Rejoice , You , Self - Employed !

There is good news for the Self Employed in Maharashtra

As per a news report appearing in Times of India ( 15 May 2016 ) , Maharashtra Government is preparing a list of the " types " of Self Employed , who will NOT require any kind of Registration / Permission from any government department , to set themselves up in a " Business "

Following is a " tentative " list :

*  Consultancies ( real estate / taxation )

*  Running a library from home

*  Home-made food service or bakery

*  Trainers for sports , dance , yoga , singing and cooking activities

*  IT-related activities

*  Terrace farming

*  Event Management , translation and publication

*  Jewellery , ornaments, precious stones and boutique

*  Tour Management and guidance or offering home-stay

*  Delivery of grocery, flowers and vegetables

*  Automobile Repairing

Chief Secretary , Shri Swadheen Kshatriya , has invited suggestions from public , for additional trades / professions to be included

Here are my suggestions :

Accountants Actors Agents Animators Artists	Beauticians Bookkeepers Brokers	Cooks Counselors Carpenters Chauffeurs Composers Consultants Correspondents	Dancers Designers Detectives Developers (S/W) Drivers Dress Designers
Electricians Engineers Entertainers	Fabricators Farmers Fishermen Florists	Goldsmiths	Hairdressers Housemaids Housekeepers
Income Tax Advisors Instructors Insurance Agents Interior Designers Interpreters	Jewellers  Journalists	Lobbyists Locksmiths	Models Magicians Music Directors Musicians Management Consultants Marketing Consultants Marriage counselors Mechanics Mediators Midwives
Nannies Nurses	Occupational Counselors Opticians	Painters Paramedics  Personal Trainers  Photographers Physiotherapists  Players (Sports) Playwrights Plumbers Producers	Real Estate Agents Recruiters Referees Repairers (All Types) Reporters Rickshaw Drivers
Sales Agent Sculptors Singers Social Workers Songwriters Specialists (All types) Street vendors	Travel Agents Tutors Typists Tailors Teachers Therapists Tour Guides	Umpires Undertakers Upholsterers	Vendors Videographers  Vocational Counselors
Watch Repairers Water-proofers Weavers Web Designers Web Developers Wedding Planners Wholesalers Writers

I have no doubt , very soon , this  FANTASTIC  INITIATIVE  of Maharashtra Government will get copied by all other States

Message from Maharashtra is loud and clear :

If the State cannot create millions of jobs , the least it can do is to " Get Out of the Way " of those wanting to be Self Employed

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www.hemenparekh.in / blogs

16  May  2016

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Added  on  07  May  2023  :

I asked ChatGPT , " What jobs will Artificial Intelligence will replace by 2025 ? "

ChatGPT produced following table :

Jobs that AI will Displace by 2025	Will Disappear Totally	Will Disappear Partially
Accountants		✓
Actors		✓
Agents	✓
Animators		✓
Artists		✓
Beauticians		✓
Bookkeepers		✓
Brokers	✓
Carpenters		✓
Chauffeurs		✓
Composers		✓
Consultants		✓
Correspondents		✓
Dancers		✓
Designers		✓
Detectives		✓
Developers (S/W)		✓
Drivers		✓
Dress Designers		✓
Electricians		✓
Engineers		✓
Entertainers		✓
Fabricators		✓
Farmers		✓
Fishermen		✓
Florists		✓
Goldsmiths		✓
Hairdressers		✓
Housemaids		✓
Housekeepers		✓
Income Tax Advisors		✓
Instructors		✓
Insurance Agents		✓
Interior Designers		✓
Interpreters		✓
Jewellers		✓
Journalists		✓
Lobbyists		✓
Locksmiths		✓
Magicians		✓
Management Consultants		✓
Marketing Consultants		✓
Marriage Counselors		✓
Mechanics		✓
Mediators		✓
Midwives		✓
Nannies		✓
Nurses		✓
Occupational Counselors		✓
Opticians		✓
Painters		✓
Paramedics		✓
Personal Trainers		✓
Photographers		✓
Physiotherapists		✓
Players (Sports)		✓
Playwrights		✓
Plumbers		✓
Producers		✓
Real Estate Agents		✓
Recruiters		✓
Referees		✓
Repairers (All Types)		✓
Reporters		✓
Rickshaw Drivers		✓
Sales Agents		✓
Sculptors		✓
Singers		✓
Social Workers		✓
Songwriters		✓
Specialists (All types)		✓
Street vendors		✓
Travel Agents		✓
Tutors		✓
Typists		✓
Tailors		✓
Teachers		✓
Therapists		✓
Tour Guides		✓
Umpires		✓
Undertakers		✓
Upholsterers		✓
Vendors		✓
Videographers		✓
Vocational Counselors		✓
Watch Repairers		✓

15 Year Action Plan ?

As per news reports , starting 2017 , NITI Aayog will put an end to 5 year plans and come out with a 15 year ACTION PLAN

Some critics are bound to ask :

"  In a rapidly changing World , does it make sense to raise the planning horizon to 15 years , when social / political / economic and technological advances are making it difficult to see beyond , even one year ?  "

This argument can be best replied by the following encounter that I had with an Indian friend who is settled in America and is working for a Paper Manufacturing plant there , as Planning Manager

During one of his visits to India , we got to discuss that favorite management subject called , " Long Term Strategic Planning " for all types of " Inputs " that go into manufacturing of paper ( manpower / finance / raw materials etc )

Talking about how his company goes about ensuring a steady supply of 25,000 trees that his factory needs EVERY DAY , he said :

"  EVERY DAY , we plant 25,000 trees that we will need to cut and process , ONE HUNDRED years from now

  Our raw material planning cycle is ONE HUNDRED years  "

Simply because it takes 20 / 30 years for a tree to reach full height ( of 40 feet ), before it can be cut and fed as " raw material " to the plant

As to the soft copy ( digital version ) replacing hard copies of paper , he simply added :

"  Notwithstanding billions of computers , paper demand keeps growing !

May be not for writing , but for packaging / paper towels / napkins etc "

So much for need for a long term Planning Horizon

One of these days , I will write about the various steps of the Planning Process itself and the nature of an ACTION PLAN

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www.hemenparekh.in / blogs

16  May  2016

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Make    Yourself    Heard

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But You have Promises to Keep

In a few days , NDA government will complete 2 years in power

While  fighting elections in 2014 , BJP had released a Poll Manifesto , in which , it had made promises for many REFORMS , if voted to power

Now , Shri Modiji has asked all of his Ministers to go to their respective constituencies and make the citizens aware of the NDA achievements during past 2 years

They would have been better prepared , had they known in advance , actual  " Perception " of the people , through a Mobile App ( to be called : RUN  = Rate  Us  Now ), based SURVEY of 800 million voters , asking :

 " How much ( % age ) of the promises that we made in our POLL MANIFESTO , do you think we have delivered by now ? "

Without waiting for that Mobile App , following are my estimates  :

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*  Elimination of  Black Money...................................................   10 %

   

*  Special Courts to stop Hoarding / Black-Marketing.. ...............     10 %

*  Set-up a Price-Stabilization Fund.............................................. 10 %

*  Develop Labour-intensive Manufacturing ..................................  20 %

*  Empowering Youth for Self-Employment..................................   50 %

*  Transforming Employment Exchanges to Career Centers........... . 10 %

*  Eliminating Corruption thru E-Governance...............................   50 %

*  Rationalization / Simplification of Tax-Regime...........................  30 %

*  Insulate Intelligence Agencies from political intervention ............  20 %

   

*  Strengthening Physical Infrastructure ....................................... 30 %

*  Expediting work on Freight and Industrial Corridors..................... 25 %

*  Setting up Gas-Grids ..............................................................  5 %

*  Optical Fiber Network up to the village level....... ....................... 40 %

   

*  Quadrilateral project for Bullet Trains.....................................    10  %   

*  Establishment of National  " E - Library " ...................................  5 %  

*  Implementation of National Education Policy .. ........................... 10 %

*  Evolving further the PPP model to PPPP model ...........................  65 %

*  Building 100 Mega-Cities.........................................................   10 %

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Dear Shri Modiji :

It is still not late

Using Google Form or SurveyMonkey , it will take just a FEW HOURS to launch such a SURVEY and get some genuine / authentic FEEDBACK , without depending upon ( dubious ) " Sample Surveys " of newspapers and TV channels

Yours will be the FIRST government to use BIG DATA analytics for such a referendum ( call it IND-EXIST = India Exists ! )

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www.hemenparekh.in  / blogs

15  May  2016

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