GROSS LOSS

                      GROSS LOSS

A large part of labour market is created and maintained by the government . The government creates employment opportunities and provide employment. It is the government which unilaterally fixes the remuneration of her employees . And giving the level of unemployment new labour force has no option to bargain and just accept the terms and conditions. This is particularly stark in case of contractual employment offered by the government. By high degree of acceptance of government employment it can't be concluded that the potential labour or even those who are already working in the government sector happily accept the terms and conditions including remuneration, particularly when the remuneration of larger labour force is not sufficient to meet the bare needs of food, nutrition, health, education and entertainment. But vexing unemployment forces the labour force to accept the remuneration and other harsh and commonly unfavourable terms and conditions of the employment. In this way the labour force has in fact no freedom for either accepting or rejecting some employment opportunities and no freedom to negotiate either. The extent of loss of freedom of labour force can separately be discussed for each of the fields of food, nutrition, health care, education, environment, entertainment and also of social, political, cultural and economic powers and capability. And after all discussions we arrive at the conclusion that government's financial  inability is less responsible for this and the impropotionately low remuneration is more a product of  policy adopted by the government which has neither rational explanation nor any pragmatic explanation.
     Further labour force besides unfavorable and unsustainable wages has very poor or absolutely no social security net. We see even a government employee, regular or contractual has almost no effective social  security net to support him/her in hours of disaster or personal loss and if there is something that something is hostage of bureaucratic red tapism where getting that security is almost a very long darwan and painful process. Labour force has to compromise for employment even when wages and exchange rates(prices of goods in relation to the wages) are unfavourable. 
    This aspect is completely absent from our public discourse and political agenda. Even employees unions agitate only for wage increase without emphasing the income inequality and income disparity and without highlighting wage- price relationship .
    When we extend this argument to unemployed and underemployed population we find the story of disparity and deprivation is more pathetic. Providing free ration  to some 800 million people without creation of employability and employment is the most tragic story of economic policy with potentially devastating social, psychological , cultural and political  consequences. Keeping 800 million people out of employment or putting some of them in those employment which doesn't provide self sustaining income is just fatal for economy.  This shows that our policies have failed to create earning capability among  majority of the population . It's one very dangerous fallout is that such a large population of about 800 million with no considerable and self sustaining employment is a serious threat to our system.  This threat can only be averted by creating at least self sustaining employment.  This problem needs to be urgently dealt  with in the pubic discourse and public perception. Rhetorical speeches either by party in power or by opposition are not going to provide solutions. Only public discourse and perception along with realization of real threat can agitate people to ask for self sustaining employment in place of free ration. Free ration may earn vote but can't earn employment . Vote is good for political parties but employment is a must condition for survival of the population otherwise  economy  and freedom along with the bare survival for almost 800 million people will  continue to be compromised. Social unrest, communal and caste tensions, problems of law, justice and order , and cultural identity will be the regular features and when bare survival will be at stake who will talk for education, health, nutrition, environment and entertainment. Ultimate sufferer will be our democracy.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

भारत की वर्तमान राजनीति और भविष्य के लिए चंद चर्चे।

भारत की वर्तमान राजनीति और भविष्य के लिए चंद चर्चे। जिन धर्मों में धार्मिक परम्पराओं के कारण उपवास का चलन है और दरिद्र को ईश्वर का रूप माना जाता है और इन दोनों परम्पराओं के पालन को मोक्ष अथवा ईश्वर की प्राप्ति का साधन माना जाता है उन धार्मिक समूहों में आर्थिक विकास और समानता के नाम पर लोगों को लामबंद नहीं किया जा सकता है। यही वजह है कि हिन्दू बहुल भारत और नेपाल तथा मुस्लिम बहुल राष्ट्रों में भारी गरीबी, असमानता और  उत्पीड़न मिलता है और विकास और आर्थिक वृद्धि के सवाल आम जनों को उद्वेलित नहीं कर पाते हैं।  ऐसे देशों में जनता को धार्मिक मुद्दों में उलझा देना बहुत ही सरल होता है।       आज भारत के बड़े और प्रबुद्ध मंच पर भाजपा के हिन्दू राजनीति की कठोर आलोचना होती है किंतु चुनावों में भाजपा को पराजित करना लगभग असंभव हो चुका है। इसका सीधा कारण यह है कि आम भारतीय अपने मूल स्वभाव से धार्मिक-कर्मकांडी होता है और आर्थिक समृद्धि के आगे उसे सांस्कृतिक समृद्धि , जो धार्मिकता और कर्मकाण्ड के पुरुत्थान में दिखता है से ज्यादा प्रभावित होता है। सो वह शिक्षा, स्वास्थ्य, रोजगार, आमद...
Read more

WE NEED DEMOCRACY

    WE NEED DEMOCRACY All schemes and services are meant to serve the people and so the beneficiaries must have every right to make complaints if there is something wrong in the structure and / or in the implementation of the schemes and services. This right to complain is not a costly privilege but it's is the right and this right is protected when the people have right to free speech and other rights as enshrined in our Constitution. The government  is chosen to provide these services and schemes for their betterment, for improving their living standard and the government has no other business more important than this to do. So the government is bound to entertain the complaints and this obligation is fulfilled only when the Constitutionally protected rights are intact. These rights can be intact and protected only if we have independent judiciary and investigative agencies. Only independent judiciary can arrive at the end of justice which includes the protection of rig...
Read more

BEYOND RT MODEL

BEYOND RT MODEL History is a playbook of fierce struggle among the state, the market and the community. There have been some rare periods of balance among them.  Present is also witnessing this fierce struggle. The state is advocating minimum.governsnce  in many parts of the world . This was also happened in past. And whenever this has happened the loser is always the community. Present is marked by failures of Reagon-Thatcher Model. Richness must have only objective and that objective is to enrich the community as a whole. The RT Model brought great richness but failed to enrich the community in the same proportion. This was due to its advocacy for minimal government. And so the RT Model has completed  it's life. This collapse is painful no doubt but beyond the curtain of economic depression social prosperity is waiting as there is no other way to keep nation states survived. If community is not brought in the center greater pain is inevitable.
Read more