10 lakh Govt jobs, Nagaland and 'Gujarat Model'

PM Modi's New 10 lakh Govt jobs, Nagaland and 'Gujarat Model'

In terms of policy, in Gujarat, economic reform does not mean gross privatisation.

Narendra Modi as the Chief Minister and his successors promoted corporate sector but kept eyes on social welfarism. The state government officials really play facilitators. These moved things fast. In Nagaland, for politicians having good relations with a business magnate is out of question. 

Though for practical purpose, they do have. No businessman wants to risk his money and yet be ready made milking cows. 

During our time, 'shiltu boys' was a description for young hooligans in Dimapur who could rob your wrist watch or demand a few hundred rupees notes. Once a Lotha Naga AIR official suffered the tantrum at the Blue Hill Bus point.

There is graduation at that level too. I am told, envelopes are quite normal. Some coal mine owners wanted to visit Nagaland once.

Knowing this blogger's 'Nagaland background', a few of them asked - if I could guarantee against Shiltu-ism.

I just had a good laugh.

As one does not pretend to be intellectual always and do not carry a so-called pro-ultra urban Naxalite approach up the sleeves, I often get the 'Modi Bhakt' tag rather liberally.

But I am also an admirer of Gujarati work culture. Now comes Prime Minister's announcement that in next 18 months -  10 lakh government jobs will be created. Predictably the Congress party has ridiculed the announcement calling it a gimmick.

Even for the 'Gujarat Model', the Congress never had a high opinion. But with regard the new announcement, the Prime Minister had to do something about this.

The promise of 'Acchey Din' in 2014 essentially revolved around jobs.

Nevertheless, the ruling dispensation had other data support. The BJP's internal report card in 2019 on the eve of elections quoted various organisations such as the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation and claimed that at least 15 million (1.5 lakh) new jobs were created every year under the Modi government between 2014 and 2019.

Joblessness like every year was debated in the 2019 general elections as well but the voters gave Modi a massive mandate.

Late Arun Jaitley, PM Modi's first 'achhey din' Finance Minister, used to say that in the changing global scenario - there is a need to make India a knowledge-based productive society. In this, he said - three things ought to taken up together - Education, Skill Development and then the Job Creation.

A BJP think tank - the New Delhi-based Public Policy Research Centre had said that 14.62 million jobs have been created in the tourism sector alone between 2015 and 2019.

Likes of Jaitley also believed that the era of looking at the government and PSUs for jobs is over and rightly so.

Jobs in India are created by SMEs, by the micro industries, by self employment.

This is a tough proposition for northeast. Babudom is in Indian blood. As one shuttles between places in the name of journalism, a question often heard is - "we thought you are in a senior position now, why should you travel so much. Send your juniors".

travel time, work time ! That's thankless Journalism 

This is a simple and raw illustration. But skills-related issues come into play.

Those who ask such questions have no idea about journalism. But what they know is if you are somebody in an organisation, you should sit like a boss and get the tag 'Dev babu' and generally prefer 10 to 5 job ordering others and take liberty to buy fish while returning home.

My point is the very approach towards jobs should change. Home sickness is another malady. I know of youths in Nagaland, Tripura and West Bengal - who would hate to move out of home towns and yet indulge in gossip about joblessness. With Bengalis - it's worse - "Haryana teh macch paua jae (Do you get fish in Haryana?)". If not, why should my 'laadla' son go there?

Such scenarios are rare to exist in the western Indian state. Youths think like  entrepreneurs right from the age they 'start' thinking. Modi's 'StartUp India' slogan is technically a second or a third step for even a non-Gujarati youth.

Next is on the policy front. Communalism tag goes easy with Gujarat leaders. Such tags never struck the then Manipur CM Ibobi Singh, who did not allow Thuingaleng Muivah an opportunity to visit his native village in 2010.

In Meghalaya, trains and tea gardens were opposed in the 1980s fearing Dwakhers would enter.

All Gujarat Chief Ministers since 1995 (even  a few non-BJP ones) have been pro-corporate. 

At people's level, the masses always had the hunger for social uplift and general improvement in the quality of life.

This is in contrast to Marxists culture of Bengal or Tripura - where generally poverty and underdevelopment would

be glorified. Even Agartala airport looked in shambles even a few years back.

For years 'Calcutta' suffered from power load-shedding during peak of summer.

The Leftists looked the other way and the entire state suffered from attack from the armies of flies and

mosquitoes. Bengalis found solace in poetry.

In Kerala, the joke is - milkman wonder of Amul, Verghese Kurein (a native of that state) did not want to

do anything there, because there "are so many Malayalis" in that province.

People in Bengal or Kerala have typical 'crab syndrome'. These things are usually found in northeast and

closer home in towns and hamlets also.

Noted Dimapurian Late Manik Bhattacharjee used to say - "One big problem with people in north east

is the moment you try to do some thing new and innovative, first observaton is - he must be earning a lot.

The next question is how much and what is my benefit".

Have things changed ? If not, they ought to.

 New '10 lakh' job announcement in next 18 months - a game changer by PM Modi

  New Delhi

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to do something about this.

 A so-called 'leaked' National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) job survey a few years ago pegged the unemployment rate at a four-decade high. Political detractors were constantly directing their tirade against him and his government.

 

 The promise of 'Acchey Din' in 2014 essentially revolved around jobs because the last few years of the Congress-led UPA regime saw huge joblessness.

 Nevertheless, the ruling dispensation under PM Narendra Modi had other data support and so it never conceded to those allegations. The BJP's report card in 2019 on the eve of elections quoted various organisations such as the  Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), General Provident Fund (GPF) and the National Pension Scheme and claimed that at least 15 million new jobs were created every year under the Modi government between 2014 and 2019.

Joblessness like every year was debated in the 2019 general elections as well but the massive mandate from the people in favour of Modi 2.0 only showed their endorsement to the Moditva phenomenon.

Late Arun Jaitley, PM Modi's first 'achhey din' Finance Minister, used to say that in the changing global scenario - there is a need to make India a knowledge-based productive society. In this, he said - three things ought to taken up together - Education, Skill Development and then the Job Creation.

Jaitley had told a group of journalists in his usual off the record but very productive meetings thatby March 2019, as many as 17,000 plus startups were recognised and also that Rs 17.09 crore of Mudra loans have been sanctioned as of mid-March 2019.

A BJP think tank - the New Delhi-based Public Policy Research Centre had said that 14.62 million jobs have been created in the tourism sector alone between 2015 and 2019. Likes of Jaitley also believed that the era of looking at the government and PSUs for jobs is over and rightly so.

He had said - "Bulk of the jobs in India are created by SMEs, by the micro industries, by self employment. Gone are the days where only the government sector created jobs in the government or the organised sector created jobs and therefore you have to have a skilling campaign".

Of course, there was a reasonable argument that when the economy grows, "you will have jobs in the structural sector, you will have an expansion even of the small and medium scales".

But there were 'challenging' times also. A strong argument was built up that when demonetisation of high value currency notes were announced in November 2016, many SMEs were folded and hundreds of people were rendered jobless.

Some of the conclusions were possibly hyped by opposition parties and analysed wrongly by a few select known Modi baiter English and web media outlets.

I traveled parts of Uttar Pradesh early 2017 just on the eve of elections to the state assembly.

In some places, people did complain about losing out jobs due to noteban, but the refrain was in many places being things were being "cleaned".

The benami transactions vanished and so even as there were complaints from 'vested interest', people did not relate noteban to joblessness.

Some findings were instead revealing. This is one reason electoral politics in Uttar Pradesh changed in favour of BJP repeatedly since 2014 in parliamentary polls and twice in more concrete terms in two assembly polls in 2017 and 2022.

The Union Finance ministry data claims that at least 5 percent of Mudra borrowers from general OBC categories cornered over 40 percent of total loan amounts sanctioned.

It was also stated that the average 'size of loans' given to borrowers belonging to the general and OBC categories was Rs 4.2 lakh.

Of the 60 percent of loans sanctioned, nearly 95 percent of the borrowers were women and SCs/STs. It was reported around 2020 that Mudra has tried to step in to bridge gaps by providing collateral free loans under three categories — Shishu (loans up to Rs 50,000), Kishor (loans between Rs 50,000 and Rs 5 lakh) and Tarun (loans between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 10 lakh).

The government estimates that a majority of enterprises are run by people belonging to backward castes, economically weaker section societies and women and perhaps also have access to only informal sources of credit.

However, the cry outside in political rallies about joblessness is not completely true.

The National Sample Survey Office data claimed there were nearly 6-6.5 crore small and medium enterprises employing more than 12-13 crore people. This might have gone up in recent times despite Covid crisis.

Moreover, a majority of them are self-owned and self-run.

The moot point is that the nature of jobs has changed in India. Hence, there is still a need for changes in job culture. Work from home is a new phenomenon and 'new India' has adjusted to it.

The new announcement by the Prime Minister on June 14, 2022 for government jobs - and that in numbers staggeringly high of 10 lakh means - things will change.

Certain things have already changed on ground, the changes will be felt in perception as well.

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The BJP's report card in 2019 on the eve of elections quoted various organisations such as the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), General Provident Fund (GPF) and the National Pension Scheme and claimed that at least 15 million new jobs were created every year under the Modi government between 2014 and 2019.

PM promises 10 lakh Govt jobs !! Dhamaka !! ,,,, is it possible
he will create 10 lakh more 'essentially kam chors -- work shirkers, carom playing army' !! hmmm "u have to work....Modi hae...

   PM Modi orders 10 lakh Govt recruitment in next 18 months

   New Delhi

   In a major policy decision, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked

various government departments and ministries to undertake the

recruitment of about 10 lakh people on a "mission mode" in the next

year and a half -- that is 18 months time.

 Official sources said the Prime Minister reviewed the status of human

resources across all government departments and ministries and

subsequent to that the instructions were issued.

  "PM @narendramodi reviewed the status of Human Resources in all

departments and ministries and instructed that recruitment of 10 lakh

people be done by the Government in mission mode in next 1.5 years," a

tweet from PMO said on Tuesday, June 14.

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said the 'review meeting' comes more

than two months after he suggested the secretaries of the central

government to take immediate steps to fill up existing vacancies in

the ministries and departments.

 During his meeting with the secretaries on April 2, Mr Modi had

stressed that employment should be the focus of all government

interventions in public and private sectors.

The cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba had written to the secretaries and

requested them to initiate immediate action on the Prime Minister's

suggestion.

The government's decision comes amid the opposition's frequent

criticism of it on the issue of unemployment. A large number of vacant

posts in different government sectors has often been flagged.

 ends

 New '10 lakh' job announcement - a game changer by PM Modi

 Nirendra Dev

  New Delhi

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to do something about this.

  A so-called 'leaked' National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) job survey

a few years ago

pegged the unemployment rate at a four-decade high. Political

detractors were constantly directing their

tirade against him and his government.

 The promise of 'Acchey Din' in 2014 essentially revolved around jobs

because the last few years of the Congress-led UPA regime saw huge

joblessness.

 Nevertheless, the ruling dispensation under PM Narendra Modi had

other data support and so it

never conceded to those allegations. The BJP's report card in 2019

on the eve of elections quoted various organisations such as the

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation

(EPFO), General Provident Fund (GPF) and the National Pension Scheme

and claimed that at least

15 million new jobs were created every year under the Modi government

between 2014 and 2019.

Joblessness like every year was debated in the 2019 general elections

as well but the massive mandate

from the people in favour of Modi 2.0 only showed their endorsement to

the Moditva phenomenon.

Late Arun Jaitley, PM Modi's first 'achhey din' Finance Minister, used

to say that in the changing global scenario

- there is a need to make India a knowledge-based productive society.

In this, he said - three things ought to

taken up together - Education, Skill Development and then the Job Creation.

Jaitley had told a group of journalists in his usual off the record

but very productive meetings that

by March 2019, as many as 17,000 plus startups were recognised and

also that Rs 17.09 crore of Mudra

loans have been sanctioned as of mid-March 2019.

A BJP think tank - the New Delhi-based Public Policy Research Centre

had said that

14.62 million jobs have been created in the tourism sector alone

between 2015 and 2019.

Likes of Jaitley also believed that the era of looking at the

government and PSUs for jobs is over

and rightly so.

He had said - "Bulk of the jobs in India are created by SMEs, by the

micro industries, by self employment.

Gone are the days where only the government sector created jobs in the

government or the organised sector

created jobs and therefore you have to have a skilling campaign".

Of course, there was a reasonable argument that when the economy

grows, "you will have jobs in the

structural sector, you will have an expansion even of the small and

medium scales".

But there were 'challenging' times also. A strong argument was built

up that when demonetisation of high value

currency notes were announced in November 2016, many SMEs were folded

and hundreds of people were

rendered jobless.

Some of the conclusions were possibly hyped by opposition parties and

analysed wrongly by a few select

known Modi baiter English and web media outlets.

I traveled parts of Uttar Pradesh early 2017 just on the eve of

elections to the state assembly.

In some places, people did complain about losing out jobs due to note

ban, but the refrain was

in many places being things were being "cleaned".

The benami transactions vanished and so even as there were complaints

from 'vested interest',

people did not relate noteban to joblessness.

Some findings were instead revealing. This is one reason electoral

politics in Uttar Pradesh changed

in favour of BJP repeatedly since 2014 in parliamentary polls and

twice in more concrete terms in two

assembly polls in 2017 and 2022.

The Union Finance ministry data claims that at least 5 percent of

Mudra borrowers from general

OBC categories cornered over 40 percent of total loan amounts sanctioned.

It was also stated that the average 'size of loans' given to borrowers

belonging to the general and OBC categories

was Rs 4.2 lakh.

Of the 60 percent of loans sanctioned, nearly 95 percent of the

borrowers were women and SCs/STs.

It was reported around 2020 that Mudra has tried to step in to bridge

gaps by providing collateral free loans

under three categories — Shishu (loans up to Rs 50,000), Kishor (loans

between Rs 50,000 and Rs 5 lakh) and Tarun (loans between Rs 5 lakh

and Rs 10 lakh).

The government estimates that a majority of enterprises are run by

people belonging to backward castes,

economically weaker section societies and women and perhaps also have

access to only informal sources

of credit.

However, the cry outside in political rallies about joblessness is not

completely true.

The National Sample Survey Office data claimed there were nearly 6-6.5

crore small and medium enterprises

employing more than 12-13 crore people. This might have gone up in

recent times despite Covid crisis.

Moreover, a majority of them are self-owned and self-run.

The moot point is that the nature of jobs has changed in India. Hence,

there is still a need for changes in job culture.

Work from home is a new phenomenon and 'new India' has adjusted to it.

The new announcement by the Prime Minister on June 14, 2022 for

government jobs - and that in numbers

staggeringly high of 10 lakh means - things will change.

Certain things have already changed on ground, the changes will be

felt in perception as well.

ends