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, 1 October 2020

Ravishankar Prasadji : Go-To Minister for All Reasons

 


You can also call him : Ravi that shines 24x7

Here is why :

 

Day-before-Yesterday :

Ø  Indian App Owners consider approaching Minister for Electronics and Information Technology ( MeITY ) for launching an INDIAN APP STORE

(  https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/startup-founders-bat-for-an-indian-app-store/articleshow/78418325.cms )

 

Yesterday :

Ø  I sent following E Mail to Shri Prasad , supporting the idea – but requesting Shri Prasad to not stop with just launching of INDIAN APP STORE but go the whole hog to break-up the monopoly of GAFA ( Google – Apple – Facebook – Amazon )

 (  https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/09/gafa-aka-monopoly-v-20.html )


Two hours later, I found following tweet by Shri Prasad :

“ Encouraging Indian app developers is vital to create an #AatmanirbharBharat app ecosystem. Happy that @YourStoryCo has come out with AppNirbhar Bharat Report that analyses Indian apps ecosystem & gives notable suggestions from Indian app developers “


Today ( 02 Oct ) :

Ø  Morning news-papers reported :

  India open to launching own app store as start-ups criticise Google: Report

 

Also ,

 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/centre-open-to-launching-an-indian-app-store/articleshow/78438620.cms

 

 Extract :

Ø  India is open to launching its own mobile app store or expanding an existing one if it receives enough demand from domestic firms for an alternative to Apple and Google platforms, a senior government official said on Thursday

Ø  Indian start-ups have criticized the company for policies they say stifle their growth.

Ø  In response to an earlier media report, a senior Indian official told Reuters New Delhi hasn't received any formal request but was willing to consider developing a mobile platform where apps could be downloaded.

Ø  India already runs a mobile app store that lists over 1200 mainly government-backed applications, but also Paytm, and the government could also consider expanding that instead of starting from scratch, the official added

Ø  "It's absolutely necessary to have a local app store," said Vishal Gondal, co-founder of Bengaluru-based gaming firm nCore Games

Ø  India already has an app store for governance-centric apps, which can be scaled up to begin with…

Ø  In addition, there is a need to also introduce policies requiring handset manufacturers to pre-load alternative app store….

Ø  The Indian government “ is not averse to the idea “ of launching its own app store..

Developing a desi rival for Google’s Play Store

Extract :

Ø  Vijay Shekhar Sharma of Paytm, Deep Kalra of MakeMyTrip, Vishal Gondal of Goqii, and founders of other start-ups including PolicyBazaar and Sharechat, ae brainstorming on the possibility of creating a new platform to rival Google’s Play Store.

Ø  The thinking is the need for an Indian app store to ensure that a viable alternative platform to Google’s

Ø  T V Mohands Pai, Chairman, Aarin Capital Partners, strongly believes that India should have its own app store and have regulations that will force digital monopolies to first issue a notice, have a cure period and only then act, instead of removing them directly

Ø  “ It is a bit like China where an entire alternative to western internet ecosystem has developed “, said Santosh Pai, Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies

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Related Readings :

Google will pay publishers $ 1 BILLION to quell claims of unfairly profiting from their content

Extract :

Ø  Google has announced a new initiative called Google News Showcase that will pay select publishers for content the showcase is populated with. Currently, Google has set aside $1 billion to pay publishers over the next three years to get the initiative off the ground. 

Ø  But the Showcase initiative isn’t an altruistic move on Google’s part. The search giant has come under increasing pressure from publishers and regulators in recent years about the way it profits from the work publishers do

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Senate Panel will Subpoena CEOs of Google, FB & Twitter

Extract :

Ø  A Senate panel voted Thursday to compel testimony from the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter as lawmakers opened a new front in the battle over hate speech, misinformation and perceived political bias on social media a month before the presidential election.

Ø  The Senate Commerce Committee authorized subpoenas for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai of Google and Twitter's Jack Dorsey to force them to appear at a planned hearing if they do not agree to do so voluntarily

Ø  The committee's unanimous vote marked the start of a new bipartisan initiative against Big Tech companies

Ø  At a White House event last week, officials said the legislative proposal would protect the open internet and prevent hidden manipulation by social media

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Exclusive: China preparing an antitrust investigation into Google - sources

Extract :

China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe into Alphabet Inc's GOOGL.O Google, looking into allegations it has leveraged the dominance of its Android mobile operating system to stifle competition, two people familiar with the matter said.

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Dear Shri RaviShankar Prasadji,

 

Many thanks for the speed with which you have responded positively

Continuous pressure from EU – USA – Australia, has forced Google to pay the print media for their content.

It seems Google has accepted the principle :

Content creators / Data owners , must be compensated for their data

It is high time to extend the same principle to the use of PRIVATE PERSONAL DATA of 600 million Indian Users, by Google and all Social Media / E Com websites etc

They MUST be made to compensate 600 million Indians for selling ( using ) their data to Advertisers and making huge profit

Very likely, China will demand that, every-time an Android-based smart phone is used by a Chinese Citizen, Google pay that citizen, ONE Yuan ( = Rs 10.82 )

My calculations show that ( if my suggestion outlined in following emails are implemented ), each Indian User would get a MONTHLY compensation of Rs 30,000 / -

( I call this mechanism , a UBI which costs NOTHING to our Government – and which all political parties would support whole-heartedly ! )

All that we need is the political will

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With regards,

Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 02 Oct 2020


PS :

On this birthday of Mahatma Gandhi , do we have the courage to tell the Neo Data Imperialists ,

“ Pay up or QUIT  INDIA “ ?

 

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