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 )