What For ?
For thinking about the URBAN poor
Context :
Need
MGNREGA-like scheme for urban poor: HUL chief
/ TNN
/ 24 Jan 2022
Extract :
The
government could look at extending the outlay on MGNREGA till the economy
fully recovers and the rural markets and consumption goes back to its normal
beat
However,
in the last 2 years, very little has been done for the urban poor
During
the pandemic, restaurants, hotels and tourism have been impacted in a big way
We
have been asking the government that we need to look at a MNREGA equivalent for
the urban poor
The
same can be customized to the urban needs
Dear Shri
Mehta,
Thank you for suggesting a MNREGA equivalent for the
urban poor
For specifics of such a scheme, you may want to look up
my following mail to Cabinet Ministers / NITI Aayog :
MGNREGA
: Can it morph into UBI ?................................. [ 11 May 2020
]
Extract :
MGNREGA should be re-named, MGNRUGA ( Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Urban Employment Guarantee Act )
Ø Besides
RURAL households, it should cover URBAN
households as well
Ø Besides
“ Unskilled Manual Work “, it must also cover “ Semi-skilled / Skilled “
work as well
Ø The
daily wages payable , must be the “ Minimum Wage “ at the start of each Skill
level grade and periodically revised upward, depending upon CPI
Ø Number
of “ Guaranteed Days of Work Employment / year “ should be :
# Rural Areas ……………………………
300 days ( up from current 100 days )
Class
II towns ………………… 200 days
Class
I Cities…………………… 100 days
Ø On
MGNRUGA website , there will be provision for,
# Jobless persons to register ( providing full personal data / job locations
preferred / Skill level
/
# Companies /
Establishments to register , providing full details of vacancies
# Match-making / Allocation etc
Ø If
an Urban establishment provides work to any of the REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED
those persons ), for
For
them, the wages will get paid directly by the Ministry subsidizing, at rates
prescribed under
Any wages paid in excess , will have to be borne by the
establishment concerned
This “
Wage Subsidy “ will be available ONLY to those establishments, who install in
their
From BAD to MAD [ 01 June 2016 ]
MAD goes to
Mandi [ 02 Jan 2020 ]
HOW WILL THIS HELP ?
Ø This
modification of Scheme will cover jobless persons, all over India – not only Rural
India
Ø The
scheme as it stands now, covers “ works “ related only to ,
# Soil
and Water Conservation
# Ground
Water Recharge
# Irrigation
# Drainage
# Plantation
# Land…….
Etc
My suggestion will extend the scheme to cover urban offices / factories /
shops etc , where millions have been rendered jobless due to lockdown
Current rural schemes have to be monitored by govt officers / panchayat
office-bearers, who may lack
to ensure that each MGNREGA worker puts in honest / hard / productive
work, at the end of the day !
As against this, when organized / profit driven establishments ( in Urban
setting
) are supervising such
Generation “, will be very high !
{ Read :
{ https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/11/discovering-obvious.html }
Ø Because of this Wage Subsidy ( better name it CORONA EMPATHY – so as not to
run foul of WTO ) , MSME will revive faster , with less worry for Cash Flow .
Products will become cheaper
Ø By providing jobs and enabling people
to earn their own living , there will be no need for Delhi-type “ doles “ –
which are unsustainable in long run
Ø This ( scheme ) overcomes the major
objections against UBI ( Universal Basic Income ), viz :
# How to decide whom (
defining “ poor “ is difficult ), to give UBI
# People will become too dependent on “ Sarkar Maa-Baap “ and become lazy /
stop looking for work
Ø It
is better than the Unemployment Allowance of USA ( now for 33 million persons,
sitting at home )
Dear Shri
Narendrabhai,
It is time to think about a PERMANENT
SOLUTION to this problem of UN-EMPLOYMENT { even beyond COVID }
Please consider my suggestion
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 25 Jan 2022
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