Emails (Others): EXPORTING MANPOWER ?

Exporting Manpower ?

Our exports have been falling, month after month , for the past 18 months in a row

But this is not unique to India

With rapidly shrinking World Trade , exports of nearly all countries around the world are falling

Barring a few exceptions , economies of all the countries are declining

So , it came as a surprise to read a news report ( BL / 20 Feb ) , that , despite the fact that Malaysia has 2.1 million registered foreign workers and 1.7 million illegal foreign workers , it signed a deal with Bangladesh to hire another 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers , over the next 3 years !

As expected, local trade unions have criticized this deal

Now let us not start putting together a strategy for Manpower Export , despite the fact that of all the countries in the World , India has the largest number of its citizens working abroad ( legal + illegal )

I believe , close to 22 million persons of Indian origin , with some 7 million in Gulf Countries

But trade unions and political parties everywhere are vehemently opposed to migrant workers who take away jobs from local residents

Even EU , which accepted some 1 million refugees from war-torn Syria / Iraq / Afghanistan , in 2015 , have started repatriating what it terms as " Economic Migrants " seeking " better life " in EU , as distinct from political refugees

But that is not stopping 3000 such " refugees "(political or economic), from forcing their way into EU , every day !

Within India , we have seen in the past ( and continue to witness , currently ) , economically backward people ( euphemism for " poor " ) , migrating to cities in other relatively affluent States , in search of livelihood , occasionally . causing resentment among local citizens

So far , such inter-state migrations have not caused any serious problem because of our Unifying forces of religion / language / culture / heritage / traditions and our Constitution

But with annual addition of some 12 million persons (including some 3.5 million graduates ), to our legions of jobseekers , things could get ugly - especially since neither the Public nor the Private sector , can create this many jobs every year !

We need to find ways in which these millions can become " Self Employed "

I hope that each and every announcement that Shri Jaitley makes in his budget speech on 29 Feb , would lead to creation of " Self Employment " in the economically backward States of India

With most of our States being the size of many EU countries , we may not be in a position to Export Manpower , even across our State boundaries , forget across the International borders !

For Indian Federal structure to hold together , we must work on the double to reduce inequality between States !

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24 Feb 2016

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Subject: LESSONS FROM WEST

International Exchange Program

We have all heard about these programs under which , ( for example ) students from India would go to USA , spend a few weeks with American families and even attend local universities

In turn , American students would spend similar period in India ( may be , with the parents of those Indian students who went to USA ) and attend Indian Colleges

In the process , both groups learn the customs / traditions / life-styles of their host Societies

I suppose , they also learn quite a lot about the Education Systems of host countries

Which would include , academic pursuit and teaching methods

But , above all , they would learn how the students behave in the class rooms and how the teachers maintain discipline

I believe , it must be a " Shocking " experience for those Indian students to find that professors in USA wield unimaginable power , unfettered by the Dean or Chancellor of those colleges

Eg :

* A professor's is the final word in the evaluation of any student ( no court of higher appeal )

* Quite a lot of that evaluation is based on the number and the quality of questions asked by the students

* " Shot-gun " exams are a teacher's way of judging the progress of the students

* If any student absents from class room without a satisfactory reason ( ie satisfactory to the subject teacher ),

the teacher can simply tell him to stop attending the classes ! Heavy rains or snow storm does not count ! And

the Dean cannot question the professor's decision

* Teachers don't prescribe any text books , but they may suggest a dozen books to refer to

* Many teachers just " refuse to teach " ! They insist that the students come to class , having " self taught " the

subject and the class room is only for the purpose of "solving difficulties" faced by students while self-teaching !

* Emphasis is not on a student remembering the exact mathematical equation but on knowing which equation to

use !

Hence , most professors will allow a student to look up any book during an exam !

* Even arriving at the exact / precise " answer " is not considered important . It is your " approach " to solving a

problem that counts more . Were you able to suggest a non-traditional and distinctly innovative " approach " ?

MORAL OF THE STORY :

How about Shri Narendra Modiji ( himself , a champion of " Out of Box " thinking ) , signing an " Exchange Agreement " with President Obama , under which , a batch of 40 Indian Legislators ( to begin with , opposition members of Rajya Sabha ) , are deputed to USA for 6 months ( or till GST Bill gets passed ? ) to attend the sessions of US Congress / Senate , to learn / imbibe their ways of conducting official business ?

Of course , our deputed legislators must be paid a " Copycat-ing Allowance " of $ 100 per day while in USA !

After all , cafeteria in American Congress building does not provide "dosas" @ Rs 2 per piece !

While readily agreeing to the Indian request , it is quite possible that President Obama may politely decline to send the American Legislators to attend our Lok Sabha / Rajya Sabha's budget session ! Entirely understandable !

Dear Shri Venkaiah-ji :

You may get much more cooperation from all parties after 6 months !

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