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 17 June 2024

E Mail IDs of Cabinet Ministers / State Chief Ministers


Dear Fellow Citizen :


Very often , after reading some news report , you feel like sending an e-mail to

the concerned Cabinet Minister or State Chief Minister , suggesting some solution

to the problem at hand. 


You believe you have some very good , positive and constructive idea that the

concerned Minister should consider for implementation


But you just don't have the E-Mail ID of that Minister  !  And you just don't have

the time to search the Web 


No problem 


Just look up the following lists , copy any ( or all ) Email IDs and send out that

idea


Remember , we have a set of Ministers who would be happy to get your feedback

/ suggestions - even if they may not find time to acknowledge receipt of your mail


It is time you speak up and get heard . If you let go of this opportunity to

influence their thinking , you will have no one else to blame but yourself



With regards,


hemen parekh  /  www.HemenParekh.ai  /  18 June 2024


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Cabinet Ministers

 

 

 

 

Sr. No.

Cabinet Ministers

Department

Email ID

 

 

 

 

1

Shri Raj Nath Singh

Ministry of Defence

rmo@mod.nic.in

2

Shri Amit Shah

Ministry of Home Affairs

hm@mha.gov.in

3

Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

nitin.gadkari@nic.in

4

Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare / Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

jpnadda@gmail.com

5

Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare / Ministry of Rural Development

chauhansr@sansad.nic.in

6

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

Ministry of Finance / Ministry of Corporate Affairs

appointment.fm@gov.in

7

Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Ministry of External Affairs

eam@mea.gov.in

8

Shri Manohar Lal

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs / Ministry of Power

cmharyana@nic.in

9

Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy

Ministry of Heavy Industries / Ministry of Steel

ea.dhi@nic.in

10

Shri Piyush Goyal

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

piyush@bjp.org

11

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Ministry of Education

minister.sm@gov.in

12

Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

min-msme@nic.in

13

Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh

Ministry of Panchayati Raj / Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

lalanrajiv1@gmail.com

14

Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

sarbanandasonowal@gmail.com

15

Dr. Virendra Kumar

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

vkumar@sansad.nic.in

16

Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu

Ministry of Civil Aviation

rammohannaidu@gmail.com

17

Shri Pralhad Joshi

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution / Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

pralhadvjoshi@gmail.com

18

Shri Jual Oram

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

jualoram@hotmail.com

19

Shri Giriraj Singh

Ministry of Textiles

mos-msme@gov.in

20

Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw

Ministry of Railways / Ministry of Information and Broadcasting / Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

info@ashwinivaishnaw.in

21

Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia

Ministry of Communications / Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

hm.moca@nic.in

22

Shri Bhupender Yadav

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

office@bhupenderyadav.in

23

Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Ministry of Culture / Ministry of Tourism

g.shekhawat@sansad.nic.in

24

Smt. Annpurna Devi

Ministry of Women and Child Development

annpurnadevi.koderma@sansad.nic.in

25

Shri Kiren Rijiju

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs / Ministry of Minority Affairs

kiren.rijiju@sansad.nic.in

26

Shri Hardeep Singh Puri

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

min.png@nic.in

27

Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya

Ministry of Labour and Employment / Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

mansukh_palitana@yahoo.com

28

Shri G. Kishan Reddy

Ministry of Coal / Ministry of Mines

kishanreddy.g@sansad.nic.in

29

Shri Chirag Paswan

Ministry of Food Processing Industries

minister.fpi@nic.in

30

Shri C R Patil

Ministry of Jal Shakti

crpatiloffice@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

 

 

 

 

Sr. No.

Cabinet Ministers

Department

Email ID

 

 

 

 

1

Shri Rao Inderjit Singh

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation / Ministry of Planning

mos-planning@gov.in

2

Dr. Jitendra Singh

Ministry of Science and Technology / Ministry of Earth Sciences

mos-stes@gov.in

3

Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal

Ministry of Law and Justice

mljoffice@gov.in

4

Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao

Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)

prataprao.jadhav@sansad.nic.in

5

Shri Jayant Chaudhary

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

jayantrld@yahoo.com

 

 

 

 

Ministers of State

 

 

 

 

Sr. No.

Cabinet Ministers

Department

Email ID

 

 

 

 

1

Shri Rao Inderjit Singh

Ministry of Culture

mos-planning@gov.in

2

Dr. Jitendra Singh

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions / Department of Atomic Energy / Department of Space

drjitendras@gmail.com

3

Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

arjunrammeghwal@gmail.com

4

Shri Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

jadhavprataprao@yahoo.co.in

5

Shri Jayant Chaudhary

Ministry of Education

 jayant.rld@sansad.nic.in

6

Shri Jitin Prasada

Ministry of Commerce and Industry / Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

mos-eit@gov.in

7

Shri Shripad Yesso Naik

Ministry of Power / Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

shripad.naik@sansad.nic.in

8

Shri Pankaj Chaudhary

Ministry of Finance

pankaj.chowdhary@sansad.nic.in

9

Shri Krishan Pal

Ministry of Cooperation

palkrishangurjar14@gmail.com

10

Shri Ramdas Athawale

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

ramdas@sansad.nic.in

11

Shri Ram Nath Thakur

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

ramnath.thakur@sansad.nic.in

12

Shri Nityanand Rai

Ministry of Home Affairs

nityanand.rai@sansad.nic.in

13

Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/ Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

officeanupriyapatel@gmail.com

14

Shri V. Somanna

Ministry of Jal Shakti / Ministry of Railways

 

15

Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani

Ministry of Rural Development / Ministry of Communications

drchandra@gmail.com

16

Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying / Ministry of Panchayati Raj

agramp88@gmail.com

17

Sushri Shobha Karandlaje

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises / Ministry of Labour and Employment

office.shobhabjp@gmail.com

18

Shri Kirtivardhan Singh

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change / Ministry of External Affairs

kirtivardhan.singh@sansad.nic.in

19

Shri B. L. Verma

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution / Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

blverma.mp@sansad.nic.in

20

Shri Shantanu Thakur

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

shantanu.thakur20@sansad.nic.in

21

Shri Suresh Gopi

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas / Ministry of Tourism

sureshgopi.mp@sansad.nic.in

22

Dr. L. Murugan

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting / Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

lmurugantnbjp@gamil.com

23

Shri Ajay Tamta

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

ajay.tamta@sansad.nic.in

24

Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar

Ministry of Home Affairs

bandisanjayindian@gmail.com

25

Shri Kamlesh Paswan

Ministry of Rural Development

kamlesh.paswan@sansad.nic.in

26

Shri Bhagirath Choudhary

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

bhagirathchoudhary.25@gmail.com

27

Shri Satish Chandra Dubey

Ministry of Coal / inistry of Mines

satishchandra.dubey@sansad.nic.in

28

Shri Sanjay Seth

Ministry of Defence

seth.sanjay@sansad.nic.in

29

Shri Ravneet Singh

Ministry of Food Processing Industries / Ministry of Railways

ravneetbittu@gmail.com

30

Shri Durgadas Uikey

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

durgadas.uikey@sansad.nic.in

31

Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

rakshatainkhadse@gmail.com

32

Shri Sukanta Majumdar

Ministry of Education / Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

sukanta.majumdar@sansad.nic.in

33

Smt. Savitri Thakur

Ministry of Women and Child Development

officeofmos-wcd@gov.in

34

Shri Tokhan Sahu

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

tokhansahubilaspursansad@gmail.com

35

Shri Raj Bhushan Choudhary

Ministry of Jal Shakti

drraj1995@gmail.com

36

Shri Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma

Ministry of Heavy Industries / Ministry of Steel

 

37

Shri Harsh Malhotra

Ministry of Corporate Affairs / Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

mos-mcas@gov.in

38

Smt. Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

nimuben.bambhania@gmail.com

39

Shri Murlidhar Mohol

Ministry of Cooperation / Ministry of Civil Aviation

murlidhar.mohol@gmail.com

40

Shri George Kurian

Ministry of Minority Affairs / Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

mos-moma@nic.in

41

Shri Pabitra Margherita

Ministry of External Affairs / Ministry of Textiles

pabitra.mprs@sansad.nic.in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sr. No.

State

Chief Ministers

Email ID

 

 

 

 

1

Andhra Pradesh

Sri Nara Chandrababu Naidu

cm@ap.gov.in

2

Arunachal Pradesh

Shri Pema Khandu

cmarunch@arunachal.gov.in

3

Assam

Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma

cm@assam.gov.in

4

Bihar

Shri Nitish Kumar

cm-secretariat-bih@gov.in

5

Chhattisgarh

Shri Vishnu Deo Sai

cmcg@nic.in

6

Delhi (NCT)

Shri Arvind Kejriwal

cmdelhi@nic.in

7

Goa

Shri Pramod Sawant

cm.goa@nic.in

8

Gujarat

Shri Bhupendra Patel

cmguj@gujarat.gov.in

9

Haryana

Shri Nayab Singh Saini

cmharyana@nic.in

10

Himachal Pradesh

Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

ssukhu.hp@gmail.com

11

Jharkhand

Shri Champai Soren

secretaryocmjharkhand@gmail.com

12

Karnataka

Shri Siddaramaiah

cm@karnataka.gov.in

13

Kerala

Shri Pinarayi Vijayan

chiefminister@kerala.gov.in

14

Madhya Pradesh

Shri Mohan Yadav

mpportal@mp.gov.in

15

Maharashtra

Shri Eknath Shinde

cm@maharashtra.gov.in

16

Manipur

Shri N. Biren Singh

dit-mn@nic.in

17

Meghalaya

Shri Conrad Kongkal Sangma

tjr.sangma@nic.in

18

Mizoram

Shri PU Lalduhoma

cm@mizoram.gov.in

19

Nagaland

Shri Neiphiu Rio

cm_nagaland@yahoo.com

20

Odisha

Shri Mohan Charan Majhi

cmo@nic.in

21

Puducherry (UT)

Shri N. Rangaswamy

cm.ipon@nic.in

22

Punjab

Shri Bhagwant Singh Mann

cmo@punjab.gov.in

23

Rajasthan

Shri Bhajan Lal Sharma

cmrajasthan@nic.in

24

Sikkim

Shri PS Golay

cm-skm@nic.in

25

Tamil Nadu

Shri M. K. Stalin

 cmcell@tn.gov.in

26

Telangana

Shri A Revanth Reddy

cm@telangana.gov.in

27

Tripura

Dr. Manik Saha

dr.maniksaha@sansad.nic.in

28

Uttar Pradesh

Shri Yogi Aditya Nath

cmup@nic.in

29

Uttarakhand

Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami

cm-ua@nic.in

30

West Bengal

Km. Mamata Banerjee

cm-wb@nic.in

 

 

 

 


 

Sunday 16 June 2024

A Seed : and The Tree

 


 

Seed :

Madhya Pradesh to Table Bill to Stop Borewell Deaths

Extract :

he Madhya Pradesh government is in the process of drafting a law, which is believed to be the first of its kind in India, aimed at preventing fatalities resulting from open borewells

§  In the last seven months, more than nine such incidents have been documented in MP.

Key Points

§  The suggested legislation will contain specific instructions on preventing such disasters, how to respond if one occurs, and the process for assigning accountability.

§  The bill calls for identification of open / dry borewells and heavy penalties on those responsible for not filling or plugging them and leaving them as an open hazard. 

§  If the borewell is on private land, the land owner will be fined. If it's government land, the department and officer concerned will be penalised.

o    The second stage would be registration of a criminal case in case someone falls into an open borewell. As of now, the accused is booked for negligence. Under the new law, the accused will be booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections.

§  Apart from the land owner or government official, responsibility would also be fixed on the agency that drills the borewell. 

§  A system would be put in place for citizens to inform government about open borewells so that preventive action can be taken..

 

The Tree :

Needed : a Service Liability Act  .. ……………..12  June  2019

Extract :

Many countries have Product Liability Acts under which , product manufacturers are held responsible / accountable for any hurt / damage caused to the users of their products ( even years later )

 

Especially in USA , this Act is very stringent and the liability extends even to the suppliers who might have supplied a defective component / sub-assembly which went into the final product

 

I am not aware of any such Act in India ; nor have heard of any instance where ( say , for example ) a car manufacturer is dragged to court for a defective brake which caused deaths due to failure to perform

 

But what we , in India , need rather badly right now , is a Service Liability Act

 

There are only a few “ products “ that Indian Government manufactures and sells to its citizens ( through PSUs ) but throughout the day, government servants / employees , deliver a host of SERVICES to the citizens – services that they are required to deliver legally / constitutionally or in an implied manner

 

For a timely delivery of such services , some states have introduced “ Delivery of Services Act “

 

They might have even prescribed some “ penalty / punishment “ for “ late or no “  delivery

 

But such instances are rare .  Following is an example :

 

For not curbing pollution, Delhi civic chiefs may face prosecution.   

 

But for the strict direction of the Supreme Court , nothing would have happened and the persons responsible would have continued to ignore the sufferings of millions Delhi-ites  !

 

Just to emphasize my point , do you think any government servant would go to jail for the following ? :

Mumbai: One dead as SRA high-rise building in Mahalaxmi catches fire   

 Mithi neglected, 2005-like floods ‘inevitable’, state report tells SC 

Fire safety norms in Mumbai: In 3 years, only 36 housing societies prosecuted for non-compliance

QMumbai: City’s Air as Bad as Delhi’s; Fire in Aarey  

 Nearly 56% of bulk waste generators flout BMC rule  

 

Air pollution: NGT slaps Rs 25 crore fine on Delhi govt 

No closure for victims of Bhopal gas tragedy

 

Allocate as many courts as needed, speed up netas’ criminal  trials ; SC 

Potholes killed 3,597 across India in 2017, terror 803 

One in 8 deaths in India due to air pollution, life expectancy down by 1.7 years: Report   

 

https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/civic-issues/article/shocking-mumbai-records-over-2500-building-accidents-in-the-last-five-years/336065

 

Not a single day passes without newspapers reporting dozens of such cases of ( what I like to call ) :

 

CRIMES OF OMISSIONS  [  as against “ Crimes of Commissions “  ]

 

Following owe their existence to such “ Crimes of Omissions “ :

 

Millions of Indians die  PREMATURE DEATH  every year , due to :

>  Water and Air Pollution

>  Dowry ( Bride burning )

>  Child Labour

>  Occupational Hazards ( Chemical / Coal / Cement industries )

>  Miscarriage / Abortions / Pregnancy deaths

>  Smoking / Tobacco chewing

>  Junk Food / Adulterated Food

>  Daru ( liquor ) laced with ethyl alcohol

>  Fake Medicines............................etc

 

And who are responsible for keeping 28.7 Crores of Indians illiterate ( 37 % of World's illiterate ) , 66 years after independence  ?

Is that because ,

 

>   " CRIMES  OF  OMISSIONS " are taken for granted  ?

>   Deaths due to such Acts are treated as " NATURAL " ( not preventable ) ?

>   Politicians don't think talking about these , will get votes  ?

>   Media could not care less !  TRP is all that matters for getting Ad revenue

>   Cursing others is easier than persevering  for the possible  ?

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To hold every Public Servant “ accountable “ for causing hurt / damage to any

 citizen , what we urgently need is a “  Service Liability Act Govt

 Employees ) 2019 “ , which clearly spells out :

 

#   Extent of hurt / damage

     Minor injuries  /  Temporary-permanent Disabilities /  Deaths

#  Coverage

    Individual Citizen  /  Community  /  Entire Country

#   Time Frame

     Short term  /  Medium  Term  /  Long  Term

#   Economic Impact on the Sufferers

     Mild ( loss of money ) / Medium ( loss of assets )  /  Severe ( loss of earning capacity )

#  Cause

·         Negligence ( abdication of responsibility ) / Indecisions on part of a Public Servant

·     #   Poor but honest decisions

·         Mala-fide decisions ( with pecuniary gains for decision taker )

 

Here is my Conceptual Frame Work for an Online Rating Form :

 

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            SLAM  :  Service Liability Assessment  Matrix 

                                 ( an online form / Mobile App , for rating by citizens )

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Dear Citizen :

 

Following news just got reported in Media . Please rate it by appropriate selection :

Metal staircase with live wires electrocuted 2 boys   

 

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Assessment Parameter

Weightage

Most (5)

Certain (4)

Possible(3 )

Negligible(2)

Least ( 1 )

Extent of Hurt

20 %

Coverage

30 %

Time Frame

10 %

Economic Impact

30 %

Perception ( Most likely reason for mishap )

10 %

 

TOTAL    :

 

{ Call it “ AQ = Anger Quotient “   or   “   WS = Wrath Score “ }

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Let the Service Liability Act Proposed ) , prescribe various levels of punishments ( for Govt Employee/s , determined responsible for the root-cause of this mishap )

A certain time period may be prescribed for the citizens to fill up the form for each mishap

If , my proposal sounds too REVOLUTIONARY / RADICAL ( even for our bold and decisive, PM ), then , to begin with, some NGO ( eg : ADR ? ) may consider implementing this on its own , to create awareness and to educate the public in airing their opinion / feedback , on what lapses they see around them , everyday

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 With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.HemenParekh.ai  /  17 June 2024

 

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