Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Friday, 16 May 2014

Next 100 Days



Dear  Narendrabhai ,


You have talked your way to power - calling yourself , " Mazdoor # 1 "


Now , it is time to " Walk the Talk "


People of India have taught a lesson to the party which called you ,


"  Merchant of Death  ( Maut Ka Saudaagar )  "


They believe you to be " Merchant of Dreams ( Sapno Ka Saudaagar ) "


Of course , no one expects any miracle to happen on the ground , in the next 100 days


But the decisions that your Cabinet takes - and transparently communicates to the people - in the next 100 days , will tell them , whether your Government is any different than UPA-2


Here are the decisions that people expect  :



A ... FIGHTING  CORRUPTION



*  Appoint Central Lok Pal

*  Appoint ( where missing ) , Lok Ayuktas in BJP controlled States

*  Appoint Special Fast-Track Courts to try within 1 year , criminally-
    charged MPs / MLAs / Bureaucrats / Politicians / Businessmen



B...  BLACK MONEY  TO  WHITE MONEY



*   Introduce Amnesty Scheme , for monies invested in Infrastructure SPVs

*   Amend Personal Income Tax  to Inverse Taxation Regime , where the
     incremental tax rates keep going DOWN in each higher slab

*   De-monetize Rs 1000 currency notes



C...  JOB  GENERATION



*   Amend Corporate Tax Regime , with incrementally reducing tax-rates
     for Companies with higher employee-strength

*   Introduce " Accelerated Depreciation "  for investment in Capital Assets.

     Capital Goods industry is the Mother of all industries


*   Focus on creating " Self-Employment " thru tax-breaks for self-employed

*   Low interest loans for self - employed



 D...  DEVELOPMENT  OF  NORTH-EAST STATES



*   Industrialists / businessmen will not come forward  to make huge
      investments in North-East , in absence of excellent infrastructure of  
     roads / rails etc


     All private investments made here must be tax-free for 25 years



E...  SIMPLIFY  LABOUR  LAWS 



*  Today's labour laws make it extremely difficult - if not impossible - for employers to layoff / retrench workmen , if demand shrinks


*  Employers are unlikely to hire thousands of youth , if they cannot easily trim the workforce , to match the shrinking demand


 *  So , an important corollary of any Job Generation Scheme is to modify our existing Labour Laws to facilitate layoff / retrenchment , when situation so demands , while protecting the interests of the workmen concerned



F...   EDUCATION  / UNIVERSAL LITERACY



*  What is responsible for keeping 28.7 Crores of Indians illiterate ( 37 % of World's illiterate ) , 66 years after independence  ?


*  Ans :  Lack of educational infrastructure consisting of Schools / Colleges /
Equipments / Qualified Teachers .. etc


*  Solution ?


Push for E-education thru online delivery of subject-matter thru tablets




G ...  GOOD GOVERNANCE



Ask each concerned Minister , to publish within 100 days, on Ministry's web site , PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLANS  , for the following :



*  Food Security Bill


*  Connecting 2.5 lakh  panchayats  thru broadband


*  Aakash Tablets for 220 million students


*  Delivery of Services Act


*  Aadhar Identification Card


*  Electoral Reforms / Right to Recall


*  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


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


*  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  ( Remember "Sauchalay before Devalaya " ? )



Dear  Narendrabhai ,



Do provide a ROAD-MAP ( with clearly defined mile-stones ) of how you intend to translate your DREAMS into REALITY


with regards ,


hemen  parekh ( 17 May 2014 / Mumbai ) 





     


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