Context :
PM’s
economic advisory panel proposes urban job guarantee scheme /
IE / 19 May 2022
Extract :
Ø With
income inequality in the country becoming starker, the Economic Advisory
Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) on Wednesday proposed implementing an urban employment guarantee scheme on the lines of the
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
Ø The clamour for an
urban jobs scheme has been growing
louder in recent times with increasing income inequality and job losses. Experts said an urban-focused employment guarantee scheme
will go a long way in supporting consumption.
Ø Talking to this
newspaper earlier this year, BJP MP and chairman of the parliamentary committee
on finance Jayant Sinha
had said that a scheme like MGNREGA for urban informal
sector workers could be designed with the help of digital infrastructure that the
government has already built.
Ø The EAC-PM also
recommended that raising minimum income and introducing a universal basic income are some of the measures that can reduce the income gap
and facilitate equal distribution of earnings in the labour market.
MY
TAKE :
Thank You, Shri Jayant Sinhaji
Although I have some “ reservations “ re the feasibility of a Universal Basic
Income - UBI - Scheme ( for my reasons, read my earlier e-mail listed below ), I
am glad that your parliamentary committee has accepted my suggestion for
Urban Employment
Guarantee Scheme , described at :
Ø MGNREGA
: Can it morph into UBI ? ………………………[ 11 May 2020 ]
Extract :
Solution :
Ø MGNREGA should be re-named, MGNRUGA ( Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Urban Employment
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
Ø Number of “ Guaranteed Days of
Work Employment / year “ should be :
# Rural Areas
………………….. 300 days ( up from current 100 days )
# Urban Areas :
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
pay wages ( to 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
described at :
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
Ø Current rural schemes have to be monitored by govt officers /
panchayat office-bearers, who may lack supervision skills and / or lack
“ motivation “ 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
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 ) ,
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 “
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 / 20 May 2022
Related Readings :
PM’s
Economic Advisory Council bats for universal basic income, urban job guarantee
scheme / FE / 19 May
Extract :
The report titled “ The State of Inequality in India ”, prepared by the Gurgaon-
based Institute for Competitiveness, was released by
EAC chairman Bibek Debroy.
The latest report called for raising minimum income and ensuring better
distribution of earnings in the labour market.
“Looking at the difference between the labour force participation
rate in rural and urban areas, it is our understanding that the urban equivalent of schemes like MGNREGS that are
demand-based and offer guaranteed employment should be introduced so
that the surplus-labour is rehabilitated,” it said.
My earlier E
Mails in this matter :
Ø Providing
Jobs : a Fundamental Right ? ………………………….[ 07 June 2020 ]
Ø Urban
Poor : Existence Admitted ! ………………………………….[ 21 June 2020 ]
Ø Conditions
( must ) Apply ! ……………………………………………..[ 14 July 2020 ]
Ø How
to Alleviate Urban Poverty………………………………………. [ 10 Sept 2020 ]
Ø Thank
You, Shri Mahtabji ………………………………………………..[
09 Aug 2021 ]
Ø Thank
You , Shri Sanjiv Mehta ………………………………………….[ 24 Jan 2022 ]
Ø Better
/ Faster than interlinking of Rivers ? ……………………..[ 02 Feb 2022 ]
Ø Thank
You, Shri Gehlot : On behalf of URBAN poor …………[ 02 Mar 2022 ]
Ø e-Shram
can provide jobs to Unorganized Workers ? ……..[ 26 Aug 2021 ]
Ø World’s
Biggest “ Resume Database “ ?......................... [ 25 Apr 2022 ]
Ø Thank
You, Shri Amitbhai Shah ………………………………………..[ 09 May 2022 ]
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Members of PM –
EAC :
DR. BIBEK DEBROY
Chairman
SHRI K. KRISHNA RAO
PPS
SHRI ADITYA SINHA
Addl. P.S
DR. SANJEEV
SANYAL
Member
MS. JYOTI
MIRANI
PPS
MS. VIJAYA
MENON
PPS
SHRI PAWAN KUMAR SAIN
Joint Secretary
SHRI MANU RAM TUDU
PPS
DR. SADANAND
BARNWAL
Joint
Director
SHRI G. NAGARAJAN
Under Secretary
SHRI CHIRAG DUDANI
Assistant Consultant
SHRI JAYASIMHA K.R
Assistant Consultant
Then I visited : www.lsg.urban.rajasthan.gov.in
But, found no details of this Scheme ( IGUEG ). Upon search, I got these results :
http://www.lsg.urban.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/udh/lsg-jaipur/en/home.html#