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 14 March 2016

CREATE IN INDIA MAY BE A BETTER BET


Dear Chidanand,


Enjoyed reading your article in TOI ( 12 March ) , where you write :

"  But what if manufacturing is largely over-run by ever cheaper drones , robots and automatons ?

   There has to be a life beyond mere manufacturing . Just make in India won't cut it ; it needs fine-tuning.

   Create in India might be a better mantra "


You have hit the nail on the head  !


A few months back , I sent my following blog to dozens of Ministers / Secretaries / MPs / MLAs etc , hoping to make them aware of the " Shape of Things to Come "

I am witnessing the changes that are taking place in India for the past 2 years and quite hopeful that its pace will accelerate if the Opposition in Parliament would cooperate


(click to view my profile )


Marol , Mumbai , India


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SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ?


The First Industrial Revolution started in Britain , with the invention of steam engine , which multiplied human power many times


With help of steam engine power , one man could do the job of ten men


Human productivity went up sharply , enabling production of ten times more goods , in ten times less time



Thousands of factories came up ; first in Britain , then in USA and gradually spreading to rest of Europe


But it took over a century to reach the poor countries of Asia / Africa / China


Under colonial rule , these countries were forced to export own raw materials to industrialized countries at a very cheap price and import their factory-made finished goods at very high prices


But as poor countries started catching up on factory-based manufacturing using its cheap labour , the developed countries are now worried !


One time importers of finished goods are now exporting those very products to the developed countries , which are finding it difficult to compete with the emerging markets


An outstanding example of this is the rise of China , in the past 25 years as the , " Factory of the World "



But Western countries are not resigned to their fate of a lowered

 " Standard of Living "




They are gearing up to usher :


The Second Industrial Revolution  !



In the form of Robots :

Robots  manufacturing  cars / appliances / machinery / anything
Robots  3 D printing  products from designs downloaded from Net

Robots  managing  health care in hospitals

Robots  serving  food in restaurants

Robots  carrying  out office jobs

Robots  teaching  in schools

Robots  entertaining

Robots everywhere !


And these are :

Robots which work 24 hours/day and do not ask for a salary

Robots that do not " go slow "or go on a strike

Robots that do not demand " Quotas / Reservations "

Robots that do not take holidays or take " Sick Leave "

Robots that do not resign / demand promotion

Robots that neither envy other robots nor sabotage 

Robots that do not complain against unpleasant work

Robots that do not get tired and need rest

Robots whose production does not drop after working for 8 hours

Robots that do not demand " Overtime Pay " @ 200 % of normal

Robots that perfectly co-ordinate their tasks with other robots

Robots that willingly " retire " at any age , whenever required

Robots that do not demand Unemployment/Retirement Benefits

 Robots which may , some day , provide you with emotional support when you are sick / depressed  !



And this Second Industrial Revolution is NOT going to take a hundred years to reach the shores of India


With spread of DIGITAL INDIA / Internet / Mobile Apps , it may take , no more than 20 years !


Question :

Fearing that it will create further unemployment , shall we try to stall its arrival  ?

OR ,

Will our Self-Employed and Start Ups expedite its arrival and imaginatively use it to create 100 new jobs for each lost job ?


Let us stop tinkering with ,


*  The India Aspiration Fund

*  The MakeinIndia Soft Loan Fund

*  The MUDRA Bank



Converting millions of Job-seekers into Job - Creators ,  would entirely depend upon Union Government quickly passing , what I earlier advocated as :




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hemen  parekh

21  Sept  2015

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Wednesday, 9 September 2015

" BACK FACTORY " OF THE WORLD ?

 

 



China is known as the  " Factory "  of the World

India is known as the   " Back Office "  of the World

Can India become the  " Back Factory "  of the World ?


Wrong question !

Right question is : WHEN can we become the " Back Factory " of the World ?



Answer is " hiding in plain sight " !


This week , an astronaut , sitting in a satellite 400 km above the earth and hurtling through space at 16,000 km per hour , operated a robot on the earth


Earlier , scientists sitting in NASA space centre or  in Shri Harikota space centre , have operated Mars Rovers / MOM ( Mars Orbital Mission ) remotely


From a distance of millions of miles


And soon , astronauts  will be sending emails to earthlings from millions of miles away , using " Space Internet " on their Mobile phones


Invariably , each such team of scientists , comprised Indians !


So , WHEN can our scientists - and software Start Ups - enable Indian workers , sitting in Hyderabad / Chennai etc , to operate / manipulate , machinery in factories of Europe / America / China ?


I believe this can become a reality by 2020 , if Central Government and State Governments , just get out of the way of our scientists / Start Ups and leave them alone !


Then tell them :


" You are our next generation of Freedom Fighters . Free our millions from
poverty / starvation / jobless depression / ignominy / suicides


Like war - ravaged people of North Africa , Indians cannot invade Europe / Australia / Canada , in search of jobs / better life



We depend upon you to bring the jobs to India - jobs such as ,


  *   Operating Machinery in Factories abroad

  *   Controlling Air Traffic at Airports around the World

  *   Operating upon patients in Hospitals , all over

  *   Teaching students in Schools , in remote Africa

  *   Any job that currently requires immediate presence of a worker



And , if you set up a " Back Factory " , you don't need to pay Corporate Income Tax for next 10 years !



Simply register on web site of Income Tax Department as a " Back Factory " owner and file annual " Zero Corporate Tax Return "



When this happens ,


Millions of skilled Indian workers will operate factories around the World ,
    sitting in , internet connected " Back Factories " in small Indian towns


Foxcon will not need to replace its high-wage Chinese workers with one
    million robots ( as officially announced sometime back )


    At half the wages of those Chinese workers , Indians will operate Foxcon
    factories , all over the World , remotely !


>  " Contract Labour Act " will need to be replaced with " Back Factory " Act


>  " Minimum Wages Act " will need to be scrapped !


>   India will not need to fight with WTO on " Manpower / Service Exports "


>   " Make in India " will morph into " Make from India "


I hope NDA Ministers and members of NITI Aayog will ask , Narayan Murthy / Sam Pitroda / Azim Premji / Sundar Pichai / Satya Nadela / Ray Kurzweil etc :



How soon can this be done ? How can you help ? "


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hemen  parekh

10  Sept  2015

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