Miracle of Self Employment

Times of India ( 07 Jan ) carries following news :

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/bed-breakfast-and-a-fat-bank-balance/articleshow/62398393.cms

“ Bed , breakfast and a fat bank balance “

EXTRACT  :

Five kilometres off the NH-27 from Santalpur in Patan lies the village of Bakutra. The arid village, bordering the Little Rann of Kutch, is home to Gauriben Brahman's house, which is thronged by a large number of visitors from across the world, who cut the dusty roads in their SUVs to experience the taste of rural Gujarat.

Listed on Airbnb, one of the biggest aggregators of bed-and breakfast facilities globally, Gauriben's thatched roof house has three small rooms…...

Gauriben, who never attended school, is an earnest host while welcoming guests….

Gauriben's adherence to the "Atithi devo bhava" credo is made more diligent by fact that while her family earns Rs 45,000 ayear harvesting two crops, she alone earned Rs 55,000 in December.

That was her highest earning; on an average, she has been making Rs 30,000 per month ever since she listed her house on Airbnb in June.

With business steadily rising, Gauriben says she is confident that her three sons will not have to go looking for petty labour jobs anymore.

Gauriben persuaded her sister Shanti to list her house and helped her earn Rs 45,000 last month.

Gauri and Shanti's entrepreneurial success is part of the 'Hum Sab EkHain' experiment initiated by Self-Employed Women's Association (Sewa) with Airbnb in 2017 to allow its rural members to tap into new forms of livelihood opportunities.

In Mehsana, Mayaben, 40, who has studied till class 7, is ecstatic that she earned Rs 80,000 last month.

"Business is pouring in and I rented a neighbouring house to host groups and families," said Maya, a mother of two, who till early last year was struggling to pay the school fees for her two children.

Maya said her daily wager husband, who earns around Rs 5,000 per month, helps in running the business.

"My children are learning hotel management in their own village. They will automatically become successful entrepreneurs," Maya said.

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I believe NDA government introduced MUDRA ( loans for self employed ) , after reading my following blog :

ITPAYS TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR  [  30  Jan  2012  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2012/01/it-pays-to-be-entrepreneur.html

Or , it could have been ,

TENMILLION ENTREPRENEURS ?  [  19  Oct  2015  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2015/10/ten-million-entrepreneurs.html

 

 

Obviously , Gauriben got helped by SEWA / Airbnb , to put to productive / gainful use , her 3 room house ( - an underutilized asset ? )

 

To know how many entrepreneurs can we create by encouraging owners of 4 lakh vacant flats ( in Mumbai Region ) to convert these unutilized assets to productive / profitable ones, read :

 

Readyto be Ridiculed  [  23  Aug  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/08/ready-to-be-ridiculed.html

 

I hope the Policy Makers will tell Shri Arun Jaitleyji to focus on “ Entrepreneurship / Self Employment “ , rather than trying to attempt the impossible of creating millions of jobs in the organized sector , during his Budget Speech on 01 Feb 2018

 

One more thing :

 

Dear Shri Jaitleyji ,

 

Please tell the Income Tax Department :

 

Leave alone Gauriben / Shantiben / Mayaben / Ramilaben ( of my blog of 30 Jan 2012 )

 

I , hereby announce that no Self Employed Entrepreneur need pay any income tax ( personal or corporate ) , since the government plans to enact :

 

A NEWECONOMIC ORDER ? aka " Start Up Act - 2015 "  [ 12  Sept  2015  ]

    https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2015/09/a-new-economic-order.html

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07  Jan  2018

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