Estonia is a tiny country in North Europe with a
population of 1.3 million ( against our 1300
million )
It gained independence from Soviet Union in Aug 1991 (
44 years after we gained independence )
What is so special about Estonia ?
·
It was the first country to hold ONLINE
elections in 2005
·
It is the only country to have introduced e-residency program
in 2014
·
It is one of the world leader in use /
application of Information Technology
Estonia’s Minister for Entrepreneurship and IT , Ms
Urve Palo is currently in India
In an interview with Times of India , she said :
“ For Start Ups, the e-residency
program gives them a chance to be an e–resident,
ie ; they can avail Estonia’s e services, irrespective
of where they are located
We have over 30,000 e-residents
from 152 different countries of which 1,200 are from India
This is an ideal platform for Start –Ups to leverage
and take their businesses global “
We also invite Indian IT professionals to come to
Estonia . According to reports, Estonia needs at least 7,000 IT specialists as
an intermediate requirement . It will be a win-win situation for both countries
as we will get skilled labour and Indians will get an opportunity to work in a
country that is at the forefront of IT innovation “
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And not to be left out,
This
is being necessitated due to the advent of rapid technological innovations in
the societal needs in country. Japan wants to fill in this yawning gap and is looking towards India’s
assistance in the IT space.
Many
Japanese companies feel the limitations to conventional “in-house innovation”
and hence moving towards “most-advanced IT Technology Capabilities” for which India is the most ideal
partner to look out for,” he said
The
Japanese government, Maeda said, will be issuing Green Cards for highly skilled
professionals, the first of its kind in the world, thereby, providing people to
get permanent resident status in as short as one year. This is one of the
fastest granted right of residence in the world.
Even if the above mentioned “ physical relocation “ of
Indian IT pros materialises, all of this is no more than a drop in the ocean,
considering that in India adds 12 million youth to its workforce , each year
We need a VIRTUAL WINDOW through which these 12 million
can serve the entire World , without physically moving out of India
Estonia’s e-resident
program could well be our WINDOW TO WORLD, if our government implements reforms
suggested by me in my following blog ( and earlier sent as e-mail to Cabinet
Ministers / NITI Aayog etc ) :
"BACK FACTORY " OF THE WORLD ? [ 09 Sept
2015 ]
Highlights :
I believe this can become a reality
by 2020 , if Central Government and State Governments, just get out
of way of our scientists / Start Ups and leave them alone !
Then tell them :
" You are our next generation of
Freedom Fighters . Free our millions from
poverty / starvation / jobless depression / ignominy / suicides
Like war - ravaged people of North
Africa , Indians cannot invade Europe / Australia / Canada , in search of jobs
/ better life
We depend upon you to bring the jobs
to India - jobs such as ,
* Operating
Machinery in Factories abroad
* Controlling Air
Traffic at Airports around the World
* Operating upon
patients in Hospitals , all over
* Teaching
students in Schools , in remote Africa
* Any job that
currently requires immediate presence of a worker
And
, if you set up a " Back
Factory "
, you don't need to pay Corporate Income Tax for next 10 years !
Simply register on web site of Income
Tax Department as a " Back
Factory " owner and file annual " Zero Corporate Tax Return "
When this happens ,
* Millions of skilled Indian
workers will operate factories around the World ,
sitting in , internet connected " Back Factories " in small Indian towns
* Foxcon will not need to
replace its high-wage Chinese workers with one
million robots (
as officially announced sometime back )
At half the wages
of those Chinese workers , Indians will operate Foxcon
factories , all over the World , remotely !
* " Contract Labour Act " will need to be replaced
with " Back Factory
" Act
* " Minimum Wages Act " will need to be scrapped !
* India will not need to
fight with WTO on " Manpower / Service Exports "
* " Make in
India " will morph into " Make from India "
I hope NDA Ministers and members of
NITI Aayog will ask , Narayan Murthy / Sam Pitroda / Azim Premji / Sundar
Pichai / Satya Nadela / Ray Kurzweil etc :
"
How soon can this be done ? How can you help ? "
14 March 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
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