Monday, 23 February 2015

CREATE SELF - EMPLOYMENT


CREATE     SELF - EMPLOYMENT

Dear Shri Jaitleyji :

I know that the Central Budget is already under printing and it is too late for you to make any changes at this stage
But , nothing stops you from making " STRATEGY " announcements in your budget speech , such as :

This government will adopt a strategy of generating Self Employment , to provide meaningful work - and respectable income , to more than ONE MILLION jobseekers every month

To 50 MILLION jobseekers in the next 50 months

By getting banks to advance , small , low-interest loans to those 125 million poor persons , who have opened bank accounts under Jan Dhan Yojana 

And , by abolishing Personal Income Tax altogether , for such Self Employed persons  , for all deposits made into these accounts for next 5 years "

Unintended side effect :
    Within one year , these 125 million persons would rise above the Poverty
    Line  !  )

Reason is obvious :
It needs a fraction of the CAPITAL ( fixed + working capital ) to create a Self Employed job as compared to creating a job in Organized Sector ( Public or Private )
As you drive to the Parliament House on 28th morning , you will get to see on the road - or in those shops lining the road - , a lot of Self Employed persons .
What kind of CAPITAL ( in tools / machinery / Office - Factory space ) would be needed create each of those " Jobs " ?
Here are my guesses for investment and space requirement :
( What for ? / Office -Factory - home Space required ) :

*     Domestic Servants / Maids / Cooks........................  Rs ...   NIL
      (  Nothing / Nil )

*     Unskilled Workers...............................................   Rs ...   5,000
      (  Simple Tools / Construction Site / Road-side )

*      Milk Vendors / Delivery Boys..................                 Rs...    5,000
       (  Bycycle  /  operate from home  )

*     Pan-Bidi Gulla Owners..........................................  Rs....    5,000
       (  Stock in Dukaan /  25 Sq Ft footpath  )

*     Roadside Vegetable Vendors..................................  Rs...     2,000
       (  Daily purchase + 25 sq ft of footpath  )


*     Carpenters / Electricians / Plumbers etc................... Rs .....  2,000
      (  Tools of trade / Operate from home  )

*     Tailors / Watch Repairers......................................  Rs ......5,000
      ( Sewing Machine - Tools / Home or 100 sq ft of footpath )

*     Hairdressers........................................................  Rs...... 10,000
      (  Tools  /  100 Sq ft of shop rental )

*     Rickshaw Drivers...................................................Rs......  50,000
      ( Rickshaw / Operate from footpath )


I am sure your Ministry has better figures for 200 similar " Self Employed " categories . Or you may want to ask NCAER / NITI Ayog / HRD Ministry etc

Now , how much CAPITAL will be required to create one " EMPLOYED " job ?

Once again , here are my guesses :

*  In MSME businesses / companies......................... . Rs ... 2 Lakh
*  In large Organized Sector companies...................... Rs... 25 - 100 Lakhs

 Do you see the logic ?
For ONE job in large / organized sector , you can create 5,000 Self - Employed jobs  !

One more thing :

How long does it take to create such jobs ?

>    In large organized companies..................................... 3  / 4  years
>    In MSME companies.................................................  1  /  2  years
>    Self Employed jobs ( Skilling / Training Period )...........   3 / 6  months

Self Employment is the ONLY answer to avoid the fate of PIGS ( Portugal / Italy / Greece / Spain ) and a host of other , " Advanced Economies " - which borrowed BILLIONS of dollars from IMF / World Bank / Others   !

And now cannot pay back those loans  !

Dear Shri Jaitleyji :

We have neither time , nor the money to create ONE MILLION jobs every month in the organized sector

And we have promises to keep  !

I will be keenly listening to your Budget speech

with regards ,

hemen  parekh  /  Mumbai  /  22 Feb , 2015

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