Wednesday, 20 February 2019

TIME TO GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE ? YOU BET


We had heard : Too much analysis, produces paralysis

Now, we have a proof !

There is barely enough time , either for BJP or for Congress , to incorporate my suggestion in their Election Manifestos


Since the forthcoming election will be fought on the main plank of " JOB CREATION " , parties may ignore this at their own risk !




Fayaa  Laare

( from Burmese language : loosely translated as “ God has arrived “ )



For the Start Up eco-system , this could be paraphrased as “ Prabhu has arrived

Only yesterday , Shri Suresh Prabhu posted many tweets re the relaxation of rules / norms governing the Start Ups

Following news report provides the details :

Highlights :
·      Startups with sales of up to 100 crore—earlier, the exemption limit was 25 crore—would be eligible for angel tax relief

·      An entity will be considered a startup for up to 10 years from the date of incorporation, up from the earlier seven years

·      Under the new rules, startups will be kept out of the purview of an anti-tax evasion provision in the Income Tax Act, 1961

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Will this relaxation unshackle the Start Ups to create millions of “ Self Employed “ ?

( -  essential, considering that neither the Private Sector , nor the Public Sector , nor the
     Governments can create jobs for 12 million youth joining our work-force, each year )



What is the way out ?

I urge Shri Prabhu to consider my following suggestions ( earlier sent as E Mail to Cabinet Ministers , 3 years ago  ) :

  A NEW ECONOMIC ORDER ? aka " Start Up Act - 2015 "   [  12  sept  2015  ]


 #  Objectives of the Act

     Every  year , to create 5 million Start Ups , each employing 2 persons , for a total of 10
     million new jobs per year


#    Methodology

·      Instead of Companies Act - 1956 , these Start Ups will be governed by the Start Up Act - 2015

·      A Start Up can be launched by any Indian citizen under the age of 30 ( covering roughly 65 % of our population )

·      A Start Up will need to register online on the web site of the Income Tax Department and obtain a unique " Start Up Number"

·      Although all Start Ups will need to file annual Income Tax returns ( with full disclosure of income / expenses / profits / sources of funds etc ) , it will not be required to pay any Corporate Income Tax for the first 10 years of its existence

·      A Start Up will be free to raise  funds from any source ( Individuals / Companies / PE funds / VCs / Angel Investors / Religious Trusts etc )

·      100 % FDI will be permitted in Start Ups

·      A Start Up can receive loans or equity and be able to accept fixed deposits . It can also give loans to individuals or other Start Ups or invest in other Start Ups by way of equity

·      There will be no restrictions on what interest ( on loans / FDs ) that a Start Up may pay nor any restrictions on dividends it may declare

·      The dividends declared by Start Ups will not attract any Income Tax

·      As far as the persons / companies etc providing funds to Start Ups ( by way of loans or equity ) is concerned , no questions will be asked re their source of funds

 

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Readers may want to look up following 25 Emails sent so far over the past 3 years to Cabinet Ministers :


·          FDI ; by any other name ?

·          Start Ups  need  wooing  ?





·          Start  Up  Re-defined










·         Myth   of   Job  Creation






·        Defining   E  Commerce

·        FDI   in   Retail

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Dear Shri Prabhuji,

Since I am also sending this mail to the Manifesto committee of the Congress , BJP runs the risk of being “ also ran “ !

PS :

Incidentally – and refreshingly - Congress Committee acknowledges every single emailed suggestion , whereas none ( out of over 1,000 emails ) of my emails to the Cabinet Ministers over the past 4 years , have been acknowledged !

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20  Feb  2019




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