Yesterday , Shri
Akhilesh Yadav ( CM - UP ) offered FREE smart phones to citizens of UP , if Samajwadi
Party gets voted to power , in the forthcoming State elections
Anyone who is over 18 and lives in Uttar Pradesh can apply for a
phone - online - provided their family income is less than 2 lakh rupees a
year. The online registrations are likely to start in a month.
At a recent function, the Chief Minister had hinted at the scheme, saying ,
" Samajwadis
will think of something which we can give to next generation or something through which they can
get more information about the government and share their expectations.
The cities are becoming smart and through mobile applications people are getting information."
Apparently , Shri Akhilesh is smarter than the smart phones !
He knows that one party after another , has won State Elections
in the past 5 years , by promising freebies to voters . That includes his own
so gratifying experience of winning the last election by promising FREE laptops !
That takes us back to the Election Commission Guidelines re " Promising of Freebies
" by political parties
On 22 Feb 2014 , following
Supreme Court directives , the Election Commission , revised , " Model Code of Conduct
" , containing guidelines on what kind of poll promises , political parties can incorporate
in their poll manifestos
GUIDELINES
* Parties shall make only those promises which are possible to be fulfilled
* It is expected that manifestos also reflect the rationale for the promises
and broadly indicate the ways and means
to meet the financial
requirements for it
* Party in
power shall stop advertizing for publicity of achievements
For Akhileshji , there is no problem satisfying these guidelines
!
With the bargaining power for 10 crore phones , he can just insist that Reliance Jio :
# Drop the price of its
cheapest LYF phone to Rs 1,000 each
That would cost the UP
Exchequer , Rs 10,000 Cr
, which UP govt will easily recover within one year , from the
mobile advts that thousands of
E-Commerce Companies would be too happy to flash on the pre-installed Mobile
App , " I
SIN><U SIN " ( described below in my earlier blog dt 29 Dec 2012 )
# Develop this mobile app
( of course , FREE ) and pre-install
it before delivery of the phones
Then tell the Election Commission ( and the Supreme Court , if
required ) :
" Our FREE distribution of
Smart phones , will usher a REVOLUTION
in the matter of E-GOVERNANCE
"
If they get to read
this blog / email , I would not be surprised if some or other , political party
makes a similar promise for the forthcoming elections in Punjab !
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Saturday, 29 December 2012
I SIN >
< U SIN
That could be the name of an android
app ( I Seek It Now > < U Solve It Now )
To be developed by India’s Central
Home Ministry for successful implementation of proposed,
“ Delivery
of Services Act “
The app will come pre-installed
on those mobile phones which Government of India plans to distribute FREE , to some 400
million “ Poor People “ of India , before the 2014 National Election ( and on
those 220 million Aakash Tablets )
Issuer will enter the Mobile No and that
person’s Aadhar Card No,
in a computerized central database , before issuing the phone
Hence , no need to login to the App , whose screen will
read,
I wish to send my complaint to the following
department :
·
National
Commission for Women
·
Garbage Clearance
·
Water Supply
·
Electricity
Supply
·
Roads Repair
·
Rationing ( Food
Distribution )
·
Police
·
Bus Transport
·
Railways
·
Post
·
Employment
·
Education
·
Irrigation
·
Building Permits
·
Revenue / Land
Records
·
Anti Corruption
·
Other
……………………………………….etc
·
(List should not
exceed 50)
Touching name of any department name will
open a SMS message
box where the user will type out his complaint ( in a language of his choice )
There will be option to speak-out and
record voice message
, for illiterate users
Touching SEND button will transmit the complaint and
within minutes, user will receive SMS reply , giving,
·
Name of Officer
responsible
·
Office Landline
No
·
Mobile No
·
Email Id
·
Complaint No
·
Expected date of
solving
·
Bingo !
Then
publish online , a tabulation of departments , arranged in the descending order
of the no of complaints received / cleared / pending!
This frugal innovation will bring in
Good Governance all over India
Request Nandan Nilekani / Sam Pitroda
to help out , even though they may be busy implementing my earlier suggested
app ,
“ VotesApp “
I have no doubt
that the political party which promises , “ I SIN >< U SIN “ , will get voted to
power in 2014
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06 Sept
2016
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
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