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But would not “ Employment Data “  captured become outdated within a few months ?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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