Thursday, July 9, 2015

Enough for All - Need Inputs

Here are some of your key inputs on what can be done to ensure "Enough for All" in India so every citizens like in developed countries can afford the basics. Some of the proposed solutions are general and we suggest If you have any specific solutions, kindly share those.

"Enough for All" in India - What can be done

1. Focus on rural upliftment by encouraging the agricultural growth
2. Create more jobs by industrialisation under Make in India
3. ‘Food for Work’ scheme should be implemented in the PM Rozgaar Yojna
4. State Government should set up a fund to help people with education loans and help them buy cars at low interest rates (like in Malaysia)
5. Minimum wages should be fixed by the Government
6. Not paying income tax should be made a criminal offence. This will ensure higher collections and hence the Government would be able to invest more in people
7. A mass medical insurance scheme should be started by the state Government which can be availed by the citizens by paying a small annual fee
8. Tax on essential items should be reduced
9. Give a boost to agriculture and support farmers to produce more for our own domestic needs
10. Our current unemployment schemes should be redesigned
11. Use post office as multi facility outlet for delivery of all Government given benefits, local JanDhan Banks
12. Food for all should be ensured at reasonable rates through a well-managed, corruption free Public Distribution System
13. More PDS outlets must be opened to make distribution easier
14. Government housing projects should provide houses at low rates
15. Measures should be taken to improve productivity of the farm sector, even if it means taking help from countries like Israel, who are considered to be the best in segment
16. Cooperative societies should be given insurance and incentive so that all small farmers are encouraged to join
17. Vocational education could be started from the middle school so that a person has certain skill sets till the time he passes school
18. More schemes should be launched to make small business opportunity available to people
19. Entrepreneurship needs to be encouraged by facilitating laws and rules
20. All licensed Banks & financial institutions should extend self-employment business loans , cottage & micro industrial loans and very low interest rates.

Keys
1. Minimum Support Price for all agriculture crops should be fairly assured.
2. Develop Large Scale agri malls for farmers to sell their products directly and get rid from intermediary
3. Ensure lending to the priority sector reach at the actual beneficiaries
4. Implement insurance plans for crops/farmers
5. Attract FDI in agriculture sector and promote mechanisation
6. Massive investment in food processing/value addition sector
7. Low cost housing scheme/design/plans needs to be developed
8. Privatize PDS Sector
9. Implement Liberalization with more vigour, however, it should be conditional basis.
10. Implement skill development schemes and link it with industry partners

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