2014 Elections:The Choices

Transforming India

Here is a PARTIAL list of initiatives that may transform India – if successful

But let not ” Fear of Failure ” prevent us from undertaking a ” Out of Box ” thinking

In a democracy , people have a right to differ

Hence , many will not agree – but they must have their say

In the end , there is only ONE WAY to find what works – and what does not

BY TRYING OUT !

MY LIST ( not in order of importance or priority ) :

> Food Security Bill

> Connecting 2.5 lakh panchayats thru broadband

> Aakash Tablets for 220 million students

> Lokpal Act / Delivery of Services Act ( ” Magic Wand ” App ? )

> Bank Transaction Tax / Demonetization of Rs 1000 currency note

> Aadhar Identification Card

> Electoral Reforms / Right to Recall ( ” VotesApp ” mobile App ? )

> CAG audit of Private Companies using Government resources

> 4G Wireless Internet all over India

> Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor

> Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial Corridor

> Natural Resources Allocation Policy

> Political Party’s Funds under RTI scrutiny

> Social Media based marketing

> Liberalization in FDI ( Entire economy – not just retail )

> Direct Transfer of Subsidies to poor

> Government funding of Elections

> Interlinking of Major Rivers

> ” India Post Bank ” with 139,040 branches in Rural areas

> Bank A/C for every adult by 2016

> Divestment / Closure of loss-making / bleeding PSUs

> Imparting skills to 500 million youth ( NSDC )

> Sulabh Sauchalaya

Here are my own suggestions :

> BLACK MONEY

* As incomes climb ( for an individual or for a corporate ), reduce taxation
rates for each higher slab ( inverse of present system )
Eliminate incentive for tax – evasion
Reward honesty / efficiency / productivity
Celebrate Wealth-Creators

No more “Black Money ” generators

With such ” Inverse Taxation ” regime , we can

expect Corporate and HNIs from all over the

world , to pump in $ 100 billion worth of

investment, EVERY YEAR , in our Infrastructure

projects !

* Introduce Amnesty Scheme for black money declaration
No questions asked ( re Source of funds ) for investment in specific
Infrastructure Bonds , with tax – free interest for 10 years

> JOBS

* With ever-increasing mechanization / automation in every sector of
economy , there is no way , we can create 12 MILLION new jobs ,
either in Organized or Unorganized sectors , year after year
Creating just ONE job in these sectors , requires a

Capital Investment of Rs 1 million ( Ave )

Where can we find Rs 12 million million ?

Our only hope lies in creating ” SELF – EMPLOYMENT ”

To generate massive self – employment , provide generous , low interest
loans and ” Tax Free ” income (up to Rs 5 Lakh/ year) for self-employed
( including Proprietary Firms )

* Create an ” ONLINE JOB EXCHANGE ” to replace 943 existing physical
Employment Exchanges , with 42 million current registrations

Call it ” GLOBAL-RECRUITER ”

Require ALL job-portals of India , to RSS feed into Global-Recruiter ,

# Every single job advt posted everyday( including current )
# Every resume posted everyday ( including current )

Make these jobs and resumes ” searchable ” from ALL the job-portals ,
irrespective of , on which job portal , these were posted

After matching ” JOBS ” with ” RESUMES ” , Global Recruiter to send out
daily Job – Alerts on the smart phones of the jobseekers , thru a mobile
App , ” MY JOBS ” – against which , candidates can apply from mobile

Make it mandatory for every Smart phone and Tablet sold ( or given away
free ) in India , to pre-install ” My Jobs ” App

And , most certainly , on those 9 million Aakash – 4 tablets for which
tender opens on 28th Jan 2014

Will Narendra Modi / Rahul Gandhi / Arvind Kejriwal etc , incorporate these , in their poll manifestos for April 2014 election ?

* hemen parekh ( 15 Jan 2014 / Mumbai )

Copycat Congress ?

After Congress defeat in Delhi , Rahul Gandhi did say ,

” We have a lot to learn from AAP ”

For a change , he meant it too !

At the recently concluded AICC session , he outlined Congress Strategy for 2014 elections

He said ,

> We will ask people to tell us what they want . People will prepare our
Election Manifesto

( AAP did it first )

> We will let Congress workers to ” elect ” their candidates in 15
constituencies ( ala , American Primaries )

( AAP did it in all the 70 constituencies of Delhi )

> In many states , we gave responsibility to YOUNG and we will do so in
many more

( AAP is THE party of young ! )

> We will pay special attention to the ” NEW MIDDLE CLASS ” of 700 million
people

( Narendra Modi has already capitalized on this fact for 1 year ! )

> In the first 3 months of being voted to power , we will aggressively
attack inflation and corruption

( 1 year ago , AAP came into existence on exactly this premise ! )

It appears that after bulldozing the wishes of ordinary people for the past
66 years , Congress is about to re-invent itself !

Not bad for a party of 128 years to learn , a thing or two , from a party which is 1 year old !

Or is it merely a case of

> a ” Re-Active Rahul ” ( as opposed to ” Pro-Active ” )

instead of

> a ” Copycat Congress ” ?

* hemen parekh ( 20 Jan 2014 / Mumbai )