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 15 May 2016

Rejoice , You , Self - Employed !




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


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www.hemenparekh.in / blogs

16  May  2016

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Added  on  07  May  2023  :


I asked ChatGPT , " What jobs will Artificial Intelligence will replace by 2025 ? "


ChatGPT produced following table :

Jobs that AI will Displace by 2025Will Disappear TotallyWill Disappear Partially
Accountants✓
Actors✓
Agents✓
Animators✓
Artists✓
Beauticians✓
Bookkeepers✓
Brokers✓
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✓
Magicians✓
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 Agents✓
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✓



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15 Year Action Plan ?



As per news reports , starting 2017 , NITI Aayog will put an end to 5 year plans and come out with a 15 year ACTION PLAN


Some critics are bound to ask :


"  In a rapidly changing World , does it make sense to raise the planning horizon to 15 years , when social / political / economic and technological advances are making it difficult to see beyond , even one year ?  "


This argument can be best replied by the following encounter that I had with an Indian friend who is settled in America and is working for a Paper Manufacturing plant there , as Planning Manager


During one of his visits to India , we got to discuss that favorite management subject called , " Long Term Strategic Planning " for all types of " Inputs " that go into manufacturing of paper ( manpower / finance / raw materials etc )


Talking about how his company goes about ensuring a steady supply of 25,000 trees that his factory needs EVERY DAY , he said :


"  EVERY DAY , we plant 25,000 trees that we will need to cut and process , ONE HUNDRED years from now

  Our raw material planning cycle is ONE HUNDRED years  "


Simply because it takes 20 / 30 years for a tree to reach full height ( of 40 feet ), before it can be cut and fed as " raw material " to the plant


As to the soft copy ( digital version ) replacing hard copies of paper , he simply added :


"  Notwithstanding billions of computers , paper demand keeps growing !


May be not for writing , but for packaging / paper towels / napkins etc "



So much for need for a long term Planning Horizon


One of these days , I will write about the various steps of the Planning Process itself and the nature of an ACTION PLAN


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16  May  2016

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Saturday 14 May 2016

But You have Promises to Keep


In a few days , NDA government will complete 2 years in power


While  fighting elections in 2014 , BJP had released a Poll Manifesto , in which , it had made promises for many REFORMS , if voted to power


Now , Shri Modiji has asked all of his Ministers to go to their respective constituencies and make the citizens aware of the NDA achievements during past 2 years


They would have been better prepared , had they known in advance , actual  " Perception " of the people , through a Mobile App ( to be called : RUN  = Rate  Us  Now ), based SURVEY of 800 million voters , asking :


 " How much ( % age ) of the promises that we made in our POLL MANIFESTO , do you think we have delivered by now ? "


Without waiting for that Mobile App , following are my estimates  :

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*  Elimination of  Black Money...................................................   10 %


   
*  Special Courts to stop Hoarding / Black-Marketing.. ...............     10 %


*  Set-up a Price-Stabilization Fund.............................................. 10 %


*  Develop Labour-intensive Manufacturing ..................................  20 %


*  Empowering Youth for Self-Employment..................................   50 %


*  Transforming Employment Exchanges to Career Centers........... . 10 %


*  Eliminating Corruption thru E-Governance...............................   50 %


*  Rationalization / Simplification of Tax-Regime...........................  30 %


*  Insulate Intelligence Agencies from political intervention ............  20 %
   


*  Strengthening Physical Infrastructure ....................................... 30 %


*  Expediting work on Freight and Industrial Corridors..................... 25 %


*  Setting up Gas-Grids ..............................................................  5 %


*  Optical Fiber Network up to the village level....... ....................... 40 %


   
*  Quadrilateral project for Bullet Trains.....................................    10  %   


*  Establishment of National  " E - Library " ...................................  5 %  


*  Implementation of National Education Policy .. ........................... 10 %


*  Evolving further the PPP model to PPPP model ...........................  65 %


*  Building 100 Mega-Cities.........................................................   10 %


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Dear Shri Modiji :


It is still not late


Using Google Form or SurveyMonkey , it will take just a FEW HOURS to launch such a SURVEY and get some genuine / authentic FEEDBACK , without depending upon ( dubious ) " Sample Surveys " of newspapers and TV channels


Yours will be the FIRST government to use BIG DATA analytics for such a referendum ( call it IND-EXIST = India Exists ! )


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15  May  2016

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