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

Monday, 25 April 2022

DATA is better than Third Degree

 


Says, Shri Amitbhai Shah ( Home Minister )


Here is what got reported :

Rely on technology, data and digital forensics for investigation; not third-degree

( ET  /  23 April 2022 )


Extract :


Ø  Stating that law enforcement agencies need to rely on technology, data, information and digital forensics for investigation and not “ redundant “ third degree methods

 

Ø  Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday shared that the National Investigation Agency ( NIA ) has been asked with preparing databases on seven counts :


#    Narcotics

#    Hawala Transactions

#    Arms Trafficking

#    Counterfeit Currencies

#    Bomb Blasts

#    Terror Funding

#    Terrorism

 

Ø   “ Preparation of a National Database,  and allowing investigation agencies

      probing cases relating to the above seven fields, access to this database, while

      also adding state-level databases, will help both the national investigation

     agencies as well as the state police.


 NIA has made a good start and the government expects that the national

 database on all counts will be developed in the coming days,” Shah said

            

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MY  TAKE :

 

Ø  E - Governance ?  ...................................... [ 03 April 2014 ]

 

Extract :

 

Can e-Governance help eliminate corruption  ?

Most certainly

Look at the following , partial list of Central and State Agencies set up to fight

fraud , money-laundering , corruption , tax-evasion , economic crimes etc :

 

>  Public Accounts Committee           (  PAC  )

 

>  Central Vigilance Commission        (  CVC  )

 

>  Central Information Commission     (  CIC  )

 

>  Research and Analysis Wing           (  RAW  )

 

>  Serious Fraud Investigation Office   (  SFIO  )

 

>  Information Bureau                        (  IB   )

 

>  Economic Offence Wing                   (  EOW  )

 

>  Central Bureau of Investigation        (  CBI  )

 

>  Department of Revenue Intelligence (  DIR  )

 

>  Comptroller and Auditor General       (  CAG  )

 

>  Anti Corruption Bureaus ( States ).... (  ACB  )

 

>  Enforcement Directorate                    (  ED   )

 

>  Lok  Ayukts    (  States   )

 

>  Lok Pal           ( Central  )

 

 

Despite such an army of Agencies , how do corrupt manage to get away  ?

Or , in case caught , manage to delay delivery of punishment for years  ?

No doubt , there must be several reasons , including , inter - agency rivalry to get credit - something difficult to eliminate altogether

But , I believe , the most important reason is :

 

Lack of a COMMON  / COMPUTERIZED database of all offences / cases / persons being investigated

 

And , which is readily " Accessible " to all of these Agencies , all over the country ( 24 * 365 )

 

Already , every Agency compiles huge dossiers on " Suspects " in its own "

Departmental Database " , which is never shared with other Agencies , leading

to ,

 

>   Huge amount of duplication of efforts / information

 

>   Fractured / scattered profiles of " Suspects "

 

>   Enormous waste of time / resources

 

 

What will help  ?

  

Dismantling of individual departmental databases

 

Merging of all Agency-wise databases into a SINGLE / UNIQUE database

 

>  All Agencies to enter their findings / data / info into this COMMON database ,

    with nothing preserved on  local computers

 

>  All data-entry FORMS to be ONLINE . No paper forms at all

 

>  All local computers connected to ultra-secure Network ( Encrypted )

 

>  " Access Rights " to individuals , based on Biometric Identification

 

  

Will BJP want to make this , a prominent promise in their Poll-Manifesto , likely to be released on 7th April  ?  ( Congress /  AAP missed this boat  ! )

 

It is high time political parties stop talking of motherhood in vague terms and start telling the voters ,

 

" If you vote us to power , this is precisely what we will do , to bring about E-GOVERNANCE  - and do it within 6 months of assuming power "

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With regards,

Hemen parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  26 April 2022

 

Related Readings :

Ø  Thank You, Shri Karnal Singhji,………………………. [ 12 April 2022 ]

Ø  Break-down the Silos ! …………………………………… [  16 Sept 2017 ]

Ø  Too Many Cooks , spoil the Broth ? ………………. [  25 Feb 2018 ]

Ø  Thank You, Dr Rajan……………………………………….. [ 22 Aug 2021 ]

 

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Added  on  05  MAY  2022  :


Centre plans national database to strengthen policing and criminal investigation ../  ET  /  04  May


 Extract :


NATGRID is the integrated intelligence master

 database structure for counter-terrorism purposes,

 connecting databases of various CORE  SECURITY 

 AGENCIES under the Govt of India , collecting

 COMPREHENSIVE  PATTERNS procured from 21

 DIFFERENT  ORGANIZATIONS , that can be readily

 ACCESSED by SECURITY AGENCIES , around the

 clock


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