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Friday, October 28, 2016

Exports


The company's chairman Savji Dholakia surprised his artisans and engineers by asking them to choose from
  1. car, 
  2. flat and 
  3. jewellery, as their performance incentive.
as 'loyalty programme' 

Around
  1. 500 employees opted for brand new Fiat Punto cars, 
  2. 570 for jewellery and 
  3. 207 chose a flat.
"All my dreams have come true only through my workers. A target was set for the artisans and engineers and they have achieved it. This is a big day for the entire Harikrishna family. 
We are the first company in the world to offer
  1. performance incentive valued at around Rs 3.60 lakh to each of the 1,200 diamond workers,
  2. the company has paid a total of Rs 50 crore worth of incentive to the workers.
The company had started the 'loyalty programme' in 2011. In the first year, three artisans were gifted cars. Last year, around 72 artisans were given cars for achieving their annual targets.

Jignesh Makwana, 39, a diamond artisan in the company said,
  1. "I received a car as gift last year. 
  2. So, this year when I qualified in the incentive scheme, I opted for a flat. 
  3. I will pay Rs 3.60 lakh as down payment in the housing scheme of the company to own a 3BHK flat."
Another employee, Mehul Asalaliya, an engineer said,
  1. "I opted for jewellery as I have a car and a house. 
  2. This Diwali, I will gift the jewellery to my beloved wife."
Savji Kaka, as he is fondly known in the diamond circles, is a native of Dudhala village in Amreli district. He came to Surat in the late 70s in search of a job. Without a single penny in his pocket, he went to his uncle and borrowed money to start off the diamond business on a small level. After years of struggle, he established Harikrishna Exports in 1992.

In just two decades, the company has achieved a turnover of Rs 6,000 crore per annum with the total strength of the workers and employees rising to over 9,000 including Surat, Mumbai and abroad.

"The average monthly earning of each of my artisan and engineer is Rs 1 lakh. There is one diamond artisan, who earns Rs 3.49 lakh per month. Artisans are the backbone of our industry and we have set an example by giving them highest wages in the industry," says Dholakia.


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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

500 villages

Starting as a 'satsang' initiative of International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) among villagers, a programme titled 'The Prayag' has taken shape in Maharashtra to bring about rural development in the fields of health, economy, society and culture.

The programme, already pioneered in several villages of Maharashtra, has been initiated by ISKCON spiritual leader Radhanath Swami Maharaj of Radha Gopinath Temple at Girgaon Chowpatty in south Mumbai.

'The Prayag' now aims at reaching out to 500 villages of Maharashtra in the next five years of its implementation.

According to Radhanath Swami, 'The Prayag' has been conceptualised over a period of time and finally structured under three umbrellas - Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati,
  1. where economic upliftment of villagers is taken care of by Ganga and 
  2. spiritual and cultural needs are addressed by Yamuna while 
  3. Saraswati (coined after the hidden holy river as per Indian scriptures) works towards education of the villagers.
"The economic, social, spiritual and cultural development of villages in this way will lead to a self-sustaining ecosystem creating more harmony and happiness within the society," Swami said in the release.
  1. Ganga will ensure agro-based economic development, cow protection and breed preservation, improving cow economics through cow products, native seed preservation by creating seed banks, soil and water conservation among other activities aimed at making villages self-dependent and economically robust from within, it said.
  2. As a part of Prayag, Yamuna works on building solid spiritual foundation through regular satsang programs, encouraging and taking people for Yatra to holy places with the congregation and youth, creating programs for kids based on stories from Puranas and other activities," it added. 
  3. "Saraswati will also look at conducting general health checkup camps, eye camps, cancer camps, providing accessible and affordable quality health care to rural people by opening health centers, identifying and encouraging local traditional healing or curing methods and giving nourishing meals to kids in schools," it added.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Ali

Bhaktitirtha Swami and Brahmananda prabhu with Muhammad Ali.
Bhaktitirtha Swami had a way of striking up a spontaneous friendship with celebrities such as Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali also shared the spotlight with Srila Prabhupada, at an anti-war peace concert Ali had organized.