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With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

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Saturday, 6 August 2022

Indian Navigator has landed

 


 

-           And his name is Nitin Navigator Gadkari

 

Way back in 1942, when Enrico Fermi succeeded in first controlled nuclear chain reaction, Arthur Compton called the head of the NDRC, James Conant, and told him cryptically, "the Italian navigator has just landed in the New World," the secret phrase agreed to, to signal success 

 

Thank You, Nitinbhai

 

What For :

Toll plazas will be removed, tax to be deducted automatically from bank accounts : Union Minister Nitin Gadkari     /  ET  /  04 Aug 2022

Extract :

The Union government on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha it will soon introduce a new technology that will deduct tolls directly from bank accounts, thereby ensuring the removal of Toll-Plazas on roads and hassle free travel


“ We are in the process. We are yet to take an official decision on the kind of technology. The number-plate technology is good.


There will be no toll plaza and there will be a  SOPHISTICATED   COMPUTERIZED   DIGITALIZED system


There will be NO QUEUES . No person . Nothing will be there and it can give a great relief to the people by and large. And the Government will get the ABSOLUTE  REVENUE from that “ , Gadkari said


According to the Minister, the government is thinking over two options to collect the toll


One is a SATELLITE-BASED toll system where the GPS of the car will help directly collect toll tax from the bank account.


The other option is the number plate . We can replace the old number plate with the new number plate and there will be the Computerized System by which we can use the software to collect the toll, he said


“ The easiest system is :

#  when you start from the point, it will register

#  and when you leave the highway, it will once again register


So, only the exact amount the car drove , will be deducted from the owner’s account


We are already working on it. We have not made up our mind as far as the selection of technology is concerned. But within a month, we will select the technology. We will use all the SOPHISTICATED  TECHNOLOGY  of the WORLD , which will be useful for the people “ , the Minister said


Gadkari said that the government will also need to introduce a bill in parliament as there are no legal provisions to deal with those who violate the new system.


“ We will introduce the BEST SYSTEM in the world. I will try my best to do it as soon as possible within 6 months “, he added

 

 Dear Shri Gadkariji,

 

It is possible that, for the sake of “ ease of implementation “, experts may advise you to opt for Number-Plate technology . However, you may want to ask those experts :


( A )….. MULTIPLE  APPLICATIONS

            In course of next 2 years, can the selected technology go beyond just

            automatic collection of TOLL TAX and scale up to automatically collect

            TRANS TAX ?

            

( B )….  COVERAGE

            From (say) 30 million vehicles currently using Highways, can it cover all

            300 million vehicles of India ,plying anywhere ?

           

( C )….. GEOGRAPHICAL  REACH

            From locating vehicles on 1 lakh KM of highways, can it locate and collect

            TRANS TAX from any Vehicle anywhere in India (24x7 ) ?

            

( D  )…… VEHICLE  TYPES  

             Going beyond merely road-running vehicles, can it collect tax from

             vehicle plying on rivers ( boats and air ( aircrafts / drones ) ?

            

( E )……  SHIFT  FROM  OWNERSHIP TO SERVICE

             Can it incentivise PUBLIC TRANSPORT and dis-incentivise PRIVATE

             transport ?


( F )…… POLLUTION REDUCTION

             Can it incentivise LESS POLLUTING vehicles and dis-incentivise MORE

             POLLUTING vehicles ?


( G )…… ACCLERATING  EV  ADOPTION

            Can it accelerate scrapping of OLD ( Petrol ) vehicles and help faster

            adoption of NEW ( EV ) vehicles ?


( H )…… SPREADING OUT TRAFFIC

            Can it encourage use of vehicles at “ NON  PEAK  HOURS ‘ , thereby

            reducing traffic congestions / petrol consumption ?

           

( I )…… REVENUE  GENERATION

            In place of FASTag based toll collection on NHs, reaching Rs 33,274 crore

            in entire FY 22, will this technology help collect,

            

            Rs 33,000 crore , EVERY WEEK ?

 

Dear Shri Gadkariji,




Opportunity does not knock twice !


Please ask the experts to thoroughly study my following 4 YEAR old suggestion

and then tell you their reservations ( if any ) re its superiority over any other

technology :


Ø  Transport : an Integrated Logistic Plan ? …………………..[ 20 Nov 2018 ]

 

Extact ( For complete working details, please read the blog ) :

 

ROAD-MAP TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES

 

o   Levying of TRANS-TAX on all vehicles from birth to death of a vehicle ( irrespective of change in ownership through gifting / selling )


o   TRANS-TAX will get collected automatically and for each hour of a vehicle’s life


o   In this collection process , there will be NO HUMAN INTERVENTION whatsoever


o   Amount of TRANS-TAX to be collected every hour , will depend on it’s TRANSCORE


o   A vehicle’s TRANSCORE will be based on its total HQ [ Harm Quotient ] for that hour


o   Higher the total HQ [ TRANSCORE ] , higher the TRANS-TAX ( directly proportional )


o   Logic : To lower their TRANS-TAX liability , people will opt for vehicles and driving conditions which generate a low TRANSCORE


o   TRANS-TAX will replace all other vehicle-related taxes ( eg : Registration tax / Road Tax etc ) , other than the GST payable by buyer at time of purchase of vehicle


o   TRANS-TAX will be uniform throughout India but credited to the State in which vehicle is, at each hour of its life


o   TRANS-TAX will be computed as per following HQ  MATRIX . For exact mechanism , look up para on TECHNOLOGY  PLATFORM below


o   This is a conceptual frame work and transport experts may debate and come up with a different set of “ Factors “ / “ Weightages “ / “ Rating Scales “


·   Without doubt , all of these will differ from country to country and from time to time , within the same country

 

TECHNOLOGY  PLATFORM 

This will consist of the following :

Ø  NaviC : the Navigator

 

Satellite based “ Vehicle Tracking / Monitoring “ system, covering entire

 India.  This will track all 220 + Million vehicles , on 24x7 , taking one reading

 every 10 minute to compute the HQ of each vehicle. Final HQ for a given hour will

 be the average of the 6 readings / hour



Based on (variable ?) TRANS-TAX  formula, NaviC will, every hour, deduct

 appropriate amount from  FASTag  RFID embedded in each vehicle and transfer to

 designated account of concerned State Government


For details of how this will work , read :

http://meity.gov.in/development-navic-chip-commercialcivilian-purposes

All you need to know about our desi navigation system — NaviC      

Indian company launches 'desi GPS' module that will run on NAVIC signals 

 

 All vehicles

 

All Vehicle manufacturers will be mandated to embedded the vehicles

 with FASTag RFID sensors and other sensors , listed at :


Internet  of  Vehicles  [ 04 March 2017  ]

 

From these sensors , NaviC will be able to pick up DATA re :


Ø  Energy Source Type of vehicle CapacityManufacturing date PurposeEmission levels  etc , from all vehicles – ships – planes – drones etc


Trucks transporting GOODS , ( and embedded with RFID FASTags into all carried

 packages ) will enable NaviC to integrate with e-way bill system , as described in

 :

      Pre-loaded “ Payment Wallets “ [ FASTag ] , linked with owners’ Bank Accounts

 for automatic deductions every hour



HOW  WILL  THIS  SYSTEM  WORK  ?


Based on the continuous feedback ( of position of each vehicle ) by NaviC satellite, algorithm will do the following :

 

       #  Calculate the “ TRAN-SCORE “ for each and every vehicle , every hour and

           publish it on a web site

 

     #  Based on this “ TRAN-SCORE “ compute “ TRANS-TAX “ payable by each

         vehicle for each hour and  automatically deduct it from “ Onboard Payment

         Wallet “ [ FASTag ]

 

          

      #   If there is NIL balance in the Payment Wallet , immobilize the concerned

            vehicle , till payment gets made

 

      #   Provide data to Insurance Companies for “ Dynamic “ insurance premiums

           payable

 

 

LINKAGE OF TRANSCORE  WITH  AMOUNT  OF  “ TRANS – TAX “  PAYABLE

 

Since TRANS – TAX is a replacement for the Road-Taxes ( except that it is payable

and automatically deduced every hour ) , establishing a linkage would require ,

tabulating the road – taxes ( and other vehicle-ownership related taxes , if any )

for each type of vehicle in each State


I have not done this compilation but here is a suggestion :


Have 5 slabs of TRANSCORE as follows :

0-100  /  101–200  /  201-300  /  301-400  /  401–500


The lowest slab ( 0 – 100 ) will attract approximately the same amount of total

ANNUAL ROAD-TAX that a given type of vehicle is currently pays . Call this BASE

SLAB


Of course , other than a vehicle which is locked up in a garage for the entire year ,

no other vehicle which is being used regularly , can be in the BASE SLAB ,

throughout the year !


In fact , in the most likely scenario , a vehicle might have its TRANSCORE

fluctuate all the way from ( say ) 50 to as high as 450 , during different times of

the day  !


Linkage for the higher slabs can be :


·         101 –  200    >   150  % of the BASE SLAB tax

·         201 –  300    >   200  %

·         301  -  400   >    250  %

·         401  -  500   >    300  %

 

Idea behind such an upward SLIDING SCALE is to discourage usages which attract

high HQ

 

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  07 Aug 2022

 

RELATED READINGS :

 

2015 ( 1 )

POLLUTION SOLUTION , aka " PollSolv " ………………………[ 30 Dec 2015 ]

 

2016 ( 1 )

Public transport as a solution ? ………………………………………[ 15 Feb 2016 ]

 

2017 ( 1 )

Internet of Vehicles ( IoV ) ?...................................  04 Mar 2017 ]

 

2018 ( 2 )

A Grand Challenge ?................................................ [ 07 Dec 2018 ]

 

Trans-portability Theory …………………………………………..   ..[ 11 Dec 2018 ]

 

2019 ( 3 )

 

National Clean Air Tax ? – a Pigovian tax ?  …………….[ 12 Jan 2019 ]

Pigovian Tax for Polluters ? …………………………………………..[ 03 Apr 2019 ]

Traffic Congestion ? Finally, a solution in sight ? ………..[ 31 May 2019 ]

 

2020 ( 2 )

Calculate Harm Quotient for Road Tax …………………………[ 19 Sept 2020 ]



Gadkariji : From a Vision to a Mission ………………………….[ 17 Dec 2020 ]

Extract :

Let there be no doubt that the convergence described above can enable

 a NaVIC satellite ,

          Ø  Reading “ vehicle data “  which is hard-coded into factory-installed sensors

              ( see TABLE below )

         Ø  Instantaneously / continuously / dynamically, compute each vehicle’s HARM

              QUOTIENT

         Ø  Automatically – and 24x7 – deduct a TRANS-TAX from prepaid RFID (

             substituting road tax / toll etc ) from linked bank account

           

Srl No

Factor for computing

HARM QUOTIENT

Alternatives(Vehicles/Usage)

Can this data be hard-coded

In factory-installed Sensors in vehicles ?  

1

Energy Source

Petrol-Diesel vs EV-Hybrid

yes

2

Ownership

Private vs Public

Yes

3

Purpose

Passenger vs Goods

Yes

4

Age of Vehicle

New vs Old

Yes

5

Type of Vehicle

3 wheeler vs 4 wheeler

Yes

6

Capacity

No of persons vs No of Tons

Yes

7

WHERE running

City Roads vs Highways

No – Real-time determination by Satellite

8

WHEN running

Day vs Night( Peak/Non Peak )

No – Real-time determination by Satellite


Dear Shri Gadkariji,


All that is needed to implement my suggestion is to challenge our Scientists /

 Technocrats / Software geeks


I believe DESTINY has scripted that YOU are the chosen one to issue this

 challenge !

 

 

2021 ( 1 )

Gadkariji : Green Tax is Good ……………………………………….[ 26 Jan 2021 ]

 

2022 ( 2 )

On the Horizon : Internet of Vehicles ( IoV ) ……………….[ 14 Apr 2022 ]

 

 

MISC

India will become 'toll plaza free' in next two years: Nitin Gadkari    /  BS – 18 Dec 2020

  

Onboard Driver Assistance and Warning System launched under InTranSE -II Program   /  11  April 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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