Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Monday, 27 December 2021

Thank You, Ashwinibhai – Rajeevbhai

 


 

For what ?

For accepting ( though in somewhat different context ) my 3 year old suggestion for Single Sign On

Where did you read this ?

Here :

Soon use a single sign-in to access plethora of government  services   /  ToI  /  23 Dec 2021

Extract :

Soon you won’t need to remember different usernames and passwords to login and avail government services across Central and State Government departments

 

The Centre will launch a PLATFORM where you would need to login ONCE to avail a range of services from this common platform

 

The government agencies are also working on the plan to have a provision where the user, once logged in , will get details of the entitlements and services that would guide him / her to access them

 

A single sign-on service  allows users to log in to MULTIPLE PLATFORMS and WEBSITES , using a SINGLE set of CREDENTIALS via secure session and USER AUTHENTICATION

 

Sources said the platform offering access to multiple services would be launched by August 2022

 

The electronics and IT ministry on Wednesday held a long session with a dozen ministries and State government representatives on on-boarding ALL CITIZEN SERVICES offered by Central and State governments as part of the on-going “ Good Governance Week “

 

The roll out of NATIONAL CITIZEN CENTRIC PORTAL and the creation of a NATIONAL DIGITAL PROFILE , for ALL CITIZENS would be used to PRE-FILL  government forms and will also be a tool for citizens to discover welfare benefits offered by the governments

 

Currently, to avail different government services such as transport, passport etc., people need to have a number of USER IDs and PASSWORDS

 

The SSO service will be “ ONE STOP AUTHENTICATION PLATFORM “ for government services

 

   
MY TAKE :

 

 

Nearly 3 Years ago, I suggested such a SINGLE LOG-IN / ONE STOP AUTHENTICATION PLATFORM , through my following e-mail :

 

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

Extract :

[ A ]   Advantage ?

 

          #  No filling up / editing, your personal data, again and again, on hundreds of

              web sites. Just ONE site !

 

     #  Preventing web sites to demand – and use – your personal data which they

         don’t need

 

     #  Enabling users to make money by “selling “their personal data

 

 

[ B ]   How much money can user ( possibly ) make by selling personal data ?

 

          #   $ 4 / month, from each website ( x 100 = $ 400 pm = Rs 30,000 per

               month )

 

 [ C ]   What DATA will be submitted on IndiaDataCustodian ?

          #  Data will be submitted at 10 DATA LEVELS – described in detail at :

        Only Answer :  a  Statutory  Warning   [  10  Nov  2018  ]


[ D ]  How will other web sites “Access “ these data of a user ?

          #  All web sites / mobile apps will enable a user to login by clicking ,

         “ Log me with ww.IndiaDataCustodian.gov.in “

 

          #  No user will need to submit any personal data directly on ANY web site /

              mobile app

 

          #   Each user would need to select / specify ( on IndiaDataCustodian ), which

               web site ( or type of web site ) can be granted “ access “ to which DATA

               LEVEL, for free

 

           

          #  User will also select / specify which DATA LEVEL can be “ sold “ to what

              kind of web sites

 

          #  The “sale Price “ for each DATA LEVEL will be fixed by IndiaDataCustodian

 

          #  The “ for sale “ DATA will NOT reveal the identity of any user. It will be

              always anonymized / aggregated  for a few hundred / few thousands users,

              based on “demographic profile “ configured by the buyer website online (

             on IndiaDataCustodian ) and the purchase price paid online ( DBT to each

             User’s Bank account )

              

                

              

 

[ E ]……What concerns will SARAL address ?

 

         SARAL will satisfy the following concerns :

 

           #   It will facilitate early introduction of E-Commerce Policy, which is

                hanging fire due to a potential  conflict with the proposed Data

                Protection Bill in respect of nature of sensitive data that must be stored

                locally

 

             

          #   It will store on the local server of IndiaDataCustodian, entire “ life

               history “ of,

 

                WHO visited WHICH web Site , WHEN and for HOW LONG , and

                did WHAT

 

  

          #   It will satisfy the National Encryption Policy

 

          #   It will ensure smooth functioning of the Centralized E-Commerce

               Regulator Data Protection Regulator

 

              

         #   It will enable TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION

 

  

         #   It will enable India’s Intelligence Agencies to carry out surveillance in

              most transparent manner

 

          #   It will enable the Central and the State Governments to formulat

               policies / schemes in respect of  subsidies / unemployment allowances /

               other DBT schemes

 

          #  It will enable users ( registered on IndiaDataCustodian ) to “ monetize “

              their personal / private data  By authorizing IndiaDataCustodian to sell

              the same

             

             ( could be as high as Rs 30,000 per month per user )

 

 

        #    It will enable Indian and Foreign Corporate to bypass the Social Media

              web sites and , instead use he Platform of IndiaDataCustodian, to

              target their “ Marketing Campaign “ to millions of Indians.

              

             This will enable IndiaDataCustodian to earn billions of dollars, which it

             can share with its registered users

             

 

 

        Related Readings :

             

         Centre looks to roll out next-gen tech to cut compliance, push effective grievance redressal mechanism

          22 Dec 2021 / Eco Times


         Monetizing Personal Data, using Web 3.0 ? ……………[ 05 Dec 2021 ]

        Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]………… [ 14 Feb 2019 ]

        Thank You, Shri Saurabh Garg …………………………….[ 18 Dec 2021 ]

        The Battle for Digital Privacy Is Reshaping the Internet  /  NY Times / 21 Sept 2021

          The Companies Benefiting From Fragmenting Internet Privacy Rules / NYT /

 

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       Password Paralysis ?................................................. [ 15 Feb 2020 ]


       Extract :

 

Ø  But that did not deter me from suggesting following methods, whereby Indians can login to any web site , by just one click !

       

Ø  Without waiting for FIDO Alliance to convince all the web sites of the world (1,295,973,827 according to Netcraft's January 2020 Web Server Survey ) to adopt WebAuthn , Shri RaviShankar Prasadji could deploy one of the following methods :

 

       [ A ]

      With appropriate law, mandate all web sites to display the following message

      for user login :

     “ Log me in with  www.IndiaDataCustodian.gov.in “

      To know how we can do this, without waiting for acceptance of WebAuthn ,

      read :

       Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]

 

With Regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  28 Dec 2021

 

   

 

        

 

 

 


 

 

 

Saturday, 25 December 2021

Congratulations, Pramod Vermaji ,

 


 

Context :

Just came across Pramod’s following post on Linkedin :

  Historical milestone for the creation of a decentralized interoperable commerce network enabled by #opensource #becknprotocol

India is pushing the boundaries in empowering individuals and micro enterprises through ownership of data, credentials and ability to transact without large intermediaries.


Description: Open Network For Digital Commerce

Open Network For Digital Commerce210 followers5d • Edited • 5 days ago

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History has been created today on #ONDC!   



At 4:18 am this morning, we recorded the first-ever Multi-domain cascaded round-trip transaction (simulated) as part of the ongoing #ONDCHackathon #ONDCIntegrationsprint.  



The order was placed from a buyer app on #ONDC retail network, one of the seller platforms, Falcons AI (GrowthFalcons), picked up the order (first round trip transaction, and in retail Domain), and then the seller platform placed a delivery pickup order on #ONDC logistics network.



It was accepted up by a logistics platform, Good Box Delivery Goodbox (second round-trip transaction, and in logistics domain). For the same order ID, we thus achieved a cascaded Multi-domain transaction, on one protocol in the "network of networks" model.



This is the first of its kind ever on an open network using an open protocol.


Imagine the possibilities that we can collectively achieve and show the world how India is creating new frontiers in digital commerce.

 

My Take :


Ø  Birth of a David ?.........................[ 27 Oct 2021 ]


Extract :

CongratulationsShri Piyush Goyalji,

 

Imagine a buyer not having to go from one portal to another !


And the ONDC Network enabling him to buy goods / services from ANY firm, without logging to any other e-commerce portal !


This innovation will break up the oligopoly ( approaching “ near monopoly “ ) of existing e-Com giants


While wishing ONDC all success, I urge the HR Minister / Labour Minister to “ copy “ this concept as far as

 “ Online Job Portals “ are concerned

 

[ A ]………. JOB-SEEKERS


At present, millions of “ Job-seekers “ have to :


           Ø  Submit their resumes on umpteen job-portals, one by one ( by filling in

               almost identical Resume submit forms ), and keep track of umpteen

               passwords

              

           Ø  Search jobs ( much like searching for products / services on e-Com portals

               ), by login to each job-portal  separately.

              

Ø         >   Apply Online “ , if and when they find a suitable job

 

         [ B ]………. EMPLOYERS


The process for “ Employers / Recruiters “ is similar :


          Ø  They must buy a quarterly / annual “ subscription “ from each job-portals


          Ø  They must “ post “ their  same / identical “ job advertisement “, one by

               one, on each job-portal

          Ø  To “ search “ suitable candidates, they must login and conduct “ Resume

              Search “ on each portal

 

It is worth remembering that :


         Ø  Each job portal acts as a “ Silo “, holding close to its chest , millions of

             resumes / vacancies

         Ø  A huge number of Employers and Jobseekers registered on these portals are

             the SAME

         Ø  This means a lot of “ Duplicate Databases “ ( of Buyers and Sellers )


THE JOB-PORTAL SCENARIO DESCRIBED ABOVE, IS QUITE SIMILAR TO THE SITUATION PREVAILING WITH E-COM PORTALS


This lead me to suggest :

 World Wide Work Federation ( W3F ) ………………………………………..  [ 07 Oct 2010 ]


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Dear Shri Pramod Vermaji,


Please consider following :

“ Even though there is a high probability that , somewhere there exists a job ( vacancy ) for every job-seeker, posted on one of the thousands of job-portals, it is extremely difficult – and time consuming – for a job-seeker to find it “


I urge you to consider utilizing the ONDC framework / platform, to coalesce / merge, “ Jobs Posted “ databases of ALL the job-portals ( which are, undoubtedly, the earliest manifestation of e-Commerce ), as suggested above

  

With regards,

Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 26 Dec 2021

 

Related Readings :


Employment Policy ? Committed to a Committee ?.......... [ 31 Oct 2021 ]

 

Recruiters threatened by AI ? …………………………………………….[ 31 Mar 2018 ]


National Jobs Policy : Treasure Hunt ………………………………….[ 15 Dec 2017 ]


Will Chatbots take away Jobs ? …………….. ……………………..[ 24 June 2017 ]


National Recruitment Agency ( NRA )………………………………….[ 02 Feb 2020 ]


National Career Service Portal                     ……………………..[ 21 July 2015 ]


Job Melas are NOT an answer !                    ………………………[ 13 Feb 2017 ]


Job Fairs : Offline or Online ? ……………………………………………….[ 05 Aug 2016 ]