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, 28 November 2022

ED says : No ED ( Escape of Data )

 


 

Context :

Centre allows ED to share info with 15 more agencies including NIA, CCI    

  BS  /  29 Nov 2022


Extract :

The government has allowed the Enforcement Directorate to share information about economic offenders with 15 more agencies :

Summary of Agencies required to share Data :

Ø  Central Bureau Of Investigations [ CBI ]

Ø  Reserve Bank of India [ RBI ]

Ø  Security and Exchange Board [ SEBI ]

Ø  Intelligence Bureau [ IB ]

Ø  Financial Intelligence Unit [ FIU ]

Ø  Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India [ IRDAI ]

Ø  Enforcement Directorate [ ED ]

Ø  Serious Fraud Investigation Office [ SFIO ]

Ø  Competition Commission of India  [ CCI ]

Ø  National Investigation Agency [ NIA ]

Ø  Central Vigilance Commission [ CVC ]

Ø  State Police Departments

Ø  Directorate General of Foreign Trade [ DGFT ]

Ø  Ministry of External Affairs [ MEA ]

Ø  Defence Intelligence Agency [ DIA ]

Ø  National Intelligence Grid [ NIG ]

Ø  National Technical Research Organisation [ NTRO ]

Ø  Military Intelligence [ MI ]

Ø  Wildlife Crime Control Bureau [ WCCB ]

Ø  Inquiry authority under Central Civil Services Rules

Ø  Regulators under various Acts


This change will integrate numerous state and central government agencies, empowering them with verified information related to an outlaw.


"Sharing information among numerous agencies will help them to apprehend social evils and bring them to justice in the court of law," Mohan said.

 

 

MY  TAKE  :

 

Central Government is like an Elephant : moves slowly but once it moves , it is

unstoppable !


It took me a lot of PERSEVERENCE as you can see from following e-mails that I

sent to Cabinet Ministers :


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  ! )

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With regards,

Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  29 Nov 2022

 

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