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

Monday 18 May 2020

Another “ hesitant “ Step towards Self Reliance ?




Following are the reforms ( ? ) that FM , Smt Sitharamanji announced two days back :




Extract :

Atomic energy reforms
·         Research reactor to be done in PPP mode ( for medical isotopes )
·         PPP mode facility for irradiation tech for food
·         Startup ecosystem to be linked with nuclear sector


Space Reforms
·         Pvt sector gets co-pilot seat in space sector
·         Regulatory ease to be extended to firms
·         Pvt firms can use Isro facilities
·         Space exploration opened for pvt players
·         Liberal geo-spatial policy









Tariff policy reform for power
·         Discoms in Metros ( Union Territories ?  ) to be privatized
·         You won't have to suffer for discom inefficiencies
·         Load shedding will face penal action
·         Discom functions to be streamlined to improve accountability












New wings for Aviation
·         6 more airports up for auction
·         Pvt players get investment room, expected money: Rs 13,000 cr
·         6 more airports to be identified
·         Rationalising air space to reduce flying time, save fuel
·         Air space curbs to be removed
·         Green efforts to be boosted





Make in India push for Defence
·         Indigenistion of imported spares
·         List of weapons/platforms to be notified for import ban
·         Separate budget for procurement
·         Improve autonomy, accountability in ordnance
·         FDI limit raised from 49% to 74%





Mineral boost
·         Seamless mining, exploration regime
·         500 mining blocks to be offered
·         Joint auction of bauxite and coal blocks
·         Distinction between captive, non-captive mines removed
·         A mineral index to be made
·         Stamp duty to be rationalized





Govt lets go of Coal
·         State monopoly goes
·         Pvt players to be allowed
·         Entry norms to be liberalised
·         Nearly 50 blocks to be offered
·         No eligibility conditions
·         Only upfront payment with a ceiling
·         Any party can bid
Rs 50,000 crore alloted for creating evacuation infrastructure for coal


Eight Sectors In Focus
·         Coal
·         Minerals
·         Defence Production
·         Airspace management,
·         Airports
·         Power distribution companies in Union Territories
·         Space
·         Atomic Energy



All industrial parks to be ranked




Steps to be taken for Investment reboot
·         Fast tracking investment clearances
·         Special cell for seamless approvals
·         Upgrade of industrial infra
·         Providing land solution










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Better late than never  ?


I urge the Cabinet Ministers to click the links above – then ask of themselves :


Should the REFORMS suggested in these links wait for another COVID to strike ?


Shall our POLICY MAKERS , always remain REACTIVE than PRO-ACTIVE ?


Do we always need an EXTERNAL THREAT to spur us into a “ too late “ action  ?


Is too much analysis produces a paralysis in our thinking ?


Are we so mortally afraid to carve out for ourselves, a NEW PATH  { “ where mind is free from fear and head held high “ },  that we seek refuge in well-trodden :

The Calf-Path 


With regards,

Hemen Parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com   /  19  May  2020





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