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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Saturday, May 6, 2017
Can start up India projects solve jobless growth issue?
( May 4, 2017, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) Day
in and day out , Modi government has been claiming that India is now
one of the fast growing economies in the world and cites several reports
by international agencies in support of it’s claim. While the
statistics are impressive, there is huge concern in the country,
particularly amongst the youth and the underprivileged section of
society that job opportunities have not increased for them and they are
not part of growth story of India.
The gap in the disparity of income is steadily increasing and the
economic and industrial growth are not generating jobs to the level of
need. While the production figures and annual sale turnover of the
enterprises in different sector have increased, the growth in employment
level in them are showing declining trend. The production increase and
profitability increase are happening due to factors of technology,
automation and computerization, which mean that the number of hands
needed become less.
This scenario is now the biggest challenge before the Modi government.
It has to find some way to ensure that the growth in the economy would
move in tandem with the employment generation at various levels.
Obviously, Prime Minister Modi is conscious of this under current of anxiety amongst the people.
Keeping this need in view, Modi government has launched schemes such as
Start up India , Make in India, hoping that it would lead to build huge
enthusiasm amongst the first generation entrepreneurs, promote many
employment opportunities and lead to massive growth at the base level.
It has also taken special measures to develop skill amongst the people. But, such steps are not yielding the expected results and it does not look that positive results would happen too soon.
It has also taken special measures to develop skill amongst the people. But, such steps are not yielding the expected results and it does not look that positive results would happen too soon.
In a vast country like India with steady increase in population growth
at alarming level, it is just not possible for the government and
organized sector to generate adequate employment opportunities for the
rapidly increasing youth population.
The only way is to promote large number of tiny and small scale
enterprises which need not invest much in technology and automation and
would generate employment opportunities in a big way. With Start Up
India projects, thousands of such tiny and small scale enterprises are
required to be promoted all over India, particularly in small towns and
rural areas.
When large enterprises are set up , they are supposed to lead to the
setting up of many ancillary and small scale industrial units and
service oriented organisations around them, stroking chain of
developments , industrial/economic activities and employment. But, this
is not happening, as the need of such large enterprises are increasingly
being met by import rather than from the domestic small and tiny scale
units.
Obviously, there is lack of adequate level of skill amongst the small
scale entrepreneurs to set up projects in tune with the global standards
and the need of the large sector. However, it should be made possible
for the small and tiny scale units set up under Start up India projects
to meet such needs.
At the same time, it needs to be pointed out that several road blocks
still exist for the tiny and small scale units , where the Start up
India projects are expected to be set up to meet the needs. This is a
serious issue that Modi government has to attend urgently.
The fact is that Modi government has largely played it’s role and the
role of the state governments and local bodies are extremely important
to ensure that Start Up India projects are facilitated to operate
without hurdles. On the other hand, the level of nepotism and corruption
in the government machinery at the state government level and local
bodies really lead to delays and harassment of the small scale units.
The Start up India entrepreneurs should also introspect about their
shortcomings and how to overcome the problems instead of complaining
about the various external factors.
There is challenge and opportunities facing the Start up India projects
and it remains to be seen whether youth of India would overcome the
challenges and seize the opportunities to meet the expectations of the
nation from the Start up India entrepreneurs.