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

Thursday 22 February 2018

Artificial Intelligence to fix MP / MLA Salary ?




Times of India ( 21 Feb ) carries following news report :





  



The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea seeking a permanent mechanism to fix and revise the salary and allowances for MPs and MLAs, saying lawmakers increasing their own salary raised an "important ethical and legal issue" that needed adjudication.


The court was referring to the February 14 judgment delivered by a bench headed by Justice Chelameswar for compulsory disclosure of poll candidates' sources of wealth and favouring disqualification of lawmakers from legislative bodies if they amassed disproportionate assets. Senior advocate Ajit Sinha, appearing for the Centre, said the issue of
setting up a permanent body to fix MPs' salary was under the government's consideration, and sought two weeks to take a stand.


The court adjourned the hearing and asked the Centre to take a "categorical" stand on the issue. The bench will also examine whether pension and allowances like unlimited free train travel, for former MPs and MLAs are justified.







In absence of  Job Description   and “ Performance Criteria “ for our MPs / MLAs ,  what should be the basis of such a SALARY FIXING SYSTEM  ?




I believe , it would have to be a system based on BEHAVIOURAL criteria




Other important features should be as follows :





·         There should be no need for any permanent Body to do this ( like Pay Commission ? )




·         Entire process ( of re-calculation of salary ) should be transparent and visible to all on Lok Sabha web site



·         The process should be unbiased / un-prejudiced  / as objective as possible, with minimum human intervention



·         The process should continuously monitor the  behavioural aspects  of each MP / MLA – and do so automatically , depending upon data received from different kinds of devices / media / Service Providers etc , such as :


#    Live recording of Lok Sabha TV


#    CCTV grabs ( through  Skydio R1  drones ? ) /  Skype Video Calls


#    Voice Recordings ( Mobile – Landline audio logs ) / Speeches by MP / MLA


#    Public  Appearances / Engagements


#    News-paper  accounts


#    Mention on Social Media


#    Own web site / Twitter  Postings


#    Appearances on TV Channels  / Panel Discussions


#    History of Google searches


#    Usage of Mobile Apps – Messaging Apps - Mobile Wallets – E Com Sites




·         Salary Fixing Formula itself should have a FIXED PAY component and a VARIABLE PAY component



·         Fixed Pay should be fixed for May 2019 when next Lok Sabha gets constituted . This should be frozen at 50 % of what the MPs / MLAs are getting currently



·         Formula will calculate the Variable Pay for each month ( starting June 2019 ) and deposit it automatically in the bank account of MP / MLA by 10th of each month



·         Variable Pay itself will get calculated ( automatically , without human intervention  ) based on FACTORS , as described below



The FACTORS will carry following “ Weightages “ in the formula :



#   Internal Positive Factor (  IPF  ) ……………………….. 25 %


#   Internal Negative Factor ( INF  ) ……………………    25 %


#   External Public Domain  ( EPD  )…………………….    25 %


#   External Citizen Evaluation (  ECE  )………………..   25 %



Monthly Variable Pay (  MVP  ) formula may have following expression :

MVP % = { ( IPF ) - ( INF ) }  X   EPD   
                          ECE



INTERNAL  FACTORS  :


Internal Positive  Factor ( IPF ) :


·         Hours attended as percentage of hours Lok Sabha worked in month

·         No of questions asked by MP

·         No of debates participated in

·         No of bills introduced on his / her own

·         No of visits to own constituency undertaken

·         No of meetings attended ( in committees where he / she is a member )

·         Percentage of MP-LAD funds utilized

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Internal Negative Factor ( INF )  :


·         No of times rushed into well of the house

·         No of times shouted

·         No of times threw papers on speakers

·         No of times carried placards into house

·         No of times admonished by the Speaker

·         No of times expelled from house

·         No of times found in Canteen while Session was on

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External Public Domain ( EPD )  :


·         No of Bills Lok Sabha managed to pass during the month

·         Police Record of MP / MLA concerned

·         No of court cases / FIR pending against the incumbent

·         Whether Affidavits / Assets Declaration filed and if contained false data

·         No of Directorship held in firms doing business with the Government

·         No of Benami Properties held by members of family

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·         External Citizen Evaluation ( ECE ) :



#    Using a Mobile App or directly on the Lok sabha web site ( once a quarter ) citizens will be asked to rate , as many MPs as they wish , on following parameters



Such publicly visible feedback would have a salutary effect on the behaviour of MPs / MLAs !




Is this MP ( who is being rated by you ) :


#     Honest.............................................. YES........NO

#     Of high Integrity................................. YES........ NO

#     Sincere.............................................. YES........ NO

#     Hard-working ....................................  YES........ NO

#     Punctual.............................................. YES.......  NO

#     Dignified............................................  YES........  NO

#     Follows Speaker's Orders.....................   YES........  NO

#     Good Listener.......................................  YES......... NO

#     Awaits his turn to speak.......................... YES........ NO

#     Asks only relevant questions..................  YES........ NO

#     Approachable to Voters..........................  YES....... NO

#    Answers Voters' Emails promptly...............  YES......  NO

#    Provides regular feedback to Voters ............. YES.......NO

#    Addresses other MPs with respect...............  YES..........NO


                                        SUBMIT




The amount of  MONTHLY  VARIABLE  SALARY  payable to each MP / MLA will be computed  based on a  PERCENTILE SCORE  of the MP / MLA , among the entire population and made to vary between :



·         0 %  of the Basic Salary , for a score of less than 33 percentile



·         25 % of the Basic Salary , for score between 33 and  66  percentile



·         50 % of the Basic Salary , for score above 66 percentile



All the calculation will be carried out by an ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE  software of the type described in following blogs . No human intervention  !




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If implemented , this CONCEPT has the potential to obsolete the PAY COMMISSION system , over a period of time

 

We have all heard :

 

YATHA  RAJA  :  TATHA  PRAJA  !

 

A challenge worthy of  NATIONAL  INSTITUTE  for  TRANSFORMING  INDIA  (  NITI )  ?

 

You  bet  !

 

23  Feb  2018


www.hemenparekh.in / blogs

 

 

 

 

 







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