A SAVIOUR SCHEME ?

Montek Singh Ahluwalia ( Dy.Chairman – Planning Commission ) is scheming to handout free handsets to 71 million poor ( Below Poverty Line ) families, at a cost of Rs 7000 Crores – each mobile costing Rs 1,000 /-

Finance Minister , P.Chidambaram  is opposing saying, “ this is money down the drain “

If he is smart , he should stop opposing and start pushing to give away Smart phones , costing Rs.10,000 /- each ( no doubt , Kapil Sibal will pitch for Rs 1200/- Aakash2 Tablet with SIM card )

Each phone to be integrated / pre-installed with :

• “ Mobile Wallet “ of Sam Pitroda

• “ Aadhar Number “ of Nandan Nilekani

• “ Aakash2 Educational Apps “ of Kapil Sibal

• “ Vote for Congress “ App of Sonia Gandhi

Here are the advantages ( if escaped your notice ) :

•  Political  Advantage

All 71 million votes cast , using the voting App , will go to local Congress candidate , by default , ensuring absolute majority in State Legislatures and in Lok Sabha elections of 2014

Narendra Modi : please take note !

•  Economic  Advantages

·     TELCOS will stop complaining about Rs 14,000 Crore spectrum auction fees. Their ARPU will go up 

·     Industrial production will go up

·     GDP will go up

•  Social  Advantages

·     Subsidy leakages will be eliminated by mobile-transferring of Rs 1,000 / - ( using Mobile Wallet ) , directly to each BPL family , every month. Government will recover the Scheme-cost ( Rs 70,000 Crores ) in just 1 year !

·     Corruption in PDS will go down

·     Distance-Education and Skills Training will improve dramatically thru use of pre-installed Apps

·     Rural jobseekers ( without access to PC/Internet cable ) will be able to get “ Job-alerts on Mobile “ , with each phone morphing into a “ Mobile Internet Kiosk “

·     Farmers’ mobiles will get instantly credited with the “ Sale Value “ of grains procured by Government

  

•  Governance  Advantages

No strikes / bandhs / agitations / dharanas / fasts-unto-death etc by Aruna / Arundhati / Arvind / Anna / Baba etc

No empty threats of “ Maha Kranti “ !

Don’t bother to kill 2 birds with 1 stone

Kill 4 problems with 1 Smart phone !

Hemen  Parekh