Offices in Residential Buildings ?

 

 

Context :

Ø  Now, BMC allows offices in residential buildings ……………………./ HT / 28 Dec 2022

 

Extract :

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal has issued an order amending a provision of the Development Control Promotion Regulation (DCPR) allowing offices in residential buildings

Speaking to HT, Vilas Nagalkar, an architect and a member of Practising Engineers, Architects and Town Planners Association (PEATA), said, “Apart from the ground floor of many residential buildings, shops were allowed up to second floor as per the development control regulations DCPR2034.

 

However, if an office were proposed, it could not be approved due to certain conditions in the DCPR. This anomaly has been removed by the

BMC and now offices will be permitted with a separate staircase.’’

 

A senior officer of the development plan department of the BMC said that many professionals like chartered accountants, lawyers, tax consultants and management consultants found it difficult to operate and they had their offices set up informally.

 

Many a times, they would make requests for amendments and hence the BMC has decided to amend it under the ease of business.

 

MY  TAKE :

 

Congratulations, Shri Chahal,

 

For this reform which will go a long way for millions of “ Self Employed “  to “

operate businesses “ from their homes, without breaking a law

But, for “ MILLIONS “ to become Self Employed , please remove the requirement

of a “ separate staircase “

This will defeat the purpose of “ Ease of Doing Business “

In fact, way back in 2016, I sent following email containing a brief ( not

comprehensive ) list of types of persons who should be encouraged to set up their

own small businesses from their homes :

Ø  Rejoice , You , Self - Employed !........................ [ 15 May 2016 ]

 

Extract :

There is good news for the Self Employed in Maharashtra

 

As per a news report appearing in Times of India ( 15 May 2016 ) , Maharashtra

Government is preparing a list of the " types " of Self Employed , who will NOT

require any kind of Registration / Permission from any government department ,

to set themselves up in a " Business "

 

 Following is a " tentative " list :

  

 *  Consultancies ( real estate / taxation )

 *  Running a library from home

 *  Home-made food service or bakery

 *  Trainers for sports , dance , yoga , singing and cooking activities

 *  IT-related activities

 *  Terrace farming

 *  Event Management , translation and publication

 *  Jewellery , ornaments, precious stones and boutique

 *  Tour Management and guidance or offering home-stay

 *  Delivery of grocery, flowers and vegetables

 *  Automobile Repairing

 

 

Chief Secretary , Shri Swadheen Kshatriya , has invited suggestions from

public , for additional trades / professions to be included

 

Here are my suggestions :

 

Accountants

Actors
Agents
Animators

Artists

Beauticians
Bookkeepers
Brokers

Cooks
Counselors
Carpenters
Chauffeurs
Composers
Consultants
Correspondents

Dancers

Designers
Detectives
Developers (S/W)
Drivers

Dress Designers

Electricians
Engineers
Entertainers

Fabricators
Farmers
Fishermen
Florists

Goldsmiths

Hairdressers
Housemaids
Housekeepers

Income Tax Advisors

Instructors

Insurance Agents

Interior Designers

Interpreters


Jewellers 

Journalists

Lobbyists

Locksmiths

Models
Magicians
Music Directors
Musicians


Management Consultants

Marketing Consultants

Marriage counselors

Mechanics
Mediators
Midwives

Nannies
Nurses

Occupational Counselors

Opticians

Painters
Paramedics 

Personal Trainers 

Photographers

Physiotherapists 

Players (Sports)
Playwrights
Plumbers
Producers

Real Estate Agents

Recruiters
Referees

Repairers (All Types)

Reporters

Rickshaw Drivers

Sales Agent
Sculptors
Singers

Social Workers

Songwriters
Specialists (All types)

Street vendors

Travel Agents
Tutors
Typists
Tailors
Teachers
Therapists
Tour Guides

Umpires
Undertakers
Upholsterers

Vendors

Videographers 

Vocational Counselors

Watch Repairers
Water-proofers
Weavers
Web Designers
Web Developers
Wedding Planners
Wholesalers
Writers

I have no doubt , very soon , this  FANTASTIC  INITIATIVE  of Maharashtra

Government will get copied by all other States

 

Message from Maharashtra is loud and clear :

 

If the State cannot create millions of jobs , the least it can do is to " Get Out of

the Way " of those wanting to be Self Employed

 

With Regards,

Hemen Parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  30 Dec 2022

 

Going to Bed Hungry ? a Shame for India

 

Context :

Nobody should go to sleep empty stomach, govt’s duty to ensure foodgrains reach the last man: SC

( Indian Express  /  06 Dec 2022 )

Extract :

It is our culture to ensure nobody goes to sleep empty stomach, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday and asked the central government to see to it that foodgrains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) reaches the last man. A bench of Justices M R Shah and Hima Kohli directed the Centre to submit a fresh chart with the number of migrant and unorganised sector workers registered on eShram portal.

“It is the duty of the central government to ensure foodgrains under NFSA are reaching the last man. We are not saying that Centre is not doing anything, the Union of India has ensured foodgrains to people during Covid. At the same time, we have to see it continues. It is our culture (to ensure) that nobody goes to sleep empty stomach,” the bench said.

It was hearing on its own a public interest matter related to the plight of migrant workers during the Covid pandemic and the resultant lockdowns.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for three social activists Anjali Bharadwaj, Harsh Mander and Jagdeep Chhokar, said the country’s population has increased after the 2011 census and so has the number of beneficiaries covered under the NFSA.

He submitted many eligible and needy beneficiaries will be deprived of the benefit under the law if it is not enforced effectively.

Bhushan said the government is claiming the per capita income of people has increased in recent years, but added India has slipped rapidly in global hunger index.

Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Centre, submitted there are 81.35 crore beneficiaries under NFSA, a very large number even in the Indian context.

The ASG said the 2011 census has not stopped the government from adding more people to the list of beneficiaries which is growing.

Bhushan interjected to say 14 states have filed affidavit stating their quota of foodgrains has been exhausted.

The matter is posted for resumed hearing on December 8.

The top court had earlier asked the Centre to ensure the benefits of the NFSA are not limited by the 2011 census figures and more needy people should be covered under the Act, terming the “Right to Food” a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution.

The per capita income in India has increased in real terms by 33.4 per cent since the enactment of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in 2013, the Centre had earlier told the apex court, insisting a large number of households have transitioned to the higher income group.

“During last eight years, since the enactment of NFSA, per capita income of the population in India has increased in real terms by 33.4 per cent. The rise in per capita income of people is bound to have taken a large number of households to higher income class and they may not be as vulnerable as they were in 2013-14,” the Centre had said in an affidavit.

The government notified the National Food Security Act, 2013 on September 10, 2013 with the objective of providing for food and nutritional security by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity.

The Act provides for coverage of up to 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the urban population for receiving subsidised foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).

In July, the top court had said migrant workers play a very vital role in building the nation and their rights cannot be ignored at all, and asked the Centre to devise a mechanism so they receive foodgrains even without possessing ration cards.

It had observed that citizens are dying due to hunger despite development and that modalities should be set out to ensure the maximum number of migrant workers are given rations.

The top court had issued a slew of directions to authorities on a plea by the three activists seeking welfare measures for migrant workers and ordered states and Union Territories (UTs) to frame schemes for providing free dry rations to them till the pandemic lasts. It also asked the Centre to allocate additional foodgrains.

 

MY  TAKE  :

 

Ø  BANMALI has a sister named NuTree …………………………..[ 12 May 2022 ]

 

Extract :

Congratulations , Smt. Rekha Koita :

 

( Director . Koita Foundation )

( rekhak@koitafoundation.org / info@koitafoundation.org / rizwank@koitafoundation.com )

 

For launch of your Mobile App, NuTree

 

In this context, you might like to look up my following suggestion for a similar

 mobile App, which I called ,

 

BANMALI (Ban Malnutrition in India ), sent as email to our Cabinet Ministers :

 

Ø  Saving 1.2 million Kids  ………………………………….[  29 June 2016  ]

 

Which I followed up with following e-mails :

 

A Mobile App named " BANMALI "………………………………….. [ 15 Sept 2016 ]

 

BANMALI is the TOTAL SOLUTION …………………………………..[ 14 Nov 2016 ]

 

Can Akshay Patra Banish Malnutrition ? ………………………….[ 05 June 2017 ]

 

Thank You Madam Maneka Gandhiji ………………………………..[ 21 Dec 2018 ]

 

BANMALI arrives : Named as Poshan Tracker…………………...[ 17 Apr 2021 ]

 

Thank You, Smt Smriti Iraniji ………………………………………... [  08 Nov 2021 ]

 

There are no Starvation Deaths ? …………………………………   [19  Jan  2022  ]

 

With Regards,

Hemen Parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  30 Dec 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Forecasting the Far Off Future

 

 

Context :

India can become $40 trillion economy by 2047.. [ Indian Express / 30 Dec 2022 ]

Extract :

India can become a $40 trillion economy by 2047 in a sustainable and stable manner, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani said on Thursday.

 

MY  TAKE :

 

Ø  Horoscope of a Nation ?....................... [ 26 April 2017 ]

 

Extract :

 

So, there are 3 dimensions to an event viz ;

  

·         Type  / Nature of event

 

 ·         Time period within which it will happen

  

·         To whom it will happen / affect.

 

 Now examine :

 

       Ø  TYPE / NATURE OF EVENT :-

 

Practically, these can run into thousands.

 

       Ø  TIME-PERIOD / PERIODICITY / FREQUENCY :-

 

An event can happen tomorrow or it can happen after one month or after 10 years or a century.

 

       Ø  PERSON AFFECTED :-

 

There are 6 billion humans on this earth.

 

Now, if you multiply these 3 dimensions, you have literally TRILLIONS & TRILLIONS of combinations, with a “

Probability ” attached to each !

 

This is what , makes “ predicting of future ” so easy !

 

 

·         Something or Else ( event) is likely to happen to,

 

 ·         Someone or Else ( Person), at ,

 

 ·               Sometime or other ( Time)

 

 As long as you make your PREDICTION sufficiently VAGUE / GENERAL, in respect of

 

              Ø  An Individual

 

                  Ø  A given time-period

 

             Ø  Precise nature ( of what will happen),

  

You are safe  !

 

You just cannot be faulted !

 

BECAUSE, WHAT YOU HAVE JUST PREDICTED , IS BOUND TO HAPPEN , SOMETIME OR OTHER TO SOMEONE OR OTHER !

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  30  Dec  2022