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 30 December 2013

Overwhelming Demands ?



You bet  !


Looking at the crowds shouting their demands outside Arvind Kejriwal's residence , you would think , people of Delhi have unlimited arrears of problems


Individuals and groups are trooping in from far and wide , demanding :


>  Better physical services ( Power / Water / Homes / Transport )


>  Jobs ( Permanency / Removal of Contract System / New jobs )


>  Reservations / Abolitions / Implementations / Resignations


>  Admissions / Legalizations / Transfers


>  Roll back of CNG Prices / Reduction of Vegetable prices


>  Security / Loans / Pensions



The list goes on and on


Only problem


Whereas demands are " Unlimited " ,  resources ( Manpower + Money + Systems ) are " Limited "  !


Hence Arvind will need to evolve a simple method to evaluate the " IMPORTANCE " and the " URGENCY " of these demands


He may want to devise an online form  or , like last time , print and distribute 50 lakh forms , which only need to be ticked , as in a multiple choice questionnaire


Then , on a scale of 1- 5 , invite people of Delhi to score each demand on the following criteria :


How does this problem affect  ?


>  Economic Status ( Rich / Middle Class / Poor )


>  Geographic Coverage ( Posh Area / Middle class locality / Slums )


>  Gender ( Male / Female / Both )


>  Age  ( Old people / Middle Age  /  Children )


>  Coverage  ( Entire population / Majority / One Community only )


>  Nature  (  Political / Social / Economic )


>  Character  ( Establish Equity / Reduce Disparity / Speed up Justice )


>  Scope  ( Job Creation / Health / Education / Corruption Removal )


>  Time Frame  ( Crisis Situation / Urgent / Can wait  )



Then display the demands in the descending order of " PERCENTILE  SCORES  " - so people get to know what will get attended to and when


For AAP , with its inclination for seeking people's opinion through " STRUCTURED STATISTICAL SURVEYS " , devising such a transparent and easily understood " PROCESS  " , cannot be a big deal


Incidentally , no individual problem / demand should be included in the survey


Carrying out such a pilot ,  " SOCIO - ECONOMIC - POLITICAL " experiment can take our democracy to the grass-root level and give the people a sense of participation in solving their own problems


At the same time , people will be made aware that ,


>    Resources are limited


>    All demands cannot be attended simultaneously


>    Injustice of past 15 years cannot be undone in the next 15 days




*    hemen   parekh   (   31  Dec  2013  /  Mumbai  )

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