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

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

Lack of jobs may prove to be the Achilles heel !


Starting  a  Virtuous  Circle

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Government is about to set in motion, a VIRTUOUS  circle ,

·      Starting with “ Apprenticeship

·      Moving on to “ On the Job Training


·      Leading to “ Employability

·      Culminating in “ Jobs

Following news report describes how this circle will get going :

Highlights :

#    Ministries involved ……………… HRD – Labour  -  Skill Development
   
#    Eligibility……………………………    Final year Degree students in Humanities and non-
                                                 technical courses

#    From   …………………………………. Private and government-funded higher education
                                                 institutes
 
#    Apprenticeship Period………….. 6 – 10 months  ( including “ On the Job “ training )

#   Target  …………………………… ……. 1 Million student in the 2019-20 academic session

#   Govt contribution to Stipend … 25 % upto Rs 1,500 per month

#   Linkages …………………………. …… Central PSUs – Sector Skill Councils – Big Industry

#   Long term Goal ………………… ..  National Integrated Apprenticeship Program for 8 million
                                                  students / year

#   Funds Provided ……………………..  Rs 10,000 crore set aside for National Apprenticeship
                                                   Promotion Scheme

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Dear Shri Dharmendra Pradhanji ,


Congratulations on this long overdue initiative , which incorporates some of my suggestions emailed to you earlier !


But , this still falls far short of the target set by Shri Modiji while announcing the amendments to the Apprenticeship Scheme in June 2016


At that time , Shri Narendra Modiji had said :

" LET'S MAKE INDIA THE  SKILL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD "


He went on to add :

" By next decade, India will have 50 MILLION SURPLUS MANPOWER FOR EXPORT "

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This should be read in the context of the Skills Development target that NSDC had set for itself in 2015 , which is :

“  To impart  skills  to 300 MILLION YOUTH BY 2022 ( approx  50 million / year ) “



It was in this context that in my email ( dt 06 June 2016 ) , I had suggested following :

[ source : Skill Capital of the World ?  ]

 

[ A ]  What was “ missing “ in the Amended Scheme ;

 

 #  Offset against CSR ,( of the expense incurred by Companies on
     Apprentice Scheme ) was NOT restricted to only those Companies
     which engaged apprentices in excess of mandatory  2.5 % of employee
     strength


 #   For 6 trades , training duration was NOT reduced from 3 to 2 years


#    Stipend payable was lower than specified 70% / 80 % / 90 % of
      Semi-Skilled minimum wages  ( of approx Rs 6000 per month )


#    Minimum Mandatory limit was raised from 2.5 % to 5 %


#    There was NO upper limit for engaging ( currently 10 % of employees )



[ B ]  I had further suggested :


·        Turn this entire exercise into a PROFIT MAKING proposition in the

            hands of PRIVATE SECTOR ( Individuals + Corporate + Start Ups )


·        Enable BLACK MONEY to be invested in private sector SPVs called,

            " XYZ Manpower Skilling SPV ",

            with no questions asked as to the source of funds invested ( domestic
  
            or Foreign )


·        Grant INDUSTRY status to such SPVs


·        In order to attract PRIVATE Individuals / Corporate, to come forward

            and set up these 50,000 SPVs ( before March 2018 ), provide a 10 year

            TAX HOLIDAY ,  to " Manpower Skilling Industry "


-    much in the same way NITI Aayog has recommended for companies

            investing in Electronics manufacturing activities . And  as against

            expected creation of 20,000 jobs due to this proposed policy in
 
           Electronic Industry , my suggestion would create 50 LAKH jobs @ 100

           jobs / SPV !

 


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Other Related  E Mails sent :

Universal Basic Income       [  20 Jan 2017  ]



Discovering the Obvious ?   [ 30  Nov  2017  ]

 

Saving Jobs : Creating Jobs [ 19  Dec  2017  ]

 

Safeguarding Existing Jobs ? [ 24  Jan  2018  ]

 

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www.hemenparekh.in / blogs

 

 

 

 

And here are my comments on LinkedIn / Facebook :

 

Govt just announced plan to impart SKILL to 1 Million undergrads in 2019-20

 

This should be viewed in terms of the target that NSDC ( National Skills Development Corporation ) had set in 2015 , viz :

 

To Skill 300 million youth by 2022 ( 50 million / year )

 

Does anyone know what got actually achieved ? Sorry , no prizes !

 

There is still hope to catch up if Government has the political will to implement my suggestion

 

Despite many remarkable reforms , BJP may find it a tough going in 2019 elections, unless it displays this courage !

 

Lack of jobs may prove to be its Achilles heel !

 

 



    






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