Friday, 13 March 2020

Opportunity in Adversity ?




Context :



Extract :

 Ø  “We have postponed all internal events that required large gatherings and everyone has been advised to adequately leverage technologies such as tele-presence and video conferencing,” said Harshvendra Soin, chief people officer, Tech Mahindra.

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 Petrol - Diesel / Reduce import bill for crude oil

#  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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Added  on  15  March  2020 :

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