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 2 April 2019

DEAR SHRI AMITBHAI SHAH : PLEASE SPARE A FEW MINUTES


Dear Shri Amitbhai Shah,

Today, Congress will release its Election Manifesto , which will include :

Minimum Income Guarantee Scheme

From BJP's candidates , you will be under tremendous pressure to incorporate in BJP manifesto , some equally POPULIST scheme

Please , do not fall in this trap of " OneUpmanship "


Only yesterday, Shri Modiji said :

" Winning elections is only a MEANS to the ultimate END of eradicating POVERTY "

Congress's scheme is a " Perpetuating Poverty Scheme "


I urge you to consider my following suggestion which will EMPOWER people to rise above POVERTY , on their own , utilizing the SKILLS they can acquire , with BJP's scheme


Basic  Income :  a  Bad  Idea ?


Today , Rahul Gandhi is expected to release Election Manifesto of Congress Party

Among the umpteen untenable schemes , it will promise Minimum Income Guarantee Scheme


Elsewhere , known as Universal Basic Income [  UBI  ]


It may turn out to be a Bad Idea

It would appear so from the following news :



Highlights :

·      In April 2017, Ontario, Canada, announced plans to launch a basic income experiment.

·      It was supposed to last for three years, but Ontario canceled it after just one — and now several of the project’s participants have filed a class-action lawsuit against the province for the hardship that early cancellation has allegedly caused them.

·      One woman, Harley Worden, saw her income double through the project, which led to her signing a lease on an apartment she can no longer afford 

·      Doyle Hillion, meanwhile, claims in the suit that she will no longer be able to pay the tuition for a broadcasting program she enrolled in after finding out she’d be a part of the basic income project.

·      The lawsuit alleges that other participants have reportedly suffered “mental distress” and “psychological injury” due to the program’s early cancellation 

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If UBI is proving to be a BAD idea for Ontario , it could be even a WORSE idea for India

Here is why :


[  A  ]   Resources needed

Ontario experiment covered only 4000 persons , offering Rs 72,300 per month to each ( Rs 34.7 Cr in all per year )


Minimum Guarantee Income Scheme of Congress will cover 5 cr families

And each family will get Rs 6000 per month




[ B ]   Long Term effects

Here is what I wrote on 20  Jan  2017  [  Universal Basic Income   ] :


*    I think the proposed Universal Basic Income scheme will not solve the problem . It

       may even worsen the situation by institutionalizing a " DEPENDENCY CULTURE " among the
  
       recipients , who will forever  look up to the " SARKAR MAA BAAP " to feed them !

      There is a danger that , in order to continue receiving the monthly DOLE , the recipients

      may never make any effort to rise above the POVERTY LINE !

      Any amount of money received under UBI Scheme will get spent , and never " Empower /

      Equip " the person with " Knowledge / Skills " to earn his own living and rise above

      poverty line



[  C  ]   Corruption  /  Litigation


In order to stay “ eligible “ to receive this dole , poor people will need to bribe the “ Poverty Certifying Authority “ for their low income certificate . Year after year !


Those who fail to get such certificate ( may be ONE CRORE persons ? ), may even file court cases


There will be plenty of organizations which will fight these PIL on their behalf, without charging any fees  !



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What should be an alternate / better scheme that BJP should include in its Election Manifesto ?


This is explained in detail at :

What will win the War ?      [   26  March  2019  ]

 

 


Dear Shri Amitbhai Shah,

I hope you will find time to read this email

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02  April  2019





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