Digital Locker Project

Digital    Locker    Project

Dear Shri Ravishankar Prasadji :

Business Standard ( 23 May 2015 ) writes about an initiative of Department of Electronics and Information Technology , to create " Digital Lockers "for Indian Citizens , where they can store their important documents on internet

https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/govt-s-digitisation-drive-may-be-crowd-sourced-citizens-roped-in-115052300059_1.html

This crowd-sourcing project is supposed to work as follows :

*   Citizens scan their documents on a scanner and then upload those

     images in personal Digital Locker ( User ID / Secure Password ? )

*   Special S/W will break-up each document image into hundreds of mini

     images ( of a few characters each )

*   Each mini-image will be SMSed to 2 persons ( having Smart phones ? ),

     who will type out the characters in TEXT (  WORD format ?  )

*   These typed TEXTs will get uploaded into document-owner's Digital

     Locker

*   If both these " typed texts " match perfectly ( like CAPTCHA ), it will

     replace that mini-image in the document

Apparently , the idea is to crowd-source the Smart Phones / human resources of millions of Indian Citizens - much like the 30 year old SETI project

But before taking a final decision to go ahead , I feel following questions need to be answered :

*  How much will it cost to develop / deploy the required software ?

*  Let us assume that there are only 10 documents per citizen ( on an

    average ) , taking the total to 12.5 BILLION documents to be scanned

    If each document-image has to be broken-up ( again , on an average ),

    into just 10 mini-images , that would mean 125 BILLION mini-images !

*  Now , if each mini-image has to be sent to 2 smart-phones , that

    would require , 250 BILLION smart phones  !

    Now , of course , there are no more than 250 million smart phones

    That would require Govt to send to each smart phone owner , 1,000

    mini-images  !

    And let us assume that each mini-image contains , just 10 characters,

    ( most likely , it will contain 50 characters )

    That would require each smart phone owner to type out 10,000

    characters  !

*  Why would ordinary Indian smart phone owner take time and trouble to

    type out 10,000 CAPTCHA-like characters ?

*  How will you motivate them ?  By paying  ?  How much  ?  Total cost ?

*  How many years will it take to implement entire project  ?

*  Do our 1.25  Billion ( document-owning ) citizens have easy access to

    scanners ( to scan their own documents ) and to broadband ( to upload

    into personal Digital Locker )  ?

*  On the other hand , is it not far easier for these citizens to use the built-in camera of their

    smart phones to take photos ( essentially , " images " ) of their documents and directly

    upload to their Digital Lockers  ?  After all , with built-in mega-pixel camera , every smart

    phone has become  a " Personal Scanner "  !

*   Why not take help from Global Software Companies to automatically

     convert those scanned document images into WORD texts , using OCR

     technology ?

     Latest OCR soft ware have better than 95 % accuracy

     Then let the document-owner access OCRed documents in his personal

     Digital Locker and EDIT the documents thru his mobile / PC / Tablet  ?

     Let the onus for accuracy be with the document owner

     I am sure , you are aware of the GOOGLE-BOOK project , under which ,

     Google has scanned and OCRed and converted to text , billions of pages !

*   Or , why not get Indian Software Giants to develop a Mobile App ( to

     be called , DigiDoc  ?  ) to enable a document-owner to simply read 

     out aloud , each of his document , into the smart phone , to convert it

     into a TEXT , using " Speech-to-Text " technology ?

    Let the document be in any official Indian Language

    And ask the Software Company to make the " Speech-to-Text " software ,

   " Self Learning " as millions of document owners " correct " online thru   

    " Editing " , all those words , mis-spelled by the software  !

    

    I believe , the " Bye-Product " of this " Self Learning " software could well

    re-define concepts such as >  E Governance  > National Integration  !

  

     The document owner will speak out , his :

    >    Digital Locker Number

    >    Aadhar Card Number

    >    User ID

    >    Password

    >    Document Name

    >    Meta-tags / Keywords

   When Mobile App acknowledges these details and connects him with his Digital Locker , he will be prompted to " read out " his document

Later on , he will be enabled to " View " his document online and EDIT it , wherever " Speech-to-Text " software has made any mistakes

Dear Ravishankarji ,

I urge you to evaluate the alternatives suggested by me , before taking a final decision

with  regards,

hemen  parekh

Mumbai

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

(M) 0 - 98,67,55,08,08

www.hemenparekh.in

  

  

Welcome

Dear Sharad

Just learned from Nirmit that you are retiring and will move back to Mumbai on 1st July

Welcome  back !

And as you said , no question of retiring !

We will catch-up on your return

In the meantime , take a look at my current pre-occupation , viz:

www.B2BmessageBlaster.com   (  B2B  )

with regards,

hcp

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

(M) 0 - 98,67,55,08,08

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Digital Locker Project

Dear Shri Ravishankar Prasadji :

Business Standard ( 23 May 2015 ) writes about an initiative of Department of Electronics and Information Technology , to create " Digital Lockers "for Indian Citizens , where they can store their important documents on internet

[  Govt's digitisation drive may be crowd-sourced, citizens roped in ]

This crowd-sourcing project is supposed to work as follows :

*   Citizens scan their documents on a scanner and then upload those

     images in personal Digital Locker ( User ID / Secure Password ? )

*   Special S/W will break-up each document image into hundreds of mini

     images ( of a few characters each )

*   Each mini-image will be SMSed to 2 persons ( having Smart phones ? ),

     who will type out the characters in TEXT (  WORD format ?  )

*   These typed TEXTs will get uploaded into document-owner's Digital

     Locker

*   If both these " typed texts " match perfectly ( like CAPTCHA ), it will

     replace that mini-image in the document

Apparently , the idea is to crowd-source the Smart Phones / human resources of millions of Indian Citizens - much like the 30 year old SETI project

But before taking a final decision to go ahead , I feel following questions need to be answered :

*  How much will it cost to develop / deploy the required software ?

*  Let us assume that there are only 10 documents per citizen ( on an

    average ) , taking the total to 12.5 BILLION documents to be scanned

    If each document-image has to be broken-up ( again , on an average ),

    into just 10 mini-images , that would mean 125 BILLION mini-images !

*  Now , if each mini-image has to be sent to 2 smart-phones , that

    would require , 250 BILLION smart phones  !

    Now , of course , there are no more than 250 million smart phones

    That would require Govt to send to each smart phone owner , 1,000

    mini-images  !

    And let us assume that each mini-image contains , just 10 characters,

    ( most likely , it will contain 50 characters )

    That would require each smart phone owner to type out 10,000

    characters  !

*  Why would ordinary Indian smart phone owner take time and trouble to

    type out 10,000 CAPTCHA-like characters ?

*  How will you motivate them ?  By paying  ?  How much  ?  Total cost ?

*  How many years will it take to implement entire project  ?

*  Do our 1.25  Billion ( document-owning ) citizens have easy access to

    scanners ( to scan their own documents ) and equally easy access to broadband ( to upload

    into personal Digital Locker )  ?


*  On the other hand , is it not far easier for these citizens to use the built-in camera of their

    smart phones to take photos ( essentially , " images " ) of their documents and directly

    upload to their Digital Lockers  ?  After all , with built-in mega-pixel camera , every smart

    phone has become  a " Personal Scanner "  !

*   Why not take help from Global Software Companies to automatically

     convert those scanned document images into WORD texts , using OCR

     technology ?

     Latest OCR soft ware have better than 95 % accuracy

     Then let the document-owner access OCRed documents in his personal

     Digital Locker and EDIT the documents thru his mobile / PC / Tablet  ?

     Let the onus for accuracy be with the document owner

     I am sure , you are aware of the GOOGLE-BOOK project , under which ,

     Google has scanned and OCRed and converted to text , billions of pages !

*   Or , why not get Indian Software Giants to develop a Mobile App ( to

     be called , DigiDoc  ?  ) to enable a document-owner to simply read  

     out aloud , each of his document , into the smart phone , to convert it

     into a TEXT , using " Speech-to-Text " technology ?

    Let the document be in any official Indian Language

    And ask the Software Company to make the " Speech-to-Text " software ,

   " Self Learning " as millions of document owners " correct " online thru    

    " Editing " , all those words , mis-spelled by the software  !

   

    I believe , the " Bye-Product " of this " Self Learning " software could well

    re-define concepts such as >  E Governance  > National Integration  !

  

     The document owner will speak out , his :

    >    Digital Locker Number

    >    Aadhar Card Number

    >    User ID

    >    Password

    >    Document Name

    >    Metatags / Keywords

   When Mobile App acknowledges these details and connects him with his Digital Locker , he will be prompted to " read out " his document

Later on , he will be enabled to " View " his document online and EDIT it , wherever " Speech-to-Text " software has made any mistakes

Dear Ravi Shankarji ,

I urge you to evaluate the alternatives suggested by me , before taking a final decision

with  regards,

hemen  parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

( M ) 0 - 98,67,55,08,08

Mumbai

www.hemenparekh.in  

24  May  2015

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Hindi - Chini Bahen Bahen !

Hindi  -  Chini   Bahen   Bahen   !

Dear  Indian  CEO  :

There was a time when they used to say ,  "  Hindi  Chini  Bhai  Bhai "

Last week , Shri Narendra Modi and Shri Xi JinPing were singing ,

"  Hindi  Chini  Bahen  Bahen  "

Between them , they have made  SISTERS  out of :

>    Hyderabad     and     Quingdao

>    Chennai         and     Chongquing

>    Aurangabad   and      Dunhuang

>    Karnataka      and      Sichuan

They also said :

"  Let these Sisters talk to each other directly

   Let Companies in Sister Cities / States , bypass respective State / Central

   Governments in their countries , to initiate business - courtships

   Let them get ' Engaged to be Married ', without seeking permission from

   parents  "

Now , if yours is a Company in Hyderabad / Chennai / Aurangabad / Karnataka , you will ask :

"  How can I send across my Love-Letter to those Chinese Companies ? "

No problem  !

Just send your proposal through ,

45 Chinese Chambers of Commerce , located in 21 Chinese cities !

Request the Chamber President to forward your Message to all of their Member Firms .  They will be most happy to do so

Many years back , Edmund Burke wrote :

 " There never lighted on this orb a more delightful vision than that of Marie Antoinette " 

For Online Messaging, on the entire web, you will find such delight, only at

www.B2BmessageBlaster.com  (  B2B  )

with regards ,

hemen   parekh

Mumbai ( 0 - 98,67,55,08,08  )

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

www.hemenparekh.in

PS :

Just  Register to enable those Chinese Companies to send their " We want to buy from You " messages to you from,

B2B   is   Big   Bang

By-passing India / China Governments ?

Dear Indian and Chinese Executives :

What was the most important achievement of Indian PM , Shri Narendra Modi's recent visit to China  ?

Deals worth $ 22 Billion  ?   Wrong  !

Times of India ( 16 May 2015 ) described this achievement as follows :

"   As a result of the agreements , for the first time , state and municipal leaders in India will be able to strike deals with their counterparts in China , without having to go through the Central governments of the two countries .

Besides, Indian States and Cities are pairing themselves to learn from each other and develop business partnerships under the Sister Cities and Sister Province programme  "

This will enable , partnerships between ,

>     9873 Companies in     Hyderabad with Companies in   Quingdao

>  18,498 Companies in     Chennai  with companies in       Chongquing

>       808 Companies in     Aurangabad with companies in  Dunhuang

>  30,000 + Companies in  Karnataka with companies in     Sichuan

Q :

How can Indian Companies send across their " Let us work together " messages to Chinese Companies ?

A :

Send their " We are interested " messages to 45 Chinese Chambers of Commerce ( in 21 Chinese cities ) , from :

Blast Message - Chambers

These Chinese Chambers of Commerce will be too happy to forward these messages to their Member - Firms

Q :

How can Chinese Companies send their Interest Messages to Indian Companies ?

A :

Send their Message through :

Blast Message, Corporate - City wise 

With just  ONE CLICK of the mouse to send their Messages to ALL the companies , in any Indian City  !

B2B  is helping to bring about PM Shri Narendra Modi's dream of ,

"  Minimum  Government , Maximum Governance  "

Call this , "  Winds  of   Change  "

with regards ,

hemen  parekh

Mumbai , India

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

(M) 0-98,67,55,08,08

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Don't Ask - Don't Tell

Will    Someone    Explain  ?


Media is full of stories of $ 22 Billion worth " deals " signed between the Indian and the Chinese Companies , last week


What remains unanswered is :


>    How much of this amount is for actual " Investment " to set-up factories 

       in India , thereby generating ( how many ) jobs and raising ( how much ) 

       exports  ?


>    And , how much of this amount is loans from the Chinese Banks to Indian

       Importers , to buy ( only ) Chinese goods , thereby keeping the Chinese

       factories humming and protecting Chinese jobs  ?


       I suspect this could be a substantial figure  !



>    Will these deals help reduce our negative trade balance ( with China ) ,

      which is currently around $ 45 Billion ( $ 56 B - $ 11 B )  ? By how much ?


>    Over what period will these " investments " get spread out  ?  5 to 10 yrs ?


>    Will any of these investments lead to local manufacture of goods which 

      India currently imports from China  ?


I am sure there must be other questions too in respect of $ 22 billion 


I hope such deals do not become a case of ,


"  Don't  Ask  -  Don't  Tell  "




with  regards ,

hemen  parekh

18  May  2015 

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Poll-Results are Out

Poll-Results  are  Out

Almost one year back , I wrote the following blog, listing my own predictions for NDA Government's likely achievements, after 3 years in power

To be fair , only ONE year  has elapsed !

I am sure tempo of reforms will pick up in the days and months to come, - and prove me wrong !

hemen  parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

16  May  2015

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 What  Are   the  Chances  ?

Over the past few weeks , we saw many surveys re: which political party will win how many Lok Sabha seats

These included , Times Now-ORG / CNN-IBN-CSDS / Headlines Today - Cicero / ABP News-Nielsen / News 24 - Today's Chanakya / Cvoter - India TV etc

Although , " Today's Chanakya " came closest to predicting the number of seats that NDA might win , others too were fairly accurate

Using statistical techniques , they computed the Chance ( Probability ) for each party , based on asking a few thousands voters ( sample ) , their preferences

Now is the time to survey the voters , once again , as to what do they believe , when it comes to BJP fulfilling its poll promises

For each item ( of BJP's poll manifesto ) , what is the perceived chance ( probability ) that the BJP Government will fulfill / deliver on its promises ? Will it be 10 % - 50 % - 100 %  ?

The outcome will determine BJP's credibility among voters , vis-a-vis , its poll promises

It may be even an eye-opener for BJP  !

If conducted and results published by end June 2014 , such a survey might even become a " Self Fulfilling Prophesy "  !

If it turns out less-than-flattering , BJP will work twice as hard to prove the pollsters wrong  !

Here are the " Chances " which I attach to fulfillment of each of BJP's following poll promises , by the end of 3rd year :

*  Ensure minimization of Black Money and setting up of a Task

    Force  ......... ( 50 % )

*  Special Courts to stop hoarding and black-marketing. ( 100 %)

*  Set-up a Price-Stabilization Fund.......( 100 % )

*  Develop labour-intensive Manufacturing ...  (  10 %  )

*  Empowering youth for Self-Employment...  ( 25 % )

*  Transforming Employment Exchanges to Career Centers(10% )

*  Eliminating corruption thru E-Governance... ( 10 % )

*  Rationalization / Simplification of Tax-regime.. ( 20 % )

*  Insulate intelligence agencies from political intervention and

    interference..... ( 10 % )

*  Strengthening physical infrastructure with expediting work on

    freight and Industrial Corridors..... ( 15 % )

*  Setting up Gas-Grids and National Optical Fiber Network up to

    the village level.......  (  30 %  )

*  Quadrilateral project for Bullet Trains..... (  5  %  )

*  Establishment of National E - Library.....  (  40  %  )

*  Implementation of National Education Policy .. ( 50 % )

*  Evolving further the PPP model to PPPP model .. ( 50 % )

*  Building 100 Mega-Cities................  (  0  %  )

Did I miss out any  ?

Parallel with whatever the Pollsters may - or may not - do , it would be worthwhile for BJP Tech-Team , to come out with a mobile App ( to be named , " RUN - Rate Us Now " ? ), to find out what voters feel , on a 5 star scale

Or , an App that would let the voters prioritize among various promises

*  hemen  parekh  (  19 May 2014 / Mumbai  )

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