A Case of Mistaken Identity ?

Quite often, politicians make certain ( ambiguous ? ) statements

Then , when a controversy breaks out, they would say ,

“ Hey , I was misunderstood . That is not what I meant ! “

But , you would rarely come across a citizen saying ,

“ You got me all wrong. “

I happen to be that rare citizen . Here is the proof :

Earlier this year , I sent my following blog to the Census Commissioner ,

Census 2021 : an Unprecedented Opportunity                            [ 11 April 2019 ]

-      where I suggested that the  CENSUS 2021 FORM  be modified to compile following additional data :

  

-      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

Today, I found that the Census Commissioner has gone ahead and added following data-fields to NPR ( NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER ) :

1.    Aadhar  (  Voluntary  )

2.    Mobile Number

3.    Date and Place of birth of parents

4.    Place of last residence

5.    Passport Number

6.    Voter Identity Card

7.    Permanent Account Number ( PAN )

8.    Driving License Number

[ source : NPR manual says exercise won’t confer citizenship  ]

Hey , I said :

Add in the CENSUS FORM

I never said , in the NPR FORM  !

And I mentioned following good reasons for my suggestion :

 #     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 :

Ø  Once a year ( Mandatory ) – some service deprived if he / she does not update

Ø  As often as personal data changes

If you are wondering, why would anyone take the trouble to keep up-to-date , his / her CENSUS PROFILE ( - much like users keep their LinkedIn / Facebook profiles up-to-date ? – even , up-to-hour ! ),  here are the incentives ( for details of each, read the original blog ) :

[  A  ]     Getting a Job

[  B  ]     Getting Money

[  C   ]    Getting Skills

[  D  ]     Getting Rewards

Now that the Government has okayed spending of Rs 12,000 crore for Census / NPR , why not use this opportunity to have a DYNAMIC / PERPETUAL / AUTOMATIC , population data ( visible to all, in an anonymized way ), instead of :

Ø  “ Once in ten year “ exercise

Ø  Spread over 12 months

Ø  Requiring 33 lakh enumerators to go from home to home ?

Related reading :

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

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Dear Shri Vivek Joshi,

Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India   /  Rgi.rgi@nic.in

I urge you to consider my suggestions

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

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28  Dec  2019

hcp@recruitGuru.com