Addressing the press on Tuesday, the Wayanad MP accused the government at centre of selling India’s precious assets. The main focus of the press conference was the ‘Asset Monetisation Plan’ which was unveiled by the government on Monday.  

The government on Monday launched a 4 year National Monetisation Pipeline which is worth an estimated Rs 6 Lakh crore. The purpose of this plan is to encourage private players by transferring them some rights to operate and generate revenue without solely handing over ownership to them.

Giving a stern warning to the government, Rahul said that the new plan will lead to creation of monopolies and significantly hurt the future employment prospects for the youth. He said the Prime Minister is just working for 2-3 big industrialists and not for the common public.

“The Narendra Modi-led government is in the process of selling India’s crown jewels built by all the previous governments with public money over 7 decades. I want to tell the youth what the country is selling and which asset is going to whom,” Gandhi said at a press conference. The press conference was also attended by senior Congress leader P Chidambaram who  called the plan a ‘Scandal’ and ‘Grand Closing Down Sale’.

Scaling up the attack on the Prime Minister, Rahul said, Modi used to say that Congress had done nothing in 70 years but the assets which are now given away as a gift to these few industrialists were created during their regime during the last 70 years.   

Defending the privatization policy of UPA, Gandhi further said, “We are not against privatization but our privatization had a logic. We didn’t privatize strategic industries and we consider railways a strategic industry because it transports lakhs of common people and also employs lots of people.” We were strategically smarter when it comes to privatization as we privatized chronically loss-making industries and the companies which had minimal market share, he added. 

Commenting on Railways, Airports and Ports, Gandhi further said “These are strategically given to private players and the whole country knows in whose hands these assets will land up.” He also warned Railway employees of their future. Chidambaram raising the tone of Rahul said “The exercise was done without setting a positive objective and he wondered how can the government go ahead without even consulting the stakeholders like railway unions, port workers etc.

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The nationwide lockdown and the corona pandemic have put the country’s development plans on hold. Fifty development schemes worth crores of rupees are currently stalled. Apart from canals, dams, roads, bridges, buildings, work has also been stopped in many big projects due to lockdown. Many have been postponed. How many projects under construction have been suspended. Anyway, the pace of construction works in the country remains slow, out of which this closure will have a bad effect on it. The work has also been stuck due to the MPs and MLAs putting their money for the epidemic. Growth rate in the country is at a 30-year low. It has reached. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a direct impact on India’s economy. In such a situation, development will go to the trough.

There is a plan to restart the construction works in the guidelines of the lockdown. So that the economic situation can be improved to some extent. Economic and development are complementary to each other. Today both of these are in balance in the country. That all the villages of the country will be connected by roads. Now that a new challenge has come before the country, there is no possibility of it in such a situation.The impact of Covid is on education, tourism, culture, entertainment, business. Students’ examinations have stopped, tourist places are closed, Teej festivals have to be celebrated by being closed at home. Due to the observance of social distance on the occasion of marriage, people are postponing the marriage, which has affected the business. The Covid-19 pandemic has started giving birth to a new kind of culture.The development of technology is a result of this. Video conferencing has been seen for the first time through new, modern apps. Internet services have increased. In the country, more than half of the work is being done sitting at home, using technology. Online studies are being done as well as online examinations are being prepared.

This epidemic is giving rise to many problems on one hand, solutions are also being found. India’s future is going to be smart. The way India has handled the increasing cases of Corona and has shown its self-reliance is commendable. The kind of situation prevailing in the country, at such a time, all the youth of India came forward with innumerable technical ideas. One of which was Meraj Alam, born in Darbhanga, Bihar and grew up in Mumbai. Meraj Alam has worked in the digital world for more than 2 years. After which he has realized that the future of the country is going to be made with the help of digital and technology. It will be surprising to know that Meraj Alam is only 20 years old but at such a young age, he has started shaping his career, although today he has gone a long way in this.

Meraj Alam believes that the whole world has been affected by Corona and in such a situation, if the development and construction works run by the government are started, then a large section will get employment again. Today once again life is returning on track in the country but construction work can play an important role in providing relief to the rural laborers. Even today, more than half the population in the village is dependent on agriculture or labor. Now that the market and industries have started, in such a situation, by starting these construction schemes, the pace of development works of the government will be accelerated and these families will also be able to cooperate.

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Atharva Deshpande debut novel ‘begin again’ is now out on Amazon and book shops near you the novel is published by ‘novel nuggets publishers ‘and is working wonders on Amazon India .

Atharva Deshpande is born and bought up in Wardha a small town in Maharashtra where Mahatma gandhi and Vinoba Bhave lived and place which was an epicenter of freedom movements in India.

While talking to Mr Deshpande it was clear that he wanted to change the storytelling structure through his book . 
The book is coming of age story of Annirudh , Shaurya and Mihika and how they evolve in life via love . With a constant story , there are poetries in between to show what goes in Annirudhs headspace its very close to a Broadway musical he quotes . 

When asked if Begin Again is based on true events , Atharva Deshpande states everything I write is based on the something true I have experienced , I am just a collection of the movies I have watched ,books I have read ,and people that I have loved. Mr Deshpande is also a team lead in IT firm , an actor who has done short films and marathi feature film , a meme entrepreneur and a screenplay writer . 

When asked a advice you want to give to young writers Mr Deshpande says , Just keep writing , not because you will achieve something just because there is nothing else you can do till message going from your brain , down through your arms ,into your fingers then on to the page and writing blesses you with things you never expected.
When asked to choose between actor and writer , He said one I choose to heal and other I choose to feel . Atharva Deshpande’s Next Marathi film is out when theatres in Maharashtra opens.

Readers can check his latest offering on Amazon and Flipkart.

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Leading Management coach and Entrepreneur Peter Drucker says “The best way to predict the future is to create it” and this has been the core principle of every entrepreneur. Much like Joseph Campbell’s Hero Myth’s theory, an entrepreneur is also a hero who goes out there in the search of the pot of gold and fights the dragons that come between his path to success.

Your challenges either internal or external demands your attention and an entrepreneur is the one who keeps looking for new challenges for he knows that greater the challenges, greater the rewards.
This story is about one such hero. We call him hero because as a nation, we should make such entrepreneurs our hero and inspiration. Navneet Maheshwari is the man that we are talking about in this article. This 27 years old Delhi-based entrepreneur owns a stock market advisory firm AGM INVESTMENT and considered to be one of the most brilliant advisors & mentors when it comes to financial consultancy and education.

Navneet Maheshwari who comes from humble beginnings is a self-made entrepreneur who runs a stock market advisory firm AGM INVESTMENTwhich provides training with demos in live market to those who have interest in live stock market and want to build their wealth.

Mr. Maheshwari has a great knack of understanding the capital market and procedures that are involved in establishing a business which gives him an in-depth understanding of the capital market and business.
His clients are from multiple industries which provides AGM INVESTMENT with a great experience suitable for any business to work with them.

Navneet Maheshwari who started AGM INVESTMENTin 2016 has been through interesting ebbs and flows. It is because these ups and downs, he has become unbreakable now. “There was a time when I was going through financial crisis and I was also bearing loss due to my bad investment decisions but I learnt from my mistakes” said Mr. Maheshwari. But now Mr. Maheshwari’s suggestions are considered to be one of the most valuable ones in industry.
Mr. Maheshwari’s providing training to those who are interested in stock market and helping them become self-employed through various valuable strategies for both long-term and short-term investments, Mr. Maheshwari has been making it big in the market. He aspires to bring changes in the lives of his students & clients and help them achieve their financial goals.

Navneet Maheshwari surely has taken AGM INVESTMENT to new heights. He has many accolades to his name. Mr. Maheshwari was included in the list of top 10 financial advisors of 2020 by Insights Success Magazine and was awarded Young Entrepreneur Award in 2021 by Indian Achiever Forum.
Navneet Maheshwari’s story is very inspirational and I hope our youth will get inspired by his story and instead of conforming to the society’s norms, will take their own entrepreneurial path.

You can follow him on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/agminvestment/ and get to know more about his journey.

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Khushboo Khan- This scintillating beauty from Bollywood has garnered a lot of rave reviews for her latest music video ‘Wahin’. The Unplugged version of Wahin is sung by Mohit Gaur, but it was her mere hearty presence that made us feel that she owns the song. This music track was reigning the chartbuster series for a long time and got an overwhelming response from the fans. After its massive success, here’s an exclusive interview with actress Khushboo Khan!

How was your experience shooting the Wahin song?

Wahin song is very special to me. I vividly remember the producers making me listen to the audio and I instantly agreed to be part of its video. The shooting experience was fun and memorable.

Everyone was so professional on set. We used to start and end the schedule on time. I am very punctual about timings and I really appreciate when others too value the time of all members involved on set .

How much would you rate your chemistry with co-star Vikram Singh?

Vikram made me feel very comfortable on sets. Our chemistry is quite evident in the video. I would undoubtedly rate us 9/10.

You have a great fashion sense, but you have kept it really simple in the Wahin song. Would you please elaborate on your look?

Thank you for this gratifying compliment. I really like dressing up and being presentable. Talking about the Wahin track look, the song demanded to keep it simple yet elegant. The little white dress with a minimalistic makeup is going well with the calmingly romantic track and I feel my look was aligning pretty well with vibe of the song.

There’s a sea at the backdrop in Wahin cover. But what does Khushboo like? Beach or Mountains?

I am a travel junkie and both beach & mountains emotionally enriches me.

What’s your favorite travel destination?

Dubai ! I feel it is an incredibly diverse destination and my luxurious escapade.

It was great catching up with Khushboo Khan.This Bollywood Star is just as beautiful in real life, as she is on screen.
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https://youtu.be/FEk-SONSmLU
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Waseem Amrohi is already a prominent name in the movie marketing & advertising world, his years of victorious entrepreneurial journey & social initiatives is presently grabbing the limelight!

Waseem Amrohi is quite active about community upliftment and his philanthropic work is a solid proof of it, making him not only a celebrated media personality, but also a praiseworthy philanthropist with deep generosity.

He is seen helping the deprived labourers & daily wage workers in Dubai & Abu Dhabi by giving them support in various forms. COVID -19 vaccination drive , meal supply, work opportunity is provided by Waseem Amrohi consistently to help improve the situation of underprivileged community severely affected by pandemic crisis.

Waseem Amrohi is also helping them with immigration complications and is working relentlessly to make a difference in their quality of life.

For years, Waseem Amrohi has been working silently in an array of fields. From working for the betterment of society, to becoming Top Digital Marketing Maven in Bollywood.

He lives a refreshingly humble live and understands the importance of having a thrifty mindset and an empathetic perspective to life.

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The current milieu has attracted a lot of traction to the burning interest of millennials in the stock market. Not only does the stock market provide the best results of compounding but it can be a relatively safe option if one relies on a growth seeking stock stalwart such as Pratham Raj.

With his years of expertise and precision in understanding the various nuances of the stock market. Using his expertise to guide and lead various investors by example, 

Being a mentor to scores of new and seasoned investors, Pratham Raj is a reliable figure due to his growth related endeavours. Since childhood, Pratham has been seeking opportunities that aim towards entrepreneurship and does not want to fall into the shackles of an 8 hour work life.

With his practical and foolproof strategies sharpened with years of closely following the stock market, Pratham Raj has proved his mettle by giving remarkable results to his clients.

Today, his overarching skills have enabled him to help his clients encash profits even in declining market situations. It is because of his noteworthy skills that he has become a Hedge-Fund manager.

A stock analyst and entrepreneur par excellence, Pratham Raj is a promising and seasoned champion whose stock reading and analysis skills have taken the market by storm.

Providing robust safety to his clients, the name of Pratham Raj is synonymous with credibility and reliability in the realm of the stock market.

Being more into options and helping clients with systematic and safer options to practice option selling, Pratham Raj is also eyeing on expanding his funds to the public sector.

With his adept stock market know-how and clever comprehension skills, Pratham is becoming the leading choice of a plethora of investors. Not only this, Pratham has been a promising face for those who thought that investing in stock markets is risky and a gamble.

Pratham believes that even if the stock market is subject to decent volatility, if one does a thorough study of stocks and deploys his strategic excellence then it can be tamed and the benefits of compounding can be encashed.

Even after the current situation of global pandemic has wrecked havoc in the lives of many, Pratham Raj has come out as a name who knows how to ride safely and profitably through all odds.

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It may take years for certain individuals to realize their dreams and make efforts towards them, while others may realize what their hearts seek at a very early age and start building their careers. Tevan did the same as soon as he realized he was inclined towards all things music. Having the innate skills and talents as a singer, rap artist and songwriter, Tevan thrived off of his talents to effortlessly transition between genres, which helped him create massive hit songs like “Anyway” and “Cloud 9” in 2019, followed by “SHOW GiRL” in 2020 and another track, which is expected to release later this year. 

Tevan, as one of the promising most UK music artists, has so far worked with some of the prominent names of the industry, who have even supported him with his work, leading him to gain more recognition across the industry. Since his teens and even today, Tevan splits his musical interests between his friends Caribbean dancehall music taste and his friends of African heritage Afrobeats/Afrowave tastes.

Today, he lays out a few general tips for budding musical artists who wish to succeed in the industry.

• Get habituated to failure: Before thinking to gain success in the music industry, an artist must get habituated to failure, says Tevan. In fact, failure should be treated as one’s best friend, which people must be willing to welcome at any stage of their career. These failures teach the greatest lessons in life, which help people become their better versions.
• Take it slow: Many aim to achieve success overnight, looking at the success stories of others. However, Tevan says in industries like music, which is already saturated, one cannot run behind success. It can only come to those who keep honing their skills and enhancing their knowledge with patience. Hence, he advises others to take it slow, learn through the process, and gradually grow as refined artists.
• Enjoy the journey: It is as essential to celebrate the small victories as it is to learn from failures. All in all, artists must enjoy the journey and go with the flow, says Tevan. This will make them fall more in love with what they do.

Tevan wants to keep creating new music and has the desire to keep entertaining music lovers around the world albeit displaying his passion towards the art. To get in touch with him, follow him on Instagram @tevanofficial.

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Hailing from Kerala, Mekha Pradeep is a Multi-color artist, “GRANDMASTER” world record holder, Award winner, Digital Entrepreneur, and Founder of June(Social media). Mekha’s unique style, her individual persona, her confidence, her drive to improvise created mad love for her paintings. During the journey to become successful,she faced a lot of obstacles to get into today’s position. Being a student, she made many records and awards that gave her life a luminity. She is now trying to take PhD in arts from London. Many were inspired by her creativity and started to learn the basics of arts.

About Mekha is not able to describe in a single word as she sets multiple records for floral art in the national as well as the international level. On Feb 13th, 2021, her title put under the category of “GRANDMASTER” in Asia Book Of Records.

Mekha Pradeep combined the style of multi-color in order to deliver amazing works.Her work creates huge publicity in social media. Mekha’s artwork is the mix-up of both passion and her love for artistic works that has helped see the tremendous amount of success in a short span of time.

Mekha Pradeep’s fusion of art is truly magnificent, her humble personalities are enchanting and her power pact performance was made her as “The Youngest Leading Multi-color Artist Of India”.

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Shalby Hospitals to set up 100 dedicated franchise orthopedic centres across India

Franchise model of business has become an integral part of every major economy in the world.  Globally, one out of seven businesses is a franchise, and on an average 300 companies start franchising every year. International brands like McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Subway and KFC have penetrated across the world through franchise model. Close home, Indian brands such as Tanishq, Titan, Patanjali, Lenskart and many others have thrived through franchise model. Franchise model is generally mutually beneficial to the franchiser and the franchisee.

Compared to other sectors, franchise model in healthcare industry in India is still limited. There are just a handful of big players who operate through franchises in Primary Care Clinics, Diagnostics & Daycare Surgery Hospitals. However, experts believe that the situation is likely to change rapidly. Healthcare is one of the fastest growing segments in India presently. According to a report by Assocham and research firm RNCOS India’s healthcare sector was worth about 160 billion US dollars in 2017 and it is expected to reach USD 372 billion by 2022.  This presents a unique opportunity for franchise business, especially in the single specialty small hospitals sector. One of the specialties that is expected to grow exponentially through franchise model is orthopedics. It offers attractive investment opportunities for people looking for a franchise business in the recession-proof healthcare sector. Shalby Hospitals, one of the most reputed multispecialty hospital chains that has carved a niche in orthopedics with a market share of 15% of joint replacement surgeries among private players in India has recently announced plans to diversify through franchise model with SOCE (Shalby Orthopedic Centre of Excellence). We spoke to Mr. Sunil Mehta, Senior VP, Shalby Hospitals to know about this more.

Why is Shalby venturing through franchise model? What are your plans?

Shalby is one of the biggest players in orthopedics in the country. We perform 10,000 knee replacement surgeries in a year, which is almost 15% of the surgeries done by private hospitals in India, besides a large number of other orthopedic procedures. However, almost all our hospitals are located in big cities. People come to Shalby for joint replacement as well as other complex orthopedic procedures from metro as well as non-metro cities. Thus, it is natural for us to set up specialized orthopedic hospitals in these centres. As we are planning 100 such hospitals in next five years we have adopted franchise model. This will enable us to roll out a number of small orthopedic hospitals in multiple locations simultaneously. It is a win win situation for the franchise as well as the patients. The franchise will get a ready market of patients driven by the trust our brand has won, and patients will be able to avail quality orthopedic care near their home. The franchisee will be investing in a ready-to-run business with 27 years of legacy and a track record of patient trust and uncompromising quality commitment.

What is SOCE?

SOCE, which is acronym for Shalby Orthopedic Centre of Excellence, is a dedicated, state-of-the-art, full service, walk-in orthopedic centres for quality treatment of all orthopedic diseases and sports injuries under one roof. We aim to set up these centres all across India, including in metro as well as non-metro cities. Leveraging on the brand name that Shalby has earned in orthopedics through years, this will be India’s first chain of dedicated orthopedic centres. SOCE will offer services for simple as well as complex orthopedic procedures including knee and hip joint replacement surgeries. In short, SOCE will be your one-stop destination for all orthopedic needs.

What are two models of your franchise business?

We have devised two models for SOCE franchise, and the franchise may opt for either of the two after a detailed discussion with us. These are:

1. Franchisee Owned Franchise Operated: The franchisee will be responsible for establishing the franchise as per Shalby defined criteria and franchisee shall run the operations according to Shalby protocols.

• Franchisee Owned Shalby Operated: The franchisee will be responsible for establishing the franchise as per Shalby defined criteria and Shalby will run and manage the centre on a revenue sharing model.

Who can be a franchisee of SOCE?

SOCE is an excellent opportunity for

• Doctors seeking entrepreneurial opportunities
• New age orthopedic surgeons aiming for growth by offering all the orthopedic services that a large multispecialty hospital does through a dedicated orthopedic centre
• Businessmen looking for opportunity in the fast-growing and recession-proof healthcare sector
• Nursing home and Hospital owners
• Real estate developers and investors with knowledge of or interest in healthcare business

What is the kind of investment the franchisee will need to make?

SOCEs will be small 25 to 40 bedded  specialty orthopedic hospitals. Whilst the cost for setting up a large 100 bedded hospital is about 1 crore per bed excluding land and development cost, the cost for setting up a smaller orthopedic hospital  is about 25 lakh per bed excluding the land and building cost. Thus, compared to multispecialty, this will be much more economical model from initial investment point of view as well as ROI.

Why do you think this is a good business opportunity?

We all know that with growing economy and higher per capita income, healthcare is one of the fastest growing sectors today. People might cut expenses on various other things but not on their health, thus it is a recession-proof industry. As I said before, people travel to our hospitals from all across the country for joint replacement and other complex orthopedic issues. At our flagship hospital in Ahmedabad we get people from distant states like West Bengal, Assam, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand as well as from nearer states like Rajasthan, Maharashtra etc. Thus, a market is already there for quality orthopedic services in almost all states which an SOCE franchise will be able to tap. 

How will Shalby support the SOCE franchisee?

We are looking at SOCE franchise not just as an investor but as a business partner through franchise model. Shalby will guide the franchise through the whole process of setting up the hospital, purchasing equipment, recruiting key doctors and senior management staff etc. Besides, Shalby team will assist the franchise in day to day operations as well as offer constant guidance and support.

For more information on SOCE and for franchise enquiry contact:

Mr. Susanta Tripathy

DGM – Franchise Business, Shalby Hospitals

9512003960

Email: franchise@shalby.in

Website: https://www.shalby.org/soce-franchise/