Newspapers would have us believe so
Eg : Following
headline
All
states must create jobs for migrants: Supreme Court /
06 June 2020
All
that Supreme Court said was :
“
We propose that all states should put on record what scheme they have prepared for providing employment
to these workers who have come.
We
would also like a district-wise or village-wise data on who has come in and
from where.”
The
Court proposes to include this in its June 9 order.
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Here is another headline :
Govt
weighs new employment options for migrant returnees
Extract
:
With millions of migrant workers having
returned home to the countryside in the midst of the lockdown imposed to slow
the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) ,the Narendra Modi government is weighing multiple options
--- from road construction to horticulture -- to find
them work.
It’s also planning an initiative to upgrade their skills to suit the
needs of a post-Covid-19 world.
A senior official involved in planning the initiative
said schemes such as the job guarantee programme, rural housing for the poor
and village road construction will be used to provide immediate
jobs to the returnees.
“Apart from these schemes, we are also looking
at supporting them in horticulture, animal husbandry and road construction works,” said
the official, who didn’t want to be named.
The initiative will not entail any additional financial support
from the exchequer, the officials explained.
Existing centrally sponsored
and central sector schemes will be used to address
a situation they described as extraordinary.
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My
Take
:
Considering that the Schemes are already “ existing “
and funds required are already “ allocated “ (
will
not entail any additional financial support ? ), then what is meant by “ weighing multiple options “ ?
By the time
those government officials get done “ weighing multiple options “ , most likely
those migrant workers would have returned to the cities where they were earlier
working !
As per news reports , there are some 13.2
crore persons registered under MGNREGA
Of which , only 16 % ( 2.1 crore ) have
been given work ( job-cards ) in May 2020
If the idea is that the migrants must not return to their cities ( of work ) and should continue living in their own villages ( in
UP – Bihar – W Bengal etc ) , then the question arises :
“Does Centre have the money to provide work around the
year, to 13.2 crore persons ? “
Short answer is :
NO
Next :
If Centre cannot give jobs to these 13.2 crore persons
, can private businesses / industries ( in UP – Bihar – W Bengal etc ), give
them full time jobs ?
Once again , the answer is : NO
Next :
What is the way out ?
Answer : Help
them get SELF-EMPLOYED
Here
is how :
Permission
to create jobs ? …………………………………………………..[
14 Mar 2020 ]
India
BPO Promotion Scheme : [ IBPS ] V 2.0 ……….. [ 11 April 2018 ]
A NEW ECONOMIC ORDER ? aka " Start Up Act - 2015 " [ 12
Sept 2015 ]
Will Holograms beat H1B Visa Ban ? [ 31 Jan
2017 ]
Wormholes Across the World ? [ 03 Mar
2017 ]
" BACK FACTORY " OF THE WORLD ? [ 09
Sept 2015 ]
Thank
You , Prakashbhai ( Javadekarji ) [ 03 Apr 2019 ]
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I do not expect ( or wish ) any of our Cabinet
Ministers to commit “ political hara-kiri “ by publicly
admitting :
“ There is no way India ( Public + Private Sector put
together ) can create 12 million full time / salary-paying jobs each year ; so
let us stop beating around the bush.
Let us stop fooling ourselves with all these sundry
schemes for providing employment to millions of jobless. Let us learn to ignore
those ivory-tower economists/economic advisors.
All that this government ( or, for that matter, any
other government of the World ) can do is to help it’s citizen become Self-Employed “
Dear Shri
Narendrabhai,
I urge you to tell the government officers :
“ Just get out of the way of persons trying to
become Self-Employed.
If any rule / regulation comes in the way of a person
trying to become Self Employed, just go ahead
and drop / delete that rule.
Till the time you get around to change it, do not hesitate to break the
rule. Do not wait for ok from any higher authority “
Dear Shri
Narendrabhai,
No doubt “ Unlock 1 “ which begins today, will be
followed by “ Unlock 2 – 3 – 4 “ etc
No matter how many Unlock periods follow, India is
unlikely to get back to GDP of even 5 %, unless we succeed in Unlocking the Self-Employment
potential of our people
PM-SVANidhi ( Street Vendor
Loan Scheme ) is an excellent example of this “ Process of unlocking the
Self-Employment potential “
But vested interests and “rule–bound“ bureaucrats [ MNRE
officers + Bankers + Municipal Officers + Police ] will , most likely ensure
that this scheme is “ Still Born “ !
Please , tell them :
“ Although this Scheme envisages making 50 lakh Street Vendors become Self Employed (
at budgeted outlay of Rs 5,000 crore ) , I challenge you to remove all road-blocks and give
loans to 500 lakh street vendors “
Dear Shri Narendrabhai,
As far as those ROAD-BLOCKS – and how these can
be removed – is concerned, please read my following e-mail sent to you , a few
days back :
Thank
You, Shri Hardeep Singh Puriji ………………………………..[ 01 June 2020 ]
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 08
June 2020