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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, 11 April 2019

Census 2021 : an Unprecedented Opportunity






What opportunity ?
#  To settle , once  and for all, disputes re accuracy / up-to-date-ness of ,
·          Number of Employed / Unemployed / Self Employed



How ?
By capturing this data in Census 2021     
May need some revision of “ Job-Work “ related questions No 15  till 22 in the  current Census Form



Would that not be a massive exercise ?
Sure . That is why Census is carried out only once in 10 years – with last one in 2011

For 2021 Census exercise, it is planned to mobilize 33 lakh enumerators who will go door to door to collect data by interviewing families ( notification already issued )

In 2011 Census, “ Housing Census “ took 6 months, followed by actual “ people census “ for 3 weeks


 

But would not “ Employment Data “  captured become outdated within a few months ?
Absolutely – considering that Census is conducted only once in 10 years !



Then how do you say :  ‘ Up-to-date-ness ?
Thanks to,

Shri Rajiv Gauba – Home Secretary  [  hshso@nic.in  /  r.gauba@nic.in ] , and

Shri Vivek Joshi – Registrar General of India ( RGI ) [  rgi.rgi@nic.in  ],





Herein lies that “ Unprecedented Opportunity “

Here is how :

#     In Census Form , add following optional fields :

·          Aadhar ID

·          PAN

·          Mobile Phone Number

·          E Mail ID– to be treated as “ User ID “ for accessing own data for EDIT purpose


·          Password – for EDITING own data, online , at any time

·          Voter ID

#     Once the enumerators have uploaded all 2021 Census data in Online Database, enable each
       Registered person to Update / Edit , his / her data , by logging in

#     Personal Data may be updated as follows :
·          Once a year ( Mandatory ) – some service deprived if he / she does not update
·          As often as personal data changes



Hey ! Why would anyone take the trouble to update his personal data ?

Normally not but he would if following INCENTIVES are offered :

[  A  ]     Getting a Job

      “ Suitable Job Alerts “ on Mobile from National Career Service

A “ Job Alert on Mobile – JAM “ Mobile App will allow a person to “ Apply Online “ against any job alert by simply touching “ Send my Resume “ .

This feature will motivate, each and every unemployed to maintain his / her data in CENSUS FORM, always up-to-date !

To achieve this, “ Submit Resume “ form and “ Post Job “ form on all major job portals and National Career Service portal, will need to be identical ( or fields mapped )

I have no doubt that if appealed by Shri Rajnath Singhji, job portals would happily synchronize their forms , to facilitate such huge economic empowerment of millions of unemployed 
            


[  B  ]     Getting Money

         Money is the most powerful incentive for doing any work even if that requires keeping one’s data up-to-date


         For millions of poor / middle class Indians ( ie: 99 % of our population ), “ personal data “ is their only

         wealth, which has remained “ untapped / latent “ so far

 

         If “ Personal Data “ is the “ New Oil “, question is :

         How can we enable an individual to “ Sell “ his ( Census ) data for money ? I have detailed that process in :

                   Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]


This would be the greatest “ Incentive “ for 99 % of the citizens to keep their data up-to-date at all times, since it would provide a steady monthly income of Rs 50,000  !



[  C   ]     Getting Skills

          Experts and laypersons, all agree that millions of youth remain unemployed since they lack the requisite
          SKILLS 

          Let Census 2021 form , list all the SKILLS for which HR Ministry has developed “ Online Skilling / Reskilling /
          Upskilling “ modules .

          Ask the “ Respondent “ to select modules in which he wants to be trained

          Respondents submitting such personal “ My Training Needs “ data, will get priority for delivery ( FREE ) of
          an AR/VR headset through which he / she can “ access “ these modules. For working details, look up :

          Thank You , Prakashbhai ( Javadekarji )

 

                  

         
[  D  ]     Getting Rewards

         Based on the number of “ Data Updates “ in a year, offer following rewards :
·           Income Tax Rebate
·           Free Wi-Fi access
·           Mudra Loan eligibility
·           Piped Water connection
·           LPG Cylinders
·           Priority in delivery of all government subsidies / benefits ( DBT ) / services

For confirmation, read :

  Seven In Ten Consumers In India Willing To Share Significant Personal Data 


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What would be the “ Road Map “ to  implement this suggestion ?

·          Redesign the Census Form and get wide acceptance of the same

·          Redesign the “ Data Entry “ and  “ Data Edit “ software

·          Design “ Data Access Permission “ software which will enable a Citizen to grant different levels of “ access “ to “ Daughter Databases “ ( see Schematic Diagram below ), by appropriate selection in Census Form

·          Get job portals to redesign their forms , described earlier – as also develop “ Job Alert on Mobile –JAM “ app

·          By Dec 2019 , run a trial ( Pilot Project ) and carry out necessary modifications to Census Form 
     
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12  April  2019


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