are eligible ?

Non technical graduates ( BA / B Com / B Sc )

How many have applied ?

Over 9.25 lakh students from 1,533 non-technical universities / colleges have applied by 25 march

Will the trainees ( apprentices )  get any stipend ?

Sure . They will get,

#     Rs  6,000  per month by way of stipend ,  and

#     Rs  1,500  per month from the Centre by way of reimbursement

How many Employers have shown interest in training the students ?

As of now, more than 9,000 employers have posted requirement of more than 2 lakh vacancies, for which the students can get considered

Have you made any suggestions to the HRD Ministry in this regards ? Are those incorporated in SHREYAS ?

Yes

I am happy that most of the following have been incorporated , in varying degree .

Hopefully, rest will follow :

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#   Universal Basic Income   ……………………………….[ 20  Jan  2017  ]

 

WHAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT APPROACH ?

*  Right approach would be : " Do not give fish to a hungry man / teach him how to fish "

 In short , empower them to earn their own living by teaching them " Skills " and by

 gaining " Experience " in use of those skills

Entire cost of this " Skilling " and " Experiencing " to be borne by the Government , till

 each targeted poor / unemployed person , either gets gainfully employed or becomes

 self-employed

HOW TO TRANSLATE THIS " SELF HELP " CONCEPT INTO PRACTICE ?

Divide the implementation in following 3 phases

*    Empowering - 3 years ( Imparting Skills in Industrial Training Institutes )

*    Experiencing - 3 years ( Providing experience in Ind / Commercial Establishments )

*    Self-dependence Phase ( Working in a gainful job or as Self Employed )

WHAT SKILLS WILL GET PROVIDED IN ITI ?

Entire range of Manufacturing Industry related skills being currently imparted plus a

whole host of commercial skills required by E Commerce / Fintech / Agriculture Processing

 / Payment Banks / Service Sector / BPO / Telecom and other emerging sectors

HOW SHALL WE MOTIVATE UNEMPLOYED YOUTH TO JOIN ITIs ?

* Each trainee will receive Rs 1000 pm ( for course duration of 3 years )

   This amount will get deposited in Jan Dhan bank account of trainee ( DBT )

HOW CAN WE GET PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PHASE ?

*  If a Private firm or individual comes forward to set up such a Training Institute ,

   #  Treat it as an Infrastructure SPV

   #  No questions asked as to the source of funds for setting up such ITI

       {  a kind of Amnesty Scheme to convert Black Money into White Money  }

   #  A government grant of Rs 1,000 pm per trainee to such SPV ( DBT in Bank A/C )

If this is done , expect 10,000 SPVs to come up within one year and 10 million youth to

get  trained each year !

HOW CAN WE GET INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS TO PROVIDE

EXPERIENCE TO TRAINEES PASSING OUT OF ITIs ?

*  Amend Apprenticeship Act

*  Allow all Industrial and Commercial Establishments to engage ANY NUMBER of

   apprentices ( without upper limit ) , for a period of 3 years

*  Starting stipend = Min of Semi-Skilled wages ( currently , approx Rs 6,000 pm )

*  Annual Increment = 5 %

*  Establishment to pay 75 % of stipend

*  Government to pay 25 % of stipend ( DBT into Jan Dhan account of the Apprentice )

 

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#  Discovering the Obvious ?  …………………………………………..[  30  Nov  2017  ]

 

 

    #  Revise Apprenticeship Act to enable employers to engage ANY NUMBER of ( eligible ) youth as apprentices and

        allow employers to devise “ Training Structure “ as per their needs

   #  An eligible youth can serve his apprenticeship period with only one employer

  #   A person who has successfully completed his apprenticeship cannot be accepted as apprentice , a second time , in    same or any other company

  #     Remove :

  concept of 5 different “ categories “ of apprentices

  concept of “ Shop-floor Trades “ for engaging Apprentices

    

     >      concept of “ Trade-wise Ratios “ of apprentices

  distinction between “ Shop floor “ and “ Office “ , and   just say “ Work Place “

  the stipulation concerning “ different years of training for different trades “ .

             Just make all training for 4 years 

  the concept of “ Contract Approval “ by Apprentice Advisor

 #   Fix stipends payable to apprentices as follows :

Starting Stipend…………….. Minimum wage as per Min Wage Act

Annual Increase……………… Linked to rise in CPI

#    Reimbursement of Training Cost incurred by the Employers

25 % of the Stipend cost to be borne by the Central Government and this amount to be transferred to the Jan Dhan Account of the concerned apprentice ( as DBT )

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#  No mere Relief : A Game Changer   …………………[  20  Dec  2017  ]

 

 

#   Allow MSMEs to engage Apprentices under the recently revised Skills Development

     Regulations / Apprentice Act

#   For them , remove the upper limit ( of Apprentices ) which is maximum of 10 % of

     employee strength

#   Let them engage Apprentices up to 100 % of their existing employees

#   Let them keep these trainees for 3 years under " Retail Establishment Trainee

     Scheme "

#   Let the stipend be 100 % ( instead of currently prescribed 60-70-80 % ) of semi

     Skilled Minimum wages

     ( Minimum Semi Skilled Wages are approx Rs 6,000 per month - so Shopkeeper need

      to pay Rs 6000 pm )

#   Concerned State Governments to subsidize 50 % of this stipend (so, Shopkeeper's

     burden to be  Rs 3,000 pm )

     [  Stipend Subsidy does not violate WTO  !  ]

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#  Of Interns and Apprentices   …………………………[  07  Jan  2018  ]

 

 

But , out of some 12 million youth who join the workforce ( - join the ranks of unemployed ? ) , graduates constitute only 3.5 million . Rest 8.5 million are undergraduates or just 10^th Standard ( pass or fail )

If the Government can motivate the employers at large ( - and not just Start Ups ) to hire these 8.5 million as “Apprentices “ , without burdening them with minimum wages , there is a good chance that they will get hired

 

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#   Organizing the Unorganized   ……………………………………[  04  Feb  2019  ]

 

There are around 15,000 skill training centres in the country right now, which are inadequate for India’s size

 

·      We need to train at least 2 crore people every year, but right now we’re training only 1.05 crore. We

        need to double our capacity

 

·      At Rs 3 cr / centre , we need Rs 45,000 cr to construct additional 15,000 centres , to be able to train 2 cr youth / year . It will take years to construct these centres , even if the required funds were available ( - which is not ! )

 

·       To bypass both of these limitations , I suggest :

         #   Transform millions of  MSME  into “ Skill Training Centres “

         #   Deliver online Training Courses for development of various skills through the

              Computer provided by the Labor Ministry for implementation of MaanDhan

              Scheme

        #   Some of these may be VR based training, requiring VR headsets ( to be provided

              FREE to MSME by this Ministry ) . These can be used not only by the apprentices

              but also by the MSME’s own workers

        #   As an incentive / motivation for the MSME to undertake to train at least 2

              apprentices per year ( under the Apprentice Act ) , following may be considered :

  

          +   Government subsidizing the stipend payable to the trainees by 50 %

          +   No obligation to absorb the trainees after completion of training

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#  Congratulations , Anilbhai Naik  ………………………………………[  08  Feb  2019  ]

 

 *   Convert every existing establishment ( factory / office / shop / open yard  ) into a Training Centre

·         Remove all restrictions as outlined in my above-mentioned suggestions

·        Enable the unemployed youth ( 12 million / year ) to acquire online training from their homes , using government-gifted VR headsets [ much cheaper than granting Unemployment Allowance of Rs 3000 pm ( Rajasthan ) / Rs 1000 ( Andhra ) / many other States )

·       Subsidize Start Ups ( operating in the field of online Education ) to develop VR based training modules

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Dear Shri Javadekarji,

 

Today’s Times of India carries following report about Shreyas :

 

The Apprentice : Modi govt’s job trump card

 

From a mere “ trump card “ , you can turn it into an entire “ trump pack “ by implementing :

What will win the War ?      ……………….   [  26  March  2019  ]

 

By doling out Rs 3.6 Lakh*Crore per year ( year after year ) on their just announced NYAY Scheme, Congress would succeed in keeping 5 Crore families into “ perpetual poverty “

 

Now imagine this :

#  Government gives away ( FREE ) , AR/VR headsets , each costing Rs 5,000 , to ONE crore ( 10 million ) youth ,

    each year . That is a recurring cost of Rs 5,000 crore per year

#  By spending just Rs 5,000 per year ( per unemployed youth ) as against Rs 72,000 per family , you will enable

    that youth to start earning Rs 20,000 / month ( by getting a job / freelancing ) and pull himself out of poverty !

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03  March  2019

Rsvp :  hcp@RecruitGuru.com