DEAR SHRI NARENDRABHAI

 Thank You, Shri Mahtabji

 

( Shri Mahtab Bhartruhariji – Minister for Labor / bhartruhari.mahtab@gmail.com )

 

 

 

What for ?

For accepting my suggestion

 

 

What suggestion ?

To introduce an Urban Job Guarantee Scheme along the lines of MGNREGA

 

 

Where reported ?

An Urban Job Guarantee Scheme is the need of the hour / Business Line / 10 Aug 2021

( Authors : CP Chandrashekhar  / Jayati Ghosh )

 

Extract :

 

Ø The Standing Committee on Labour stated in its report of August 3, 2021 that “there is an imperative need for putting in place an Employment Guarantee Programme for the urban workforce in line with MGNREGA.”

 

When did you make this suggestion ?  

 

2 YEARS ago, through my following e-mail request to Shri Modiji :

 

 

Ø MGNREGA : Can it morph into UBI ? ………………………………………………….[ 11 May 2020 ]

 

Extract :

 

      Ø  MGNREGA should be re-named, MGNRUGA ( Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Urban Employment Guarantee

          Act )

 

     Ø  Besides RURAL households, it should cover URBAN households as well

 

     Ø  Besides “ Unskilled Manual Work “, it must also cover “ Semi-skilled / Skilled “ work as well

 

     Ø  The daily wages payable , must be the “ Minimum Wage “ at the start of each Skill level grade and

         periodically revised upward, depending upon CPI

 

     Ø  Number of “ Guaranteed Days of Work Employment / year “ should be :

 

       #  Rural Areas ……………………….. 300 days ( up from current 100 days )

 

       #  Urban Areas :

               Class II towns ………………… 200 days

               Class I Cities……………………  100 days

 

      Ø  On MGNRUGA website , there will be provision for,

 

   #  Jobless persons to register ( providing full personal data / job locations preferred / Skill level /

        prior experience etc )

 

   #  Companies / Establishments to register , providing full details of vacancies

 

   #  Match-making / Allocation etc

 

Ø    If an Urban establishment provides work to any of the REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED referred by MGNRUGA

        web site, it will not be required to pay wages ( to those  persons ), for periods mentioned above

        

      For them, the wages will get paid directly by the Ministry subsidizing , at rates prescribed under

      the Act ( DBT ) . Any wages paid in excess , will have to be borne by the establishment concerned

 

     This “ Wage Subsidy “ will be available ONLY to those establishments, who install in their

     premises, Mobile-based Attendance System , as described at :

 

              From BAD to MAD                   [ 01 June 2016 ]

                MAD goes to Mandi                  [ 02 Jan 2020  ]

 

HOW WILL THIS HELP ?

 

Ø  This modification of Scheme will cover jobless persons, all over India – not only Rural India

 

Ø  The scheme as it stands now, covers “ works “ related only to ,

             #   Soil and Water Conservation

             #   Ground Water Recharge

             #   Irrigation

             #   Drainage

             #   Plantation

             #   Land……. Etc

 

           My suggestion will extend the scheme to cover urban offices / factories / shops etc , where millions

           have been rendered jobless due to lockdown

          

Ø    Current rural schemes have to be monitored by govt officers / panchayat office-bearers, who may lack supervision skills and / or lack “ motivation “ to ensure that each MGNREGA worker puts in honest / hard / productive work, at the end of the day !

 

             As against this, when organized / profit driven establishments ( in Urban setting ) are supervising

            such workers, productivity of “ Asset Generation “, will be very high !

             

           { Read : https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/11/discovering-obvious.html  }

 

 

        Ø  Because of this Wage Subsidy ( better name it CORONA EMPATHY – so as not to run foul of WTO ) , MSME

            will revive faster , with less worry for Cash Flow . Products will become cheaper

 

       Ø  By providing jobs and enabling people to earn their own living , there will be no need for Delhi-type “ doles

           “ – which are unsustainable in long run

 

       Ø  This ( scheme ) overcomes the major objections against UBI ( Universal Basic Income ), viz :

 

     #  How to decide whom ( defining “ poor “ is difficult ), to give UBI

 

     #  People will become too dependent on “ Sarkar Maa-Baap “ and become lazy / stop looking for work

 

      Ø  It is better than the Unemployment Allowance of USA ( now for 33 million persons, sitting at home )

 

 

Dear Shri Narendrabhai,

 

It is time to think about a PERMANENT SOLUTION to this problem of UN-EMPLOYMENT { even beyond COVID }

Please consider my suggestion

 

1 comment:

1.       

bhuvana12 May 2020 at 01:43

Nice suggestion. Hope it gets implemented soon. The plight of labourers across the country is really pathetic.

 

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With regards,

Hemen parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  10 Aug 2021

 

Related Readings :

 

Ø Urban Poor : Existence Admitted ! …………………………….[ 21 June 2020 ]

Ø How to Alleviate Urban Poverty ………………………………….[ 10 Sept 2020 ]