Suggestions for Better Governance

Here is a  PARTIAL  list of initiatives that may transform India - if successful

But let not " Fear of Failure " prevent us from undertaking a " Out of Box " thinking

In a democracy , people have a right to differ

Hence ,  many will not agree - but they must have their say

In the end , there is only ONE WAY to find what works - and what does not

BY  TRYING  OUT  !

 MY LIST  ( not in order of importance or priority ) :

>  Food Security Bill

>  Connecting 2.5 lakh  panchayats  thru broadband

>  Aakash Tablets for 220 million students

>  Lokpal Act  /  Delivery of Services Act ( " Magic Wand " App ? )

>  Bank Transaction Tax / Demonetization of Rs 1000 currency note

>  Aadhar Identification Card

>  Electoral Reforms / Right to Recall ( " VotesApp " mobile App ? )

>  CAG audit of Private Companies using Government resources

>  4G Wireless Internet all over India

>  Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor

>  Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial Corridor

>  Natural Resources Allocation Policy

>  Political Party's Funds under RTI scrutiny

>  Social Media based marketing

>  Liberalization in FDI ( Entire economy - not just retail )

>  Direct Transfer of Subsidies to poor

>  Government funding of Elections

>  Interlinking of Major Rivers

>  " India Post Bank "  with 139,040 branches in Rural areas

>  Bank A/C for every adult by 2016

>  Divestment / Closure of loss-making / bleeding PSUs

>  Imparting skills to 500 million youth ( NSDC )


>  Sulabh  Sauchalaya

Here are my own suggestions :

>  BLACK MONEY

   * As incomes climb ( for an individual or for a corporate ), reduce taxation

     rates for each higher slab ( reverse of present system )

     Eliminate incentive for tax - evasion

     Reward honesty / efficiency  /  productivity

     Celebrate Wealth-Creators

     No more "Black Money " generators

     With such " Inverse Taxation " regime , we can

     expect Corporate and HNIs from all over the

     world , to pump in $ 100 billion worth of

     investment, EVERY YEAR , in our Infrastructure
  
     projects ! 

   *  Introduce Amnesty Scheme for black money declaration

       No questions asked ( re Source of funds ) for investment in specific

       Infrastructure Bonds , with tax - free interest for 10 years

>  JOBS

   *  With ever-increasing mechanization / automation in every sector of

       economy , there is no way , we can create 12 MILLION  new jobs ,

      either in Organized or Unorganized sectors , year after year

Creating just ONE job in these sectors , requires a

Capital Investment of Rs 1 million ( Ave )

Where can we find Rs 12 million million  ? 

      Our only hope lies in creating " SELF - EMPLOYMENT "

      To generate massive self - employment , provide generous , low interest

      loans and " Tax Free " income (up to Rs 5 Lakh/ year) for self-employed ( including Proprietary Firms )

   *  Create an " Online Job Exchange " to replace 943 existing physical

      Employment Exchanges , with 42 million current registrations

      Call it "  GLOBAL-RECRUITER "

      Require ALL  job-portals of India , to RSS feed into Global-Recruiter ,

      #  Every single job advt posted everyday( including current )

      #  Every resume posted everyday ( including current )

     Make these jobs and resumes " searchable " from ALL the job-portals ,

     irrespective of , on which job portal , these were posted

    

     After matching " JOBS " with " RESUMES " , Global Recruiter to send out

    daily Job - Alerts on the smart phones of the jobseekers , thru a mobile

    App ,  " MY JOBS " - against which , candidates can apply from mobile

   Make it mandatory for every Smart phone and Tablet sold ( or given away

   free ) in India , to pre-install " My Jobs " App

   And , most certainly , those 9 million Aakash - 4 tablets  for which tender

   opens on 28th Jan 2014

Will Narendra Modi  /  Rahul  Gandhi  /  Arvind  Kejriwal  etc , incorporate these , in their poll manifestos for April 2014 election  ?

*  hemen  parekh  (  15  Jan   2014  /  Mumbai  )