US-returned Moily's son provides financial empowerment to villages
Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily's son, gave up his cushy job in the US to contribute back home. He has empowered hundreds of villagers in Karnataka through the milk collection network, known as the MokhshaYug Access, he has set up. Mahalakshmi is happy and contented - her dream of buying all the latest kitchen gadgets have come true. The 34-year-old resident of Karnataka's Banavara village works for the Milk Route - a business initiative set up by the MokshaYug Access. Mahalakshmi said, "Working for milk route has really helped me, I earn a lot and I can buy whatever I want. I feel independent now."
Instead of following in the political footsteps of his father, Harsha chose to build a network of collection centres for fresh milk across Karnataka. Moily Junior's brainchild - MYA now collects nearly 90,000 litres of milk and has provided financial empowerment to hundreds of villagers like Mahalakshmi. At a time when most sons and daughters of MPs from Akhilesh Yadav to Agatha Sangma to Jitin Prasada are inheriting seats from their parents, Harsha Moily stands out. According to reports, every MP under the age 30 has inherited his seat. Also, more than 2/3rd MPs under the age of 40 have inherited their seats. if this trend continues, most MPs in Parliament will soon be hereditary. Harsha, who was a private equity manager in the US, gave up his cushy job. He returned to India and entered the agricultural business. Although he is not a full-fledged politician, his views on reviving the rural sector are potential vote-gatherers. Harsha said, "What I've seen is that when there is this talk about rural India its all about subsidies, its about loan waiver, its about UID, its about micro finance, which I felt was not productive policies and programmes. When it comes to rural India the talk should be really about job creation and wealth creation." Based on the farm-to-fork business model, MokshaYug Access is trying to improve farmers' yield and the supply chain by ensuring that good-quality milk and fruit can be accessed from anywhere. So far, so good. But Harsha has had his share of arguments with his minster father over the health of the rural economy. "Sometimes you start to believe that there is way too many economists and development sector activists running the government. I do complain to him about too much focus on loan waivers and subsidies," said Harsha. When one of the world's best venture capitalist, Vinod Khosla invests money into Harsha's business, you know that this politician's son is doing the right thing
Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily's son, gave up his cushy job in the US to contribute back home. He has empowered hundreds of villagers in Karnataka through the milk collection network, known as the MokhshaYug Access, he has set up. Mahalakshmi is happy and contented - her dream of buying all the latest kitchen gadgets have come true. The 34-year-old resident of Karnataka's Banavara village works for the Milk Route - a business initiative set up by the MokshaYug Access. Mahalakshmi said, "Working for milk route has really helped me, I earn a lot and I can buy whatever I want. I feel independent now."
Instead of following in the political footsteps of his father, Harsha chose to build a network of collection centres for fresh milk across Karnataka. Moily Junior's brainchild - MYA now collects nearly 90,000 litres of milk and has provided financial empowerment to hundreds of villagers like Mahalakshmi. At a time when most sons and daughters of MPs from Akhilesh Yadav to Agatha Sangma to Jitin Prasada are inheriting seats from their parents, Harsha Moily stands out. According to reports, every MP under the age 30 has inherited his seat. Also, more than 2/3rd MPs under the age of 40 have inherited their seats. if this trend continues, most MPs in Parliament will soon be hereditary. Harsha, who was a private equity manager in the US, gave up his cushy job. He returned to India and entered the agricultural business. Although he is not a full-fledged politician, his views on reviving the rural sector are potential vote-gatherers. Harsha said, "What I've seen is that when there is this talk about rural India its all about subsidies, its about loan waiver, its about UID, its about micro finance, which I felt was not productive policies and programmes. When it comes to rural India the talk should be really about job creation and wealth creation." Based on the farm-to-fork business model, MokshaYug Access is trying to improve farmers' yield and the supply chain by ensuring that good-quality milk and fruit can be accessed from anywhere. So far, so good. But Harsha has had his share of arguments with his minster father over the health of the rural economy. "Sometimes you start to believe that there is way too many economists and development sector activists running the government. I do complain to him about too much focus on loan waivers and subsidies," said Harsha. When one of the world's best venture capitalist, Vinod Khosla invests money into Harsha's business, you know that this politician's son is doing the right thing
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