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

Sunday, 18 May 2025

Far > A long a way to Go !


 

That was a line from a song of film “  Sounds of Music – 1965 “

Context :

Come with documents, get licences in a day: FSSAI to startups  ..  Business Line .. 16 May  2025

 

Extract :

 

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), which works under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has assured food startups, including millet startups, that they could get licences in a day.


Addressing the Millet Stakeholders Summit 2025 at T-Hub here on Thursday, ( Balu ) Naik – Deputy Director of FSSAI , { balunaik.kethavath@fssai.gov.in } , said the licensing process was a very simple, not tedious process. 


 “You need not roam around the offices to wait for the approval. Everything is online, and you can potentially get your license immediately if it’s for a basic category like proprietary food and you have the proper documents,” he said.


You can call the FSSAI office to enquire about the required documents for your specific category. If your license is pending , even after a few days, you can raise the issue online with FSSAi “ , he said

 

Dear Shri Balu Naik-ji :


Thank You , Thank You !

You are setting a benchmark for all the Government Agencies , concerned with grant of some license or another to businesses / industries

If every Govt Officer follows your lead , we can still hope to do better than the example cited in my following 10 YEAR old email to our Cabinet Ministers / Chief Ministers :

Ø  FROM SINGLE WINDOW TO SINGLE DAY ? ………………… 19 Sept 2015

 

Extract :

Following real incidence will prove my point :

 

Some  40 years ago , Mohan Pherwani ( VP - Planning / Larsen & Toubro ) , made a presentation to the officers of Singapore Development Authority ( SDA ) , for a joint venture between L&T and SDA , for manufacture of Bottle Closures ( Crown Corks / Alu. Capsules ) in Singapore

 

After the presentation , a SDA officer took Pherwani to look up  suitable sites  for setting up the proposed factory

 

In the evening , when Pherwani returned to his hotel , receptionist handed him a letter from SDA ,

 

>     confirming SDA willingness to form a JV with L&T

 

>     allotting the factory plot selected by Pherwani

 

>     enclosing a cheque ( drawn in favour of L&T ), towards SDA's  contribution to the equity capital of

       proposed JV

 

 

Sure ,  difficult to beat  !

 

But not impossible , considering that the person propelling Singapore's current " Business Friendliness " is also , a person of INDIAN origin !

 

That person is Mr Tharman Shanmugratnam , Singapore's Finance Minister since 2007 and Deputy Prime Minister since 2011, whom, Shri Jaitley met 2 days back

 

Among the many good things taking place due to " Make-in-India " initiative , promoting competition among the States for attracting investments , is right at the very top

 

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.IndiaAGI.ai  /  www.HemenParekh.ai  /  www.My-Teacher.in / www.hemenParekh.in

 

 

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