In Bhagwat Gita , Arujan tells Shri Krishna :
शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम्
I am your disciple, and am surrendered to
you. Please instruct me
for certain what is best for me.
( source : https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/2/verse/7 )
Software Superpower India too can learn a lot from tiny Estonia when it
comes to Digital
Governance , some of which , I had described in my following earlier
blogs :
Estonia
: Our Gateway to World ? ………………………….[ 13 Mar
2018 ]
Astonishing
Estonia …………………………………………….[ 28 Dec 2018 ]
Recently, I came across the following article :
When Covid struck, Estonia was ready. Here’s how……………..[ 09 Nov 2020]
Extract :
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Estonia – the GURU
Ø Anett’s job entails helping governments
around the world understand how they can achieve a digital transformation on
par with Estonia’s
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Govt Services
Ø “We already had 99 percent of the
services already available online, and we signed all of our documents online,”
says Anett Numa, [anett.numa@eas.ee ] a digital transformation advisor at the e-Estonia Briefing Centre.
“ We don’t really use papers here. ”
( view : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inxQXue79ls )
My Take : Umang
: My Suggestion Implemented…………[ 23 Nov 2017 ]
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Video Conferencing
Ø The only thing that has changed now is
that we have all the meetings happening
online
My
Take : Evolution:JioFibre>JioMeet/Revolution : Jio Glass.[ 18 July
2020 ]
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School System
Ø
For more than 20 years,
we have had school-managing systems where all of the grades, assignments,
communication is happening on one
single online platform.
Ø
The platform that parents
are able to use, the platform that students are able to use, and of course, the
teachers. They were already used to using these platforms and it was not
anything new to them.
My Take : Digitized
India ?.....................................[
12 July 2020 ]
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Tax System
Ø
Since 1999, we were able
to declare our taxes online already. In the U.S., sometimes you
have to find an accountant if you want to do your taxes.
Ø
Here, it just takes us one or maximum two minutes.
Ø
Then, in two weeks’ time, I would get my return back to my
account. Fantastic, right ?
My Take:( No need to file Tax Return ) from BAD
to MAD… [ 01 June 2016 ]
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Ownership of Personal Data
Ø
We made everything very
transparent.
Ø
We have a saying: each citizen is the owner of the information and data, and the government is just there
helping us to store this information.
Ø
Every single Estonian
citizen can also track what
information different government agencies are storing about them, and track if different
agencies have been exchanging their information.
My Take : Digital
Dividend from Demographic Data …………[ 14 Feb 2019 ]
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Single – Central –
Master Database of Citizen
Ø
We do have this “once-only” policy.
Ø
For example, my home
address is only stored in one single platform that’s called Population Registry,
and no other institution knows where I live.
Ø
They do not have a right to
store this information in a duplicated way.
Ø
If someone is asking the Population
Registry about my home address, then I will get to know about this as well.
Ø
And of course in order to
be able to request this information, different agencies need to have mutual
agreements to exchange data.
My Take : Released
: Govt Policy for Selling Personal Data…[05 Sept 2020 ]
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Govt Access to Citizen’s Personal Data
Ø
There is honestly no institution who can access all of our information,
not even the police. That’s very important.
Ø
Every single time the
different institutions are changing my information, I can see this on my
logbook system.
Ø
At the same time, everything
gets timestamped and it’s also encrypted.
Ø
We use also blockchain in
some institutions so they are exchanging hashes, not the actual information.
My Take : Who
watches the Watchmen ?........................[
12 Jan 2019 ]
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Aadhar-like ID for Everything
Ø
We use our ID cards for
many other reasons as well.
Ø
It is also my driving license.
Ø
I get access to my prescriptions also by my ID card. I do not need to have any paper. I
can just call my doctor and they can make me a digital prescription
which will be based on my ID card.
Ø
This is also, by the way,
a loyalty card, library card, and many, many other things.
Ø
We try to keep it that
way, so people would only have to carry their bank cards and
then the ID card, and that’s about it.
My Take : I
am One , I will become Many……………………………[
06 Jan 2020 ]
3
D - Digital Delivery of Drugs ?.......................[ 11 Oct 2015 ]
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Online Voting
Ø We have been voting online also for the past 15 years now. We can do this wherever we are in
the world
My Take : 408
Km vertical distance OK ? ……………………….[ 01 Nov 2020 ]
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Health Data of Citizen
Ø
I can see every single time
when the doctor has been accessing my information. I can fully, 24 hours a day, track this information.
Ø
Would you ever get to
know when someone has seen your medical records on paper ?
Ø
I fully believe that
having information stored online, and especially if you can track this, is much
safer than having your information on paper
My Take : Let
me make money by selling my Health Data…… 02 Sept 2020 ]
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Related Readings :
Data Exchange
Layer X-tee
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Dear Shri Ravishankar Prasadji,
I believe you had a meeting with Estonia’s Minister for Entrepreneurship
and IT , Ms Urve Palo in March 2018
Since then, you have initiated many reforms to DIGITIZE
GOVERNANCE in our country
But, as can be seen from this blog / email, there is a
long way to go
As we travel on this long road, I hope my suggestions (
e mailed earlier ), will receive your consideration
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 21
Nov 2020
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