One can understand that
the Government cannot create 12 million NEW JOBS every year
But I do not understand why
the Government,
Ø Fails
to remove obstacles for private sector to create jobs / self-employment
Ø Requires
businesses/industries, to seek its “ intervention “ to create jobs
Context :
Extract :
Ø Nasscom has sought easing of regulatory
restrictions for a month to enable Work From
Home ( WFH ) for the sector.
Ø Today, it is possible for employees to work from anywhere in the world, while remaining within the ambit of organisational
information and data access protocols, and organisational security practices,
the letter written by Nasscom President Debjani Ghosh said [delhi@nasscom.in ]
Ø Nasscom has sought urgent intervention to waive-off
requirements pertaining to WFH under the OSP regime for a period of one month, as an “ interim
emergency measure ”.
Ø The move is important as despite the
availability of technology, companies under the OSP regime continue to struggle
in operationalising WFH
for their employees due to the “onerous” compliance and technical requirements
under the prevailing regime. These include setting up Provider Provisioned Virtual
Private Networks ( PPVPN ) connectivity, sharing pre-defined
locations of extended agents ( employees ) and providing
“high” monetary security deposits among others.
Ø Last year, licensor Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI) had conducted extensive consultation on OSP regime
and recommended the need to remove restrictions. However, DoT is yet to take these into consideration, the letter sent to Telecom Minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad said.
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Government has responded
as reported in :
Extract :
Ø Employees at leading
IT-BPO companies have been given a go-ahead to work from home, according to a notification by the
Department of Telecom and Software Technology. In a notification on Friday, the
Department of Telecom decided to allow employees operating from SEZs to work from home till April 30. The STPI
notification was issued on Thursday and is likely to benefit close to 2 million
employees across 3,000 units
“Three years ago, we
incorporated a provision in the foreign trade policy to allow work from home. Since the
provision was already there, we issued a blanket approval yesterday to
implement the policy, given the current circumstances,” STPI director-general
Omkar Rai [ rai@stpi.in
] told ET
The
waiver is likely to benefit employees of BPO companies more.
Ø Nasscom had written a
letter to the Department of Telecom secretary Anshu Prakash, [ secy-dot@nic.in ] saying that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India (Trai) had recommended removing restrictions around work from home last
year after a consultation process.
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Dear Shri RaviShankar Prasadji,
Even at the time Shri
Modiji set a target to make India a $ 5 Trillion economy by 2024, it seemed a
Herculean task. Almost impossible according to some economic experts
Now, with gradual ( but
certain ) slowing down of our economy due to Corona Virus , even ordinary
citizens are convinced of this impossibility !
I will repeat what I have,
many times said earlier, viz:
Desperate times demand desperate
measures.
Bureaucratic tinkering at the fringe of the calamity, just won’t do.
There is no way we can unravel the Gordian Knot .
We have to simply take a
sword and cut it !
And here is that process
as explained in my following
earlier E Mail :
Make every home a “
Distributed BPO – KPO – any Outsourcing Process Organization “
Extract :
But then , in today's totally interconnected World , why should
it be necessary for housing 10 / 20 / 50 persons in ONE place , under ONE roof , for collaborating on execution
of COMMON tasks ?
I am sure , in any given ONE
square km of a small town , there are 50 unemployed - and quite possibly , GRADUATE - youngsters
, who would be more than happy to " work
from home "
They will be happy to set aside , in their homes , a 5
feet by 5 feet space , as a " Home
Work Station "
Now , that subsidy of " Rs
1 lakh per seat " that the IT Ministry has promised , is quite
sufficient to set up a :
VIRTUAL CALL CENTER ,
by connecting those 50 youngsters through a , VPN ( VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK )
And since these youngsters are working from their homes , they
can be asked to work in 3 shifts of 8
hours each , providing " Round
the Clock " service to customers !
Dear Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad-ji :
Why give a subsidy to a prospective " OWNER " of a Call Centre ?
Why not give it directly ( DBT /
Direct Benefit Transfer ) to those youngsters ?
Of course , this subsidy transfer should take place , only AFTER , the Call Centre Owner , certifies
that it has entered into a " Contractual
Retainer-ship " with a particular youngster
I would request you to consider the following aspects of my
suggestion :
* No new building premises needed
* All technologies for
a VPN, are existing / well proven
/ reasonably priced / easy to
implement quickly
* MSPs / ISPs and
your own Ministry are pushing internet connections to every corner
of India
* Moving from " Ownership of Assets " to
" Assets as Service "
scenario ( ala Uber-Ola-
Airbnb etc )
* Moving from " Employment " to " Self Employment " with direct transfer of subsidy to
Beneficiary
* Has the potential to raise India's share in global BPO business from current 36 % to
50 % in one year
* Can earn billions of dollars in foreign exchange
* It would become a LIVING
PROOF that DIGITAL INDIA can
help our un-employed
graduates to earn a living
* Google / Microsoft / Facebook , would
be happy to help since " Next Billion "
is their
topmost agenda
In an age where the " Fast
and Furious " are out to overtake the " Slow and Steady " , the meek are
unlikely to inherit the earth !
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14 March 2020
hcp@RecruitGuru.com
