i need 4 lakhs to become a coolie!

Okay, wow! thats my reaction on reading the article by mayank and gaurav on the railway coolie article.
Licensing here?? in 2007, when licensing is suppposed to be word of the past, it exists and that too in the most unlikeliest of places, a railway station for coolies!Not that this is licensing with the same negative effects which led to pre 1991 but in essence the basic facts are still the same.
In reply to the two previos posts is see, even i did not find anything in the article about the status of unlicensed coolies in the stations. However, im inclined to hink that they would be very little in no. 2reasons for that:
1. Illegal and hence possibilty of railway authorities clamping on them
I agree this is an idialistic reason as one would expect bribrery and corruption to take care of that.
2. This is much more practical. Lack of assistance by unions for the unlicensed due to liabilities and obvious reasons and moreover, no participation for them in the cartel work division aspects.
In any case the fact that coolie profession could yiled 15,000 INR a month with additional railway benefits astounds me. But it certainly makes the reason for a 4 lakh premium on a license obvious!
In any case, this nexus has to be broken. Whether or not a new system is to be imposed, is a matter of debate. Personally , i feel that amenments are sufficient to this present system. I dont say do away with licensing, i say make licensing only relevant for accepting applicants for employment and a certain psychological control over the employment procedure and give order to it.
Cut away the premiums and corruption and we would have a pretty effective system!