Thank You, Shri Saurabh Garg

 

 

What for ?

For accepting my suggestion to assign Aadhar ID to all children at birth

 

Where did you read this ?

Following report :

Aadhaar enrolment soon to be available for newborns in hospitals: UIDAI CEO Saurabh Garg

 

( Eco Times / 17 Dec 2021 )

Extract :

Having enrolled 99.7 percent adult population of the country in Aadhaar, the Unique Identification Authority of India ( UIDAI ) is gearing up to offer Aadhar Card facility for newly born children in hospitals, soon

 

Saurabh Garg, Chief Executive Officer, UIDAI (ceo@uidai.gov.in ) said,

 

“ We are trying to tie-up with the registrar of births to give Aadhar numbers to new-born babies. They will be provided with an Aadhar card by simply clicking a picture when the child is born. So far, we have enrolled 131 crore population and issued them Aadhar cards “

 

“About 99.7 per cent of adults have Aadhaar cards and children from age of zero are issued cards, for which there are different protocols for capturing biometrics at different age.

 

We don’t take biometrics for children below 5 years , but link it with one of his parents, either with mother or father. After the child crosses the age of five, their biometrics are captured “, informed UIDAI CEO

 

 
It is estimated that there were nearly 24.1 million births in India in 2020. Thus UIDAI will be enrolling around 2 – 2.5 crore babies in Aadhar every year

 

Nearly 10 crore people update their names, addresses, mobile numbers every year

Out of 140 crore bank accounts, 120 crore accounts have been linked with Aadhaar 

More than 300 schemes of the Central government and 400 schemes of the state govt schemes have been linked with Aadhar

The UIDAI is looking to leverage 80 crore smartphones present in India

UIDAI is looking at using smartphones as a universal authenticator as it looks beyond OTP, IRIS and fingerprints as a mode of authentication.

“ There are about 80 crore smartphones and we are looking at how they can be developed as universal authenticators. “

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When did you suggest Aadhar for new-born ?

In my following e-mail :

SARAL (Single  Authentic  Registration for Anywhere  Login )………………. [ 10 Feb 2019 ]

Extract :

Ø     At birth of a child , parents will submit child’s data ( Name / Birthdate / Address etc ) on,

      www.IndiaDataCustodian.gov.in  

Ø     Up to the age of 12 , parents will submit / edit,  all data about the child

            From 12 to 18 , data submission / editing will be done jointly with the child

            From 18 onwards, child ( who has turned adult ) will maintain data

 

      Is there similar process in any other country ?

      Yes. Here is how a new-born gets his ID in Estonia :

Astonishing Estonia ……………………………….[ 28 Dec 2018 ]

 

Extract :

Lessons  from  Estonia :

 

 “ Now we will register our child,” Andrejs Lunde says with gravity as he inserts his ID card into the card

  reader. And just like that, Oskar is Estonia’s newest citizen. No paper. No fuss

 

Have you made any suggestion re using smart-phone for authentication ?

Yes

Here is my e-mail suggesting “ merger of all ID cards into ONE card and displaying on Mobile as Single / Unique ID “ :

I am One , I will become Many…………………………………………. [ 06 May 2020 ]

 

Extract :

How about making lives of Ordinary Citizen easy by having just ONE CARD to replace all these cards ?

Now, since my original suggestion of 2013, technology has made huge strides

 

Time has come to dispense with all physical cards and merge all of those into , one VIRTUAL CARD

The method of “ merging “ of all identifiers  [ cards ] , must NOT require a citizen to fill up any FORM , online or offline

Following is my suggestion :

       Ø  Central Govt to launch a online portal called, www.SUIIC.gov.in

           (  Single Unified Identity for Indian Citizen )

            Ø  By appropriately enacted Law, Central Govt will order all CARD ISSUING

                AGENCIES to upload their “ Card Related Databases “ onto SUIIC web

                server and continue to do so DAILY for new additions to their databases

              

           Ø   SUIIC will use AI - Machine Learning - Big Data Analytics etc.,  to merge /

                collate all kinds of structured  / unstructured databases pertaining to all

                kinds of Cards / unique IDENTIFIERS, issued by any entity, to

                any citizen

                

           These will include Mobile Service Providers and E Mail ID providers

          Ø  This exercise will lead to creation of UNIQUE PROFILE for each citizen, and

              named :

          YUP  ( Your Unique Profile )

          YUP ( with unique serial number ) will be that SINGLE CARD which replaces

          all CARDS

          Ø  YUP will also be the name of a Mobile App supported by SUIIC web server

          Ø  Any citizen can download the YUP ( absolutely VOLUNTARY ) , open it on

              his smart phone , enter his mobile number / E Mail ID and take a SELFIE

              of his own FACE

              

          Ø  The Mobile App will automatically and instantly, upload the FACE IMAGE

               onto SUIIC database and the matching YUP of that person

               

          Ø  SUIIC will embed into the FACE PHOTO , all data of all the CARDS ever

              issued to that person ( using STEGANOGRAPHY ), and send it back to the

              owner’s mobile phone

              

          Ø  Just under the FACE PHOTO, there will be a DROP LIST of all the Cards /

              Identifiers which have been embedded .

             Touching any item, will reveal the actual Physical Card

          Ø  This will enable that citizen to EDIT his personal data online and click

              SUBMIT

          Ø  Anytime required in future, that citizen can show that YUP photo to any

              party

          Ø  There will be no compulsion for any citizen to use YUP . He may continue

              using his Physical Cards, if he so desires

 

               

According to you, what will be the next evolution of  “ Aadhar at Birth “ ?

Following is only a matter of time ( not a question of “ if “ / only a question of “ when

       “ ) :

Aadhar : The Omnipresent ? …………………………………..[ 22 Mar 2017 ]

Extract :

I hope , someday soon , an India Start-Up comes up with a digital solution ( pasting, a unique RFID sensor on the forehead of each child , at birth ? ) to get rid of all the CARDS , a person needs to acquire in a life-time ,

 

Dear Shri Garg,

 

Congratulations for laying down the “ foundation “ for following “ Electoral Reforms “ :

Ø     Common electoral roll for Municipal – State Assembly – Lok Sabha elections

Ø     ( Mobile – based ), simultaneous elections on a single day

-       As envisaged in :

 

EC's voting reforms may clear decks for one electoral roll, simultaneous polls  /  ET  / 17 Dec 2021

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 19 Dec 2021

 

 

 

Related Readings :

 

Centre to pump 5 mn National Common Mobility Cards every month [ 17 Dec 2021 ]

Raining Cards ? ……………………………………………………………………………………..[ 30 Jan 2013 ]

 

Universal Payments ID : How about Unique Personal ID ?..................[ 06 Apr 2021 ]

 

Aadhar : The Anchor ……………………………………………………………………………….[ 08 Jan 2021 ]

From Cradle to Grave ?..................................................................[ 05 Aug 2017 ]

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Build Teams : Improve Governance

 

 

Context :

Modi govt splits council of ministers into teams to improve governance     /  HT  /  15 Nov 2021

Extract :

In a major push for a hands-on approach to governance, the Modi government is planning to

#  rope in young professionals,

#  seek suggestions from retiring officials and

{  My suggestion at :

Justice delayed is Justice Denied ……………………….[ 12 Sept 2018 ]  }

 

#  make the best use of technology for project monitoring,

{  My suggestions at :

Nothing prettier than PERT ! …………………………………………[ 04 Dec 2015 ]

Remembering Admiral Rickover ! …………………………………[04 June 2017 ]

PERT for Digital Dashboard………………………………………… [ 27 Feb 2018 ]

Monitoring Projects in Real-time ? ……………………………….[ 11 Aug 2020 ]

No More Delayed Projects ? …………………………………………..[ 26 Aug 2021 ]   }

 

besides various other steps to be overseen by eight different groups comprising of members from the entire Council of Ministers, people familiar with the matter said.

 

The 77 ministers have been divided into eight groups to :

 

#  develop technology-based resources,

 

{  My suggestions at :

 

Ø  Troika of Technology ? …………………….[ 20 Feb 2020 ]

Ø  Project Development System…………. [ 06 Nov 2015 ]

Ø  Congratulations, Shri GopuKumarji   [ 30 Jan 2019 ]

Ø  Ray, a drop of golden Sun ……………….[ 18 Feb 2019 ]

Ø  Water above our heads …………………….[ 29 Mar 2019 ]   }

 

 

#  create a pool of professionals for recruiting in their teams and

#  other similar initiatives to be adopted in the offices of all ministers’ offices, to

#  bring more transparency and

#  further improve efficiency of the Modi government

 

A total of five such sessions were held - one each on :

 

#   Personal Efficiency,

#   Focused Implementation,

#   Ministry Functioning and Stakeholder Engagement,

#   Party Coordination and Effective Communication

#   Parliamentary practices.

 

 

Developing a portal in each minister’s office that gives :

 

#   updates on the performance of the Centre’s flagship schemes and policies,

#   dashboard for monitoring decisions made by the respective ministers and

#   system to schedule meetings 

#   managing correspondence

-       are among the tasks assigned to these groups.

They have also been asked to create profiles of all districts, states and ministries and develop stakeholder engagement programmes.

 

{  Take a look at :   Gujarat’s Eye-in-the-Sky  /  01 Sept 2021  }

 

One of the groups has been assigned to :

#  set up a mechanism for creating a team of at least three young professionals with command over

    research, communication and other key areas,

 

Similarly, a group has been assigned to :

#  create a portal that maintains feedback and experiences of the retiring employees

 

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With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@ReccruitGuru.com  /  18 Dec 2021

Laws : Debate / Enact / Amend / Repeal ( DEAR )

 

Context :

CJI: Legislature doesn't study or assess impact of laws it passes  /  The Tribune / 28 Nov 2021

 

Extract :

 

Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Saturday said, “The legislature does not conduct studies or assess the impact of the laws that it passes, which sometimes leads to big issues and result in over-burdening of cases on the judiciary. 

 

 

My Take :

 

Ø  Life is no more as simple and straightforward as it used to be 50 years ago

Ø  Industry / Business / Economy / Society , cannot anymore work in isolation of each other

Ø  Countries are getting more and more “ inter-dependent “, with each exporting / importing , Goods and Services from one another

Ø  During the past 10 year, this “ Globalization “ has become intricately woven by E-Commerce

Ø  Technology is moving so fast that laws are getting “ obsolete “ within months of getting enacted

Ø  In a democratic set up like ours, proposed bills require close scrutiny by Standing Committees / Joint Parliamentary Committees – a process, which sometimes , takes months . Just witness the Data Protection Bill which was under such scrutiny for past 2 years, before getting tabled yesterday

Ø  Even after a scrutiny lasting 2 years, to me it appears that the draft contains so many loopholes / vagueness, that it will be extremely difficult ( if not impossible ), to implement it

Ø  In case of future litigations in respect of “ perceived violations “ of this law, I believe even the judges will fail to agree on the definitions of various terms / concepts, enshrined in its various clauses

Ø  Given all of these complexities, sometimes it is best not to try and legislate in matters which are best left to be sorted out by parties concerned among themselves. Following proposals come to my mind :

 

[ A ]

 

India Inc may switch to Pay@WFH Formula  /  ET  /  17 Dec 2021

 

[ B ]

‘Donate Pension’ appeal to households in works  /  ET  /  29 Nov 2021

 

Dear Shri Kiran Rijujuji,

In both of the above-mentioned cases, I urge you to adopt a “ Wait and Watch “ policy and not rush to passing a law or issuing any government “ directive “ , despite any possible ( political ? ) compulsion to act

If hurriedly enacted as laws, these may cause more problems than they solve  !

With Regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  18 Dec 2021

 

 

Congratulations, Shishir Joshi

 

 

For planning to introduce QR Codes to unravel history behind Mumbai roads

 

Context :

Mumbai roads to have QR codes: Here's all you need to know  /  Free Press  /  11 Nov 2021

Extract :

NGO Project Mumbai, in association with the BMC, the Mumbai Police and Mumbai University, has launched the largest mapping of Mumbai roads, called Project Naksha to QR code every city road. Once implemented, the codes on scanning with a phone will generate all details of the roads, including details of personalities after whom they have been named.

Founder and CEO of Project Mumbai, Shishir Joshi ( shishir@projectmumbai.org ) said Naksha will provide history behind street names

The next step would be to QR code the signboards which will enable citizens to digitally track the locations. And finally, but most importantly, it will ensure that the locations are all geo-tagged.

The total road network in the city is nearly 2,000 km, comprising about 1,950-km of BMC-maintained roads..

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My Take :

Ø  This project will give a big boost to tourism, by enabling them to know the historical highlights of Mumbai .

 

Ø  I urge Shri G Kishan Reddy ( Central Govt., Minister for Tourism ) to “ incentivize “ , all State Governments to undertake similar projects for all cities ( starting with cities most visited by Foreign Tourists )

 

 

Ø  It is only a matter of time before these tourists ( especially the Foreign Tourists ), visiting our cities, will be wearing smart AR glasses, thereby eliminating the need for scanning the QR code with smart phone camera

 

Ø  Looking at QR codes on street signs, using AR glasses,  will not only reveal the historical facts associated, but will also enable any tourist to take photos / videos ( by simply touching a tiny button on the AR glass ) and upload those videos on Social Media or send to any friend / relative

This will be an irresistible feature for foreign tourists

Of course, PRIVACY ADVOCATES will cry foul, since it will be impossible to decide ( and catch ), which wearer of AR glasses is taking whose photo / video, without ANY PERMISSION of person being photographed !

How will that DATA PROTECTION BILL introduced in Lok Sabha yesterday, protect our citizen from AR glass based snooping / surveillance ?

 

With regard,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@recruitGuru.com / 17 Dec 2021

 

Related Readings :

Tourism : Future is getting closer …………………………………..[ 24 Sept 2021 ]

Future of Tourism ? ……………………………………………………………[ 22 July 2020 ]

Aditya Thackerayji : How to revive Tourism Industry……….( 28 Mar 2021 )

 

Uniting the World ? ……………………………………………………………..( 05 June 2021 )

 CC :

shishir@projectmumbai.org

adityathackeray@me.com

 yvonne@roomality.com

david@roomality.com

ines@roomality.com

john@roomality.com

 

 

Congratulations, Nitinbhai

 

 

 

What for ?

For once again “ thinking out-of-the-box “

Can you give an example ?

Yes

He wants “ poor people of India “ to fund highway construction projects

Here is that report :

 Govt exploring public financing for road infra projects: Nitin Gadkari   /  MoneyControl / 15 Dec 2021

Extract :

The government is working on a scheme to raise funds from the public at 6 per cent annual interest rate for road infrastructure projects, union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday in the Rajya Sabha.

"… We are working on a scheme to raise funds from the poor and ordinary persons for road projects. We will raise funds at 6 per cent annual interest rate which is higher than what banks provide,” he said in the Upper House.

This will benefit the public as they will get a fixed return, he added.

He said there has been a 55 per cent increase in construction of highway road to 1,40,936 km now which will further increase to 2 lakh km under Gati Shakti Bharatmala project.

 

Background :

On October 13, PM Modi had launched the ₹ 100 lakh crore national master plan for multi-modal connectivity to develop infrastructure to decrease the logistic costs and boost the economy.

( source : https://www.ndtv.com/business/gati-shakti-national-master-plan-101-projects-identified-under-gati-shakti-to-enhance-port-connectivity-says-minister-2624576 )

 

Dear Nitinbhai,

We are a “ Nation in a Great Hurry “. Infra projects like Gati Shakti Bharatmala, can raise our economy to a higher orbit, besides providing jobs to millions

But I have serious doubts that offering to general public, a fixed annual interest of 6 % ( much like a Fixed Deposit with a bank ), can help raise Rs 100 lakh crore

Now Rs 100 lakh crores is approx USD 1333  billion . This is almost TEN TIMES the total tax collection of Govt of India from its citizens.

And India’s GDP is USD 2660 billion ( Est for 2020 )

No doubt, we do not need all of that USD 1333 Billion in one go, right away

But, I think you would want to immediately raise, at least, USD 400 Billion, to begin with

Can your scheme motivate 10 million Indians to contribute $ 40,000 ( Rs 30 Lakh ) each ?

I have serious doubts !

I strongly urge you to modify your proposal as suggested in my following earlier e-mail :

Congratulations, Shri Surjit Bhallaji, …………………….[ 31 Oct 2019 ]

 

Extract :

Ø  Under a BLACK MONEY AMNESTY SCHEME , all hidden income deposited in Infrastructure Bank Accounts ( similar to Jan Dhan Accounts ), can only be used for investing in Govt Infrastructure SPVs , with a lock-in period of 10 years and all interest / dividend to be only credited to such Infrastructure Bank Accounts and no money can be withdrawn from such accounts for specified period

 

Ø  Dear Madam Nirmala Sitharamanji,

 I urge you to accept the recommendation made by Shri Surjit Bhallaji and implement it with the following modification :

Ø  Reduce tax liability from proposed 15 % to 0 %

 

Ø  Full amount disclosed must be invested in Govt Infra Bonds

 

Ø  Bonds to pay annual interest @ 5 % ( but cannot be withdrawn for 10 years )

 

Ø  No questions / No litigations / No penalty / No re-opening of past tax-returns

 

With this modification, it is possible to raise $ 1,000 Billion ( extrapolating from the example set by Indonesia ), within 6 months

 

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  16 Dec 2021  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com

 

Related Readings :

 

Indonesia Shows the Way………………………[ 23 Dec 2016 ]

Extract :

This Indonesian Miracle must be viewed in light of following estimates of India's Black Money :

 *   At 12 % of GDP ( $ 2300 Billion ), our BLACK MONEY economy = $ 276 billion ( Rs 185 Lakh*crore )

 

Now imagine , if we too had offered PMGKY ( Prime Minister's Gareeb Kalyan Yojana ) , to our black money hoarders , at 5 % tax rate ( instead of 50 % announced )

We could have managed to get them to deposit / declare , Rs 100 lakh*crore ( out of Rs 185 lakh*crore ) , with 90 % amount being declared by " You know Who ? "

And  government would have collected , Rs 5 lakh* crore  by way of tax

Perhaps enough to abolish Personal Income Tax from 2017 onwards !

We could have done much better than Indonesia - and 5 years ago - had UPA government considered my following blog / suggestion :

 

Magic Wand ……………[ 09 June 2011 ]