Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Monday, 27 July 2015

IF MOHAMED CANNOT GO TO MOUNTAIN

amitabh.kant@nic.in

amitabhk87@yahoo.com





Dear Amitabh  ,


I know - and appreciate - your concern to raise the share of " Manufacturing Sector " in India's GDP , from current 16 % to 25% or more

But having spent 25 ( out of my 31 ) years with L&T , in Manufacturing ( starting as a Shop-floor Inspector, despite an MS - Eng from USA ! ) , I know too well , how difficult this is

On the other hand , internet-based " New Economy " has facilitated flow of " Service Sector " jobs across international boundaries

No need for passports / visas / work-permits / permissions to take spouses to visiting countries / impossibly expensive health insurance .. etc  !

And , allow me to add :

No graduate ( whether Arts / Science / Commerce / even fresh engineers ) , wants to work on shop floor today  !

No graduate wants to " suffer " the dust / grime / grease / smell of a Machine Shop  !

They all , want to sit behind a computer screen in an air-conditioned office  !

Our so called " Demographic Dividend " ( 50 % of our population below the age of 30 ? ) only wants a " White Collar " job !

Pl read my today's blog in this context

regards,

hemen

(M) 0 - 98,67,55,08,08

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If   Mohamed   cannot   go   to   Mountain..............


There is an old saying:

" If Mohamed cannot go to Mountain , let Mountain go to Mohamed "

In today's internet era , an equivalent would be :

" If people cannot go to where jobs are , let jobs go to where people live "


Remember , in 2015 , it is much easier / cheaper to import " digital service " based jobs into India , then to export people to foreign countries , where they will face a lot of resistance / animosity from local citizens


Examples :

Call Canters  /  BPO  /  RPO  / LPO  /  KPO ....any PO ( Process Outsourcing )


May be this is what was in the mind of Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad ( Minister for Communication and Information Technology ) , when he proposed setting up of 480 Call Centers ( @ 100 seats each )


As per Minister ,

>  These will be set up in smaller towns

>  These will be distributed State-Population wise

>  Union Government will give Rs 1 lakh subsidy per seat

>  Established Company will hand-hold a local entrepreneur for setting up
    the Call Center

>  Local entity can be an agency ,society ,individual ,partnership ,Company

>  State Governments will need to provide electricity / security

>  Center will soon issue call for expression of interest



But with 100 persons working in each shift , that would generate employment for only ,

480*100*3 = 1,44,000  youth
 

And we have 12 million people joining our work force every year  !

Can we find ways to generate in small towns , millions of jobs for 3.5 million students graduating from our colleges , each year ?


It is possible , with following " OUT OF THE BOX " thinking :



#   SPACE


India boasts of over 1.3 million schools . These school buildings are occupied for only 8/10 hours per day

Let Government frame rules which encourage these school-buildings to turn into Call Centers after 5 pm

For a 100 seat Center , Government is planning to give a subsidy of Rs 100 lakhs

If 25 % of this subsidy is passed onto a school , it will be happy to lease out its premises to a Call Center



#   BROAD-BAND


Under " Digital India " program , let Union Government provide a 100 Mb broadband connection to each such " School-cum- Call Center " , free of cost

That will also help the students to freely access digital education content throughout the day



#   BLACK  MONEY


Launch an Amnesty Scheme under which black money is permitted to be invested into setting up such Call Centers

No questions asked as to the source . No penalty to be paid . No income tax on earnings for 10 years

There can be no better way to put these money to a mainstream and productive use !

All that debate of " Rewarding " the tax-evaders while " Penalizing " the honest tax payers , is merely academic

India's problems are unlikely to be solved by academicians !

These can be solved , only by pragmatists  !

Luck happens when " preparedness " meets " opportunity "

My suggestions will prepare us to make 21st Century , an Indian Century !

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hemen  parekh

27  July  2015







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