Thank You , Shri Jaitleyji,

Finance minister wants govt depts to lease e-vehicles   [  26  Dec  ]  

Extract :

·         The finance minister has asked all government departments to switch over from petrol and diesel to electric vehicles while hiring cars…

·         In recent years, to cut down on manpower and maintenance costs, government departments have opted to lease vehicles….

 

·         ….. and has a lower operating cost, the expenditure department said in a note to other government departments 

·         North Block has issued the circular and also attached  a revamped lease agreement  ……….

·         Government’s own experiment to lease 10,000 electric vehicle from public sector Energy Efficiency Sevices Limited ( EESL ) has not fully taken off

·         In fact a second tender for vehicles from companies such as TATA and Mahindra has not been issued as the manufacturers are yet to complete the first order

 

·         Further, officials pointed out that the charging infrastructure is inadequate with only a few chargers in NITI Aayog and just one point in Udyog Bhavan and a few other government offices 

·         Before cars are leased, a network of chargers will have to be put in place ….

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Since Aug 2017 , I have sent 16 e-mails to the Cabinet Ministers / NITI Aayog / EESL etc, urging that,

·          EESL itself should modify its first tender ( for 10,000 Electric Cars ) from  outright “ purchase “ to “ Wet Lease “

Main advantages of wet-leasing :

·         Saving of initial capital outlay of Rs 1200 crore ( for 10,000 cars )

Over the next 4 years, EESL plans to replace the entire govt fleet of 500,000 petrol / diesel cars with Electric cars

·         Big saving in operating cost ( Rs / km )

·         No need to worry about setting up Charging Network

    ( - this will happen only if the lease rent is stipulated  in “ Rs / km “  and not “ Rs /

     month “ . Under such terms , TATA / M&M will rush to set up a wide network of

     charging stations to ensure that their leased cars do not run out of charge and idle  )

·         No worry about driver absenteeism / leave replacement

The details of advantages are explained at length in my last email :

EESL : It is your move now !    …………………………………………………………..[  12  Oct  2018  ]

Now Shri Jaitleyji is a highly cultured and polite person

He will not say :      “  EESL , I want you to opt for leasing “

He is more likely to say :   “ Saurabh Kumarji, I request you to examine the leasing option “

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26  Dec  2018

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Amitabh says : Grow Big

In yesterday’s Hindustan Times , Shri Amitabh Kant ( CEO – NITI Aayog ) expressed his personal views in :

India needs champion companies to achieve a high growth trajectory   

Extract :

How can India capitalise on its growth potential ?

·         Achieving size and scale are prerequisites for the economy to be highly competitive and innovation driven.

·         To do this, Indian companies must have the capability to emerge as global champions and penetrate global markets.

·         These companies will also help create the requisite jobs needed for India’s young population

·         Large, formal firms drive income and efficiency. With scale, companies can lower per unit costs and compete in global markets thereby raising their own standards.

·         The prevalence of large firms is a key characteristic of well performing economies and sectors.

·         There are certain good practices that large enterprises imbibe in economies, which is a vital reason why large enterprise in India must expand and broaden.

·         Competition and innovation are critical factors driving growth.

·         For India to reach the next stage in its economic trajectory, the government’s task is to create a supportive, enabling environment for firms to grow and achieve scale.

·         Only by facilitating champion companies can India fulfil its growth potential and move to the next rung in its development

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As always , Amitabh does not mince words and hits the nail on the head   !

Only yesterday he said :

“ We need to incentivize domestic funding in our Start Up movement, not tax them . This is necessary as we do not tax venture capital ( VC ) funds . …a serious concern is the decline in seed stage capital by 20 % ……..seed capital is extremely important to nurture entrepreneurial innovation and is often the riskiest investment “

Here is cause for concern :

2017  >  Firms raised Rs 8.6 L*crore thru debt market and Rs 1.6 L* crore from equities

2018  >  Rs 5.1 L*crore thru debt market and Rs 78500 crore from equities

Earlier as the architect of “ Make in India “ initiative and now busy fostering a positive / healthy competition among the States when it comes to “ Ease of Doing Business “ , he has championed many reforms

But “ reforming “ an entire ECONOMY of our country is an ongoing / everlasting ,“ Work in Process “

And , as far as “ Growing Big “ is concerned , I have sent following suggestions in the past :

AGENDA FOR REFORMS                                                     [  Oct 2015  to  March  2018  ]

Transport : an Integrated Logistic Plan ? ………………………………[  20  Nov  2018  ]

Only Answer : a Statutory Warning    ……………………………………[  10  Nov  2018  ]

Foundation of Economy  ………………………………………………………….[  03  Nov  2018  ]

Will China save the World ?  ……………………………………………………[  21  Oct  2018  ]

Costing Plays a Key Role  ………………………………………………………..[  18  Oct  2018  ]

Climate Conundrum ?  ……………………………………………………………..[  10  Oct  2018  ]

Ayushman Bharat : Think Big  ………………………………………………….[  23  Sept  2018  ]

Crossing the Seven Seas - 7 C   ……………………………………………….[  10  Sept  2018  ]

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25  Dec  2018

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Thank You , Shri Radha Mohan Singhji

Thank You , Shri Radha Mohan Singhji

radhamohansingh@radhamohansingh.in  /  minister-agri@nic.in

Recently , Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare , Shri Radha Mohan Singhji said :

{ Infinite prospects for Indian dairy entrepreneurs, says Radha Mohan Singh  }   

“…innumerable prospects for Indian dairy entrepreneurs are emerging in the global market and that the   embryo transfer technology   has proved to be "extremely effective for increasing production and improve breed."

20 Embryo Transfer Technology (ETT) centres are being established in the country and

proposals for 19 centres have been approved so far  “

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Dear Shri Radha Mohan Singhji,

Congratulations on this great initiative

I urge you to take the next step of “ Surrogate Cow Farms “ as outlined in my following email to you :

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SURROGATE  COW  FARMS ?  ……………………………….[  26  Nov  2015  ]

Speaking at a Start-Up event at San Jose ( California ) on 27th Sept, PM Shri Modi said :

"  When each of the 500 odd towns produce 10 Start-Ups and each of our 600,000 villages produce six small businesses , on a regular basis , we will create an enormous economic momentum and generate a large number of jobs in our country

I want to see the idea and spirit of Start Ups light up the economies and the fortunes of people in rural India  "

Entirely doable . Consider the following suggestion :

·         Chinese biotechnology firm BoyaLife and South Korea's Sooam Biotech , are constructing in China, World's largest animal cloning factory

·         Production will start next year , with an initial capacity for one lakh cattle embryos a year , growing to one million per year

·         Dog , racehorse and COW embryos  will be produced

Obviously , BoyaLife will need to " rent out " cow-wombs , to grow / nurture these embryos

And that is THE OPPORTUNITY , to be seized by our rural Start-Ups  !

By setting up , " Surrogate Cow Farms " of 10 cows each

Then renting out these cow-wombs to BoyaLife , for $ 1,000 per surrogacy ( In city of Anand - Gujarat , human wombs can be rented out for $ 15,000 )

One million cow-wombs will earn these rural Start Ups , $ 1,000 million / year  !

At 10 cows per Start Ups , 100,000 Start Ups will be born  !

Raising our EXPORT earnings by $ 1,000 million  !

And nothing should stop these rural Start Ups from importing embryos of Dogs and Racehorses , and then re-exporting fully grown pets to Europe / America  !

I only hope , some  MORAL POLICEMEN  do not start a controversy by shouting :

"  How can we allow our holy Indian cows , to bear the unholy Chinese cattle embryos in their wombs , when we just banned our surrogate human mothers to carry the embryos of Foreign citizens  ? "

Of course , it is another story that these very same " moralists " have no love lost for the prostitutes who are forced to " rent out " their very human bodies , in order to survive  !

One last request to the concerned Ministers / Secretaries in NDA government :

Please , include these " Surrogate Cow Farms " in your definition of Start Ups in your proposed 

" Start Up Policy Document "

It is another matter that , each and every jobless individual ( not earning a salary from some other individual or organization ) , and struggling to become self-employed , qualifies as a Start Up

Related  Reading :

Is it the end of road for Gujarat’s ‘baby factory’?

Highlights :

·          7,000 – 8,000 such clinics in India ( mostly illegal )

·         Rs 1 – 4 lakh is what most surrogate mothers get

·         2,000 babies are born ( Rs 1,300 Cr Surrogacy Industry )

·         Akanksha Infertility Clinic has delivered over 100 babies each year since 2010

·         Kajal Parojiya, 32, a surrogate mother says :

“ My husband makes Rs 5,000 per month. We barely scrape by. In such a situation,  Rs 3.6 lakhs that I got for being surrogate , helped me ensure my kid’s education. I opted for this again to build a small house

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24  Dec  2018

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Thank You Madam Maneka Gandhiji ,

Thank You Madam Maneka Gandhiji ,

(  gandhim@sansad.nic.in )

For what ?

For accepting my suggestions ( all sent as E Mails to Cabinet Ministers ) :

 

·         Saving 1.2 million Kids    …………………………… [  29  June  2016  ]

·         BANMALI is the TOTAL SOLUTION   …………….[  14  Nov  2016   ]

·         A Mobile App named " BANMALI "   ……………. [  15  Sept  2016  ]

·         Can Akshay Patra Banish Malnutrition ? …….. [  05  June  2017  ]

 

How  ?

·         By launching “ Poshan Abhiyan “ at the hands of Shri Modiji on 08 March 2018

 

What is it ?

·         It is a nutrition scheme that aims to reduce malnutrition among children and mothers

 

How does it work  ?

·         Through ICDS – CAS Dashboard 

 

What were the highlights of suggestions ?

My elaborate proposal covered following topics :

     #   FOOD                 (  Energy Bar called  NEUTRA-KID )

     #   PACKING

     #   MANUFACTURERS

     #   DELIVERY POINTS

     #   TECHNOLOGY

What  roles are to be played and by whom  ?

I described at length, the roles to be played by

·          WOMEN  and  CHILD  DEVELOPMENT  MINISTRY

·          FOOD  MINISTRY

·          POST OFFICES

·          COMMUNITY  HEALTH  CENTERS

How well is  “ Poshan Abhiyan “ scheme working  ?

·         Government plans survey to check health of its nutrition mission 

·         The proposed survey’s first report— covering a sample of 100,000 ‘anganwadis’—is expected to come in by March 2019.

·         There are nearly 1.4 m ‘anganwadis’ across the country and all will be surveyed in a phased manner, the persons cited earlier said.

·         This includes checking on the efficacy of the ICDS-CAS dashboard in 57 districts of seven states to monitor data and services delivered by ‘anaganwadi’ centres in real time. 

Currently, there are 9.5 million beneficiaries listed under 120,000 ‘anganwadis’ mapped by the dashboard which was developed in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank. 

·         To facilitate the functioning of this dashboard, over 200,000 smartphones have been procured by the states to aid ‘anganwadis’ in monitoring nutrition levels in children.

·         These phones come uploaded with an application that facilitates real-time data reporting from the grass-root level and is expected to come in handy in drawing a nutrition profile of the country, the sources said. 

How did your suggestion describe this Mobile App  ?

Here is my description of the working of BANMALI ( email dt 29 June 2016 ) :

·         Each NEUTRA-KID bar wrapper will have a bar-code ( till such time inserting RFID sensors become a reality )

·         Bar code will carry all normal instructions + Delivery Destination ( Post Office )

·         Each NEUTRA-KID bar will pass thru a Bar Code Reader on the Assembly Line , before dispatch

·         Info collected thru this reader will get transmitted to the Central Server of concerned Ministries

·         After taking his / her weight and entering in a online Database , hosted on the Central Server of the concerned Ministries, each targeted child will get registered at the nearest Post Office

·         Each registered child will be issued a blue tooth enabled Smart phone, duly pre-installed with a Mobile App called " BANMALI " ( Banish Malnutrition in India ) , in which Child's data / Aadhar No will be entered

·         Every day , the concerned child ( and parent ) will visit the post office to collect the NEUTRA-KID bar

·         Before handing over bar, child will be weighed on a weighing machine and the weight entered in BANMALI

·         The weight record graph will appear on the screen of the PC located at the Post Office ( Blue Tooth )

·         This record will also get transmitted ( of course , automatically ) to the COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE where the concerned child is " registered " ( this will be compulsory in order to be eligible for this Scheme )

·         Every time , a child is taken for his/her monthly HEALTH CHECK UP ( also compulsory in order to receive next month's NEUTRA-KID bars ) , concerned doctor will examine the child and enter his findings in BANMALI

·         Doctor will be required to enter medicines prescribed as also , increase / decrease in the QUOTA of NEUTRA- KID bars recommended for the next month

·         All of these data will get relayed to the Central Servers of the concerned Ministries

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22  Dec  2018

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Added on  24 June 2023 :

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