Missing the Woods for the Tree ?
One
dictionary describes this idiom as :
" If someone can't see the wood for the trees, they are
unable to understand what is important in a situation because they are giving
too much attention to details "
This is the danger facing a 12 member committee
of government secretaries ( headed by Shri Amitabh Kant , CEO - NITI Aayog ),
appointed to look into :
# Liberalizing the E-Commerce policy to
give a further boost to this sector
# Rethink of Online Marketplace rules
# Issues related to Foreign Direct
Investment ( FDI )
Economic Times ( 10 Aug, 2016 ) reports :
# E-Commerce Market in India was $ 17
billion in 2014 and expected to grow to $ 70 billion in 2019
# E-Commerce Sector suffers from lack of
policy clarity
# Attempts to create a level playing
field with Offline Retail has shackled the sector
# Committee will suggest measures to
liberalize the sector
# Rethink on Online Marketplace rules
also likely
# Committee will review complex
regulations
# Changes in FDI policy will also be
suggested
In 1905 , Albert Einstein published " Theory of Special Relativity
" and by 1915 , he came out with " General
Theory of Relativity "
For him , it was like moving on from a TREE ( Special Theory ) to the WOODS ( General Theory )
Obviously , he did not want to miss out on the
larger picture by focusing on a single pixel !
It is no different when it comes to the Laws
governing ECONOMY
" E- Commerce
and Foreign Direct Investment " are the " Special Theory of ECONOMY " ,
whereas " Commerce and Investment " are the " General
Theory of ECONOMY "
And at this very moment , the Super-Ordinate
Goal of our ECONOMY is :
# Create millions
of Self Employed ( 400 million to start with and 12 million per year ,
thereafter )
E-Commerce and Foreign Direct Investments, are
merely " Means to achieve that End " - no more
It was only a few days back when SHRI AMITABH KANT said in a TV interview :
" Laws / rules / regulations etc will need
constant tweaking / revising , to remain relevant with the advancing
technologies
There is no way , the March of Technology can
be halted . Laws must catch-up ".
While debating the issues ,the Committee ( on E
Commerce Reforms , headed by Shri Kant ), may want to keep in mind how
following technologies will change the Commerce Landscape , within the next 2
years :
# Everything ( Goods and Services ) will
be marketed / sold online
# No business / industry will , solely
remain OFFLINE
# When goods
are not being delivered at your doorstep using Drones, your table-top 3D
Printers will print out
all kinds of Consumables (
including Food ! ), by downloading Designs from internet . Houses will be 3D
printed
# Services of all kinds ( Patient-care /
Health care / Psychological / Consulting / Coding / Remotely operating
Devices and Machineries /
Teaching / Curating / Controlling Riots etc ) , will be carried out (
hopefully, by
Indians if Committee
takes the right , far-reaching decisions ), remotely from 10,000 Km away using
Virtual
Reality / Augmented Reality
/ Holographic Tele-presence / Hepatic gloves etc
# Entire cycle of Designing /
Manufacturing / Marketing / Selling / Order-taking / Delivering / After-sales
Servicing
/ Logistics / Collecting
Payments / etc , will get spread so thinly across Countries / Continents /
Companies /
Individuals , that it will
become next to impossible to keep track of " WHO " is adding " WHAT " value to the
process , and " WHEN " , and from " WHERE " ! No one will be able to unravel
this GORDIAN KNOT !
# Industrial Robots will play
ever-increasing role at each step of this process , connected through IoT
The best that the Committee can recommend is
adoption of the following ,
Parekh's , " 3 Laws of
E-Commerce Economy " - to be incorporated as 123rd Constitutional Amendment
( with apologies to Isaac Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics ! ) :
LAW # 1 :
Asimov :
A robot may not injure a human being or,
through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Parekh :
Rules
/ Regulations of E-Commerce shall not come in the way of unfettered creation of
SELF EMPLOYMENT
Any
existing Law / Rule / Regulation that hinders a person to become Self Employed,
shall be treated as
ultravires
Further ,
any Law / Regulation of " E-Commerce / FDI " which slows down
Investment ( Foreign or Local / Official
or through
channeling of BLACK MONEY ), shall be treated as " bad in law " and
struck down
LAW # 2
Asimov
:
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where
such orders would conflict with the First
Law.
Parekh :
Laws / Regulations governing " E-Commerce / FDI " shall be
subservient to Laws / Regulations governing
" Commerce / Investment " .
Whenever any Public Authority / Court finds conflict between the two , laws /
regulations governing " Commerce/
Investments " , shall prevail under all circumstances , and in favor of
the self employed
LAW # 3
Asimov :
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such
protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
Parekh :
Laws / Regulations of " E-Commerce / FDI " which get
over-ruled under LAW # 2 , shall immediately " Self Destruct "
in favor of unobstructed progress of TECHNOLOGIAL ADVANCES
Before
drafting its recommendations , the Committee may want to look up my following
specific suggestions at ,
{
www.hemenparekh.in > Blogs
} :
# In
defense of FDI in Defense
Dear Committee Members :
Please
, overlook the TREE
/ focus on the WOODS !
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12 August 2016
www.hemenparekh.in / Blogs
hemen
parekh
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, Mumbai , India
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