Context :
Extract :
Ø “Young parents can work from
home,” said Rajneesh Kumar, senior vice president, Flipkart Group, adding that workers are
being encouraged to use videoconferencing tools to interact with
colleagues and customers.
Ø “We are sure that in the
current situation, working from within the safe confines of their homes, the
efficiency and productivity of our colleagues would increase,” said a
representative for Paytm.
Ø “By asking some employees to
not come to office, our goal is to reduce density and risk for everyone else,”
said Andrew Macdonald, senior vice president for rides and platform, Uber
Ø “All employees, including
hourly workers, will receive reimbursement toward their
home office set-up expenses, and we are working
with our vendors to ensure our contractors’ work-from-home needs are met as
well,” said a spokesperson for Twitter.
Ø On Thursday, Coal India allowed its over 300,000
employees to skip biometric attendance and move to a manual attendance
register system
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What is the Opportunity in working from home ?
Ø Immediate : Control
spread of Corona Virus
Ø Medium Term :
# Save man-hours travelling to work / travelling expenses
# Reduce Traffic congestion
# Save man-hours travelling to work / travelling expenses
# Reduce Traffic congestion
Save Petrol - Diesel / Reduce import bill for
crude oil
# Reduce pollution
# Reduce pollution
Ø Long
Term : Create millions of Self – Employed
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What Governmental
Policies are urgently needed to seize this Opportunity ?
Ø To create millions of Self Employed
India
BPO Promotion Scheme : [ IBPS ] V 2.0…………… [ 11 April 2018 ]
A
NEW ECONOMIC ORDER ? aka " Start Up Act - 2015 " [ 12 Sept 2015 ]
Ø To reduce
traffic congestion / reduce pollution
Transport : an
Integrated Logistic Plan ? [ 20 Nov 2018 ]
Ø To “ Export Services “ all
over the World – remotely
Will
Holograms beat H1B Visa Ban ? [ 31 Jan 2017 ]
Wormholes
Across the World ? [ 03 Mar 2017 ]
"
BACK FACTORY " OF THE WORLD ? [ 09 Sept 2015 ]
Ø To skip “Biometric
Attendance “
From
BAD to MAD [
01 June 2016 ]
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What software APPS can help remote-working from homes ?
Ø Google Drive / Notion / Dropbox Paper /
Trello / Evernote / Slack / Google Keep / Basecamp / Zoom / Harvest / G-Suite Apps / Microsoft Teams / Doodle / Noisli
{ source > Seven
apps that make it much easier to work remotely }
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What funds are countries budgeting to boost economy slowing down due to Virus ?
Ø USA ( Federal Budget ) …………… $ 8.3 Billion
Ø Maryland ( US State )……………… $ 10.0 Billion
Ø UK ……………………………………………… $ 15.0 Billion
Ø South Korea………………………………… $ 13.7 Billion
Ø Japan …………………………………………. $ 9.6
Billion
Ø Italy ………………………………………………$ 8.4
Billion
Ø Iran ……………………………………………..$ 5.0
Billon
No doubt, India too can spend a few billion dollars to lift
its economy from current ( but temporary ) global downturn – and, most likely
it should
But simultaneously , we need to undertake above-mentioned STRUCTURAL REFORMS , through appropriate POLICY
ANNOUNCEMENTS, in order to permanently lift our economy into a higher orbit,
for next 2 decades
Best part is :
Implementing these
reforms would cost a very small fraction of what other countries are budgeting !
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13 March 2020
hcp@RecruitGuru.com
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