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

Friday, April 26, 2019

Congress election manifesto promises 24 lakh new government jobs

26 April 2019 Congress election manifesto promises 24 lakh new government jobs to be filled by March 2020 ( in next 10 months after assuming power in May 2019 In my earlier post of 22 April , I had pointed out that this promise would : # Require an Annual ( recurring ) salary/wage burden of Rs 48 lakh*lakh # Require appointing 1000 persons per HOUR ( till Mar 20 ) Now consider this : # Even if 50 % of 24 lakh vacancies are office-based, that is 12 lakh persons # Each office-based person would need , at least 50 sq ft of office floor space ( table + chairs on either side ) # That translates into 600 Lakh sq ft of new office space # At Rs 20,000 / sq ft, this additional office space would cost , Rs 12 Crore*lakh ! ( From our tax money ? ) # And how will RaGa manage to construct 60 lakh sq ft per MONTH of new office space , starting June 2020 ? Dear Reader : Please forward this post to : ''

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Niti Aayog seeks ministry help for EV charging infra at petrol pumps

25 april 2019 Niti Aayog seeks ministry help for EV charging infra at petrol pumps Read more at: //https://lnkd.in/fHi7Qw7 ========================= This news report points out why this proposal of NITI might prove unimplementable because city-based Petrol Pumps have hardly enough area to accommodate the cars waiting for fill up. At most Petrol Pumps, line of waiting cars, overflow onto the road. blocking traffic , even though it takes 3 minutes to fill the tank . What will happen if Lithium-ion Battery Charging takes 3 hours ? Minister for Housing, Shri Hardeep Singh Puriji has the right answer , as described below : Every Building : a Battery Charging Station ? https://lnkd.in/dnUw_Ym

SEE THE UNITED NATIONS’ FLOATING, HURRICANE-READY CITY CONCEPT

SEE THE UNITED NATIONS’ FLOATING, HURRICANE-READY CITY CONCEPT https://lnkd.in/fzgc8Ff ========================== I have a feeling that someday ( not too far ), wealthy countries which are acting as magnets for " Economic Migrants ", might get together to build into the see , what I described below : No use Fighting ! [ 25 April 2016 ] https://lnkd.in/fbgj43s Not So farfetched , After all ! [ 02 Feb 2017 ] https://lnkd.in/fxdREZU

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Reliance does not believe in E-Commerce

24 April 2019 https://lnkd.in/fS8yBkY Reliance does not believe in E-Commerce It is crafting F-Commerce [ Future of Commerce ] This will teach others , how to compete with Amazon / Walmart owned Flipkart Reliance Retail believes in leveraging the " juggad " mentality of millions of small Indian merchants Mukesh Ambani , not only knows but also translates into practice : " Only way we can compete with the World-Giants, is not by waiting ( for ever ) , for some magical / Utopian , ' Level Playing Field ' Only way is to turn India into a ' Low Cost Economy " ! No matter which party assumes power after 23 May election results, I can only urge its ministers to listen to Mukesh

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY !

23 April 2019 https://lnkd.in/fBtAnZc Without doubt, this DIRECTIVE by AICTE is truly " trans-formative " of the " education by rote " system that the British left behind as their legacy - an education system designed at its core , to turn even engineers into glorified clerks ! Quite possibly , no TV Channel will bother to even mention this epoch-making news, even in passing - let alone invite our leading educationists to debate what should be the IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ! I urge them , not to wait for an invitation from TV Channels , but immediately forward their " Implementation Suggestions " to Dr Sahasrabudhe at : /

Monday, April 22, 2019

New data points set to delay census process

22 april 2019 New data points set to delay census process https://lnkd.in/fmKavbD ========================= As per this report, one of the new questions being considered for CENSUS 2021 exercise ( needing 30 lakh enumerators ) Is : " Does any one in your family suffer from any intellectual disabilities or mental illness ? " ============================ I am afraid the head of the household may ask : " Did the guy who drafted the CENSUS FORM, suffer from similar issues ? " ========================= I once again urge the Registrar General of India ( RGI ) and the Technical Advisory Committee ( for Census 2021 ) to consider inclusion of the questions that I have sent to them, via : Census 2021 : an Unprecedented Opportunity https://lnkd.in/fKmAaid

Work-from-home jobs to be incentivised under new BPO policy

22 april 2019 Work-from-home jobs to be incentivised under new BPO policy BULLISH CALL: IT ministry plans to double the number of seats from 48,300 under the BPO promotion scheme ------------------------- https://lnkd.in/fmSmDrc ======================== Under BPO Promotion Scheme, it has taken almost 3 years to reach a figure of 51,297 I believe, IT Ministry has , finally accepted my suggestion to enable " Work from Home " BPOs , as per my following emails : Slow and Steady wins the Race ? [ 03 Oct 2016 ] https://lnkd.in/fqjRVcf --------------------------------------- How About Virtual Call Centers ? [ 04 Oct 2016 ] https://lnkd.in/fefybgR ------------------------------------------- If Mohamed cannot go to Mountain [ 26 July 2015 ] https://lnkd.in/fbasyxB

24 lakh Government Jobs by 31st March 2020

22 april 2019 Just came across following full page advt by Congress : " 24 lakh Government Jobs by 31st March 2020 " ( Of course , if voted to power / conditions apply ) Let us assume that Congress wins an absolute majority and assumes power by end May 2019 , giving it 10 months ( approx 200 working days till 31 March , ) to complete the hiring of 24 lakh That would be 12,000 per day = 1000 per hour ( 12 working hours / day ) There are 2 issues : # Annual Salary / Wage burden of these 24 lakh If average salary is assumed at Rs 2 lakh / year / person , that would work out to Rs 48 lakh*lakh per year ! It is time to prepare for increase in our personal Income Tax ! # Resources / Technology to hire 1000 persons / HOUR ! Only way Govt can achieve such mammoth task is to implement : ONLINE JOBS FAIR [ 11 Feb 2016 ] https://lnkd.in/fgtDiHg Job Fairs : Offline or Online ? [ 05 Aug 2016 ] https://lnkd.in/fEcwKnt

Funding tech incubators can qualify as CSR spend

22 april 2019 Funding tech incubators can qualify as CSR spend https://lnkd.in/fxRmkyH =========================== When will our Babus learn to think " Out of the Box " ? When will they stop " tinkering " and embrace IMAGINATIVE - BOLD idea, contained in my following email to Cabinet Ministers / NITI Aayog / PM-EAC etc , more than 3 years ago ? TEN MILLION ENTREPRENEURS ? [ 19 Oct 2015 ] https://lnkd.in/fbDHppb