How to achieve World Class Efficiency?

1. The best `home grown' or `Swadeshi' effective human capital is the
answer!

At present, we cannot always use the best quality and lowest cost
`Swadeshi' effective human capital to run our own country including
our own public and private sector.

When future generations of Indians read Indian history, this will go
down as one of the reasons for hindering India's fast growth.
1070 million people but we cannot place our best teams in position and
put our `house in order' to World Class standards!
No amount of money or technology can ever replace the presence of
effective human capital. In fact, effective man-power teams, know, how
to rustle up other resources in a highly competitive and global
environment, the reverse is not true.

2. The `engine' of the Economy

The organized sector is supposed to be the `engine' of the economy of
India. It should be `World Class'. A total of 18 million people work
with the Public Sector and about 9 million people work with the
Private Sector. Total employment is about 27 million in this sector.

It needs to be accountable, responsible and should be a used as a
benchmark for efficiency, good governance and good administration.

The key objective of this sector is to administer and govern and to
serve and benefit the citizens and the country of India in the best
possible manner. Government can only facilitate jobs, education,
health, the economy, provided it is efficient and world class! It
should be the `torch bearer' for our economic reforms. 29 million are
born & 10 million die every year.

The 18 million employees of the union and state governments need to be
of a world class standards & extremely effective. 1070 million people
of India, depend upon them!


3. India Human Capital admired world wide…but in India!

We have some of the best human resources in the world, but due to some
of the constraints, as mentioned below, we cannot use them always in
our own country!

Indias run some of the largest organizations in the world, both in
manufacturing as well as in service sectors. Indians also help as
advisors to many nations. Who ever brings in the best and effective
team to govern and administer, will be the winner.

Today, all good politicians, all over the world, talk economics first.
The best Politicians and Leaders `Walk the Talk'.

India needs to be competitive in the global markets. Our World Trade
is only 0.8%, while our population is 17%. The GDP of India is only
1.7% of World GDP. In India, Demand is very high, but Buying Power is
low, due to a low per capita income of only US$ 1.66 per day! As per
the World Bank definition of Poverty Line, the per capita earning per
day was US$1 which is now revised to US$2 per day.

In order to survive and create employment, India needs to bench mark
Employee Laws with competing countries in Asia, Latin America, Middle
East and Eastern Europe.


4. Reasons for India's problems

Sometimes we protect some employees at any cost to the Organization
and the Nation! Article 311, of the Indian Constitution, protects
employees of the Union and State Governments.

This needs to be suitably amended, as it is not desirable in today's
context, since it over-protects only 1.7 % (18 million people) of
Indians who are the employees of the State and Union Government, and
indirectly, the employees of the organized private sector, (9 million
people) representing a total of 2.6% (27 million people) of the
population of India.

There is no fear of loss of job whether you deliver or not!

Sometimes, these employees, seek and get protection for lifetime
employment, even if,

1. they work or not,
2. they are honest or corrupt, or caught red handed taking a bribe
3. they are absent but marked present,
4. they are efficient or inefficient,
5. they subcontract their work to others
6. willfully destroy public property
7. take sick leave of 30 days/year, year after year! It is
impossible to be sick, every year, exactly for 30 days!
8. restrict retraining, redeployment and restructuring, for
productivity improvement within the same organization and
9. disrupt work, and damage or sabotage the fixed assets of public
enterprises, in order to pressurize managements.

No country can run efficiently, especially, if some critical sections
are protected, in this manner! 1.7 % of India's population is not even
the Vote Bank!

Union Ministers, MPs, MLAs, municipal councilors can be changed after
a term of 5 years or even earlier, as per the wishes of the people.

Under the present system, employees of the Union and State Governments
and their affiliates, as stated above, are given life long employment,
irrespective of their performance!


5. Action Plan for India

India needs an `Employee Policy' to protect the citizens from
exploitation!

We should protect employment, but not employees who do not come up to
expectations and do not perform to normal standards of work culture
and work ethics. Especially when we have 45 million unemployed
registered with employment exchanges. The total number of unemployed
able bodied Indians is estimated to be 2 to 6 times this number. (Our
estimate)

This includes C2C or from CEO or Chairman to Coolie! The word Labor
Law, refers to the 19th century, and should be termed as Employee Law.
The leaders and the people of India must decide by public debate in
the media and the Parliament to finalize the best course of action.

We are not suggesting any form of National Policy on retrenchment.
Individual organizations should be allowed to decide themselves, about
downsizing, retrenchment and reduction or increase of manpower. Only
Healthy Organizations can generate new employment.

Organizations should be allowed to change employees, if they fall in
some of the areas as mentioned under paragraph # 4. Especially, under
clauses #4 (2), #4 (3), #4 (5) & #4 (7).

This one point action plan will unleash the `Latent Potential' of the
1070 million People of India. YOU DECIDE!
Compiled, printed and published by Krishan Khanna, i Watch, 211,
Olympus, Altamount Road, Bombay 400026.
Email: krishan@... Website: www.wakeupcall.org
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citizens, in order to create awareness for the sake of improvement.
<1 million = 10 lacs> <1 billion = 1000 million = 100 crores>
<US$ 1 = Rs 44 > <1 billion US$ = Rs. 4,400 crores>


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