Cogratulations, Shri Rajaramanji,

 

 

Context :

Public wifi hotspots have potential to generate 2-3 crore jobs this year: Telecom Secretary

 

Eco Times / 25 Jan 2022

Extract :

 

Setting up of 1 crore public wifi hotspots across the country by this year as envisaged under the present telecom policy, has the potential to create 2 – 3 crore jobs , Telecom Secretary K Rajaraman has said

 

“ Given the conservative estimate of each hot spot generating 2 – 3 direct / indirect employment opportunities, the creation of 10 million hot spots as per the NDCP ( National Digital Communication Policy ) target by 2022, would potentially generate 20 – 30 million job opportunities in the Small and Medium Scale sectors “, Rajaraman said  

 

“ Sprawling manufacturing units will be needed to produce millions of access points for PM WANI which is the core of the AtmaNirbhar Bharat Mission and would, therefore lead to more job creation “ Rajaraman said

 

According to PM WANI portal, over 56,000 Wi Fi hotspots have been deployed across the country till date

 

Rajaraman said he wants more entrepreneurs to join PM WANI program facilitated by C DOT

 

“ We will be happy to facilitate existing entrepreneurs in local neighbourhoods , especially,

 

#  local cable operators,

 

#  internet service providers,

 

#  tourism operators etc.,

 

-        to come forward and help proliferate WANI access points across the country “ , he said

 

 

Cogratulations, Shri Rajaramanji,  

(  secy-dot@nic.in  ),

  

Following are extracts from my earlier e-mails in this matter :

 

 

7 YEARS ago :

 

If Mohamed cannot go to Mountain …………………………( 26 July 2015 )

 

Extract :

 

#  In today's internet era , an equivalent would be :

 

         " If people cannot go to where jobs are , let jobs go to where people live "

 

 

Remember, in 2015, it is much easier / cheaper to import " digital service " based jobs into India , then to export people to foreign countries , where they will face a lot of resistance / animosity from local citizens

 

Examples :

 Call Canters  /  BPO  /  RPO  / LPO  /  KPO ....any PO ( Process Outsourcing )

 

      #   Under " Digital India " program, let Union Government provide a 100 Mb

           broadband connection to each such " School-cum- Call Center " , free of

             cost

 

            That will also help the students to freely access digital education content

            throughout the day

 

 

Reminder :

Slow and Steady wins the Race ?.............................. [ 03 Oct 2016 ]

 

 

Dear Shri Rajaramanji,

 

In order to generate those 2 – 3 crore jobs , I urge you to consider suggestion that I made in my following mail ( 5 YEARS ago ) :

 

How About Virtual Call Centers ?................................. [ 04 Oct 2016 ]

 

Extract :

 

But then , in today's totally interconnected World , why should it be necessary for housing 10 / 20 / 50 persons in ONE place , under ONE roof , for collaborating on execution of COMMON tasks ?

 

 I am sure , in any given ONE square km of a small town , there are 50 unemployed - and quite possibly , GRADUATE - youngsters , who would be more than happy to " work from home "

 

 They will be happy to set aside , in their homes , a 5 feet by 5 feet space , as a " Home Work Station "

 

 Now , that subsidy of " Rs 1 lakh per seat " that the IT Ministry has promised , is quite sufficient to set up a :

 

VIRTUAL  CALL  CENTER ,

 

by connecting those 50 youngsters through a  , VPN ( VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK )

 

 And since these youngsters are working from their homes , they can be asked to work in 3 shifts of 8 hours each , providing " Round the Clock " service to customers !

  

If Uber-Ola are adding 5,000 " Ride Sharing Taxies " EVERY MONTH , by providing lease finance to the drivers or even buying the cars themselves and giving to these drivers , then what is holding back the IT Ministry to follow their suit and enable 5,000 youngsters to become " Self Employed " , each month ? or even 50,000 ?

 

Dear Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad-ji :

 

Why give a subsidy to a prospective " OWNER " of a Call Centre ?

 

Why not give it directly ( DBT / Direct Benefit Transfer ) to those youngsters ?

 

Of course , this subsidy transfer should take place , only AFTER , the Call Centre Owner , certifies that it has entered into a " Contractual Retainer-ship " with a particular youngster

 

I would request you to consider the following aspects of my suggestion :

  

*  No new building premises needed

  

*  All technologies for a VPN, are existing / well proven  / reasonably priced / easy

    to implement quickly

 

 *  MSPs / ISPs and your own Ministry are pushing internet connections to every

     corner of India

  

*  Moving from " Ownership of Assets " to " Assets as Service " scenario ( ala

    Uber-Ola-Airbnb etc )

 

 *  Moving from " Employment " to " Self Employment " with direct transfer of

     subsidy to beneficiary

 

 *  Has the potential to raise India's share in global BPO business from current 36

       % to 50 % in one year

 

 *  Can earn billions of dollars in foreign exchange

  

*  It would become a LIVING PROOF that DIGITAL INDIA can help our un-

   employed graduates to earn a living

 

*  Google  /  Microsoft  / Facebook , would be happy to help since " Next Billion "

    is their topmost agenda

 

 

In an age where the " Fast and Furious " are out to overtake the " Slow and Steady " , the meek are unlikely to inherit the earth !

 

 

With regards,

 

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  27 Jan 2022

 

 

CC:

 

Shri A K Tiwari	Member(Technology)	membert-dot@nic.in
Shri Dilip Padhye	Member(Finance)	memberf-dot@nic.in
Shri Ashok Kumar Mittal	Member(Services)	members-dot@nic.in

 

 

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