As an concerned Indian, this article about the self employed tailoring community and there quest for making a living is indeed very troubling. It troules me from two perspectives, one their under employment therefore low revenue generation and the second is that this force is growing not shrinking. This brings me to ask the question "Why".
In my perspective a large chunk of this undeclared workforce lack the opportunity to skill themselves to a more productive employment, secondly they seek an economic independence which is closely linked to their social and home environment.....think if this employment grade people are made productive! What will be the impact on our countries GDP. This leads to the nexyquestion 'how'?
Think of an octopus....it has a large body with long elongated tentacles reaching as if all over the ocean floor...it has eye's to see. Now India has large textile export houses who are able to get huge orders they are now linked to a large number of midpoints who make it a point to connect with a number of these independent tailors, they also run training classes for upskilling these tailors and the provide order opportunities to these tailors who frequent these hubs, they also act as centres of quality control as the receive work from such tailors, payments are made on the spot to these tailors, the items collected is now packaged and send to the main head office in trucks designed to regularly pick up the completed orders. The hub also acts as a resource point by providing various materials required by the tailoring community on a payment basis also providing small bridge loans for the tailors to upgrade their tailoring units.
Now give a spin to this 'hub and spoke model' what I call an 'octopus platform '--- this will have a transformative outcome on people's lives and countries GDP.
is GDP even relevant to be measured in this day and age? shouldn't there be another way to measure country's growth taking into other factors like pollution/cost of living etc..
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As an concerned Indian, this article about the self employed tailoring community and there quest for making a living is indeed very troubling. It troules me from two perspectives, one their under employment therefore low revenue generation and the second is that this force is growing not shrinking. This brings me to ask the question "Why".
In my perspective a large chunk of this undeclared workforce lack the opportunity to skill themselves to a more productive employment, secondly they seek an economic independence which is closely linked to their social and home environment.....think if this employment grade people are made productive! What will be the impact on our countries GDP. This leads to the nexyquestion 'how'?
Think of an octopus....it has a large body with long elongated tentacles reaching as if all over the ocean floor...it has eye's to see. Now India has large textile export houses who are able to get huge orders they are now linked to a large number of midpoints who make it a point to connect with a number of these independent tailors, they also run training classes for upskilling these tailors and the provide order opportunities to these tailors who frequent these hubs, they also act as centres of quality control as the receive work from such tailors, payments are made on the spot to these tailors, the items collected is now packaged and send to the main head office in trucks designed to regularly pick up the completed orders. The hub also acts as a resource point by providing various materials required by the tailoring community on a payment basis also providing small bridge loans for the tailors to upgrade their tailoring units.
Now give a spin to this 'hub and spoke model' what I call an 'octopus platform '--- this will have a transformative outcome on people's lives and countries GDP.
is GDP even relevant to be measured in this day and age? shouldn't there be another way to measure country's growth taking into other factors like pollution/cost of living etc..
Well it's accepted globally. What other alternatives you are suggesting?