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

Thursday, 17 December 2015

NEED OF THE HOUR


Mr Anand Deshpande

CEO & MD / Persistent
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Dear Anand,

In yesterday's Business Line , read about your efforts to create 25,000 small entrepreneurs

Congratulations for taking on , just what India needs right now

Couple of my own suggestions , along the same line that you are pursuing , are reproduced below

I have sent these to quite a few Ministers / Secretaries / ASSOCHAM / FICCI etc - without , an acknowledgement !

with regards,

hemen  parekh

Mumbai / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / (M) 0 - 98,67,55,08,08


PS :

You may like to glance at " L&T Story "

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Start-Up  Eco-Systems  /  USA  vs  INDIA


Whereas there is a lot to learn from Start Up Eco-System of Silicon Valley , it cannot be blindly replicated in India

Here is why :

In Silicon Valley , a typical start up has its roots in Internet

These are web sites / mobile apps focusing on,

*  E Commerce

*  Social Media

*  Price Comparison

*  Geo-location

*  Dating

*  Buying - Selling

*  Causes...................etc


In India , we are talking of getting " Unemployed " to launch " Start Ups "

Anywhere between 100 million to 400 million " Unemployed " for whom neither Public Sector nor Private Sector , is in any position to create jobs

We want them to become " Self Employed " - what Shri Narendra Modi described in USA , as our " Personal Sector "

They are unlikely to launch Web-based businesses , even if their businesses will require them to have a Smart phone , on which , their customers can reach them

They aspire to become :

*  Street-side Vendors ( Vegetables / shoes / purses / Fruits / trinkets )

*  Craftsmen ( Plumber / Electrician / Carpenter / Repairer  )

*  Dhobi / Barber / Pan Beedi shop-owner / Tailor / Mochi

*  Doodh-wala / Ruddi Paper-wala / Gajra-wala / Delivery Boy

*  Cook / Maid / Courier / Tuition teacher / beautician / Taxi Driver

*  Home-cooked Tiffin Service / Car wash / Gardening


The contrast ( from Silicon Valley ) is striking !

How can we help millions of jobless to set up such micro businesses ?

As USA entrepreneurs advised :

By Government ( Central / State / Municipal ) getting out of their way !

How ?

*  No licenses / permits / approvals / registrations

*  No personal Income tax ( a dejure recognition of a defacto situation )


I hope Policy Makers will think " Out of Box " and implement ,


Start Up Act - 2015


Anything less just won't make much difference !

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hemen  parekh

01  Oct  2015

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FROM    JOB-SEEKERS   TO   JOB-CREATORS  ?


How to turn 12 million persons entering our work-force each year from being job-seekers to becoming job-creators ?

At the conceptual level , this was well-answered in BJP poll manifesto as :

" Encourage and empower our youth for Self Employment - incubating entrepreneurship as well as facilitating credit "

How to translate this policy into specific actions ?

May be the clue lies in the following incidence :

After getting a post-graduate degree in engineering from USA , when I returned to India in 1959 , my father took me to meet Shri Manubhai Shah  , the then Minister for Industry in Union
Government

My father inquired if Manubhai could give me a job in government

Manubhai answered :

" Chunibhai , I have no job for your son .

  Let him set up a factory and manufacture fractional horse power motors of which India is currently importing some 3000 per year

 We will ,

>    Immediately issue to him , an Industrial License

>    Allot him a factory-shed in Rajkot Industrial Estate

>    Give him a loan of Rs 5 lakhs to buy machinery  "


56 years later , we are better organized / equipped to " Institutionalize " this pioneering thinking


Here is my suggestion :


Role of MakeinIndia web site

    >  On its web site , list 5000 products that we currently import ( with
        annual import bill / sources / ave landed cost etc )

    >  Invite 1000 leading manufacturing companies of India , to make
        online selection of minimum of 5 items each, for preparing DPR
        ( Detailed Project Reports ) . Freely visible online database of who
         selected which items will avoid duplication


Role  of  Manufacturing Companies


    >  Prepare and submit to Ministry of Commerce, at least 5 DPR  by
        Dec 2016 . More the merrier ! Earlier the better !

    >  Each report must carry , name of at least one bank which has
        accepted that as a " Bankable Report " , eligible for funding

    >  Train at least 100 fresh engineering graduates in various
         manufacturing related functions under GET ( Graduate Engineer
         Training ) Scheme  , each year


*   Role of Ministry of Commerce


   >  Publish DPRs on its web site for free downloading


Role of  Income Tax Department


   >  Give 200 % tax deduction to existing manufacturing units for 2
       years , for employing fresh engineering graduates on their rolls ,
       under :

      " Graduate Engineers Training Subsidy Act - 2015 "

        ( to be enacted )


      This will motivate manufacturing units to impart manufacturing
      related experience to fresh engineering graduates before they
      venture to set up own  MSME factories

    
  >  Admit expenses incurred by manufacturing units for preparation of
      DPR ,under their CSR obligation ( 2 % of ave net profit for 5 years )


  >  Exempt all GET Start Ups ( registered on eBiz web site ) from
      paying Corporate Income Tax for first 10 years of working

     

  >  Exempt all GET Start Ups from GST payment ,  for 10 years


*   Role of Fresh Engineering Graduates


  >  Get GET Training Certificate from employer companies

  >  Download DPR from Commerce Ministry web site

  >  Apply for funding to banks , attaching DPR and GET Certificate

  >  Upon receiving Approval Intimation from bank , apply for various
      permissions on eBiz web site , quoting Bank Approval Number



Role of ASSOCHAM / FICCI / CII etc


 >  Encourage their manufacturing member firms to take on the
     task of preparation of DPRs and follow up

>   Publish DPR reports on their web sites for free downloading

>   Constitute State-wise " Hand-holding Teams " of retired
     executives having " Manufacturing " experience , to guide the
     local GET applicants in obtaining all permissions from various
     State Authorities


Role of eBiz web site

  >  To make available in public domain , all investment related
       applications , and progress status of each


Role of State Governments

  >  To keep track of those eBiz investment applications where
       the State is the proposed manufacturing location

  >   Pro-actively reach out to such applicants for expediting their
       proposals


All of the above need not / must not take months to materialize !


If it takes any longer , millions of India's jobless will overthrow the governments in power !

We don't need an Oracle to tell us what future holds for us !

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hemen  parekh

16 Sept  2015

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