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 4 December 2015

Perils of Procrastination

CRISIS CRISIS EVERYWHERE / NOT A SOLUTION IN SIGHT  !


Parkinson's Law :

Work expands to fill the time available for doing it


Peter's Principle :

In an organizational hierarchy, every employee will rise or get promoted to his or her level of incompetence


My Observation :

By postponing a decision for sufficiently long time, most trivial issues can be turned into crisis situations


Examples :

# 1

More than 27 lakh trucks which are older than 15 years , will be banned from the roads from 1st April 2016


Crisis Implication :

*  Movement of goods across India , will drop drastically overnight , with resultant dip in GDP

*  At the current rate of local production, it will take 13 years to replace these trucks ! This may necessitate imports of trucks from China - worsening our already unfavorable trade balance !


# 2

From Jan 1 2016 , in city of Delhi , private cars with odd / even ( ending ) numbers , will be allowed on the roads , on alternate days ( as being done in Beijing )

Crisis Implication :

*  With totally insufficient and antiquated public transport system , people will spend on the road , an average of 6 hours daily , to / from offices

*  Rich will have two cars with odd/even numbers( good news for car makers ! )


# 3

Salaries of Delhi MLAs will get raised by 400 %

Crisis Implication :

MPs and MLAs ( of all the States ) , will pass resolutions , increasing their respective salaries by 800 %  !


If same decisions were taken 15 years ago , these would have read :

*  2 lakh trucks to be banned immediately - with 2 lakhs more , each subsequent year


*  As in Singapore ,

   #  drastically raise the cost of owning - and subsequently , operating a private car

   #  A private car cannot enter CENTRAL DISTRICT , unless occupied by 4 persons

   And, as done in many cities of the World ,

   #  Create dedicated lanes for Buses

   #  Remove all taxes ( one-time or recurring ) on Electric Vehicles

   #  Free use of Bicycles ( pickup and leave at destinations ) by public

   #  Many more Metro lines


*   Raise MPs / MLAs salaries every year by a percentage , half of  CPI rise %

Just look around and make a list of those seemingly " trivial / postpone-able " issues

Then extrapolate their " Size / Urgency " , to the year 2030

Then await history to repeat itself  !

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hemen  parekh

05  Dec  2015

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