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Formallization of economy does come at a price
by jorgen_is_alive 7y ago
Formallization of economy does come at a price
- puranjay 7y agoDoes the price include weekly rule changes and the assumption that your largely poorly educated population will somehow learn to use your poorly designed, complicated software?
- sbmthakur 7y agoHaving a poorly educated population is no excuse for not bringing in technology. India is a country with huge population(more than 1 billion people). It will take time to get everyone "properly" educated.
- puranjay 7y agoIt's no excuse for bad policy making and poor software design either. India doesn't have a lack of software talent. Yet every single government touchpoint is atrociously designed with UX that gives even a seasoned computer user like me pause. Policy that disregards its intended target - the bulk of the population - is bad policy.
- rohan_shah 7y agoYes. Things that have never been done before on such large scale can be only be perfected with incremental changes after gathering data.
- puranjay 7y agoEasy for us to say sitting in our ivory towers my man. Draconian laws aren't impacting our ability to feed and clothe ourselves.
- sbmthakur 7y agoI'm not sure how complicated GST software impacted someone's ability to feed and clothe ourselves. Most of the key laws in India do impact many people in India because it's a country with a huge population. Nowadays there is the talk of banning single-use-plastic in the country. Companies are likely to lose business and some people will be severely impacted. Does that mean we should continue to use that kind of plastic(which harms the environment)?
- rohan_shah 7y agoI agree that there have been problems. And yes, many people are impacted due to the slowdown. But I am not sitting in an ivory tower. I am a middle class Indian living in tier 3 city who is trying to learn to code and make a living remotely...