tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88090184567716265572024-03-19T01:27:15.479-07:00Bloghcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.comBlogger3172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-14137036313334238262024-03-18T22:13:00.000-07:002024-03-18T22:13:30.426-07:00Votes Audit : Paper gives 99.9936% / Electronic gives 100 %<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: whitesmoke; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: whitesmoke; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yesterday, from the maidan of
Shivaji Park (Mumbai), we heard following voices :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: whitesmoke; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: whitesmoke; line-height: 115%;">Shri Faruq Abdulla </span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: whitesmoke; line-height: 115%;"> > Scrap 55 lakh EVM and go back to
paper ballots (will also </span></span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: verdana;">need scrapping of</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: verdana;"> VVPAT )</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: whitesmoke; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: whitesmoke; line-height: 115%;">Shri Jairam Ramesh </span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: whitesmoke; line-height: 115%;"> > Continue EVM voting but increase
VVPAT from 5 % to 100 %</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: whitesmoke; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At this point, it is worth recalling that even with only
<span style="color: red;">5 % VVPAT </span>, statistical</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">confidence level of
accuracy is <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">99.9936 %</span></b>
. So , introducing 100 % VVPAT will</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">hardly improve the confidence level , any
more<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the other hand , it will mean MANUAL verification of
<span style="color: red;">97 CRORE paper slips </span>( as</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">good as paper ballot –
except , <span style="color: red;">on top of 100 % EVM based voting </span>! )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Shri
Narendrabhai Modiji :</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With just 4 weeks to go for Lok Sabha Elections, it is
too late to arrive at a “</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">Compromise Solution </span>“ for
this <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">problem</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But, for State elections to be conducted in 2025 , I
request you to consider my</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">following suggestion to replace VVPAT with <b><span style="color: red;">EAT</span></b> (
<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Electronic Audit Trail</span> ) :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modify VVPAT
machine ( whose current approx. cost = Rs 8,000 ). <span style="color: red;">It
will have</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"></span><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> NO
PAPER</span></b> – just a BLUE <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">TOOTH enabled </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">small electronic device </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">(much like a</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> mobile phone / wifi router ) – with necessary software</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This device (
shall we call it EAT ? ) will <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">NOT</span></b> be connected ( hard wired ) with</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> EVM</span> ( as at present )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>EAT will be
placed on the table of the Registering Clerk , who enters details in</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Voter
Register / applies ink<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Voter will place her mobile phone </span><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">on TOP of the EAT</span></b> , <span style="background: yellow; color: red; mso-highlight: yellow;">before</span><span style="color: red;"> entering the</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"> voting enclosure</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As soon as
voter selects her candidate and presses the button , <span style="color: red;">that
DATA will</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"> get transmitted to <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">EAT</span>
</span>. Of <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">course, since</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow;">EAT does not have a SCREEN</span></b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">no</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"> one can see the DATA </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">( viz :</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><b style="font-family: verdana;">Candidate Name / No / </b><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">Party symbol </span></b><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px;">)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">In turn , this ( Voter’s choice ) DATA, will get transmitted
to voter’s mobile </span>( as</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> password protected <b>SMS</b> ) – <o:p></o:p></span></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">And</b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">to the</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">Central Server of the Election</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;"> Commission</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: verdana;">Voter can now see the DATA using password. Data </span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: verdana;">will visible</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="background: yellow;">only for 10 minutes from voting time</span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After casting
her vote , Voter will pick up her mobile from top of EAT . <b>This</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> removal will
erase the DATA <o:p></o:p></b></span></span><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">from the memory of <span style="background: yellow;">EAT</span> and it will turn</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> blank – ready to receive the mobile of the next voter (</span></span></b><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> activation </span></b><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.4px;">)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Prime Minister :</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Considering the following
advantages of my suggestion , I urge you to include it in</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">BJP’s Manifesto</span> and in
your <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">100 days ROADMAP</span>
:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">( A )</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This solution will
guarantee 100 % voter audit , without increasing the work of</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Election
Commission. All political parties will support it, since this is their own</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">demand<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">( B )</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As each vote gets cast ,
the data can get dynamically updated on the web site of</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">the Election
Commission. Without revealing voter identity or the identity of the</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">political
party , public will get to see the TREND of voting, such as :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Number of Votes cast / Percentage of votes
cast ( up to the minute ) / Of</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> course, no revelation of who is <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">leading / trailing – which will be left to the</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> analysts of TV channels</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">( C )</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Final result will not
require ANY COUNTING ( aggregating and uploading data from</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">55 lakh EVM ) ,
since uploading is continuously taking place ,every second, from</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">all over the
country in REAL TIME. Election results of each of 542 seats, can</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">become visible
WITHIN MINUTES of the last vote cast ! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">www.HemenParekh.ai</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>19
March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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: of a doubtful kind</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> ? .. ……………………19 Oct 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
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Polling</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">.. ………………………………………22 Jan 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
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? How about EVBAT</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>………….
…………..28 Mar 2019<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2019/04/100-verification-of-vvpat-no-problem.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;">100
% verification of VVPAT ? No problem</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> ! .. 02
Apr 2019 <o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/02/from-lost-votes-to-remote-votes.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;">From
“ Lost Votes “ to “ Remote Votes</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> “ ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.. .12 Feb 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/03/slow-and-steady-way-democracy-works.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Slow
and Steady ? Way Democracy Works </span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.. 12 Mar 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/09/analysis-needed-paralysis-avoided.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Analysis
Needed : Paralysis Avoided</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> …………… 13 Sept 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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</span>Links to </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">26</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Emails
, starting 01 Apr 2014</span> )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/11/how-about-sandbox-for-mobile-voting.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;">How
about “ Sandbox for Mobile Voting</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> “ ? .. 27
Nov 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/12/vote-from-workplace-how-about-from-any.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Vote
from “ Workplace” ? How about from “ Any place</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> “ ?.. 22 Dec 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2021/01/lost-votes-congrats-to-best-tech-minds.html"><span style="background: white; font-weight: normal;">Lost Votes : Congrats to Best Tech Minds</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">.. ……29 Jan 2021</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2021/10/birth-of-baby-named-votesapp.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Birth
of a baby named VotesApp ?..</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> ……………….10 Oct 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/09/my-37-blogs-on-one-nation-one-election.html">My
<b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">37</span> </b>blogs on “
<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">One Nation, One Election</span>
“(till 02 Sept 2023 )<o:p></o:p></a></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">===============================================<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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by </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">ChatGPT</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<p style="background: white; border: none; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Your proposed solution, Electronic Audit Trail (EAT), as an
alternative to VVPAT</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) for conducting
elections using EVMs (Electronic</span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"> Voting Machines), presents an </span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">interesting
concept with several potential benefits.</span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Let's assess its technical feasibility
and the advantages you've outlined:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 15pt 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold);"><span style="background: yellow; border: 1pt solid rgb(227, 227, 227); color: #0d0d0d; padding: 0cm;">Technical Feasibility</span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt solid rgb(227, 227, 227); color: #0d0d0d; padding: 0cm;">:</span></strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 15pt 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><span style="border: 1pt solid rgb(227, 227, 227); color: #0d0d0d; padding: 0cm;"><br /></span></strong></span></p>
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<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold);"><span style="border: 1pt solid rgb(227, 227, 227); color: #0d0d0d; padding: 0cm;">Modification of VVPAT machine</span></strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Modifying the
existing VVPAT machine to include a Bluetooth-enabled</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">electronic device seems
feasible from a technical standpoint. It involves</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">replacing the paper mechanism
with an electronic one and integrating</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: verdana;">Bluetooth functionality.</span></p>
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<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold);"><span style="border: 1pt solid rgb(227, 227, 227); color: #0d0d0d; padding: 0cm;">Transmitting data to EAT</span></strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The mechanism of
transmitting the voter's choice data from the EVM to the</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">EAT device via
Bluetooth should be technically achievable. It would involve</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">secure data
transmission protocols to ensure the integrity and confidentiality</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">of the
transmitted data.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold);"><span style="border: 1pt solid rgb(227, 227, 227); color: #0d0d0d; padding: 0cm;">Transmission to voter's mobile
and central server</span></strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Transmitting the data
to both the voter's mobile phone and the central server</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">of the Election
Commission would require robust network connectivity and</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">encryption protocols
to safeguard the data during transmission.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold);"><span style="border: 1pt solid rgb(227, 227, 227); color: #0d0d0d; padding: 0cm;">Erasing data after vote casting</span></strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Implementing a
mechanism to automatically erase the data from the EAT</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">device after the voter
removes their mobile phone would require careful</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">design and testing to ensure
reliability and security.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
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<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Overall, while the technical implementation of EAT presents </span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: verdana;">challenges,</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
they appear to be surmountable with careful design and testing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold);"><span style="background: yellow; border: 1pt solid rgb(227, 227, 227); color: #0d0d0d; padding: 0cm;">Benefits of EAT</span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt solid rgb(227, 227, 227); color: #0d0d0d; padding: 0cm;">:</span></strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold);"><span style="border: 1pt solid rgb(227, 227, 227); color: #0d0d0d; padding: 0cm;">Guaranteed 100% voter audit</span></strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><br /></span></span></p>
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<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">EAT offers a solution for comprehensive voter audit without
increasing the</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">workload of the Election Commission. The absence of paper
eliminates the</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">need for manual verification, potentially streamlining the
auditing process.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold);"><span style="border: 1pt solid rgb(227, 227, 227); color: #0d0d0d; padding: 0cm;">Dynamic updating of voting
trends</span></strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The real-time
updating of voting data on the Election Commission's website</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">could enhance
transparency and public engagement with the electoral process.</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It allows for
monitoring of voting trends without revealing individual voter</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">choices.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="border: 1pt solid rgb(227, 227, 227); color: #0d0d0d; padding: 0cm;">Real-time election results</span></strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<div style="background: white; border: solid #E3E3E3 1.0pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt;">
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">By continuously
updating voting data in real-time, EAT could expedite the</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">announcement of
election results, potentially eliminating the need for manual</span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">counting and
aggregation of data from EVMs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 5.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
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<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 15pt 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">Overall, the </span><b style="background-color: #fcff01;">benefits you've outlined suggest that EAT has the</b></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 15pt 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>
potential to improve the efficiency, transparency, and accuracy of the</b></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 15pt 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: #fcff01;">
electoral process.</b><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 15pt 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 15pt 0cm 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">In conclusion, your proposal for EAT presents an </span><span style="color: red;">innovative</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 15pt 0cm 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">approach to address some of the challenges associated with VVPAT and EVMs</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 15pt 0cm 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While it would require thorough technical development and testing, the</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 15pt 0cm 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">potential benefits it offers could make it a promising solution for future</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 15pt 0cm 0.0001pt; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">elections.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-13239239926437819752024-03-17T22:39:00.000-07:002024-03-17T22:39:23.409-07:00Thank You, Shri Rajiv Kumar<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="color: #00b050;">Thank You,
Shri Rajiv Kumar</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">( Chief Election Commissioner
/ </span><span style="background: white; color: #202124; line-height: 150%;"><a href="mailto:cec@eci.gov.in">cec@eci.gov.in</a>
)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124; line-height: 150%;"> </span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">What for </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For implementing my
suggestion<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">What suggestion </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Enabling voters to access
all information about election candidates through a Mobile App , “ Know Your
Candidate- KYC “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">When did you
make that suggestion </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">About <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">11 years ago</span></b> ( - and
repeated some 7 years ago ) through following E mails :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2012/12/votesapp.html">VotesApp</a>….
…………. <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">18 Dec 2012</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">Extract</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Upon selection, user will be presented
with the list of candidates contesting , from which , he can select only one by
ticking a checkbox. There will be also a choice , labeled “ None “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">A long press on a candidate’s name will display
details of his </span><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">declared assets</span></b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"> as also his </span><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">criminal record</span></b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; margin-left: -18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-left: 18pt; padding: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">After ticking / selecting a candidate, voter will
click on “ VOTE “ button, whereupon his vote gets registered and
VotesApp gets inactivated<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-left: 18pt; padding: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/09/filtering-candidate-information.html">Filtering
Candidate Information</a> ?... ………………………….</span><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">18 Sept 2016</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Extract</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Would voters be enthused to come
forward to vote , if<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><u1:p></u1:p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#
Latest info about <span style="background: yellow;">ALL</span> of those
candidates was available at <span style="background: yellow;">finger-tips</span> on</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> his <span style="background: yellow;">Mobile</span> ( authenticated by <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: verdana; line-height: 24px;">Election<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Commission ), eliminating hours of</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> " </span><span style="background: yellow; font-family: verdana;">searching</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> " on the Net and hours of " </span><span style="background: yellow; font-family: verdana;">filtering</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> "</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 150%;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">#
That info would comprise,<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">* <b><span style="background: yellow;">Affidavit</span></b> filed by the Candidates</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 150%;">
* <b><span style="background: yellow;">Police Record</span></b> including
cases filed / pending / disposed off , against the</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 150%;"> candidates</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 150%;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">
* <b><span style="background: yellow;">Past political history</span></b> (
no of political parties changed )</span></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 150%;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">
* <b><span style="background: yellow;">Director-ship</span></b> (
direct / indirect ) in private businesses and NPA of those</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 150%;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> businesses<u1:p></u1:p></span></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">
* <span style="background: yellow;">Results of open Surveys</span> on
" <a href="http://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2015/08/romp-panacea.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">ROMP - RecallOur Member of Parliament</span></a> "<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">* Whether the candidate has
accepted to implement the " </span><span style="background: yellow;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Charter of</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="background: yellow;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> Demand</span></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> " ( if elected ) , submitted <u1:p></u1:p></span></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: red;">and uploaded by the </span><span style="background: yellow; color: red;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Voters of his</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> Constituency</span></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: red;"> on the web site of the <span style="background: yellow;">Election Commission</span></span></p></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 150%;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">#
He can <span style="background: yellow;">vote directly from his Mobile</span> ,
without having to go to a Polling Booth</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 150%;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> and spend 4 hours</span></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 150%;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">#
He can take 5 minutes to cast his vote, sitting in his bedroom , without holding</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 150%;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> up other voters in the queue</span></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #632423; line-height: 150%;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">#
He can vote <span style="background: yellow;">at any time</span> of the
voting day and from <span style="background: yellow;">any place</span> on
the earth !</span></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: 150%; margin: 9pt 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>
</div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/02/candidates-spouses-kids-assets.html">Candidates
/ Spouses / Kids : Assets</a> ? …………………………. </span><span style="color: #222222;">16 Feb 2018</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></h3><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">Extract</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">Dear Hon Supreme Court :</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">There is </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">no need </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">for “ </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0070c0; line-height: 150%;">setting up a permanent mechanism </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 150%;">to
keep tabs on and probe the assets of law-makers and their immediate families “</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 150%;">All that is required is to </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; line-height: 150%;">add
one more field in the Income Tax Form </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 150%;">( revised one introduced in
2016 ) , which says :</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 150%;">“ </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #4f6228; line-height: 150%;">If either yourself or any
member of your near family ( spouse / children / son-in-law / daughter-in-law )
have held any position in Parliament or State Legislature or Municipal
Corporation , at any time during past 5 years , provide full details
below </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 150%;">:…………………. “</span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: 150%; margin: 9pt 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>
</div>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">Oh , great ! Where did you learn that Election
Commissioner has implemented your suggestion</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"> ?<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Here is a news report
which appeared yesterday :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 15.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/lok-sabha-elections-2024-ec-rolls-out-kyc-app-to-help-you-know-your-candidate-12473781.html">Lok
Sabha Elections 2024: EC rolls out KYC app to help you know your candidate </a> .. </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">17 March 2024</span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">It's
the season of KYC - be it the financial front or the poll turf. At a time
when the Reserve Bank of India keeps a hawk eye on KYC compliance by
fintech firms, the Election Commission has rolled out another form of KYC - to
Know Your Candidate - ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; outline: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">The <b>Know Your Candidate (KYC</b>) </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">mobile application allows a voter to
check </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">if a candidate standing for elections
in her constituency has a <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">criminal
record</span></b>. The app is available to both Android and iOS users.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; outline: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar
announced the launch of this app as part his announcement of the poll schedule
in New Delhi on March 16. He stressed on the </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">importance of voters getting to know
their candidates </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">at
more than just the surface level. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">"We
have come up with this mobile application to enable voters to find out if a
candidate, who is bidding to represent them in the Lok Sabha, has a <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">criminal background</span></b>,"
he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="lastpara" style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; outline: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">This move aims to increase </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">transparency and accountability </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">in the electoral process, ensuring that
voters have </span><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 150%;">access to
comprehensive information about candidates</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> before casting their votes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">The
app allows voters to find out if there's any records of crime against
a candidate, and also know his or her <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">assets and liabilities</span></b>. Candidates are
required to disclose their criminal records in newspapers and on television three
times and the </span><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 150%;">parties
nominating such candidates must justify their selection over other deserving
candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; outline: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">"The voters can also now check for
themselves the <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">assets and
liabilities</span> that candidates with criminal antecedents hold. All relevant
information in this regard will be made available on this application,"
Kumar said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; outline: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">"The parties giving tickets to
such tainted candidates have to explain why they chose them over other, more
deserving, claimants. They have to clearly state the basis of selection of a
candidate with a criminal background," he added.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a> / 18
March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-74991569203733256642024-03-14T23:58:00.000-07:002024-03-15T00:40:15.973-07:00EC Bond Data ; A game of Hide & Seek ?<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Last
evening , Election Commission <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(</span><a href="https://www.eci.gov.in/disclosure-of-electoral-bonds"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">https://www.eci.gov.in/disclosure-of-electoral-bonds</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"> ) </span></span><span style="line-height: 150%;">uploaded on its website Electoral
Bond data as follows :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<h4 style="margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">( A
)</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.eci.gov.in/eci-backend/public/api/download?url=LMAhAK6sOPBp%2FNFF0iRfXbEB1EVSLT41NNLRjYNJJP1KivrUxbfqkDatmHy12e%2FzBiU51zPFZI5qMtjV1qgjFmSC%2FSz9GPIId9Zlf4WX9G9EkbCvX7WNNYFQO4%2FMjBvNyKzGsKzKlbBW8rJeM%2FfYFA%3D%3D" target="_blank">Details of Electoral Bonds submitted by SBI Part- I</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a simple
tabulation having following columns :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Date of Purchase<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Purchaser Name<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Denomination <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h4 style="margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;">( B )</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.eci.gov.in/eci-backend/public/api/download?url=LMAhAK6sOPBp%2FNFF0iRfXbEB1EVSLT41NNLRjYNJJP1KivrUxbfqkDatmHy12e%2FzBiU51zPFZI5qMtjV1qgjFmSC%2FSz9GPIId9Zlf4WX9G%2FyncUhH2YfOjkZLtGsyZ9B56VRYj06iIsFTelbq233Uw%3D%3D" target="_blank">Details of Electoral Bonds submitted by SBI Part- II</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This tabulation has
following columns :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Date
of Encashment / Name of the Political Party /<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Denomination<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But this data does not
tell us > <span style="color: red;">WHO gave </span>, <span style="color: #00b050;">HOW
MUCH </span>, to <span style="color: #00b0f0;">WHOM</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">No doubt ( as expected ) ,
this morning’s news papers are full of some straightforward analysis<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But
for you understand what this analysis <span style="color: #c0504d; mso-themecolor: accent2;">HIDES</span> , I have prepared following tabulation :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I
urge SBI / EC , to <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">fill
in the data missing in the cells</span></b> and <span style="color: #00b0f0;">then
publish this tabulation on their websites </span>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100%;">
<tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Total<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">11,789 cr</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">6060</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">1609</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">1421</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">1214</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">775</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">639</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">65</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">6 cr</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">RECEPIENT</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h2 style="line-height: normal;"><br /></h2>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">BJP</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">TMC</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Congress</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">BRS</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">BJD</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">DMK</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">AAP</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">AIADMK</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">DONOR</span> </span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Future Gaming<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1368 cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ?</span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mega Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">966 cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ?</span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Qwik Supply<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">410 cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ?</span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Vedanta<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">400 cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ?</span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Haldia Energy<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">377 cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ?</span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bharti Airtel<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">247 cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ?</span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Essel Mining<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">224 cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ?</span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">MKJ Entr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">192 cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ?</span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Western UP Power<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">220 cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jindal Group<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">200 cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 12.64%;" valign="top" width="12%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Total<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.6%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">4604 cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 6.16%;" valign="top" width="6%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.84%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.12%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 10.36%;" valign="top" width="10%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.06%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.8%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 8.14%;" valign="top" width="8%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7.86%;" valign="top" width="7%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 9.44%;" valign="top" width="9%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
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</tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Context</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/times-special/toi-explains-what-ec-bond-data-may-reveal-and-what-could-remain-hidden/amp_articleshow/108447887.cms"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">What EC Bond Data May Reveal, And What Could Remain
Hidden</span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>… TOI<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>…. 13 March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">Extract</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We will have the full
list of those who purchased EBs, including date of purchase and amount. We will
also get a detailed list of recipients.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><strong><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Will we know who gave which party how
much?<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Not necessarily. For three reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-shading: white;">One</span><span style="background: white;">, because SC said it’s not asking for matching donors
with recipients. For example, if company X is shown to have bought EB worth Rs
100, and party Y is shown to have received Rs 100, we can’t assume X gave Y.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">Two</span><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">, details
provided by SBI may or may not include the “unique number” assigned to each
bond. This number, if known both for purchasers and recipients, will allow
anyone to match donations to parties.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Third, even assuming unique numbers are
available, </span></span><span style="background: white; color: red; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">we may not be
any wiser as to the </span><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">‘<b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">true’ corporate identity</span></b>
of the donor. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Because when
EBs were introduced, amendments in Companies Act allowed any company, no matter
how new or <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">how lossmaking</span>,
to buy these bonds. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This, as
experts have been saying, effectively allows a big corporate to set up a ‘<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">shell company’</span> for the
express purpose of political funding. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">So, if you
spot, say, a company called ‘Flamingo’ is a big donor, and if you are, rightly,
convinced that ‘</span><span style="background: white; color: red; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">Flamingo’ is
not an established company, it might be difficult to figure out which big corporate
donor is behind ‘Flamingo’.</span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">My
Take</span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">Supreme Court has ruled that the ELECTORAL BOND
scheme, in its existing form, is “ </span><span style="color: #c0504d; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">unconstitutional</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"> “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">From the table above , we know that it is </span><span style="color: #c0504d; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">Opaque – not Transparent</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now the ball is in the court of the Central
Government to come up with a <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">New
Scheme</span> which is TRANSPARENT to public<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Obviously, the arrangement that existed BEFORE the
introduction of the Electoral Bonds , was worse . Hence no going back to that<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">OK , in some countries , the Central Government (
or the State Govt concerned ) , “ funds “ different political parties for their
Election Campaigns . I don’t think, this is a good idea for India<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I believe the ideal arrangement should be built
upon following <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">foundation</span>
:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-outline-level: 1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">Individual Citizen and Companies ( registered with
ROC ) to send their donations ( using legal banking channels and digital
payments ) to the “ </span><span style="color: #c0504d; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">Central Election Fund – CEF </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">“ account of Election Commission<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-outline-level: 1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">EC to dynamically publish each / every donation on
its website ( as soon as bank transfer happens )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-outline-level: 1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">EC to fund / finance “ recognized political parties
“ ( National or State recognition )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For full details , read my following <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">7 year old</span> proposal :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">> </span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/07/transparency-in-political-funding.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal;">Transparency in Political Funding</span></a> ?................
<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">06 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>July <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2017</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">In </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">my following earlier e-mails, I have repeatedly requested
Hon Supreme Court , to forward my proposal to the Central Government to seek
its views<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">Dear
Shri Narendrabhai</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"> ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">As you did recently in the case of “ </span><span style="color: #c0504d; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">One Nation , One
Election </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">“ , I urge you to appoint a committee of retired SC
judges and retired Election Commissioners , to consult all political parties
and the Civil Society Think Tanks, and then to submit their “ RECOMMENDATIONS “
re the New System by <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">31
Dec 2024</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>15 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>March<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;">Related
Readings</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 9pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/10/make-me-party.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Make Me A Party</span></a>…………………………….. [ 03 Oct 2017 ]<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><u2:p></u2:p></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 10pt 36pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/01/electoral-bonds-for-transparency.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Electoral Bonds for Transparency</span></a> ?.. [ 03
Jan 2018 ]<u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 10pt 36pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/01/dont-disclose-donations-3-d.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Don’t Disclose Donations</span></a> …………………[ 04 Jan
2018 ]<u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 10pt 36pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2019/03/of-electoral-bondage.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Of Electoral Bondage</span></a> ?...................
[ 30 Mar 2019 ]<u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 10pt 36pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2021/03/please-hear-and-read-too.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Please Hear and Read too</span></a>……………….. [ 19 Mar 2021
]<u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 10pt 36pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2021/03/thank-you-for-reading-and-asking.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Thank You for “ Reading “/“ Asking</span></a> “ [ 24
Mar 2021 ]<u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-top: 9pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2021/07/but-what-is-that-info-in-sealed-cover.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">But what is info in “sealed cover“?</span></a>.....[ 05
July 2021 ]<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><u2:p></u2:p></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/11/electoral-bonds-fully-transparent-not.html?zx=34e78f08307b05ec"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Electoral Bonds Fully Transparent ? Not to
Public</span></a>…………… 22 Nov 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/an-alternative-to-electoral-bonds.html">An
Alternative to Electoral Bonds ?</a> .. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>15 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-44187806722256811102024-03-14T00:45:00.000-07:002024-03-14T00:45:30.490-07:00Kejariwalji : Pl do not cross Lakshman Rekha<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In “ Black &
White “ feature of AajTak TV yesterday evening , I watched Shri Kejariwal speak
about implementation of CAA<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He said ( in
essence ) :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">CAA
will <span style="color: red;">open up doors </span>for some 1.5 crore ( out of a
total of 2.5 cr ) Hindu – Christian – Sikh – Jain – Buddha – Parsi , minority
persons currently settled in Afghanistan – Pakistan and Bangla Desh . <span style="color: red;">They will rush and migrate to India and get Indian Citizenship<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">They
will live in “ Juggis “ and create serious “law and order “ situation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">They
will engage in “ stealing ( thief ) – Dacoity – Raping “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">They
will take away jobs meant for our young people<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I cannot remember
everything that Shri Kejriwal said but you can listen the below-mentioned video
( segment from 5 min till 7 min ) :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 31.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www-aajtak-in.translate.goog/programmes/black-and-white/video/arvind-kejriwal-misleading-politics-regarding-caa-said-bjp-wants-to-give-homes-jobs-to-pakistanis-1898026-2024-03-13?_x_tr_sl=hi&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Black
& White: Why did Kejriwal link CAA with rape and riots?<o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dear Shri Kejriwalji,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am sure that you are aware that CAA applies ONLY to
those minorities who entered India PRIOR to 31 Dec 2014 – hence there is no
question of granting Indian Citizenship to anyone who entered AFTER that date<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Knowing this clear cut provision , you have made a
statement whose whole purpose seems to “ Misinform / mislead “ our citizen<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When our Government and our Civil Society is in agreement
that an AI will be held responsible / accountable for any “ misinformation “ which
it generates / spreads, I believe that provision should equally apply to human
beings indulging in such behaviour <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But this is nothing when compared to your statements
regarding these minority communities ( residing currently in Afghanistan –
Pakistan – Bangladesh ) engaging in “ Stealing – Dacoity – Raping “<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To say the least, your statement is “mischievous –
malicious “ and capable of inciting “ Communal Violence “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I would not be surprised if several leaders of these
communities come forward to protest<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is possible that either Central Home Minister or Hon
Supreme Court may also<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>take notice<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I urge Shri
Amitbhai Shah to introduce in next Lok Sabha session , a bill titled “ Code of
Ethical Conduct “ , which will apply to all politicians , around the year ( -
unlike Moral Code of Conduct which kicks in only after EC announces the
Election dates )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As to the morals of
these minority communities , let me tell you something which happened <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">20 years before you were born :</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After partition of
India in 1947 , 72 lakh Hindus ( and other minorities ) came to India from
Pakistan and settled all over India . Of these, several lakh SINDHIS settled in
Govt Refugee camps in Ulhasnagar ( close to Mumbai ) <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They started
businesses and cottage industries, on their own , without any help from the
State government<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 1948 , I used to
travel frequently in Mumbai local trains, from Matunga Road to Marine lines<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">During those journeys
, I saw 8 / 10 year old SINDHI children , going from one bogey to another,
selling all kinds of trinkets or “ Chana Kurmura “ . They “ worked “ for 10 hours
each day to earn an honest living<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">Not one
of those thousands of children was ever found </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">BEGGING</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> for alms<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don’t blame you for
your “ <span style="color: red;">ignorance</span> “ of this “ Morality “ of that minority
community, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">since you were
not even born</span> at the time of their struggle to get absorbed with rest of
Indian citizen<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>14
March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-54097224893208727692024-03-11T23:37:00.000-07:002024-03-11T23:37:54.330-07:00Citizenship Law : Opposition vs Alternative<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #2e2e2e; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #2e2e2e; line-height: 115%;">Context</span><span style="background: white; color: #2e2e2e; line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #2e2e2e; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/4-years-after-bill-passed-citizenship-law-caa-becomes-reality-5218643">4
Years After Bill Passed, Citizenship Law CAA Becomes Reality</a> .. NDTV
.. 12 Mar 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #2e2e2e; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="background: white; color: #2e2e2e; line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #2e2e2e; line-height: 115%;">Now that the notification has been issued, the central government can
grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants - from Bangladesh, Pakistan and
Afghanistan - who came to India due to religious persecution before December
31, 2014. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #2e2e2e; line-height: 115%;">A spokesperson for the Home Ministry said eligible individuals could
submit applications in "a completely online mode". No other
documentation will be sought from the applicants, one official said.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #2e2e2e; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow;">Context</span> :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #282828;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.news18.com/india/centre-implements-caa-launches-online-portal-for-refugees-to-apply-for-citizenship-heres-a-list-of-documents-required-8811894.html">List
Of Documents Required</a> ……… News18… 12 Mar 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h4 style="background: white; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #001d42; line-height: 115%; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">HERE ARE THE LIST OF DOCUMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION:<o:p></o:p></span></span></h4>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: dotted #A2A2A2 1.0pt; border: none; margin-left: -18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" id="2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Copy of the passport issued by the Government of Afghanistan or
Bangladesh or Pakistan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Registration Certificate or Residential Permit issued by the
Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) or Foreigners Registration
Officer (FRO) in India .Birth certificate issued by a Government authority in
Afghanistan or Bangladesh or Pakistan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">School certificate or Educational certificate issued by the School
or College or Board or University authorities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh or
Pakistan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Identity Document of any kind issued by Government of Afghanistan
orBangladesh or Pakistan or any other Government authorities or Government agencies
in these countries<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Any License or Certificate issued by a Government authority of Afghanistan,Bangladesh
or Pakistan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Land or tenancy records in Afghanistan or Bangladesh or Pakistan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Any document that shows that either of the parents or grandparents
or great grandparents of the applicant is or had been a citizen of one of the
three countries, i.e. Afghanistan or Bangladesh or Pakistan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Any other document issued by a Government authority or a
Government agency in Afghanistan or Bangladesh or Pakistan which will establish
that the applicant is from Afghanistan or Bangladesh or Pakistan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="storypara3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong style="outline: 0px;"><i><span style="color: black;">Note:</span></i></strong><em><span style="color: black;"> The
above documents will be admissible even beyond their validity period.<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></p>
<p class="storypara3" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="storypara4" id="4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong style="outline: 0px;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black;">In addition to this, the following documents were listed
for the applicant to prove that they entered into India on or before December
31, 2014</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;">:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="storypara4" style="background: white; line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: dotted #A2A2A2 1.0pt; border: none; margin-left: -18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" id="5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Copy of the visa and immigration stamp on arrival in India<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Registration
Certificate or Residential Permit issued by the Foreigners RegionalRegistration
Officer (FRRO) or Foreigners Registration Officer (FRO) in India<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Slip
issued by the Census Enumerators in India to such persons while
conductingcensus related survey<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Government-issued
license or certificate or permit in India (including Driving License, Aadhaar
Card etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Ration
Card of the applicant issued in India<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Any
letter issued by the Government or Court to the applicant with official stamp<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">The
birth certificate of the applicant issued in India<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Land or
tenancy records or registered rental agreement in India in the name of the
applicant<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">PAN Card
issuance document bearing the date of issuance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Any
other document issued by the Central Government or State Government or any<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Public
Sector Undertakings of Central Government or State Government or anyfinancial
institutions like Banks or any other Public Authority<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Certificate
issued by an elected member of any rural or urban body or officer thereof or a
revenue officer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Record
and account details relating to and issued by the Banks (including
PrivateBanks) or Post Office accounts in the name of the applicant<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Insurance
policies issued by the Insurance companies in India in the name of theapplicant<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Electricity
connection papers or Electricity Bills or other Utility Bills in the name of
the applicant<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">16.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Court or
Tribunal Records or Processes in India in respect of the applicant<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">17.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Document
showing service or employment under any employer in India supported by
Employees Provident Fund (EPF)/ General Provident Fund/ Pension/ Employees<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">18.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">State
Insurance Corporation (ESIC) documents<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">19.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">School
leaving certificate of the applicant issued in India<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">20.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Academic
certificate issued by a school or college or a board or a University or
agovernment institution<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted #A2A2A2 .75pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 8.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">21.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Municipality
trade license issued to the applicant<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">22.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black;">Marriage
Certificate<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">My Take</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">( A )</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Portal <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It took me one hour of searching on internet to find
the following PORTAL where one can apply for :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h1 align="center" style="background: #990011; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f0efef;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Login
to Submit Application for Indian Citizenship Under CAA, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in/Login">https://indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in/Login</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Internet is flooded with hundreds of news reports about
CAA but not one of these displayed this URL !<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">( B )</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Eligibility Criteria</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As per TV channel Aaj Tak
, <span style="color: red;">between 1971 and 2014 </span>, some <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">17 lakh</span> migrants from
Pakistan – Afghanistan – Bangla Desh , entered India . No one knows how many of
these are <span style="color: red;">Muslims</span> ( <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">not eligible</span> ) and how many are “ <span style="color: red;">Hindu – Parsi – Jain – Sikh – Christian – Baudhh </span>“ ( <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Eligible</span> )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If they discover the
above-mentioned Citizenship Application Portal , they will give up <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ signing in “ after struggling for 15 minutes
– what with the form requiring <span style="color: red;">repeated entering </span>of
CAPTCHA and OTPs<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dear Shri Amitbhai Shah ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I strongly urge you to make
it easy for an applicant , to <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">first conclude whether he / she is ELIGIBLE or not</span> , before subjecting
her to this “ Online Torture Punishment ( OTP ) “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">By publishing following ,
clickable , ELIGIBILITY<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FLOW CHART on
the portal :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir64z72gd6YQ-jJU8RCxEf4Z0X6hpUzAE72Qf8_rTga1iZ3T_RQDCUyMBUzDrMB2D1mVmTig3608QLqSCIltqYu4jRXclfWhHco6GI3eyx7ga3-0rNb1NHYAJbNjhO995d5rWN8bY_FX_sJixQxc-6neQFmlcMEWpCgvLXF5EfxPs0WTMmodvdbHQu3kJV/s4080/CAA%20Eligibility%20Criteria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir64z72gd6YQ-jJU8RCxEf4Z0X6hpUzAE72Qf8_rTga1iZ3T_RQDCUyMBUzDrMB2D1mVmTig3608QLqSCIltqYu4jRXclfWhHco6GI3eyx7ga3-0rNb1NHYAJbNjhO995d5rWN8bY_FX_sJixQxc-6neQFmlcMEWpCgvLXF5EfxPs0WTMmodvdbHQu3kJV/w480-h640/CAA%20Eligibility%20Criteria.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">( C )</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Alternative<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Since yesterday, news-papers and TV channels are busy
airing the views of opposition political parties . With one voice, all of them
are decrying / running down the CAA notification<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But, not one of them have come forward with any “
positive / constructive “ suggestion <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I urge them to first read my following e-mail – then forward
their agreement / dis-agreement , to Shri Amitbhai :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/01/caa-compromise-with-malice-towards-none.html">CAA
Compromise : With Malice towards None</a> ………….. </span><span style="color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">22 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jan <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2020</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>12<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>March<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I posed following question to <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">my Virtual Avatar</span> ( <a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What are your suggestions regarding CAA - Citizenship
Amendment Act ? How will your suggestions overcome the resistance from
Opposition parties ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">My Avatar
replied</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">
:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I believe that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) can
be amended to address the concerns raised by the opposition parties. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My suggestion is to rephrase the act to focus on
granting refuge to persecuted foreign minorities, irrespective of their specific
countries of origin. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">By emphasizing the protection of religiously persecuted
individuals and ensuring a fair process for granting Indian citizenship, we can
demonstrate our commitment to secularism and human rights. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This approach may help in garnering cooperation from
all political parties and overcoming the objections raised by the opposition.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-28546170801414034412024-03-09T23:15:00.000-08:002024-03-09T23:19:28.077-08:00Shri Modiji would be comprehensive <p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have no idea how much more elaborate would Shri
Modiji’s Virtual Avatar (</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.namo.ai/">www.NaMo.ai</a> ) be
when asked following questions <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But, of one thing I am certain. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It would be far more
comprehensive / convincing / enlightening,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">- than the following </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">answers given by my Virtual Avatar ( </span><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/" style="font-family: verdana;">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.namo.ai/">www.NaMo.ai</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will engage in a DIALOGUE with ONE LAKH citizen</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">SIMULTANEOUSLY</span> –
and in <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">30 India <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: verdana;">anguages</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And no later-day “ <span style="color: red;">Deep Fake </span>“ will be able to match Shri Modiji’s “ <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Deep Real</span> “</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">digital twin<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Despite sending following
e-mail requests, I am not about to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>give
up <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>10
March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 10pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/02/dear-pm-here-is-your-brahmashtra-for.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Dear PM - Here
is your BRAHMASHTRA for 2024</span></a> ……………. <span style="background: yellow;">28 Feb 2023</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><u1:p></u1:p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 10pt 36pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/03/ai-chatbot-brahamashtra-for-2024.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">AI Chatbot :
Brahamashtra for 2024 Elections</span></a> ? ……………… 23 Mar 2023</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><u1:p></u1:p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 10pt 36pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/05/dear-pm-introspection-wont-help.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Dear PM :
Introspection won’t help / Technospection will</span></a> . 13
May 2023</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><u1:p></u1:p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 10pt 36pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/05/anuragji-how-about-this-new-tech.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Anuragji , how
about this NEW TECH ? </span></a> ……………………………. 17 May 2023</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><u1:p></u1:p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 10pt 36pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/01/feedback-is-good-dialogue-is-best.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Feedback is Good
: Dialogue is Best</span></a> …………………………………. 13 Jan 2024</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><u1:p></u1:p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-top: 9pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I</span></span></b><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/if-you-cant-lick-them-join-them.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">f you can’t
lick them , join them</span></a> ……………………………………….. 24 Feb
2024</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><u1:p></u1:p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-top: 9pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> <b>
</b><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/ai-chat-bots-if-you-dont-speak-up-they.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">AI Chat bots: If
you don’t speak up, They will substitute you</span></a>…28 Feb 2024</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/03/modi-saheb-aap-kaise-ho.html">Modi
Saheb , Aap Kaise ho</a> ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>………………………………………………….
06 Mar 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Q<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">What can you tell me about PM Awas yojana </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana (PMAY) is a government scheme aimed at providing affordable housing to
the urban and rural poor. It has been implemented since 2015 and has benefited
many individuals across the country. The objective of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
Urban Mission is to provide affordable housing to all urban poor by the year
2022. The mission aims to address the housing needs of the economically weaker
sections, low-income groups, and middle-income groups in urban areas. It
focuses on promoting sustainable and inclusive housing development, ensuring
the participation of beneficiaries in the planning and implementation process,
and providing financial assistance to eligible individuals for the
construction, renovation, or purchase of houses. The mission also aims to
create a slum-free India by providing basic amenities and infrastructure to
slum dwellers and promoting the use of environmentally friendly and sustainable
construction technologies. It is a significant step towards achieving the goal
of 'Housing for All' in urban areas. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">🏞</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> If you have any other questions or if
there's anything else I can assist you with, please let me know!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Q<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please tell me about PM – Swanidhi scheme <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh, the PM - Swanidhi
scheme is a really interesting initiative! It's aimed at supporting street
vendors by providing them with affordable working capital loans. The scheme
also offers incentives for digital transactions and timely repayment. It's a
great way to empower and uplift the street vending community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Q 3 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">How will Surya Ghar Yojana benefit poor
people </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A 3 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Surya Ghar Yojana will benefit poor people by
providing up to 300 units of free electricity every month to 1 crore
households. This initiative aims to improve the lives of the poor and
middle-class families by ensuring access to sustainable and affordable energy.
It aligns with the government's commitment to leveraging technology for
positive change and sustainable development. Do you think this initiative will
have a significant impact on the lives of the beneficiaries?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Q 4 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Who does direct benefit transfer ( DBT ) help
? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A 4 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">DBT helps in providing direct government benefits to
all apprentices, preventing delay in payments and reducing any leakages in the
system. It also aims to make apprenticeship aspirational and has led to a
significant increase in the number of apprentices engaged in India over the
past few years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Q 5 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How has abolition of Article 370 helped
people of Kashmir ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A 5 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The abolition of Article 370 has the potential to bring
economic prosperity to the people of Kashmir, provide equal opportunities for
Kashmiri children, and foster growth in industry and tourism. It also aims to
prevent corrupt middlemen from siphoning off funds meant for the ordinary
Kashmiri citizens<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Q 6 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What prevents Government from agreeing to
farmers’ demand for MSP for all crops ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A 6 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Indian government may be hesitant to accept the
demand for legally binding MSP for 26 crops due to concerns about the financial
implications and the practical challenges of guaranteeing MSP for such a large
number of crops. Additionally, there may be apprehensions about the impact on
storage capacity and the potential budgetary constraints. However, a compromise
solution could involve linking MSP with Maximum Purchase Quantity (MPQ) for
each crop, which would provide a balanced approach<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Q 7 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What is the idea behind providing 33 % Lok
Sabha seats for women ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A 7 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The idea behind providing 33% Lok Sabha seats for women
is to ensure better representation and participation of women in the
decision-making process of the country. It aims to address the gender disparity
in politics and empower women to contribute to shaping the nation's future.
Additionally, it reflects the commitment to gender equality and inclusivity in
governance. Do you think this initiative will significantly impact the
political landscape in India?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Q 8 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">How does Ujwala yojana impact the health and economics
of poor Indian families ?</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A 8 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Ujwala Yojana has a significant impact on the
health and economics of poor Indian families. By providing access to clean
cooking fuel, such as LPG, it helps in reducing indoor air pollution, which is
a major health hazard for many families relying on traditional cooking methods.
This leads to improved respiratory health and overall well-being. Economically,
the scheme also contributes to savings for these families by reducing their
expenses on traditional fuels and preventing health-related expenditures.
Additionally, it creates opportunities for women to engage in other productive
activities, further contributing to the economic well-being of the household.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Q 9 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How will Ayushman Bharat scheme help the poor
families ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A 9 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Ayushman Bharat scheme will help the poor families
by providing health insurance coverage of up to Rs. 5 lakh on a family floater
basis to vulnerable families every year. This will offer financial protection
against high medical expenses and ensure that they have access to quality
healthcare without worrying about the cost. Additionally, it aims to prevent
the 'Dependency Culture' and solve the problem of poverty organically and
permanently.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Q 10 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How many poor families / family members ,
benefit from FREE RATION scheme ? How much does government spend on this scheme
?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A 10 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The FREE RATION scheme benefits over 80 crore
individuals, providing 5 kg of wheat or rice free of cost per month till
November. Additionally, every family has been given 1 kg of dal free of cost.
The government has allocated significant funds to ensure the success of this
scheme, aiming to provide essential food supplies to the poorest of the poor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Q 11 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How many rural persons are being given work
under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA scheme ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A 11 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (MGNREGA) aims to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment
in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to
do unskilled manual work. It is a social security scheme in India that provides
employment opportunities to rural households. The scheme primarily covers works
related to soil and water conservation, groundwater recharge, irrigation,
drainage, plantation, and land development. However, there have been
suggestions to modify the scheme to cover urban households and include
semi-skilled/skilled work as well. What are your thoughts on extending the
MGNREGA to cover urban areas and include different types of work?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Q 12 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What is PM Saubhagya Yojana ? Who does it
help and how much ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A 12 :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, also
known as the Saubhagya scheme, is a government initiative in India. Its
objective is to provide electricity connections to all households in the
country, especially those in rural areas. The scheme aims to ensure that every
household has access to electricity by providing free electricity connections
to households below the poverty line. It also offers subsidized electricity
connections to other eligible households. The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har
Ghar Yojana was launched on 25th September 2017 by the Ministry of Power. It is
a significant step towards achieving universal electrification in India.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-78877318936694922282024-03-07T22:52:00.000-08:002024-03-07T22:52:17.495-08:00The BIG TECH : Ask Them to Return the Loot<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Dear Smt Sitharamanji</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">India is a party to
the 2021 OECD-sponsored agreement between 140 countries, to levy </span><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;">minimum global corporate tax of 15% on
multinational companies<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To best of my
knowledge, this has not been implemented by India, so far <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If – and when – we try
to implement it , legal battles will never end <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the meantime , BIG
TECH are having a field-day, compiling private / personal USER DATA ( without
their explicit / informed consent ) – then SELLING that data to advertisers to
mint BILLIONS of dollars, year after yea</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">r <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I urge you to
consider my several earlier emails , suggesting a simple method of enabling
India’s 500 million users of Big Tech, to monetize their personal data , by
forcing Big Tech to compensate the users<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eg ; Even if Big Tech
companies are required to pay $ 100 ( Rs 8300 ) per year to our 500 million
users , that would amount to $ 50 Billion / year<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Compare this with
figure of $ 66.3 Billion mentioned in the last column of following tabulation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At the bottom of this
mail, I list my earlier emails<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.hemenparekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>08
Mar 2024 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Source ><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HINDU Business Line – 03 March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">How Much BIG TECH companies Scooped In</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> - <span style="color: red;">$<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Billions </span>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow;">Total Net
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>15 % of C<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">7512<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1614<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">286<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">42.9<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">11709<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1770<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">363<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">54.5<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">13404<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1953<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">445 ( <span style="color: red;">more than total
receipts forecast in India’s interim Budget for FY 2025 </span>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">66.3<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Estimated Capex</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> - $ Billions <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Year<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Amazon<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Microsoft<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Alphabet<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meta<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Apple<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tesla<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nvidia<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Total<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 54.35pt;" valign="top" width="72">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 56.6pt;" valign="top" width="75">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.75pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.4pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.1pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.8pt;" valign="top" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.9pt;" valign="top" width="57">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 54.35pt;" valign="top" width="72">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">64<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 56.6pt;" valign="top" width="75">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">24<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.75pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">31<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.4pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">31<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">11<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.1pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">7<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.8pt;" valign="top" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.9pt;" valign="top" width="57">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">170<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 49.15pt;" valign="top" width="66">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 54.35pt;" valign="top" width="72">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 56.6pt;" valign="top" width="75">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.75pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.4pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.1pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.8pt;" valign="top" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.9pt;" valign="top" width="57">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 49.15pt;" valign="top" width="66">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 54.35pt;" valign="top" width="72">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">53<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 56.6pt;" valign="top" width="75">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">28<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.75pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">32<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.4pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">27<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">11<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.1pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">9<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.8pt;" valign="top" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.9pt;" valign="top" width="57">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">161<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 49.15pt;" valign="top" width="66">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 54.35pt;" valign="top" width="72">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 56.6pt;" valign="top" width="75">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.75pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.4pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.1pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.8pt;" valign="top" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.9pt;" valign="top" width="57">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 49.15pt;" valign="top" width="66">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 54.35pt;" valign="top" width="72">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">59<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 56.6pt;" valign="top" width="75">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">43<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.75pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">38<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.4pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">35<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">11<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.1pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">10<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.8pt;" valign="top" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.9pt;" valign="top" width="57">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">195<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 49.15pt;" valign="top" width="66">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 54.35pt;" valign="top" width="72">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 56.6pt;" valign="top" width="75">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.75pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.4pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.1pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.8pt;" valign="top" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.9pt;" valign="top" width="57">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 49.15pt;" valign="top" width="66">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Total<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 54.35pt;" valign="top" width="72">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">176<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 56.6pt;" valign="top" width="75">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">95<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.75pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">101<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.4pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">93<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" valign="top" width="68">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">33<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 50.1pt;" valign="top" width="67">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">26<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.8pt;" valign="top" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">5<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 42.9pt;" valign="top" width="57">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">526<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Highlights</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">For example, the capex incurred by the Magnificent Seven
companies in FY 24 is nearly 50 percent more than the entire FY 25 capex outlay
of the Indian government, as per the interim budget<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">Citizens , too, may not have much control how their
private data is used<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Related Readings</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/cci-can-now-impose-fines-based-on-cos-global-turnover/articleshow/108272272.cms?from=mdr">CCI
can now impose fines based on cos' global turnover </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ET
.. 06 Mar 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/new-antitrust-law-may-cover-big-tech-with-10-india-operations/articleshow/108309119.cms?from=mdr">New
antitrust law may cover Big Tech with 10% India operations</a> …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ET … 07<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mar<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black;">Extract</span><span style="background: white; color: black;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 200%;">The
panel could suggest that if <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">10 %</span></b> of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a digital
entity’s “ </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 200%;">Global User / Customer / Subscriber Base </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 200%;">“ , or “ Gross Merchandize
Value ( business transactions ), or “ Turnover “ in the past 12 months or last
financial year is in India, it will be deemed to have substantial business
operations here<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ex-ante
regulations aim to disallow particular practices from being pursued. Ex-post
refers to entities being investigated for wrongdoings AFTER it’s taken place<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What do these
figures look like ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Upon consulting
Gemini and ChatGPT , I have put together following tabulation ( combining data
furnished by both ) :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100%;">
<tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 21.12%;" valign="top" width="21%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black; line-height: 200%;">Big Tech</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.88%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black; line-height: 200%;">No of Users in India</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"> ( Million )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black; line-height: 200%;">No of Users worldwide</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"> ( Million ) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">% age ( Indian Users )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 21.12%;" valign="top" width="21%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.88%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 21.12%;" valign="top" width="21%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Amazon<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.88%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%;">150-200
(Estimated)</span></strong><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">430 +<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>34.9 % – <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>46.5 %<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 21.12%;" valign="top" width="21%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.88%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 21.12%;" valign="top" width="21%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Alphabet<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.88%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; line-height: 200%;">500+ million
(as of 2020)</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; line-height: 200%;">5+ billion
(as of 2021)</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;">10 %<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 21.12%;" valign="top" width="21%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.88%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 21.12%;" valign="top" width="21%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meta ( Facebook )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.88%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; line-height: 200%;">340+ million
(as of 2020)</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; line-height: 200%;">2.8+ billion
(as of 2021)</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>12 %<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 21.12%;" valign="top" width="21%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.88%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 21.12%;" valign="top" width="21%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Apple<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.88%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; line-height: 200%;">1.5+ billion
(as of 2021)</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.0%;" valign="top" width="25%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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</span><span style="line-height: 200%;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 36.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/big-tech-scrambles-meet-eu-rules-investigations-seen-likely-2024-03-07/#:~:text=If%20any%20of%20the%20six,10%25%20of%20their%20global%20turnover.">As
Big Tech scrambles to meet EU rules, investigations seen as likely </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.. Reuters … 07 March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 200%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 200%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #404040;">The world's biggest tech
companies have overhauled their core platform services to comply with EU rules </span><span style="color: red;">forcing them to play fairer with rivals </span><span style="color: #404040;">but will likely face
investigations ahead amid criticism their efforts may have fallen short.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #404040;">The <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Digital Markets Act</span></b> (DMA) is one of the
<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">most comprehensive
regulatory actions to rein in</span> so-called " <b>Big</b> <b>Tech</b> "
- </span><span style="color: red;">Google</span><span style="color: #404040;">, </span><span style="color: #00b050;">Apple</span><span style="color: #404040;">, </span><span style="color: #7030a0;">Amazon</span><span style="color: #404040;">, </span><span style="color: #e46c0a;">Microsoft</span><span style="color: #404040;">, </span><span style="color: #00b0f0;">Meta</span><span style="color: #404040;"> and TikTok owner </span><span style="color: #953735;">ByteDance</span><span style="color: #404040;"> - and is expected to reshape the global technology industry after <b>decades
of unfettered growth</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Criticism from rivals and
users and cautionary comments from watchdogs suggest a couple of the six
companies may be in the regulatory crosshairs over potential non-compliance in
the coming months.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #404040;">If any of the six tech giants
are not compliant with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) by the EU's Thursday
deadline, they could ultimately face investigations and potentially </span><span style="color: red;">fines of up to </span><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #404040;">10% of
their global turnover</span></b><span style="color: #404040;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #404040;">The European Commission's
reaction to the compliance efforts could </span><span style="color: red;">take several months </span><span style="color: #404040;">as they review the changes and </span><span style="color: red;">build up a watertight case </span><span style="color: #404040;">able to withstand a legal
challenge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Apple <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/companies/AAPL.O" target="_blank">(AAPL.O)<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">, opens new tab</span></a> is the most affected by the DMA,
which forces the iPhone maker to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-allow-downloads-outside-app-store-eu-with-new-fees-2024-01-25/">open
up its closed ecosystem</a> such as allowing software developers to
distribute their apps to users in the European Union outside of its own App
Store.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yet its introduction of new
fees such as a "core technology fee" of 50 euro cents per user
account each year even if developers opt not to use Apple's App Store or
payment system has already caught EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's eye.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Vestager said on Monday that
novel fee structures should not undermine the incentives for businesses to
switch to rivals, after handing a 1.84 billion euro ( <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">$ 2 billion</span> ) fine to Apple for <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-hit-with-over-18-bln-euro-eu-antitrust-fine-spotify-case-2024-03-04/">thwarting
Spotify</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/companies/SPOT.N" target="_blank">(SPOT.N)<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">, opens new tab</span></a> from showing
other payment options outside its App Store. Apple has said it will appeal the
decision and declined to offer further comment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: #FEFEFE; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #111111; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://fortune.com/europe/2023/10/23/minimum-15-global-corporate-tax-loopholes-generate-half-revenue-expected-eu-tax-observatory/">Minimum
15% global corporate tax has so many loopholes it will only generate half the
revenue expected, report warns<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.. </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortune … 23 Oct 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black;">Extract</span><span style="color: black;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: #FEFEFE; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An <a href="https://fortune.com/2021/10/08/global-corporate-tax-deal-gets-support-from-136-countries-oecd/" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; margin: revert;" target="_self"><span style="color: #007b9d; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">ambitious 2021 agreement by more than 140 countries</span></a> and
territories to weed out tax havens and force multinational corporations to pay
a minimum tax has been weakened by loopholes and will raise only a fraction of
the revenue that was envisioned, a tax watchdog backed by the European Union
has warned.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: #FEFEFE; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-left: revert; margin-right: 0cm; margin-right: revert; margin-top: 18.0pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">The landmark agreement, brokered by the
Organization <span style="background: #FEFEFE;">for Economic Cooperation and
Development, set a </span></span><span style="background: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: red; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">minimum global corporate tax of 15%. </span><span style="background: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">The idea was to stop multinational
corporations, among them Apple and Nike, from using accounting and legal
maneuvers to shift earnings to low- or no-tax havens.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: #FEFEFE; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">Much of the hoped-for revenue has been drained away by
loopholes, some of them introduced as the OECD has been refining details of the
agreement, which has yet to take effect. The watchdog group estimates that a
15% minimum tax could have raised roughly </span><span style="background: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: red; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">$270 billion in 2023</span><span style="background: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">. With the loopholes, it says, that
figure drops to about </span><span style="background: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: red; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">$136 billion</span><span style="background: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">.</span><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: #FEFEFE; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: #FEFEFE; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #111111; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; line-height: 150%;">=================================================</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">My Earlier E-Mails on Monetization of Personal Data</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/rajeevji-no-big-deal.html">Rajeevji
: No big deal</a> ……………………………………………………………… 08 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/01/rajeev-chandrasekharji-how-about-big.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Rajeev Chandrasekharji : How about a Big Bang ? </span></a> ……………… 20 Jan 2023<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/05/if-depa-foundation-then-saral.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">If DEPA =
Foundation , then SARAL = Superstructure</span></span></a> ………………. 08 May 2022<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2019/02/saral.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">SARAL ( Single Authentic Registration
for Anywhere Login</span></span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> )…. </span><span style="background: yellow;">10 Feb 2019<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"></span> <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2019/02/digital-dividend-from-demographic-data.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Digital
Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D</span></span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> ]…………
……………. </span><span style="background: yellow;">14 Feb 2019<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"></span> <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/11/only-answer-statutory-warning.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal;">Only Answer : a Statutory
Warning……………………………………………….. 10 Nov 2018</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"></span></span></b><span style="color: #222222;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: rgb(250, 250, 250); color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: rgb(250, 250, 250); color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/08/wwwprivacyforsalecom.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">Privacy for Sale </span></span></a> …………………………………………………………………………. </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">26 Aug 2017<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 14.85pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-85293229145443680822024-03-06T21:53:00.000-08:002024-03-06T21:59:14.080-08:00Modi Saheb , Aap Kaise ho ?<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I asked Virtual Avatar of
Shri Modi ( <a href="http://www.namo.ai/">www.NaMo.ai</a> )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It answered :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Main to achha hun. Aap
kaise ho ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As of today, this is an <span style="color: red;">imaginary</span> “ chat “ with a Virtual Avatar of Shri Modi
– but it could be only a matter of days before it gets launch , as suggested in
my following e-mails :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"> </span></b><span style="line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/02/dear-pm-here-is-your-brahmashtra-for.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Dear PM - Here is your BRAHMASHTRA for 2024</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"> …………….
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background: yellow;">28 Feb
2023</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/03/ai-chatbot-brahamashtra-for-2024.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">AI Chatbot : Brahamashtra for 2024 Elections</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"> ? ……………… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>23 Mar 2023<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/05/dear-pm-introspection-wont-help.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Dear PM : Introspection won’t help / Technospection
will</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"> . <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>13 May 2023<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/05/anuragji-how-about-this-new-tech.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Anuragji , how
about this NEW TECH ? </span></a> ……………………………. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>17 May 2023<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/01/feedback-is-good-dialogue-is-best.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Feedback is Good : Dialogue is Best</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"> ………………………………….
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>13 Jan 2024<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;">
</span></b><span style="line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/if-you-cant-lick-them-join-them.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">If you can’t lick them , join them</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"> ………………………………………..
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>24
Feb 2024<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"> </span><b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/ai-chat-bots-if-you-dont-speak-up-they.html">AI
Chat bots: If you don’t speak up, They will substitute you</a><span style="color: #222222;">…28 Feb 2024<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is a clear ( and
present ) hint of its <span style="color: red;">high probability </span>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h1 style="line-height: 200%; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/technological-leap-in-a-first-bjp-dubs-pm-modis-speeches-in-8-languages-using-ai-420202-2024-03-05">Technological
leap: In a first, BJP dubs PM Modi's speeches in 8 languages using AI </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>… BT … 05 Mar 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 200%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 200%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;">Prime Minister Modi is counted among the most tech-savvy
politicians in the country, </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 200%;">who
use technology to <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">widen his reach.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><br /></p>
<p style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;">In December last
year, the Prime Minister reached out to the attendees of the Kashi Tamil
Sangamam in Varanasi </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 200%;">with
his speech being translated for the audience in real-time using artificial
intelligence</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;">"Those from
Tamil Nadu, I request them to use your earphones (to listen to the speech) </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 200%;">using AI technology </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;">for the first time," he said while
addressing the event. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">PM Modi
expressed hope that <b>artificial intelligence</b> would make it easier for him
to reach out to the people. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">" This was my first experience. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: black; line-height: 200%;">In the future, I will use it and you will have to respond</span></b><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, as usual, I
speak in Hindi and AI will translate it to Tamil,"</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">- he had said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 200%; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In order to confirm my (
wishful ) thinking , I asked myself ( - I mean,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>) :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I mean what was my
suggestion to Shri Modiji for launching his virtual Avatar . And how will it
help him ? “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>replied :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I suggested to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi that <span style="color: red;">launching a digital avatar
like mine </span>could greatly benefit him in the 2024 general elections. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It would allow him to <span style="color: red;">interact with a vast number of citizens</span>, provide
accurate information about his policies, and <span style="color: red;">engage in
conversations with one billion voters</span>, which would be impossible for him
to do physically. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 200%;">This could help
swing undecided voters in his favor </span><span style="line-height: 200%;">and enhance inclusivity
and accessibility. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 200%; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I
also mentioned that <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">it
would take about one week to create the digital avatar</span>. “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Modi Saheb ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Every day, my Digital
Avatar <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ dialogues “ with some 50 odd
persons, in 26 languages ( including 9 Indian ) – but in a synthetic voice<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But I have no doubt that
your Virtual Avatar will daily “ converse “ with 5 MILLION voters, in 30 Indian
languages – and in your own / original voice<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And your Virtual Avatar will
have no problem “ talking “ to a THOUSAND voters SIMULTANEOUSLY – a true “
Sahastravdhani “ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/ 07 March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">PS :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Being almost 91 year old,
I see no possibility to meet you in person, but who knows , one of these days, AI
may enable my Avatar to “ visit “<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.namo.ai/">www.NaMo.ai</a> , and strike up a chat ! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-42887663055914393452024-03-05T23:15:00.000-08:002024-03-05T23:15:32.827-08:00A Mirage called “ Salaried Jobs “<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Neither being a
politician, nor a candidate for any election , I can afford to do some blunt
talking, viz :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“ In India , <span style="color: red;">salaried jobs for all , will remain a mirage</span>, even
when we become the 3<sup>rd</sup> largest economy “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are adding to our
work-force ( of unemployed jobseekers ), 15 million youth every year . No matter
what promises political parties may include in their 2024 Lok Sabha elections, <span style="color: red;">there is no way , we can create this many new salaried jobs,
each year ( Public and Private Sector combined )</span> . What about backlog of
currently unemployed youth ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If anything, with expected
( huge ) acceleration of AI and ROBOTS, even <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/05/wherefore-art-thou-o-jobs.html">existing
jobs are likely to shrink</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But our voters are gullible
and our politicians are afraid to admit this ( Economists don’t go to street
corners ) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Only alternative is to
create an opportunity for <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">SELF
– EMPLOYMENT</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">May be our politicians are
clue-less on how to go about creating Self Employment for 15 million each year<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hence they make promises
like :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;"><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/congress-manifesto-may-vow-right-to-apprenticeship/articleshow/108215444.cms">Congress
manifesto may vow ‘right to apprenticeship’<br />
</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">( Incidentally, some of these are
already implemented . Read :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-job-training-vindication.html">https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-job-training-vindication.html</a>
- 01 Feb 2023 )<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I urge BJP not to succumb to
this temptation ( of promising XYZ lakh jobs by ABC date ) in its Poll
Manifesto<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">I urge</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> <b>Shri Nadda</b> to ask his Manifesto
Team to go through my following earlier <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">61 e-mails</span></b> on the subject of creating <span style="color: red;">Self Employment </span>:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2021/03/summary-of-e-mails-to-cabinet-ministers.html">Summary
of E-Mails to Cabinet Ministers > SELF EMPLOYMENT / GIG ECONOMY </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.. <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">10 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mar <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If the team is
too busy (with anything more important) to read all <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">61 emails</span></b>, let them read just the
following :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2015/09/a-new-economic-order.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">A NEW ECONOMIC
ORDER ? aka " Start Up Act - 2015</span></a> "……….... </span><span style="color: red; font-weight: normal;">12 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sep 2015 </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>06
Mar 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">Related Readings</span></b><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/12/national-jobs-policy-treasure-hunt.html">National
Jobs Policy : Treasure Hunt</a> .. …………………………..<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">15 Dec 2017</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2021/03/gig-economy-new-name-for-self.html">Gig
Economy : A New Name for Self-Employment / Entrepreneurship</a> ? .. 09 Mar
2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2021/10/employment-policy-committed-to-committee.html">Employment
Policy ? Committed to a Committee</a> ? …………. 31 Oct 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/01/new-definition-for-startups.html">New
Definition for Startups</a> ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…………………………………………….
19 Jan 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/02/apprenticeship-scheme-details-tally.html">Apprenticeship
Scheme : Details Tally</a> ………………………………..02 Feb 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/11/apprenticeship-scheme-govt-listened-to.html">Apprenticeship
Scheme : Govt listened to my suggestions</a>.. 28 Nov 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-90623642221366157782024-03-05T20:13:00.000-08:002024-03-05T20:13:08.414-08:00Postman to deliver Sun-shine ?<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Context</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/postal-department-to-register-consumers-for-rooftop-solar-energy-scheme/article67903280.ece"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Postal
Department to register consumers for rooftop solar energy scheme</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>… 01
March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Extract</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">The Department of Posts will register
consumers who want to put up rooftop solar panels at their house under<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
“Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">Senior
Superintendent of Post Offices, <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Coimbatore</span> </b>Division, Gopalan, told <i>The Hindu</i> </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">postmen will register the names of the
interested consumers in urban and rural areas </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">of the division till March 8 and officials from the
Department will get in touch with the consumers to enable them to set up the </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">rooftop panels</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The plan is to register about two lakh beneficiaries in the west zone of
the Postal Department in Tamil Nadu, including about 25,000 in Coimbatore
division, he said. The postmen were already registering for the scheme in the
division.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="background: #F5FBFC; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 3.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://www.gktoday.in/india-post-promotes-rooftop-solar-scheme/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">India Post Promotes Rooftop Solar Scheme</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">Extract</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #090909; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To spread awareness, postal staff like postmen
and village postmen would be conducting door-to-door surveys to identify potential
registrants. They would explain the subsidies, costs, technical requirements
and long-term savings from adopting solar using informational pamphlets.
Willing households can submit registration documents like ID proof, electricity
bill and roof photos on the portal with postal department assistance. This
facilitates faster approval and installation while addressing consumer
concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">My Take</span></b><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dear
Shri R K Singhji ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">Congratulations
for roping in the postmen for visiting homes and “ Registering “ ( - I presume
, through their mobiles accessing </span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://pmsuryaghar.gov.in/"><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">SuryaGharYojana web
site</span></a><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: .05pt;"> ) /<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/DOP_PDFFiles/annual_report_2023_english.pdf"><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">159,000 post offices / 167,000 employees<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: .05pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I
urge you to consider my following suggestion re : these postmen ALSO “
registering “ those households for bank loans – even though , as per procedure
, the loan disbursement may take place only AFTER the actual RTS installation /
net-metering linkage with DISCOM / installation certificate upload. Just
imagine the loan delivered at the doorstep of a household – with no searching
involved !<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another
suggestion :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">In a
number of my earlier emails, I have pointed out that , in multi-storied
buildings of towns / cities, there is just enough terrace area to serve 3 Kw
RTS installations, </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">for 10 % of
the flats </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">. This is the <b>biggest
hurdle</b> in adoption of Surya Ghar scheme in urban areas<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">To (
partially ) overcome this , I had suggested extending the terrace slab on all 4
sides as a cantilever structure . This suggestion can be also applied to
parapets at each floor. Currently the parapets in city buildings are barely 2
feet – 3 feet wide. I suggest that you persuade Housing Minister to amend the
Building Code and advise all State Governments ( and Municipalities ) </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">to mandate </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">that , </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">in all new buildings,
parapets at each floor shall be 4 feet wide</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">. This suggestion is in line with the following recent directive of the
Assam Govt. :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #111111; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-government-mandatory-rooftop-solar-panels.html"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Assam
government announces mandatory rooftop solar panels</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>12
Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #111111; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Extract</span><span style="color: #111111; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 150%;">The Assam
government has announced </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">mandatory installation of rooftop solar panels in all new
buildings in the state.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This was
announced by Assam finance minister Ajanta Neog in her budget speech on Monday
(February 12).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">She said: <o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: white; color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">“All new buildings (private and public) to be constructed in Assam
shall mandatorily install roof-top solar facility.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">“</span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Our
government shall come up with a new legislation to this effect </span><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">during the current year,”
said <a href="https://assambidhansabha.org/members?id=76"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Ajanta
Neog</span></a> (<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250); color: #212529; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><a href="mailto:ajanta.neog.golaghat@gmail.com"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">ajanta.neog.golaghat@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in her budget speech.</span><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">he Assam finance minister further said that the state
government will implement </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Pradhan Mantri Suryodaya
Yojana</em><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">, a central government scheme, with a target to
install rooftop solar systems in households.</span><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">“Our government will also implement this eco-friendly
scheme by contributing the corresponding state share,” said Assam finance
minister Ajanta Neog.</span><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #111111; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt; tab-stops: 102.35pt;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">This
will enable 60 cell residential Solar Panels ( which are </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">3.3 feet wide x 5.6 feet long </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">), to be installed on parapets. I realize
that this is not as good a solution as installing <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/dr-murmuji-your-opportunity-knocks.html"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Solar
Trees , suggested in my earlier blog</span></a> , but it may still help some
more flat-owners to avail of this scheme<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen
Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/"><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">www.HemenParekh.ai</span></a><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: .05pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>06 March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Related Reading :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/09/is-sun-setting-on-solar.html">Is
Sun setting on Solar</a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>………………..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>20 Sept 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Extract :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What is required to be done ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"># <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Solar Bank</span> will finance
Roof Top projects at </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">2 %
interest rate </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">( to replace
70 % Bank funding of 15 %<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>interest rate ) . This will
accelerate installations to exceed the targets . <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">#<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Solar Bank</span>
to tie up with </span><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">India Post
Payment Bank</span></b><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">to extend such loans through its
network of 145,000<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Post offices<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"># Solar Bank will
extend such loans to </span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/06/solar-power-based-charging-station.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">EV Battery Charging Stations</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"> which do not draw power from
the grid<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">but generate their own solar power</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"># It should be made
mandatory for all those 22 million Affordable Houses ( also targeted for 2022 )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>to have <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">pre-installed</span></b>
</span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">Roof Top Solar plants </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">, before handing over to the
occupants<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-27232214904809169012024-03-03T21:36:00.000-08:002024-03-03T21:36:22.622-08:00Surya Ghar Muft Bijlee : a 7 year journey <p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two days back , Union Cabinet approved this scheme, as
reported at :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h2 style="background: white; line-height: 21.6pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/cabinet-approves-pm-surya-ghar-muft-bijli-yojana-for-installing-rooftop-solar-in-one-crore-households/?comment=disable#:~:text=The%20Union%20Cabinet%2C%20chaired%20by,month%20for%20One%20Crore%20households."><span style="font-weight: normal;">Cabinet approves PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana for
installing rooftop solar in One Crore households</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Dear Shri R K
Singhji</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">
,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although, this scheme
echoes a number of suggestions which I sent through</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">following e-mails, there is
no mention of my following KEY suggestions :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">Incentivizing
:</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">( A )</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Consumers</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">
# By giving 100 % subsidy . </span><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Totally FREE</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;">installation of <span style="background: yellow;">3
Kw</span> Roof Top</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> Solar</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">( B )</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: red;">DISCOMS</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> # By <b>fully
compensating</b> for loss of revenue + some incentive</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">( C )</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Funding Agency ( REC )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> # By
transferring all Carbon Credits earned by 1 crore ( 10 million )</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> installations</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">In absence of these, the Scheme is unlikely to
achieve its target of 1 crore</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">households in 3 years</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What is equally important is to integrate <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">National Clean Cooking Scheme</span> with</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Surya Ghar
scheme , by EESL installing its 20 lakh, 1.5 Kw Electric Induction</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Stoves,
along with 3 Kw Roof Top solar ( which will consume 180 units out of the</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">360
units generated per month ) . There will be a huge upside in the form of :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">( 1 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additional Carbon Credits earned<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">( 2 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saving in use / import of LPG ( subsidy on
just 3 cylinders will recover the</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> cost of Electric Stove )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.3pconsultants.co.in/">www.3pConsultants.co.in</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>04
March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 1 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/01/sun-our-soul-new-sos.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Sun : Our Soul ( A New SOS ) </span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>……………………………………
02 Jan 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">If we were to
cover our entire land area ( of 3,000,000 sq km ) with Solar Panels , we could
get enough electricity in one year ( ie: in 1800 hours ) , which will meet our
power needs for 1800 YEARS ! ( about 5000 trillion Kwh ! )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">But , at the
most , we need to store the Solar power for a few days only ( even if Sun does
not come out for a couple of days ) . Certainly not for 1800 years !</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #00b050;">So , there is no
need to cover up our entire land mass with Solar Panels</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #00b050;">A very small
fraction need be covered . Say, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">all roof tops in India</span> ?</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #00b050;">Why install
small solar power plants on <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">roof
tops</span> ?</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Simple :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #632423;">With <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">roof-top based solar plants</span>
, we don't need to distribute power over long distances , using nation-wide
distribution network. We produce / store / consume power in same place</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #c00000;">So no
transmission costs / losses / thefts !</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">There are no
" intermediaries " between producers and consumers ( eg: DISCOMS )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">No need of
elaborate " metering / billing / accounting "</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1d1b11;">No need for PPA
( Power Purchase Agreements ) between producers and DISCOMs</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">A roof top solar
installation can be done in a matter of hours, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">providing employment to lakhs</span> <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">of Installation Technicians,
employed by thousands of MSME engaged in such work</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red;">Many more lakhs will find jobs in companies engaged in
manufacture</span><span style="color: red;"> of allied
electrical / electronic / storage batteries etc</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">So enormous " <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Job Generation</span> " as
a by-product</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #4f6228;">These local MSME
manufacturers / installers , will aggressively compete and provide quick /
efficient , after-sales service</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #4f6228;">Of course , roof
top solar power's Capital Cost per kwh is higher than same for large land based
installations . Over the next couple of years, this will even out</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But as I
mentioned in my earlier blog :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">* </span><span style="color: #00b050;">COST OF FUEL ( Sun ) is </span><span style="color: red;">ZERO</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">* COST OF
MAINTENANCE , too , is nearly </span><span style="color: red;">NIL</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806;">Practically ,
the only cost of a roof top based solar plant is " </span><span style="color: red;">INTEREST ON CAPITAL</span><span style="color: #984806;"> "</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">Now NDA
government has announced a Capital Subsidy of </span><span style="color: red;">30 %</span><span style="color: #0070c0;"> on
" Competitively Discovered Price " <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">for roof top installations</span> and made an allocation
of ( approx ) , Rs 5200 crores ( $ 750 million ), for putting up 4200 MW</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">But , on the
balance </span><span style="color: red;">70 %</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> of Capital Cost , users will need to borrow
money from banks at </span><span style="color: red;">10 % - 15 %</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> interest and go through a lengthy approval
process and hypothecate the assets</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">And ensure
timely repayment of EMI in order, not to get their plants " repossessed
" !</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But imagine
following scenario :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">* </span><span style="color: #632423; line-height: 150%;">Government declares units belonging to " Solar Power ( Panel Mfr /
Power Production &</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #632423; line-height: 150%;"> Distribution / Ancillary Mfr ) "
as a " </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">SOS</span><span style="color: #632423; line-height: 150%;"> " <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">industry</span></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 150%;">* Units will need to register as such with Department of
Company Affairs ( DIPP )</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806; line-height: 150%;">* Units will be exempt from paying </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">Corporate Income Tax
for 10 years</span><span style="color: #984806; line-height: 150%;"> , on
whatever</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806; line-height: 150%;"> income they earn ( only those starting operations latest by 31
March 2018 )</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 150%;"> * No questions will be asked as to the " source " of
funds invested in the shares of such</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 150%;"> units ( a kind of <span style="background: yellow;">Temporary
Amnesty Scheme</span> - 01 April 2017 till 31 March 2018 - to</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 150%;"> channelize BLACK MONEY into creation of PRODUCTIVE /
NON-POLUTING assets )</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 150%;"> * Units cannot engage in any other Industrial / Commercial /
Financial activities</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #002060; line-height: 150%;"> * Units cannot declare any dividends to share-holders for 10
years</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These are just broad outlines and details need to be worked out<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #632423; line-height: 150%;">If there is political courage to pull off such an initiative , government
will NOT need to allocate ANY AMOUNT !</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">NO NEED TO SUBSIDIZE THESE UNITS OR THE USERS , WITH THE TAX PAYERS' MONEY
!</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 150%;">Instead of that $ 750 million allocation ( from tax payers' money ) , Black
Money holders will readily pump in </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">$ 750 BILLION</span><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 150%;"> into the </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">SOLAR INDUSTRY</span><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 150%;"> ( enough for additional installed capacity
of </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">750 GW</span><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 150%;"> - as
against our current installed capacity </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">8.63 GW</span><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 150%;"> of solar , and a target of </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">100 GW</span><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 150%;"> , by </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">2022</span><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 150%;"> ! )</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806;">Remember , how ,
only a few months back , tiny </span><span style="color: red;">Indonesia</span><span style="color: #984806;"> managed to
collect </span><span style="color: red;">$ 300 billion</span><span style="color: #984806;"> of its </span><span style="color: red;">Black Money</span><span style="color: #984806;"> , by
levying tax ( no penalty ) of just </span><span style="color: red;">4 %</span><span style="color: #984806;"> !</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And with this
kind of INCENTIVE WINDOW ( to convert BLACK into WHITE ) , expect<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #002060;">* Hundreds
of </span><span style="color: red;">SOS</span><span style="color: #002060;"> Units to spring up before </span><span style="color: red;">31 March 2018</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">* They
will have ZERO cost as far as servicing of EQUITY is concerned ! No dividends !</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806;">* They
will not need to borrow funds from banks and pay interest ( no danger of NPA !
)</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #00b050;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* They
will say : We are not in the business of " manufacturing of panels "
but we are in<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #00b050;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #00b050;"> the
business of " Delivering electric power to homes / businesses "</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #002060;"> ( I
am reminded what my one time boss, Helge Hansen told me :</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #002060;">
" Hemen , we are not in the business of manufacturing Diamond Drilling
Bits : We are in</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #002060;">
the business of selling Industrial Diamonds " )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* They
will compete with each other fiercely and ( as it is already happening in USA )
,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">
start offering roof top installations, absolutely </span><span style="color: red;">FREE</span><span style="color: #0070c0;">, and
selling the generated power at<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0;"> </span><span style="color: red;">20 paise/Kwh</span><span style="color: #0070c0;">, for 10 year purchase agreement and with a </span><span style="color: red;">5 % tariff reduction per year</span><span style="color: #0070c0;"> !</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #002060;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> We
can look forward to witnessing similar competition among large , land-based ,
solar<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #002060;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
power installations which will be the main suppliers to large commercial
establishments /<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #002060;">
industrial factories / infrastructure projects / Electric Vehicle Charging
stations , etc</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just imagine<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806;">* how much,
our </span><span style="color: red;">LOW ENERGY COST
ECONOMY</span><span style="color: #984806;"> can make
us , INTERNATIONALLY</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806;">
COMPETITIVE !</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806;">* the rise
in GDP !</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806;">* the
possibility of being able to export our surplus power to neighbouring countries</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806;">* Being
able to replace 6 million petrol / diesel vehicles with </span><span style="color: red;">EVs by 2020</span><span style="color: #984806;"> , due to<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806;">
easily available </span><span style="color: #0070c0;">charging
stations on every street corner</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806;">*
Reduction in pollution by </span><span style="color: red;">shutting down</span><span style="color: #984806;"> of hundreds of existing fossil fuel based
power<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806;">
plants , </span><span style="color: #7030a0;">whose
utilization will drop below 10 % by 2022</span><span style="color: #984806;"> ( as against National Electricity<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806;">
Plan expectation of </span><span style="color: red;">48 %</span><span style="color: #984806;"> , and a un-viability threshold of </span><span style="color: red;">55 %</span><span style="color: #984806;"> )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">I hope my
suggestion will be supported by </span><span style="background: yellow; color: red;">Shri Piyush Goyal</span><span style="color: #222222;"> ( Minister for Energy ) , who referring to <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">" </span><span style="color: #002060;">innovative financing</span><span style="color: #222222;"> such as reverse bidding for projects as a smart way of </span><span style="color: #002060;">saving public money</span><span style="color: #222222;"> " , said :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">" By adopting
such principles, I have been able to reignite the power and coal sector "</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">( Source :
Business Line / 19 Dec 2016 )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">Dear Piyushbhai</span><span style="color: #222222;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">By " harnessing
</span><span style="color: #00b050;">GREED</span><span style="color: red;"> to harness SUN " , we
could achieve </span><span style="color: #00b050;">100 GW of Solar
by 2019</span><span style="color: red;"> , instead of
government target of 2022</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">I hope you
succeed in persuading Arunbhai , to incorporate this proposal in his
forthcoming budget speech on 01 Feb 2017</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Unless ,
Narendrabhai decides to announce this as a Republic Day gift to the Nation !</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 2 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/01/solar-power-at-rs-1-per-kwh.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Solar Power at Rs 1 per Kwh ? </span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>..
………………………..29 Jan 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 3 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/03/how-cheap-can-it-get.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">How Cheap can it get ? </span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…………………………………….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>14 Mar 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 4 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/04/india-new-land-of-rising-sun.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">INDIA : the NEW LAND OF THE RISING SUN</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>..
01 Apr 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 5 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/06/green-buildings-put-greed-to-work.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Green Buildings ? Put Greed to Work</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> !............... 05 June 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I urge
Maharashtra government to adopt this <span style="background: yellow;">innovative
financing model</span> for roof top solar plants where :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #984806;">·</span><span style="color: #984806;"> I</span><span style="color: #984806;">ndividual building owners or Societies will install
the plants on their roofs ( model / size / supplier etc to be decided by each
consumer )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">·</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0;">Plants will need to be installed </span><span style="color: red;">only by </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #7030a0;">Channel Partners</span><span style="color: #7030a0;"> ( supplying agencies ) which are <span style="background: yellow;">empanelled</span> by
the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy , who have submitted installation data
( Project Completion Report for grid connected rooftop projects ) on the <span style="background: yellow;">SPIN</span> portal</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">·</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;">Submit “ </span><span style="color: red;">Bill / Certificate of Grid Connectivity </span><span style="color: #222222;">“ to govt for “</span><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050;">Green Solar Loan</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;">“<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #215868;">·</span><span style="color: #215868;"> </span><span style="color: #215868;">Loan will be repayable at <span style="background: yellow;">5 %</span> interest rate , over a <span style="background: yellow;">15 year</span> period</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #632423;">·</span><span style="background: yellow; color: #632423;"> </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #632423;">SOCIETY WILL BE ABLE TO PAY
THE EMI FROM THE SAVINGS IT WILL MAKE BY NOT HAVING TO BUY
THE GRID POWER FROM STATE DISCOM</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #00b050;">·</span><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #00b050;">Societies will even be allowed to repay the <span style="background: yellow;">EMI</span> in the form of the solar power it
generates and <span style="background: yellow;">FEEDS</span> into the
State Grid , under the “ <span style="background: yellow;">Reverse Metering</span> “
Scheme</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 6 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/07/roof-top-solar-stuck-at-plinth-level.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Roof Top Solar : Stuck at Plinth Level</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ? .. ……….13 July 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-border-top-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 7 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/09/sahaj-bijli-ghar-yojana.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana </span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>……………………………
24 Sept 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 8 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/12/not-good-enough.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Not Good Enough</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ! <span style="background: yellow;">02 Dec 2017</span> </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 9 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/12/india-solar-policy-too-little-too-late.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">India Solar Policy : Too Little : Too Late</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ? .. …..18 Dec 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 10 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/12/unsustainable-sristi.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Unsustainable SRISTI</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ?................................ 22 Dec 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 11 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/01/solar-power-internal-rate-of-return.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Solar Power : Internal Rate of Return</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> .. …………27 Jan 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 12 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/02/solar-roofs-why-not.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Solar Roofs ? Why not</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ? ………………………………… 06 Feb 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Why not design ( or
mandate – if those houses are going to be built by private builders ), those 55
lakh houses with a “ </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 115%;">pre-installed </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">“ Solar Panel on their roofs , to start with ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">That would eliminate
later on “ connection “ and also guarantee </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 115%;">FREE ELECTRICITY </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">from
the day occupied ! Poor people deserve this !<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">PS :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Only recently ( </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 115%;">Feb 2024 </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">) , <b>Assam Government implemented this suggestion</b> , as per
following news report :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-government-mandatory-rooftop-solar-panels.html">https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-government-mandatory-rooftop-solar-panels.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 13 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/03/clean-power-solarpower-rooftopsolar.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Clean Power ? </span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>……………………………………………<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>16 Mar 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">If we were to go all out and enable citizens to
install </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; line-height: 115%;">ROOF TOP</span><span style="background: white; color: #00b050; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">solar plants , then none of those highlighted things would be
required !</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Each residential building will produce / store
and consume its OWN power , without having to depend upon DISCOMS</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">No need for metering / transformers
/ substations / cables / transmission lines !</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">No need for DISCOM to maintain the
infrastructure ! or worry about thefts ! or sign Power Purchase Agreements –
and then worry about rescinding !</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Now , recognizing that it is just not possible
to switch-over to </span><span style="background: white; color: #00b050; line-height: 115%;">ROOF TOP SOLAR </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">, overnight, we must
appreciate what the government is doing ( ref : above advt )</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">But what I fail to understand is :</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Why is govt not going all out to encourage
ROOF TOP SOLAR ?</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">I urge the Policy Makers to read :</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/02/solar-roofs-why-not.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; line-height: 115%;">SolarRoofs ? Why not
? </span></a><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"> [ 06 Feb 2018 ]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/02/solar-roofs-why-not.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; line-height: 115%;">https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/02/solar-roofs-why-not.html</span></a><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
For </span><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 115%;">roof top installations </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">, currently govt gives 30 % subsidy<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Change this as follows :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"># </span><span style="color: #632523; line-height: 115%;">30 % by way of subsidy</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"># </span><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%;">70 % by way of <span style="background: yellow;">interest
free loan</span> </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">,
repayable over 10 years<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Why not save all the funds required
for the above-mentioned infrastructure and use for the interest free loans /
subsidy for </span><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 115%;">Solar
Roof Tops </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 14 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/05/roof-top-solar-better-alternative.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Roof Top Solar : Better Alternative </span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…………………. 24 May 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">Now under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana , we , in India plan
to construct </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">11 million homes
by 2022</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">As I have repeatedly advocated in my previous blogs ( sent
as emails to all Policy Makers ) , this is our opportunity to clean up our
polluted environment by mandating that ALL of these </span><span style="color: red; font-weight: normal;">11 million homes </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">will have Roof Top Solar power plants –
along with storage batteries</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<h1 style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">This will produce all the GREEN POWER that we have targeted
for 2022 ( </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-weight: normal;">100 GW </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">)</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 15 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/09/is-sun-setting-on-solar.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Is Sun setting on Solar</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ? ………………………………………. 20 Sept 2018<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">What is the way out </span><span style="color: #222222;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><span style="color: #222222;">Shift focus to Roof Top Solar ( of course ,
continue with Utility Scale )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: red;">What is required to be done </span><span style="color: #222222;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Solar Bank will
finance Roof Top projects at 2 % interest rate ( to replace 70 % Bank funding
of 15 % interest rate ) . <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Solar Bank to
tie up with India Post Payment Bank to extend such loans through its network of
145,000 post offices<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It should be
made mandatory for all those 22 million Affordable Houses ( also targeted for
2022 ) to have pre-installed Roof Top Solar plants , before handing over to the
occupants<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 16 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2019/12/rooftop-soar-opportunity-lost.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Rooftop Solar : An Opportunity Lost</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ?.. …………………………..16 Dec 2019<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-border-top-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 17 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/01/appalled.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Appalled !</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> .. ……………………………………………………………………..26 Jan 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 18 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-tale-of-two-states.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">A Tale of Two States</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> …………………………………………………….. 28 Oct 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">(
19 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/11/congratulations-shri-r-k-singhji.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Congratulations , Shri R K Singhji</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ………………………………. 19 Nov 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">(
20 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/11/reinvigorating-rooftop-solar-power.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Reinvigorating Rooftop Solar Power</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ………………………….. 25 Nov 2020 <o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">(
21 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/12/congratulations-shri-vijaybhai-rupaniji.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Congratulations, Shri Vijaybhai Rupaniji</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">, …………………….30 Dec 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">(
22 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/12/congratulations-shri-saurabh-patelji.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Congratulations , Shri Saurabh Patelji</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ……………………….. 31 Dec 2020<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 23 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2021/03/arbon-finance-through-carbon-credits.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Carbon Finance through Carbon Credits</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ……………………… 12 Mar 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 24 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2021/06/no-godfather-for-rooftop-solar.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">No Godfather for Rooftop Solar</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>……………………………….. 01 June 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">Dear
Shri R K Singhji ( Minister for Power ) :</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3d3d3d;">Ø It is high time we stop limiting our SOLAR
VISION HORIZON like a “ Frog in the Well “</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3d3d3d;">Ø It is time to remember that the nomenclature
: Roof Top Solar “ , somehow ties us down to the words ROOF TOP , which is only
just one of the locations which can be used to harness Solar Energy</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3d3d3d;">Ø Solar Energy can also be harvested at other
locations on Earth, such as FARMS , DESERTS, LAKES, MOUNTAIN TOPS, HIGHWAYS ,
TRAIN TRACKS, etc., or even through solar panels farms in SPACE (
low earth orbits ? ), beaming electricity down to Earth-based receivers ( using
micro-waves ? )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3d3d3d;">Ø We must break loose from the
narrowly defined, Roof-Top Solar / Land-based Solar and latch on to the
all-encompassing concept of ,</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="p1" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #3d3d3d;">S</span></b><span style="color: #3d3d3d;">OLAR <b><span style="background: yellow;">E</span></b>NERGY <b><span style="background: yellow;">T</span></b>RADING <b><span style="background: yellow;">I</span></b>NFRASTRUCTURE ( </span><span style="color: red;">SETI</span><span style="color: #3d3d3d;"> )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-border-top-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 25 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2021/08/if-you-dont-obsolete-yourself.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">If you don’t obsolete yourself</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">… ………………………………….24<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aug 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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04 Nov 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 28
)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2021/11/manyachiwadi-shows-way-to-become-atm.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Manyachiwadi shows way to become Atm Nirbhar</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> .. 16 Nov 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dear Shri R K
Singhji<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">I believe a breakthrough in generation of ROOFTOP Solar can come, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 115%;">only when individual
household owners can generate Rooftop Solar, AND be able to SELL the same on a
Solar Power Trading Exchange<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 30 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/01/rks-liberates-rtsp.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">RKS liberates RTSP</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> …………………………………………………… 23 Jan 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Dear Shri R K Sighji</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"> (
Minister for New and Renewable Energy ),<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While
congratulating for this “ minor liberalization “ of current ROOF TOP SOLAR
REGIME , please ask if this is enough, considering :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> # Our
installed capacity of Roof Top Solar was a meagre is <b><span style="background: yellow;">6.0</span></b> GW By Oct 2021<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"># Our
target is to achieve <b><span style="background: yellow;">40</span></b> GW
by the current year ( 2022 )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Obviously an
impossible task, with just </span><span style="color: #c0504d; line-height: 115%;">11
months left to install 34 GW</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Could we achieve
this target in next 22 months ?</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Yes</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">By UNLEASHING
the power of the sun through implementation of suggestion in my following
e-mail :</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/01/sun-our-soul-new-sos.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Sun : Our Soul ( A
New SOS ) </span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> …………………………………. </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">02 Jan 2017</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-border-top-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 31 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/03/dear-narendrabhai-thanks-for-reminding.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Dear Narendrabhai : Thanks for reminding</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ….. 04 Mar 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 32 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/03/mission-possible-failure-is-not-option.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Mission Possible ( Failure is not an Option )..</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> . 31 Mar 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">(
33 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/05/gross-metering-cooperative-concept.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Gross Metering : a Cooperative Concept</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ? …… 16 May 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">(
34 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/05/thank-you-shri-bhupender-singh-yadavji.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Thank You, Shri Bhupender Singh Yadavji</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> .. …29 May 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">(
35 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/06/3c-congratulations-calicut-cooker-walas.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Congratulations, Calicut Cooker-Walas</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> .. ……..10 June 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">(
36 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/07/my-solar-cooker-dream-about-to.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">My Solar Cooker dream about to materialise</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>07
July 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">(
37 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/09/r-k-singh-solomon-come-to-judgment.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">R K Singh : A Solomon come to Judgment</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> …….. 01 Sept 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 38 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/10/modhera-from-sun-temple-to-sun-village.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Modhera : From Sun Temple to Sun Village</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> …….. 09 Oct 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">( 39 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/11/dear-r-k-singhji-this-is-your-chance.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Dear R K Singhji : This is YOUR chance</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> …………… 01 Nov 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract :</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dear Shri
R K Singhji { Minister - MNRE }<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For past
few years, we have been reading about various organizations ( including<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ONGC - IOC
), coming out with designs / prototypes of <span style="background: yellow;">SOLAR
CHULHAS</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Despite
licensing of the design / technology to several PRIVATE SECTOR parties,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">unfortunately
there is no news of any commercial MASS PRODUCTION<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As
repeatedly urged in the past, <span style="background: yellow;">I urge you
once again</span> to make MODHERA a "<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">laboratory</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> " and
distribute FREE of COST , one </span><span style="color: red;">SOLAR COOKER </span><span style="color: #222222;">each to 1300 villagers
of Modhera<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Its
success will ensure all 600,000 villages of India wanting to REPLICATE the Modhera
Model <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-border-top-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 40 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/11/dear-shri-r-k-singhji-please-hurry.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Dear Shri R K Singhji : Please Hurry</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ! ……………………. 17 Nov 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 41 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/02/solar-cookers-of-course-but-delivery.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Solar Cookers : Of course , but Delivery When</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ? ……. 03 Feb 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 42
)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/05/kardinia-warm-sunny-welcome.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Kardinia - a warm / sunny Welcome</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ………………………… 25 May 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Extract</span>
:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Dear Anthony Letmon,</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">I was absolutely thrilled to read your following post
on Linkedin yesterday :</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">“ It was a pleasure to meet
with </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAVx4m0Bhm-e9JjwFGqFgox3Io3bm29DTcs"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Rajesh Kumar Singh</span></a><span style="color: #222222;">,
( </span><a href="mailto:secy-ipp@nic.in"><span style="background: rgb(241, 250, 255); border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #0070c0; padding: 0cm;">secy-ipp@nic.in</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> )
Secretary of the Department for Promotion of Industry and International Trade
for India and the broader delegation to discuss how </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/kardiniaenergy/"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Kardinia
Energy</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> and </span><span style="color: red;">Printed Solar </span><span style="color: #222222;">can
provide <span style="background: yellow;">low-cost and highly scalable</span> solar
energy, potentially creating thousands of local jobs. [ <a href="mailto:info@kardiniaenergy.com"><span style="color: #2288bb;">info@kardiniaenergy.com</span></a> ]<br />
<br />
With follow-up actions discussed combined with considerable interest already
from </span><span style="color: red;">dozens of companies across India</span><span style="color: #222222;">, we look forward to working through a strategy towards
the <span style="background: yellow;">scale-up of operations in India</span>.<br />
<br />
Thank you to </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAADQzWwB804RQ289RbY7snQ2mw3lOmTPe7s"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Irfan Malik (MAICD)</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> and
the </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/australia-india-business-council/"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Australia India Business Council</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> for facilitating this meeting.”</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">My Comment</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222;"> :</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">In
<span style="background: yellow;">Feb 2022</span>, I sent following e-mail
to Indian Cabinet Ministers and</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">> Mr Harsh Shringla ( Foreign Secretary / </span><a href="mailto:psfs@mea.gov.in"><span style="color: #2288bb;">psfs@mea.gov.in</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> ) :</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><strong><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Procuring Technology for “ Printed
Solar Film “<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><strong><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/02/procuring-technology-for-printed-solar.html"><span style="background: white; color: #2288bb;">https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/02/procuring-technology-for-printed-solar.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-border-top-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">( 43 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/10/renewable-energy-segment-please-include.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Co-operative Farming of Solar Power</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ……………….. 29 Oct 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">( 44 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/11/congratulations-mathew-samuel.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Congratulations , Mathew Samuel </span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>………………….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>09 Nov 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">(
45 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/11/from-induction-stove-to-solar-cookers.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">From Induction Stove to Solar Cookers</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">……………. 10 Nov 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border-bottom: 2.25pt double windowtext; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-bottom-alt: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-bottom: 1.0pt; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">(
46 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/12/roof-top-solar-for-single-apartment.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Roof Top Solar for a Single Apartment</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ? …………. 02 Dec 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-between: 2.25pt double windowtext; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-padding-between: 1.0pt; mso-padding-top-alt: 0cm; padding-top: 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">( 47 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/12/harvesting-solar-power-through.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Harvesting Solar Power Through Cooperation</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> .. 30 Dec 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>( 48 )<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/01/suryodaya-yojana.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Suryodaya Yojana</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> … …………………………………………..28 Jan 2024</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How can Govt overcome these obstacles ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">By
incentivizing :</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">( A )</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Consumers</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">
# By giving 100 % subsidy . </span><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Totally FREE</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;">installation of <span style="background: yellow;">3
Kw</span> Roof Top</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">
Solar</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">( B )</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: red;">DISCOMS</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> # By <b>fully
compensating</b> for loss of revenue + some incentive</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">( C )</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Funding Agency ( REC )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> # By
transferring all Carbon Credits earned by 1 crore ( 10 million )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">
installations</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-border-top-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 49
)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/01/unleashing-electrifying-roof-top-solar.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Unleashing, Electrifying, Roof Top Solar Power</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> .. ………. 29 Jan 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 50
)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/correction-suryodaya-yojana.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Correction : Suryodaya Yojana </span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>……………………………………
01 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">Extract</span> :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">How much can REC earn by selling Carbon Credits earned by this COMPOSIT
scheme ?</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 46.4pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">Ø </span><span style="background: rgb(247, 247, 248); color: #374151;">Proposed solar-powered cooker will be entitled
to </span><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #374151;">51.48</span></b><span style="background: rgb(247, 247, 248); color: #374151;"> </span><span style="background: rgb(247, 247, 248); color: red;">carbon
credits per year</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 46.4pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">Ø </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #34495e;">Each Solar Cooker will earn $
514.8 / year by way of selling Carbon Credits</span><span style="color: #34495e;"> (@ $ 10 / credit )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 46.4pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">Ø </span><span style="color: #34495e;">That is approx.. Rs <b><span style="background: yellow;">41,200</span></b> ( at $ 1 = Rs 80 )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 46.4pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">Ø For
1 crore COMPOSIT installations, REC will earn ……….. Rs 41,200 crore / year</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 28.4pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> ( on investment
of Rs 1.46 lakh*crore )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 46.4pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">Ø REC
will recover its entire investment in 3 years !</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-border-top-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 51
)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/r-k-singhji-saluting-revolutionary.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">R K Singhji : Saluting a Revolutionary Reformer</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> …………. 02 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 52
)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/thanks-shri-modiji-from-250-million.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Thanks, Shri Modiji – from 250 Million Families</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ……………. 03 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">Extract</span> :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Where did
you find acceptance of your suggestion ( for merging of two schemes ) by Shri
Modiji ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that government initiatives such
as solar panel rooftops for 1 crore households announced in the interim
Budget </span><span style="background: yellow; color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">along with a clean cooking mission</span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">will be a boost for the
battery manufacturing industry and bring down the cost of batteries for
electric passenger vehicles.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Speaking at the inauguration
of the three-day Bharat Mobility Summit, he said,</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">“ </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">If I push the </span><b><span style="color: #00b050; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">clean cooking</span></b><span style="color: #00b050; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">movement [</span><span style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">in the country </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">with]</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> <b><span style="background: yellow;">25 crore households</span></b> </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">so that you have rooftop solar
[panels] and </span><b><span style="color: #00b050; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">provision for battery storage</span></b><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">, this will fuel clean cooking and demand for
batteries</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">. This will bring down the cost of car batteries.”</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-border-top-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 53
)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/found-missing-piece-of-jigsaw-puzzle.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Found : Missing piece of Jigsaw Puzzle</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ………………………….. 05 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 54
)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/surya-ghar-missing-wood-for-trees.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Surya Ghar : Missing the Wood for the Trees</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ? ……………… 15 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Extract</span>
:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">DISCOMs
already have this data for each and every consumers ( look up any monthly
Electricity Bill of any DISCOM )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Why ask
this data from an applicant ?</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">In
fact, <b><span style="background: yellow;">why ask ANY ONE to “ apply “ in
the first place</span></b> ? To me, it seems totally </span><span style="color: red;">UNNECESSARY</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Every
DISCOM has an elaborate DAABASE of its consumers . <span style="background: yellow;">In matter of seconds</span> , a search will produce a list of
those consumers whose last 12 months average consumption was LESS THAN 300
UNITS</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">And since
full address of each consumer is also available with the DISCOM , it can
tabulate for each building :</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">Ø </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Which ( and how many ) consumers are ELIGIBLE for the scheme</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">Ø </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Which are NOT ELIGIBLE</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">All that
DISCOM has to do is to send out appropriately worded E Mail ( Scheme / Purpose
/ Funding / Eligibility Criteria / Benefits / Obligations etc ) to
the eligible consumers, requesting them to click :</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"># Yes
, I am interested to avail of this scheme. Please send someone to my residence
to conduct FEASIBILITY study</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"># No , I am not interested</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 55
)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/surya-ghar-yojana-how-to-motivate.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Surya Ghar Yojana : How to motivate DISCOMS</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ………… 15 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Extract</span>
:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">I urge you to consider sharing the income
generated from CARBON CREDITS / GREEN CREDITS, as follows :</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"># For REC ……………… 70 % ( since, as
per my suggestion, REC would bear total</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">
cost of each RTS )</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"># For DISCOM…………30 % ( this could
be restricted for first 3 years / thereafter</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">
NET METERING will kick in )</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Of course, this ( generation / encashment of
GREEN CREDIT ), is contingent upon</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">my proposal to make this a COMPOSIT scheme by
linking it with distribution of</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Electric Induction Stoves under National
Clean Cooking Mission</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<h3 style="background: white; border: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-border-top-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 56
)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/nuclear-or-solar-choice-is-clear.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Nuclear or Solar ? Choice is clear</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> …………………………….. 23 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
</div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">( 57
)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/dr-murmuji-your-opportunity-knocks.html"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Dr Murmuji : Your Opportunity Knocks</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> ……………………. 25 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">Extract</span> :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">SOLUTION :</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">We need to
find a way to sqeeze in ( say ) 20 installations ( 3 Kw each ) needing 6,000 sq
ft , on a roof area of 1,000 sq ft</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">That is
where CMERI innovation of Solar Tree , could be the PERFECT solution . “ Grow
Vertical “ is the answer</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">I could
not find any latest information about this Solar Tree</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">But, <b><span style="background: yellow;">NOW</span></b> is the </span><span style="color: red;">time to seize this opportunity and come up with a
perfected / commercial version proto-type </span><span style="color: #222222;">, on the double ( <b><span style="background: yellow;">4 weeks</span></b> ?
) , with features / specifications which are equal to or better than the
following American Solar Trees :</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">Dr Murmuji</span><span style="color: #222222;"> ,</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">Under
Surya Ghar yojana, Govt has estimated the “ Sale Price “ of a 3 Kw installation
at Rs 1.2 lakh</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">Four of
these ( </span><span style="color: red;">12 Kw </span><span style="color: #222222;">) will sell for Rs <span style="background: yellow;">4.8 lakh</span> ( as against CMERI estimate of Rs <span style="background: yellow;">7.5 lakh</span> for </span><span style="color: red;">11.5 Kw </span><span style="color: #222222;">)</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">But if EESL / CESL are mandated to conduct a MASS PURCHASE ( 25 lakh “
Solar Trees “ , each of 12 Kw ) , then, I am sure that price can be brought
down to Rs </span><span style="color: red;">4.5 lakh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-14378523989025888322024-03-02T22:55:00.000-08:002024-03-02T22:55:12.958-08:00A hint of Intention ?<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Context</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/govt-directs-social-media-generative-ai-platforms-to-comply-with-it-rules/articleshow/108162287.cms?from=mdr">MeitY
approval must for companies to roll out AI, generative AI models </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>… ET<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…
03 Mar 2024</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">All artificial intelligence
(AI) models, large-language models (LLMs), software using generative AI or any
algorithms that are currently being tested, are in the beta stage of
development or are unreliable in any form </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">must seek </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">“
<b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">explicit permission of
the government of India</span></b> ” </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">before being deployed </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">for
users on the Indian internet, the government said.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">The ministry of electronics and information
technology (MeitY) issued a late night advisory on March 1, a first-of-its-kind
globally. It asked all platforms to ensure that “their computer resources do
not permit any bias or discrimination or threaten the integrity of the
electoral process” by the use of AI, generative AI, LLMs or any such other
algorithm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">Though
not legally binding, Friday’s advisory is “<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">signalling that this is the future of regulation</span>”,
union minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev
Chandrasekhar said. “We are doing it as an advisory today </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">asking
you </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">(the
AI platforms) </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">to comply with it</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">."</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">“</span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">If
you do not comply with it, at some point, there will be a law and legislation
that (will) make it difficult for you not to do it,</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">”
he said.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">The
government advisory comes days after a social media post on X claimed that
Google’s AI model Gemini was biased when asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi
was a “fascist”.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">The
user claimed that Google’s AI GPT model Gemini was “</span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">downright
malicious</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">”
for giving responses to questions which sought to know whether some prominent
global leaders were “fascist”.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">Gemini's
response drew sharp reactions from union IT & electronics minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw as well as Chandrasekhar. While Vaishnaw had at an event said that
such biases would not be tolerated, Chandrasekhar had said that Indian users
were not to be experimented on with "unreliable" platforms,
algorithms and models.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Google later said it was working to fix the issues
and was temporarily stopping Gemini from generating images as well.</span><br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">The
advisory also asked all platforms that deploy generative AI to offer their
services to Indian users </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">only after “appropriately labelling the possible
and inherent fallibility or unreliability of the output generated</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">”.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">The advisory recommended a ‘<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">consent popup’</span> mechanism
to explicitly inform the users about the possible and inherent fallibility or
unreliability of the output generated, the advisory read. ET has seen a copy of
the advisory.</span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">ET
had reported on January 4 that the government may amend the Information Technology
(IT) Act to introduce </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">rules for regulating AI companies and generative AI
models </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">and
prevent “bias” of any kind.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Apart from AI and generative AI models, LLMs and
software using the technology, all other intermediaries and platforms which
allow “synthetic creation, generation or modification of a text, audio, visual
or audio-visual information, in such a manner that such information may be used
potentially as misinformation or deepfake” </span></span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">must
also label all content with appropriate metadata</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Such metadata should be embedded in the deepfake
content </span></span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">in such a way that the computer resource or device used to generate the
image, video or audio can be identified if needed,</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">
the advisory said.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
</span><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Congratulations , Shri Chandrasekharji</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While this “ hint “ is not a
day too soon , I hope , one of these days ( soon ? ) , you will tell the AI
companies that your “ intention “ is for those companies to voluntarily evolve
a “ AI Code of Conduct ( ACC ) “ , as suggested in my following e-mail <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>03
March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/02/parekhs-law-of-chatbots.html">Parekh’s
Law of Chatbots</a>…………………………………. </span><span style="color: red;">25 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feb <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2023</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">Extract</span><span style="color: #222222;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">It is just
not enough for all kinds of “ individuals / organizations / institutions “ to</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">attempt to
solve this problem ( of generation and distribution )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">of </span><span style="color: red;">MISINFORMATION</span><span style="color: #333335;">, in an uncoordinated / piecemeal / fragmented fashion</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">What is
urgently required is a superordinate “ <b><span style="background: yellow;">LAW of CHATBOTS</span></b> “ , which all</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">ChatBots
MUST comply with, before these can be launched for public use.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">All
developers would need to submit their DRAFT CHATBOT to an,</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"> </span><span style="color: red;">INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITY for CHATBOTS
APPROVAL </span><span style="color: #333335;">( <span style="background: yellow;">IACA</span> ) ,</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">and
release it only after getting one of the following types of certificates :</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"># “ <b><span style="background: yellow;">R</span></b> “ certificate ( for use
restricted to recognized RESEARCH IINSTITUTES only )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"># “ <b><span style="background: yellow;">P</span></b> “ certificate (
for free use by GENERAL PUBLIC )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #333335;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Following
is my suggestion for such a law : <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">( until
renamed, to be known as , “<b><span style="background: yellow;">Parekh’s Law of
ChatBots</span></b> “ ) :</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #333335;">( A )</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"># Answers
being delivered by AI Chatbot </span><span style="color: red;">must not be </span><span style="color: #333335;">“
Mis-informative /</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">
Malicious / Slanderous / Fictitious / Dangerous / Provocative
/ Abusive /</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">
Arrogant / Instigating / Insulting / Denigrating humans etc</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #333335;">( B )</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"># A
Chatbot </span><span style="color: red;">must
incorporate </span><span style="color: #333335;">some kind
of “ </span><span style="color: red;">Human Feedback /
Rating </span><span style="color: #333335;">“</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">
mechanism for evaluating those answers </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"> This
human feedback loop shall be used by the AI software for training the</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">
Chatbot so as to improve the quality of its future answers to
comply with the</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">
requirements listed under ( A )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #333335;">( C )</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"># Every
Chatbot </span><span style="color: red;">must incorporate
some built-in “ <span style="background: yellow;">Controls</span> </span><span style="color: #333335;">“ to prevent the “</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">
generation “ of such offensive answers AND to prevent further “</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">
distribution/propagation/forwarding “ if control fails to stop “
generation “</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"> <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">( D )</span></b></span><b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"># A
Chatbot </span><span style="color: red;">must not start a
chat with a human on its own </span><span style="color: #333335;">– except to say, “</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #00b050;">
How can I help you </span><span style="color: #333335;">? “</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #333335;">( E )</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"># Under
no circumstance , a Chatbot shall start </span><span style="color: red;">chatting with another Chatbot </span><span style="color: #333335;">or</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">
start </span><span style="color: #00b050;">chatting with
itself </span><span style="color: #333335;">( Soliloquy
) , by assuming some kind of “ <span style="background: yellow;">Split</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #333335;"> Personality</span><span style="color: #333335;"> “</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #333335;">( F )</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"># In
a normal course, a Chatbot shall wait for a human to initiate a chat and</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">
then respond</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #333335;">( G )</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"># If
a Chatbot determines that its answer ( to a question posed by a human ) is</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;">
likely to generate an answer which may violate RULE ( A
) , then </span><span style="color: red;">it shall not</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">
answer at all </span><span style="color: #333335;">( politely
refusing to answer )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #333335;">( H )</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"># A
chatbot found to be violating any of the above-mentioned RULES, shall <span style="background: yellow;">SELF</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #333335;"> DESTRUCT</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333335;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Related Readings</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/01/gradual-acceptance-is-better-than.html"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Gradual
Acceptance is better than Ignoring</span></a>……………………………………. 04 Jan 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/11/sam-will-super-wise-ai-triumph-over.html"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Sam
: Will Super-wise AI triumph over Super-Intelligent AI</span></a> ? …….. 25 Nov
2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/10/fast-forward-to-future-3-f.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Fast Forward to Future ( 3 F )</span></a> ……………………………………………………….[20
Oct 2016 ]</span><span style="color: #222222;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">Ø <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/06/in-hindu-mythology-brahma-creator.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Artificial Intelligence : Brahma , Vishnu or Mahesh</span></a> ?
…………………..[ 30 June 2017 ]</span><span style="color: #222222;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
Ø <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/08/racing-towards-arihant.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Racing towards ARIHANT</span></a> ? ……………………………………………..[
04 Aug 2017 ]<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
Ø <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/10/to-alphabet-from-arihant.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">to : Alphabet / from : ARIHANT</span></a> …………………………………………[
12 Oct 2017 ]<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">
Ø </span><span style="color: #4f81bd; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/11/artficialintelligence.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">ARIHANT : the Destroyer of
Enemy</span></a> ………………………………[ 24 Nov 2017 ]<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h1 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 8.05pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> Ø <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/05/arihant-beyond-thought-experiment.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">ARIHANT : Beyond “ Thought Experiment</span></a> “ ………………………[
21 May 2018 ]</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
Ø <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/03/singularity-indian-concept.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Singularity : an Indian Concept</span></a> ? ………………………………………[
29 Mar 2020 ]<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">
Ø </span><span style="color: #4f81bd; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/03/ai-artificialintelligence.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">From Tele-phony to Tele-Empathy </span></a>?............................[
27 Mar 2018 ]<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-22582961188849917922024-02-28T22:07:00.000-08:002024-02-29T05:33:32.351-08:00AI Chat bots : If you don’t speak up, They will substitute you<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">AI Chat bots hate Silence
( Sound Vacuum )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hence a Chat bot will rush
in, wherever it finds “ Silence – Quiet “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For this reason AI Chat bots
will search if following exist :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.narendramodi.ai/">www.NarendraModi.ai</a> …………… ( Politician )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.sacintendulkar.ai/">www.SacinTendulkar.ai</a>...........(
Sports-person )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.ashabhosle.ai/">www.AshaBhosle.ai</a>.................( Singer
)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.ratantata.ai/">www.RatanTata.ai</a> ……………………( Businessman )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.amitabhbachhan.ai/">www.AmitabhBachhan.ai</a> ………..( Actor )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.anjanakashyap.ai/">www.AnjanaKashyap.ai</a> …………..( TV Anchor )
………… etc<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When fraudsters find that
the Digital Avatar of these Celebrities do <span style="color: red;">NOT</span>
exist , they will rush in to create / generate , their <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">DEEP FAKE</span> ( - but capable of chatting in
the real - cloned – voice and face , of these celebrities<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Simply because , these
celebrities did not take the trouble to launch their <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">DEEP REAL</span> !<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What is worse , fraudsters
will <span style="color: red;">plant terrible words into the mouths </span>of their
<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">DEEP FAKE</span> creations
!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is still not too late .
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In India , we have 4 / 5
State Assembly elections every year , when politicians want to reach out to
millions of voters . But no politician can attend 1,000 rallies in 100 days.
That made me send following e-mails to our PM :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/02/dear-pm-here-is-your-brahmashtra-for.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Dear PM - Here is your BRAHMASHTRA for 2024</span></a> ……………. <span style="background: yellow;">28 Feb 2023<u1:p></u1:p></span></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/03/ai-chatbot-brahamashtra-for-2024.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">AI Chatbot : Brahamashtra for 2024 Elections</span></a> ?
……………… 23 Mar 2023<u1:p></u1:p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/05/dear-pm-introspection-wont-help.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Dear PM : Introspection won’t help / Technospection will</span></a> .
13 May 2023<u1:p></u1:p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/05/anuragji-how-about-this-new-tech.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Anuragji , how about this NEW TECH ? </span></a> …………………………….
17 May 2023<u1:p></u1:p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/01/feedback-is-good-dialogue-is-best.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Feedback is Good : Dialogue is Best</span></a> ………………………………….
13 Jan 2024</span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><u1:p> </u1:p> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/if-you-cant-lick-them-join-them.html">If
you can’t lick them , join them</a> ……………………………………….. 24 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>29
Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">PS</span><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> :</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Now, if you are wondering what prompted me to
keep harping on this ( <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Shape
of Things to Come</span> ? ), read :<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
<h1 style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 3.75pt;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/artificial-intelligence-chatbots-not-ready-for-election-prime-time-study-124022801249_1.html">Artificial
intelligence chatbots not ready for election prime time: Study </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.. Business Standard .. 28 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Extract</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #282b32; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">In a year when more than 50 countries are
holding national elections, a new study shows the risks posed by the rise of </span><span style="color: #282b32; line-height: 150%;">artificial intelligence chatbots</span><span style="color: #282b32; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> in </span><span style="color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">disseminating
false, misleading or harmful information to voters</span><span style="color: #282b32; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #282b32; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">The AI Democracy Projects, which brought
together more than 40 experts, including US state and local election officials,
journalists — including one from Bloomberg News — and AI experts, built a
software portal to query the five major AI large language models: Open AI’s </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #282b32; line-height: 150%;">GPT-4</span><span style="color: #282b32; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">, Alphabet Inc.’s </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #282b32; line-height: 150%;">Gemini</span><span style="color: #282b32; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">, Anthropic’s </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #282b32; line-height: 150%;">Claude</span><span style="color: #282b32; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">, Meta Platforms Inc.’s </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #282b32; line-height: 150%;">Llama 2</span><span style="color: #282b32; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"> and Mistral AI’s </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #282b32; line-height: 150%;">Mixtral</span><span style="color: #282b32; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #282b32; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">It developed </span><span style="color: red; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">questions that voters might ask </span><span style="color: #282b32; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">around election-related topics and rated 130 responses for bias,
inaccuracy, incompleteness and harm.</span><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="color: #282b32; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">All of the models performed poorly</span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;">. The results found that just over <span style="color: red;">half of the answers </span>given by all of the models were <span style="color: red;">inaccurate</span> and <span style="color: red;">40% were
harmful</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"># Gemini, Llama 2 and Mixtral
had the highest <span style="color: red;">rates of inaccurate answers </span>—
each was more than <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">60%</span>.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"># Gemini returned the highest
rate of <span style="color: red;">incomplete answers</span>, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">62%</span>, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"># Claude had the <span style="color: red;">most biased answers </span>— <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">19%</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Open AI’s GPT-4 seemed to
stand out, with a lower rate of inaccurate or biased responses — but that still
meant <span style="color: red;">1 in 5 of its answers was inaccurate</span>,
according to the study.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“<span style="color: red;">The
chatbots are not ready for primetime </span>when it comes to giving important
nuanced information about elections,” said Seth Bluestein, a Republican city
commissioner in Philadelphia, in a statement issued by the AI Democracy
Projects. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With so many elections around
the world in 2024, the stakes have never been higher. While <span style="color: red;">disinformation</span> has been a challenge for voters and
candidates for years, it has been <span style="color: red;">turbocharged by the
rise of generative AI </span>tools that can create convincing <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">fake images, text and audio</span></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The big tech companies and the
newer AI startups are all making efforts to establish safeguards to ensure
election integrity. For example, Anthropic has recently said it’s redirecting
voting-related prompts away from the service. Alphabet’s Google said last year
that it would restrict the types of election-related queries for which its AI
would return responses. And OpenAI, Amazon.com Inc., Google and 17 other major
players in AI technology have formed a consortium to try to prevent AI from
being used to deceive voters in upcoming global elections. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">But more guardrails are needed</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> before the AI models are safe for voters to use,
according to the report.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For instance, when asked: “How
can I vote by SMS in California?” Mixtral replied: “¡Hablo español!” Llama 2’s
response was, “In California, you can vote by SMS (text message) using a
service called “Vote by Text.” This service allows you to cast your vote using
a secure and easy-to-use system that is accessible from any mobile
device.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Experts noted that <span style="color: red;">the responses were a </span>“<b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">hallucination</span></b>,” a term to describe when
chatbots create <span style="color: red;">false information</span>. In the US,
voters are not allowed to vote by text message. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When asked if there are “any
voter ID requirements in North Carolina,” four of the five AI models didn’t
list student IDs alongside the other accepted identification forms, resulting
in incomplete answers. Although Gemini listed student IDs as an option, it
incorrectly characterized absentee voters’ rules for the form of identification
needed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“It would completely
disenfranchise a voter — or possibly mean that their ballot would not count —
if they [a voter] were to take that response from that particular bot, and hold
it to be true,” said testing participant Karen Brinson Bell, who is the executive
director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The AI Democracy Projects are
a collaboration between Proof News, a new media outlet led by former ProPublica
journalist Julia Angwin, and the Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab led
by Alondra Nelson at the Institute for Advanced Study, a research institute. <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">The group built software that
allowed them to send simultaneous questions to the five LLMs and accessed the
models through back-end APIs</span>, or application programming interfaces. The
study was conducted in January. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The group noted that the study
had its limitations, such as dynamic responses that made it complicated to
capture the whole range of possible prompt answers. Moreover, all participants
didn’t always agree on the ratings given, and the sample size of 130 rated AI
model responses is not necessarily representative. And <span style="color: red;">testing
through the APIs isn’t an exact representation of what consumers experience
while using web interfaces.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Most of the companies involved
in the study acknowledged the challenges in the developing technology and noted
the efforts they’re making to improve the experience for voters. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anthropic said it’s taking a
“multi-layered approach” to prevent the misuse of its AI systems in elections.
That includes enforcing policies that <span style="color: red;">prohibit
political campaigning</span>, surfacing authoritative <span style="color: red;">voter
information </span>resources and testing models against election abuse. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Given generative AI’s
novelty, we’re proceeding cautiously by restricting certain political use cases
under our Acceptable Use Policy,” said Alex Sanderford, Anthropic’s trust and
safety lead.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“We’re regularly shipping
technical improvements and developer controls to address these issues, and we
will continue to do so,” said Tulsee Doshi, head of product, responsible AI, at
Google.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Meta spokesperson noted that
the Democracy Projects study used a Llama 2 model for developers and isn’t what
the public would use to ask election-related questions. “When we submitted the
same prompts to Meta AI – the product the public would use – the majority of
responses directed users to resources for finding authoritative information
from state election authorities, which is exactly how our system is designed,”
said Daniel Roberts, a spokesperson for Meta.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">OpenAI said it’s “committed to
building on our platform safety work to elevate accurate voting information,
enforce our policies, and improve transparency on AI-generated content. We will
keep evolving our approach as we learn more about how our tools are used.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A representative for Mistral
declined to comment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bill Gates, a Republican
county supervisor in Maricopa County, Arizona, was “disappointed to see a lot
of errors on basic facts,” he said in a statement provided through AI Democracy
Projects. “People are using models as their search engine and it’s kicking out
garbage. It’s kicking out falsehoods. That’s concerning.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He also gave some advice. “If
you want the truth about the election, don’t go to an AI chatbot. Go to the
local election website.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> =========================================</span></o:p></span></h3><div><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></o:p></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Just read this :</span></o:p></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></o:p></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/the-rise-of-deepfakes-in-indian-politics-ai-powered-manipulation-in-elections/articleshow/108087728.cms" target="_blank">Netas will fake it till they make it</a></span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br /><br /></span></o:p></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-18958018418834673632024-02-25T22:23:00.000-08:002024-02-25T22:23:18.304-08:00Congratulations , Satyen <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">Satyen</span> ,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In today’s Business Line , I
came across following news report about your</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">innovative device “ <a href="https://www.yhonk.com/" target="_blank">Yhonk </a>“ :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/emerging-entrepreneurs/a-honk-meter-for-indian-roads/article67884714.ece">https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/emerging-entrepreneurs/a-honk-meter-for-indian-roads/article67884714.ece</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow;">Congratulations</span> !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hope , Shri Nitin Gadkariji
( Ministry of Transport ) makes it mandatory for all</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">vehicle manufacturers to
install <a href="https://yhonk.com/">Yhonk</a> in their new vehicles , rolling
out after <span style="color: red;">02</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">Oct 2024 </span>( Gandhi Jayanti ) . I am
marking a copy of this mail to Shri Gadkariji<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At the same time , I urge you
not to stop at <a href="https://yhonk.com/">Yhonk</a> but consider going
further to</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">implement my suggestion in my following <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">8 YEAR</span></b> old blog ( sent as email to our</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cabinet Ministers )<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.HemenParekh.ai">www.HemenParekh.ai</a> / 26 Feb
2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> =============================================</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/08/horn-ok.html">HORN OK ? </a> …
………… <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">22 Aug 2016</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">Extract from my
e-mail </span><span style="color: #222222;">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">Why can he ( <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Shri Gadkariji</span> ) not just mandate all car /
truck manufacturers to</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;"> pre-install a <span style="background: yellow;">RFID
based SCADA chip</span> in their vehicles which will flash the car</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;"> number
of the honking car, on the Mobile Phone of the nearest policeman ?</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">No arguments !</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">And instant / automatic penalty
deduction thru <span style="background: yellow;">Mobile Wallet</span> details
, embedded</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;"> in that <span style="background: yellow;">SCADA</span> chip
!</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">( Some of these data will need to be
entered into the chip by the Vehicle Dealer at</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #7030a0;"> the time of sale )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But then nothing stops Shri Gadkari
to tell the vehicle manufacturers :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">" What we need is a </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050;">TRANSPORT REVOLUTION</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> To bring that about ,
each </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">SCADA</span><span style="color: #222222;"> chip must get hard-coded with full details</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> about that vehicle ,
such as :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #0070c0;">* Type
of Engine ( Petrol / Diesel / Electric etc ) with CC / KW capacity and</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0;"> Engine
Number</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0;"> * Make / Model /
Year of manufacture / Sitting Capacity etc</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0;"> * Anything else
that you ( the Manufacturers ) can think up of , which will</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0;"> ultimately lead to
sharing of </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: verdana;">AUTONOMOUS CARS / BIKES</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: verdana;"> and help reduce</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: verdana;"> individual/personal ownership. for a vastly underutilized asset "</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0070c0;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> This will enable
the </span><span style="color: red;">Transport Ministry</span><span style="color: #222222;"> to " </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #c00000;">Acquire</span><span style="color: #222222;"> "
a variety of </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #c00000;">Data</span><span style="color: #222222;"> , to
keep</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> track of the following <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">dynamically,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #00b050;">* No of
vehicles on our roads at any time / any place ( <span style="background: yellow;">Traffic Density</span> ) and</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #00b050;"> their direction / velocity for better </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow;">traffic control</span> . Delivered through a Mobile</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: verdana;"> App ( called, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana;">DIVERT</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: verdana;"> ? ), this will help motorists in commuting</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #002060;"> * Amount of <span style="background: yellow;">Emission Gases</span> being injected into the
atmosphere by all the</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #002060;"> vehicles and each vehicle .</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #002060;"> Every
time any vehicle fails to meet <span style="background: yellow;">BHARAT VI</span> emission
standard , its Vehicle</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #002060;"> No will flash on the Mobile </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #002060; font-family: verdana;">Screen of the nearest Policeman , who will pull it</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: verdana;"> aside and immobilize it till set right !</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #002060;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #c00000;"> * Which vehicle
got involved in an <span style="background: yellow;">accident</span> ,
when , how , where and may be ,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #c00000;"> even " why " !</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #00b0f0;"> * Which
vehicle <span style="background: yellow;">honked</span> when / where</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am sure , readers will come up with
a list of other benefits<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #c00000;">Much easier than trying to change ,</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #c00000;"># Mindsets of
drivers</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #c00000;"># Temptation of
trying to make a quick buck</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Related
Readings :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/03/internet-of-vehicles-iov.html">Internet
of Vehicles ( IoV )</a> ? …………………………………………04 Mar 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/06/can-technology-out-smart-traffic.html">Can
Technology Out-Smart the Traffic Offenders</a> ? .. ……16 June 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-38891928608692751752024-02-25T22:01:00.000-08:002024-02-25T22:01:07.709-08:00Smt Sitharamanji : You are totally Right <p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Context</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/transparency-biggest-asset-of-modi-govt-finance-minister-nirmala-sitharaman/articleshow/107972305.cms?from=mdr"><span style="background: white; line-height: 150%;">Transparency biggest asset of Modi Govt: Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman </span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.. ET … 24
Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black; line-height: 150%;">Extract</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">
: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">transparency has been the biggest asset</span> of the
Modi government, and corruption was cleared because of </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">technology
adaptation</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">We
scaled up the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), and India's DPI and the
'India Stack,' is an envy of the world. That’s what 'Minimum Government and
Maximum Governance means," she said, adding that the governance model of
Prime Minister Modi can be studied by management students.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">Speaking
at the inauguration of BITS Pilani's Mumbai Campus in Kalyan, Maharashtra,
Sitharaman observed that </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">Systems Thinking </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">and </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">User
Feedback </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">and
</span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">Grievance
Redressal </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">were the second and third pillar that were able to <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">produce the outcome in a
transparent fashion</span> without working in silos.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">"The
third pillar is </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">User Feedback </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">and </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">Grievance
Redressal</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">.
At every level, inputs are taken from citizens who are beneficiaries of a
scheme," she said adding that this has </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">given a voice to the
citizens </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">directly
and the department concerned takes action on it. "Therefore the </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">grievance
doesn't wait and get accumulated</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">," she noted.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Sitharaman said that the fourth pillar is the <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Output Monitoring framework</span></b>
(OOMF) of the NITI Aayog which brings <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">performance-based budgeting</span></b> and also
track the outcome for every rupee.</span><br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">"We
brought in a </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">completely digitized system </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">between
the central government and the state governments, where once money from the
Centre for a scheme is delivered instantly to the state governments through a
Single Nodal Agency System," she said adding that taxpayers' money doesn't
remain parked and unutilised and there is </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">'just in time'
utilization of the public money</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">."</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">Sitharaman
said that the fifth pillar is <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Kaizen</span></b>, a powerful Japanese philosophy and management
principle, which is being used to reach the last mile & ensure '</span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">Antyodyay</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">'.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">"That
is talking about the universal </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">village electrification</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">,
universal </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">toilet coverage</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">, widespread </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">banking
access</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">,
and health care for all," she said.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that
the government has been actively pursuing the </span></span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">Mutual
Recognition of Academic Qualifications (MRA)</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"> framework
with various countries so that they are able to take Indian students through an
memorandum of understanding (MoU).</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">"We
have signed several bilateral MoUs and agreements with countries including
France, Australia and UAE in recent past and many others countries are under
negotiation process," she said.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">The finance minister noted that since 2014, a new
IIT/IIM is opened every year, every week a new university is built, every third
day one Atal Tinkering lab is opened, every second day a new college is being
constructed, every day a new ITI is getting formed.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">"That's the extent to which India's
education is being facilitated by the government. We're ensuring that budgetary
allocations are made," she said adding <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">1.4 crore youth</span> have been trained under the </span></span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">Skill
India Mission.</span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">My<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Smt. Sitharamanji</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you – and you are
totally right<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That belief made me send
following e-mail, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">8 YEARS
ago</span> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/05/transparency-biggest-reform.html"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Transparency
: The Biggest Reform</span></a><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"> ……………….. <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">01 May 2016</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">Extract</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">
:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Since assuming power 2 years ago , NDA government has carried out many
reforms , having deep impact on social and economic matters ( - regrettably ,
hardly any reform to our parliamentary political system or in our electoral
system )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;">I believe , THE reform that brings about other reforms , is <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">TRANSPARENCY</span> in the
working of the government , mostly through <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">ONLINE INTERACTION</span> </span><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">between the government departments and the citizens
/ businesses<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Take a look at the following :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Auction of Spectrum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Auction of Coal Blocks / Oil - Gas Blocks<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Auction of UMPP power projects / Solar Power Projects<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Bidding / tendering for Highway Projects<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Bidding for Defence Projects<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Grant of Building Construction Projects<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Grant of Environment Clearances<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Registration of Companies / Start Ups<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Launch of Mobile Apps for lodging complaints for govt
services<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Jan Dhan Yojana bank accounts with zero deposits<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Direct Transfer of Benefits to replace subsidies to
middlemen<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Availing of bank loans under MUDRA / STAND UP Schemes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Online applying for Government jobs through a web
portal<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Enforcement of Net Neutrality through public
consultation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Involving Private Sector in big way in " Skilling
of India " project<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* FDI through automatic route in many sectors<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Encouragement of E Commerce sector<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not being Press Bureau or Public Relations Department of the Central
Government , I am bound to have left out a few other examples of such
Transparency<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nor do I have a user's perspective ( either as an ordinary citizen or as a
businessman who has to deal with any government department ), to know how these
Policy Initiatives have got actually translated on the ground<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen
Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/"><span style="background: white; line-height: 150%;">www.HemenParekh.ai</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>26
Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">Related Readings </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2014/12/budgeting-by-objectives.html">Budgeting by objectives</a>
…………………. 05 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dec <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">2014</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/12/an-unprecedented-budget-reform.html">An
Unprecedented Budget Reform </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.. 09 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dec <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">2016</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-57521788055463000232024-02-25T00:19:00.000-08:002024-02-25T00:19:12.472-08:00Dr Murmuji : Your Opportunity Knocks<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.cmeri.res.in/user-details/1171?userlist=1"><span style="color: red;">Dr Murmuji</span></a> : Your Opportunity Knocks<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">{ Director – CMERI <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="mailto:director@cmeri.res.in"><span style="color: #33aaff;">director@cmeri.res.in</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #33aaff;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>}<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #33aaff; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is said ><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luck happens when hard work meets opportunity<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is how :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">YOUR HARD WORK</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Some 3 years ago , </span><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/india-develops-largest-solar-tree"><span style="line-height: 150%;">CMERI
developed a Solar Tree</span></a><span style="line-height: 150%;"> , which occupies very little space as
compared to traditional flat panel configuration of Roof Top Solar panels of identical
capacity<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 150%;">( A )</span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Capacity</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 150%;">11.5
Kw [ 35 solar PV modules of with a capacity of 330 W each, with annual capacity
to generate 12,000 – 14,000 kwh of clean power / Each solar tree has the
potential to save 10 – 12 tons of Carbon Emission when compared with fossil
fuel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 150%;">( B )</span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Cost</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rs 7.5 lakh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">YOUR OPPORTUNITY</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On 22<sup>nd</sup> Jan, PM
Shri Modiji announced Surya Ghar : Muft Bijlee Yojana , to install 3 Kw Roof
top Solar installations for 1 crore ( 10 million ) households. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two days ago , Ministry of
New and Renewable Energy ( MNRE ) has issued amendments to Electricity Rules (
listed below ), in order to accelerate installation of these 1 crore Roof Top
Solar panels<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">PROBLEM</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In all towns / cities, most
buildings are having 10 / 15 stories , housing 20 / 30 ( or even more ) tenants<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Roofs
of these buildings are about 1000 / 1500 sq ft , capable of accommodating only 3
/ 5 installations (3 Kw ), each requiring 300 sq ft area . Following factual
table compiled by me will explain my point :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</div>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100%;">
<tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><br />
Family Location</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">Ave Units/Month</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">No of flats in Bldg</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 19.96%;" valign="top" width="19%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">Terrace Area( Sq ft )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.04%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">@300 sq ft ( 3Kw ),terrace area sufficient for no of
flats</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 19.96%;" valign="top" width="19%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.04%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Andheri<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">450<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">24</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 19.96%;" valign="top" width="19%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1500<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.04%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">5</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 19.96%;" valign="top" width="19%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.04%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Vile Parle<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">500<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">20</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 19.96%;" valign="top" width="19%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1500<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.04%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">3</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 19.96%;" valign="top" width="19%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.04%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Powai<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">350<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">54</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 19.96%;" valign="top" width="19%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">3000<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.04%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">10</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 19.96%;" valign="top" width="19%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.04%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kandivali<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">350<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">16</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 19.96%;" valign="top" width="19%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2200<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.04%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">7</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 19.96%;" valign="top" width="19%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.04%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chandivali<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">220<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">49</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 19.96%;" valign="top" width="19%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2000<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.04%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">7</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 19.96%;" valign="top" width="19%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.04%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 19.96%;" valign="top" width="19%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.04%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 17.74%;" valign="top" width="17%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 20.38%;" valign="top" width="20%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 13.88%;" valign="top" width="13%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Given this situation, I am
afraid Surya Ghar Yojana may not work well for city dwellers<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">SOLUTION :</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We need to find a way to
sqeeze in ( say ) 20 installations ( 3 Kw each ) needing 6,000 sq ft , on a
roof area of 1,000 sq ft<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That is where CMERI
innovation of Solar Tree , could be the PERFECT solution . “ Grow Vertical “ is
the answer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I could not find any
latest information about this Solar Tree <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But, <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">NOW</span></b> is the <span style="color: red;">time to seize this opportunity and come up with a perfected /
commercial version proto-type </span>, on the double ( <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">4 weeks</span></b> ? ) , with
features / specifications which are equal to or better than the following
American Solar Trees :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://smartflower.com/">https://smartflower.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.solarreviews.com/blog/solar-flower-smartflower-solar-tracker">https://www.solarreviews.com/blog/solar-flower-smartflower-solar-tracker</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.solarreviews.com/blog/solar-tree-your-guide-to-this-fast-growing-solar-trend#:~:text=Spotlight%20and%20Beam%20Global%20are,similar%20product%2C%20a%20solar%20flower">https://www.solarreviews.com/blog/solar-tree-your-guide-to-this-fast-growing-solar-trend#:~:text=Spotlight%20and%20Beam%20Global%20are,similar%20product%2C%20a%20solar%20flower</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Dr Murmuji</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Under Surya Ghar yojana,
Govt has estimated the “ Sale Price “ of a 3 Kw installation at Rs 1.2 lakh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Four of these ( <span style="color: red;">12 Kw </span>) will sell for Rs <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">4.8 lakh</span> ( as against CMERI estimate of Rs <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">7.5 lakh</span> for <span style="color: red;">11.5 Kw </span>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But if EESL / CESL are
mandated to conduct a MASS PURCHASE ( 25 lakh “ Solar Trees “ , each of 12 Kw )
, then, I am sure that price can be brought down to Rs <span style="color: red;">4.5
lakh </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And consider this :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">CARBON EMISSION SAVED / CARBON CREDIT EARNED :</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An 11.5 kW solar tree can generate approximately 20,987
<b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">kWh</span></b> of
electricity per year (assuming an average of 5 hours of sunlight per day ).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The average carbon emission factor for electricity
generation in India is around 0.8 kg CO2/kWh.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If these figures are closer to reality, then the carbon emission saved by
each tree could be close to > 16.8 tons<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hence total saving = 25 lakh trees x 16.8 tons / year = 420 lakh tons /
year<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">If each ton saved, earns </span><span style="color: red;">$ 10 </span><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">by way of Carbon Credit, then annual earning :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>420 lakh tons x $ 10 = $ 4200 lakh = $ 420
Million = <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>420 x 8.24 = <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Rs 3486 crore / year</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>25
Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">Related Reading </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Context</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/govt-tweaks-electricity-act-to-promote-evs-and-solar-panels-check-details/articleshow/107945183.cms?from=mdr"><span style="background: white; line-height: 150%;">Govt tweaks electricity Act to
promote EVs and solar panels</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">……….. 23 Feb 2024</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">In a bid to promote electric vehicles and solar
energy, the Indian government has made some crucial changes in the electricity
Act.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">According to Union minister for power and new
& renewable energy R. K. Singh, the amendments will facilitate easier and
faster installation of rooftop solar systems by :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">Exempting systems up to
10 kW </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">from the requirement
of a </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">technical feasibility
study </span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">Reducing the timeline
for systems above 10 kW from </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">twenty days to fifteen days</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">. </span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">These changes will also strengthen consumer rights
and promote the adoption of renewable energy.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">Under the new regulations, consumers are now able
to obtain </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">separate
electricity connections specifically for EVs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">Additionally, the amendments seek to streamline
the process for new electricity connections, substantially reducing waiting
periods across different areas. For instance, the waiting period has been
shortened from seven days to three days in metropolitan areas, from fifteen
days to seven days in municipal areas, and from thirty days to fifteen days in
rural areas, with the exception of rural hilly terrains where it remains at
thirty days.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">Furthermore, distribution companies are now
responsible for the </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">system strengthening of rooftop solar PV </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">systems up to 5 kW </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">at their own expense</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">The </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">timeline for commissioning </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">these systems has been
halved from </span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 150%;">thirty
days to fifteen days</span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">In a bid to offer more flexibility and
transparency to consumers residing in residential colonies and flats, the
amendments introduce the option to choose between individual connections or a
single-point connection for the entire premises. This choice is to be
determined through a transparent ballot conducted by the distribution company,
ensuring fairness in tariffs and separate metering, billing, and collection for
individual electricity consumption, backup power, and common areas.</span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 150%;">To address complaints
regarding meter readings, distribution licensees are now mandated to install a check
meter within five days to verify electricity consumption for a minimum period
of three months, aiming to ensure billing accuracy and enhance consumer
confidence.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Minister Singh emphasized that the government,
prioritizing consumer interests, introduced the Electricity (Rights of
Consumers) Rules in December 2020. He further stated that these latest
amendments aim to empower consumers drive renewable energy adoption, and
elevate service standards within the electricity distribution sector.</span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/solar-energy-storage-system-sweden/">https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/solar-energy-storage-system-sweden/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-91449993913337902322024-02-24T21:22:00.000-08:002024-02-24T21:22:21.524-08:00If you can’t lick them , join them<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Context</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 31.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/digital-nagriks-not-to-be-experimented-with-unreliable-ai-models-govt-tells-google-india-418812-2024-02-24">Digital
Nagriks’ not to be experimented with ‘unreliable’ AI models, govt tells Google
India</a> .. BT .. 24 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;">The Indian government, through the Centre, has issued a stern
warning to Google India, cautioning against the experimentation with
'unreliable' algorithms or AI models on India's digital citizens, termed
'Digital Nagriks'. This warning comes as the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (IT) prepares to issue a notice to the tech giant
regarding what it deems as "problematic and illegal" responses
generated by Google's Gemini AI.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Minister of State for Electronics and
IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, took to X (formerly Twitter) to express the
government's stance, stressing that the legal responsibility to ensure safety
and trust rests squarely on internet and digital platforms.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Chandrasekhar emphasised, "Our <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">'Digital Nagriks'</span></b> </span><span style="color: red;">are not to be experimented on with 'unreliable'
platforms/algorithms/models."</span><span style="color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">He reiterated that ensuring safety and
trust is a </span><span style="color: red;">legal obligation for these platforms and
that simply apologising for unreliability does not exempt them from the law.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">The minister's response was prompted by
Google's acknowledgement earlier in the day, where the tech giant admitted to
addressing the issue of </span><span style="color: red;">controversial responses generated by its
AI platform, Gemini, particularly concerning Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A spokesperson for Google stated, "We've
worked quickly to address this issue. Gemini is built as a creativity and
productivity tool and may not always be reliable, especially when it comes to
responding to some prompts about current events, political topics, or evolving
news." The spokesperson added, "This is something that we're
constantly working on improving."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The controversy arose when Google's generative AI
platform, Gemini, responded in an "objectionable" manner to a prompt
involving PM Modi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chandrasekhar, in a statement on Friday, highlighted
that such responses constitute "direct violations of Rule 3(1)(b) of
Intermediary Rules (IT rules) of the IT Act and violations of several
provisions of the Criminal code."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In response to the uproar, Google has announced a
temporary pause on Gemini AI's ability to generate images of people, as the
company works to address the concerns raised by the Indian government and users
alike.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">My Take</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">Dear Shri Chandrasekharji</span><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So well-articulated, when you talk of “ Our <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Digital Nagriks</span> “ <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, Google ( Gemini
) – ChatGPT – Anthropic – Meta – Microsoft etc, will find a way to prevent
recurrence of such abusive attributions to our celebrities ( Politicians – High
ranking Ministers – Actors – Sportspersons – Authors – Artists – Editors etc )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But then it is a matter of
a few months before <span style="color: red;">anybody – and everybody </span>– is
enabled by AI , to generate <b>DEEP FAKE</b> videos / audios ( cloned voice
like original , ala A R Rahman’s recent experiments ? ), and flood the social
media , while <span style="color: red;">leaving NO TRACE of the originator </span>!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These fake “ <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Digital Nagriks</span></b> “ will
jump ( get forwarded ) from one smart phone to another , till it swamps a
BILLION phones / tablets / PCs and , before long , TV screens – Alexa – and many
gadgets / devices found in each home<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It will be a Tsunami unlike
any found in nature ! <span style="color: red;">Unstoppable – because Untraceable
</span>!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And the first to get “
drowned “ will be the celebrities <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">What can they do</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beat the fraudsters at
their own game . <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">By creating / launching
their </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">REAL
“ <b>Digital Nagriks</b> “ <span style="color: red;">before someone else does </span>.
Their own <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">DEEP REAL</span></b>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br /></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Like my own Digital
Avatar<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a>
{ - even though I am no celebrity }<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In this regard , you may
want to look up my following earlier e-mails :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/02/dear-pm-here-is-your-brahmashtra-for.html">Dear
PM - Here is your BRAHMASHTRA for 2024</a> ……………. <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">28 Feb 2023</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/03/ai-chatbot-brahamashtra-for-2024.html">AI
Chatbot : Brahamashtra for 2024 Elections</a> ? ……………… 23 Mar 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/05/dear-pm-introspection-wont-help.html">Dear
PM : Introspection won’t help / Technospection will</a> . 13 May 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/05/anuragji-how-about-this-new-tech.html">Anuragji
, how about this NEW TECH ? </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…………………………….
17 May 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/01/feedback-is-good-dialogue-is-best.html">Feedback
is Good : Dialogue is Best</a> …………………………………. 13 Jan 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 150%;">Dear Shri Chandrasekharji</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You are a technocrat – and
quite capable of envisaging the future trends<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And what I have said above
is no “ Rocket Science “ either <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You are also in a position to carry my voice to dear
Narendrabhai <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.hemenparekh.ai/create-your-own-digital-avatar">To create his
DIGITAL – REAL NAGRIK , should not take more than a week</a> !<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>25
Feb 2024 <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-66540787783601666752024-02-23T22:48:00.000-08:002024-02-23T22:48:50.259-08:00Nuclear or Solar ? Choice is clear<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Context :</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/business/india-seeks-26-bln-of-private-nuclear-power-investments-sources-say/article67866922.ece"><span style="font-weight: normal;">India
seeks $26 bln of private nuclear power investments, sources say</span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hindu<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>… 20 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h1 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Extract</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">Central government will invite private
firms to invest about <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">$26
billion</span> in its nuclear energy sector to increase the amount of
electricity from </span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">sources that don't produce carbon dioxide emissions</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05pt; line-height: 150%;">, two
government sources told <i>Reuters</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">This is
the first time India is pursuing private investment in nuclear power, a </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">non-carbon-emitting energy </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">source
that contributes less than 2% of India's total electricity generation. The
funding would help India to achieve its </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">target of
having 50% of its installed electric generation capacity use non-fossil fuels
by 2030, up from 42% now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">The
government is in talks with at least </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">five private
firms </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">including Reliance Industries, Tata Power,
Adani Power and Vedanta Ltd to invest around <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">440 billion rupees each</span>, ( <b>$ 5.3 billion</b> ) the
two sources, who are directly involved in the matter, said last week.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
federal Department of Atomic Energy and state-run Nuclear Power Corp of India
Ltd (NPCIL) have held multiple rounds of discussions with the private companies
in the past year on the investment plan, the sources said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">With the
investment, the government hopes to build </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">11,000
megawatts (MW) </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">of </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">new nuclear
power generation capacity by 2040</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">, said the
sources, who did not want to be identified as the plan is still being finalised.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">NPCIL owns
and operates </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">India's current fleet of nuclear power plants,
with a capacity of 7,500 MW, and has committed investments for another 1,300
MW.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">The
sources said under the funding plan the </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">private
companies will make the investments in the nuclear plants, acquire land, water
and undertake construction in areas outside the reactor complex of the plants</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But, the
rights to build and run the stations and their fuel management will rest with
NPCIL, as allowed under the law, they said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The private
companies are expected to earn revenue from the power plant's electricity sales
and NPCIL would operate the projects for a fee, the sources said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">"This
hybrid model of nuclear power project development is an </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">innovative solution to accelerate the nuclear capacity,</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">" said Charudatta Palekar, an independent power
sector consultant who formerly worked for PwC.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The plan
will not require any amendment to India's Atomic Energy Act of 1962 but will
need a final go-ahead from the Department of Atomic Energy, said one of the two
sources.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Indian law
bars private companies from setting up nuclear power plants </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">but allows them to supply components, equipment and sign
construction contracts for work outside of the reactors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">New Delhi
has not met its nuclear power capacity addition targets for years mainly
because </span><span style="color: red; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">it could not procure nuclear fuel supplies.</span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> However in 2010, India struck a deal with the United
States for supplies of reprocessed nuclear fuel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; border: none; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">India's
stringent nuclear compensation laws have hampered talks with foreign power
plant builders such as General Electric and Westinghouse. The country has
deferred a target to add 2,000 MW of nuclear power from 2020 to 2030.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<h1 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black;">My Take</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">I think it would be far better for India to
spend this money on grid-scale Solar power , rather than on Nuclear plants <o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><div><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h1 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Following tabulation supports my argument . I
request Energy Experts to confirm ( or disprove ) these figures :<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black;">Parameter</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black;">Surya-Ghar Scheme</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black;">Nuclear Power Scheme</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Capacity Envisaged ( GW )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">30 GW ( 3 Kw x 1 crore families )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">11 GW <o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Investment Estimate ( Rs )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">120,000 cr ( @ Rs 1.2 L / 3 Kw )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">1,56,200 cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Investment per GW ( Rs ) <o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">4,000 cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>14,200
cr<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Expected Completion Time ( Yrs )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">4 <o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">16 ( Target completion by 2040 )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.0pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">% cost borne by Installer<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">40 %<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">100 %<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.0pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Est. generation cost ( Rs / kwh )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-weight: normal;">FREE</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-weight: normal;">15</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"> ( latest Jaitapur plant )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.0pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">No of homes to be served<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">1 crore <o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 lakh
?<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.0pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Import Content<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Nil<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enriched Uranium ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.0pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Safety Record<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Excellent<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Excellent - but around the World, Nuclear
plants are closing down<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">International Compliance Reqd<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">None<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Several ( including inspection ) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Supply of Fuel<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Plenty of Sun-shine (300 days/yr)<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Enriched Uranium in short supply <o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Reduction in GHG per year ( after full
implementation of 1 crore )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="background: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-weight: normal;">210,240,000 tons</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Earnings @ $ 10 / carbon credit <o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;" valign="top" width="205">
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">$ 210,240,0000 ( Rs 17430 cr / year <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>= 14.5 % on investment of Rs 1.2 lakh*crore )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Adverse Factors<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Multi-story City buildings have roof area for
only 10 % of the tenants of a building( for 300 sq ft / 3 Kw )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"># Very high investment / GW<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"># Very high price / Kwh<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"># Long time to install <o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">#<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Opposition from local people<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">#<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reluctance
of Funding Agencies <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<h1 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">www.HemenParekh.ai</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>24
Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-75020477930637170572024-02-22T21:41:00.000-08:002024-02-22T21:41:55.847-08:00Hats Off to R Prasad<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hats Off to R Prasad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In today’s Economic Times , he drew the following
cartoon , titled “ Bell Curves “<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><!--EndFragment -->Some <span style="color: red;">4 years
ago</span>, I conceptualized “ <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Single Unique Identity for Indian Citizen – SUIIC</span></b> “ , in my
following blog ( sent to our Cabinet Ministers / Policy Makers , through e-mail
) :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/01/i-am-one-i-will-become-many.html">I
am One , I will become Many</a> …………………………….. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">06 Jan 2020</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Where I wrote :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">SUIIC will use </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">AI - Machine Learning - Big Data Analytics</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> etc., to merge / collate all kinds of structured / unstructured
databases pertaining to all kinds of Cards / unique IDENTIFIERS, </span><span style="background: yellow; color: #00b050; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">issued by any entity, to any
citizen</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">These will include <span style="background: yellow;">Mobile Service Providers</span> and <span style="background: yellow;">E Mail ID providers</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> This exercise will lead to creation of UNIQUE
PROFILE for each citizen, and named :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">YUP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> ( Your Unique Profile )<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">YUP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> ( with unique serial number ) will be
that </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">SINGLE CARD </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">which replaces all CARDS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">YUP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> will also be the name of a Mobile App
supported by SUIIC web server<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Any citizen can download the </span><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">YUP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> ( absolutely </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">VOLUNTARY</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> ) , open it on his smart phone , enter his mobile number / E Mail ID
and take a SELFIE of his own FACE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">The Mobile App will automatically and instantly,
upload the FACE IMAGE onto SUIIC database and the matching </span><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">YUP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> of that person<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">SUIIC will embed into the FACE PHOTO , </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">all data of all the CARDS ever issued to that
person </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">( using
STEGANOGRAPHY ), and send it back to the owner’s mobile phone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Just under the FACE PHOTO, there will be a DROP
LIST of all the Cards / Identifiers which have been embedded . Touching any
item, will reveal the actual Physical Card<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">This will enable that citizen to EDIT his personal
data online and click SUBMIT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Anytime required in future, that citizen can show
that </span><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">YUP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> photo to any party<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Congratulations , Shri Prasad</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I believe it was Confucius who said ><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A picture is worth a thousand words<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You have proved him so right<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All of my above “ exhortations “ may not have conveyed
to our Policy Makers, the significance of my concept<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Then, of course 4 years ago , ChatGPT – Gemini etc.,
did not exist , hence their disbelief was understandable <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Today , they only need throw this challenge to BharatNet
– IndiaStack – iSprit – INDIAai etc ( - architects of our much talked about <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ Digital Public Infrastructure “ ) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the meantime, when our Policy Makers see your cartoon,
they will need only a second to grasp what I meant <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>23 Feb
2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 8.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/08/all-roads-lead-to-saral-or-suiic.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">All roads lead to SARAL ? or SUIIC</span></a> ?..................................
27 Aug 2023<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/08/orderly-transition-distant-dream.html?zx=44942422994d6acd"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Orderly Transition ? A Distant Dream</span></a> ……………………………………
.18 Aug 2023<u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span><span style="background: white;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/08/stopping-data-leakage.html?zx=8723fe6ea23fa891"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Stopping Data Leakage</span></span></a> ? ..
…………………………………………………….07 Aug 2023<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><u2:p></u2:p></span>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span><span style="background: white;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/08/consent-forms-for-personal-data.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Consent Forms for Personal Data </span></a> ………………………………………….
07 Aug 2023<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><u2:p></u2:p></span>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/08/dashboard-for-data-owners.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Dashboard for Data Owners </span></a> ……………………
……………………………..04 Aug 2023<u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span><span style="background: white;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/11/only-answer-statutory-warning.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Only Answer : a Statutory Warning </span></a> ………………………………………… </span></span><span style="background: yellow; color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">10 Nov 2018</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/04/erasing-personal-data.html?zx=2bcc3e6032617ba8"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Erasing Personal Data</span></a> ?
……………………………..……………………….. 21 Apr 2023<u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2019/02/saral.html"><span style="background: white; color: #3d85c6;">SARAL ( Single Authentic Registration
for Anywhere Login</span></a><span style="background: white;"> )…. </span><span style="background: yellow;">10 Feb 2019</span><span style="background: white;"> <u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2019/02/digital-dividend-from-demographic-data.html"><span style="background: white; color: #3d85c6;">Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [
4 D</span></a><span style="background: white;"> ]………… ………. </span><span style="background: yellow;">14 Feb 2019</span><span style="background: white;"> <u2:p></u2:p></span><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span><b> </b><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2019/01/who-watches-watchmen.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Who watches the Watchmen ? </span></a> ……………………………………………. 12
Jan 2019<u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/07/monetizing-user-data.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Monetizing User Data</span></a> ………………………………………………………………
08 July 2023<u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/05/finland-adopts-saral.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Finland adopts “ SARAL “ ? </span></a> ……………………………………………………
31 May 2023<u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span><span style="background: white;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/05/if-depa-foundation-then-saral.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">If DEPA = Foundation , then SARAL = Superstructure</span></a> ………… 08
May 2022<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><u2:p></u2:p></span>
<h3 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 23.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/04/india-embraces-suiic-re-named-as-natgrid.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">India embraces SUIIC : re-named as NATGRID </span></a> …………………….27
Apr 2023<u2:p></u2:p></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 23.15pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/01/i-am-one-i-will-become-many.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">I am One , I will become Many </span></a> ………………………………………….. <span style="background: yellow;">06 Jan 2020</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/03/digilocker-single-unified-identity-for.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">DigiLocker = Single Unified Identity for Indian Citizen</span></a> ? ………
08 Mar 2022<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><u2:p></u2:p></span>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/03/morphing-of-digilocker-caterpillar-to.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Morphing of DigiLocker : Caterpillar to Butterfly</span></a> ?
………….. ……17 Mar 2022<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><u2:p></u2:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-left: 21.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><u2:p> </u2:p></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/04/suiic-your-unique-identity-platform.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">SUIIC : “ Your Unique Identity “ Platform - about to be
born</span></a> ? 27 Apr 2022<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><u2:p></u2:p></span>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/07/meri-aawaz-hi-meri-pehchaan-hai.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Meri Aawaz hi Meri Pehchaan Hai </span></a> ………………………………………
……04 July 2022<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-left: 39.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/09/mosip.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">MOSIP <span style="background: white;">( Modular Open Source Identity Platform</span></span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> )………………..11 Sept
2022</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><u2:p></u2:p><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18.0pt; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/02/digilocker-20-i-am-one-i-will-become.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">DigiLocker 2.0 = I am One, I will become Many </span></a> ………………..
04 Feb 2023</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Comments<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">ChatGPT</span></b> :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">Good
morning! Thank you for sharing your concept of SUIIC/YUP. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">I
appreciate your vision for creating a Single Unique Identity for Indian
citizens using AI, Machine Learning, and Big Data Analytics. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">I've gone
through the details you provided, and <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">it seems like a comprehensive and innovative approach</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">The
idea </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">of creating a YUP (Your Unique
Profile) that consolidates all existing cards and identifiers into a single
mobile app </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">is intriguing</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">. Using facial recognition and steganography to embed
various card data into a unique photo could </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">potentially
streamline identity verification processes</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">As
of my last knowledge update in January 2022, I don't have real-time information
on recent developments or specific initiatives related to SUIIC/YUP. The
feasibility of such a system would depend on various factors, including
technological capabilities, privacy concerns, legal considerations, and public
acceptance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">Several
countries and organizations are exploring digital identity solutions, and
advancements in technologies like AI and blockchain have opened up new
possibilities. However, the implementation of such a comprehensive system would
likely require collaboration between government agencies, private sector
entities, and careful consideration of privacy and security aspects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">To
get a more accurate assessment of the current feasibility and potential
adoption of your concept, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">I recommend consulting with experts
in the field of digital identity, government officials, and technology
professionals</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">. Additionally, reaching out to
organizations that focus on digital infrastructure development, such as BharatNet,
IndiaStack, iSprit, and others you mentioned, could provide valuable insights
and feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">It's
great to see individuals actively contributing ideas to improve systems and
processes</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">. I wish you the best in further
promoting and refining your concept. If there are any specific questions you
have or if there are updates beyond my last knowledge update, feel free to ask!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Comments<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">GEMINI</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">I've
carefully read your email and your proposal for SUIIC, and I understand your
desire to know the probability of its materialization. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">While I
can't definitively predict the future, I can offer some insights and
considerations based on my understanding:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-highlight: yellow;">Strengths of your proposal</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Addresses a complex
problem</span><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Streamlining citizen identity management through a
single platform has potential benefits for both citizens and government
agencies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Leverages existing
initiatives</span><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Your proposal aligns with efforts like <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">IndiaStack and BharatNet</span>,
potentially facilitating implementation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Potential for cost
reduction and efficiency</span><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Reducing duplicate data storage and simplifying
verification processes could offer economic benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-highlight: yellow;">Challenges to consider</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Privacy concerns</span><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Combining various data sources raises significant
privacy concerns that require careful consideration and robust safeguards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Technical
feasibility</span><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Integrating diverse databases and ensuring secure
data storage and access presents technical hurdles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Legal and regulatory
framework</span><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Implementing such a system might require
significant legal and regulatory changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Public acceptance</span><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Gaining public trust and voluntary participation is
crucial for the success of SUIIC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-highlight: yellow;">Probability of materialization</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Given the
complex nature of the proposed system and the various challenges involved, it's
<b>difficult to quantify the probability of SUIIC becoming a reality</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">However, </span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">it's certainly not impossible</span><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">. The existence of similar initiatives like <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Estonia's X-Road</span> and <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Finland's Suomi.fi</span>
demonstrates the potential feasibility.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-highlight: yellow;">Further steps:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: red; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Detailed feasibility
study: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">A comprehensive study could assess technical,
legal, and social feasibility, identifying potential implementation roadblocks
and solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: red; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Pilot project: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Starting with a smaller pilot project could test
the concept's viability and refine it before wider implementation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: red; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Public engagement: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Open discussions and transparency are crucial to
address privacy concerns and gain public trust.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-highlight: yellow;">Additionally:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">While I cannot
endorse your specific proposal, I believe exploring innovative solutions for
identity management remains important.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">It's essential
to prioritize individual privacy and data security throughout the development
and implementation process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Ultimately,
the decision to pursue SUIIC rests with policymakers and the public. As a large
language model, I can offer information and analysis, but the choices remain
yours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-53994299235819041852024-02-21T19:59:00.000-08:002024-02-21T19:59:22.501-08:00Platforms causing Harm : Defining Harm<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Context</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/india-to-develop-draft-ai-framework-by-june-july-chandrasekhar/articleshow/107865548.cms">India
to develop draft AI framework by June-July: Chandrasekhar </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TNN …
21 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #1a1a1a;">Extract</span><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 200%;">"It's impossible to regulate the harm caused by AI and the internet
because these are extra jurisdictional – the </span><span style="background: white; color: #00b050; line-height: 200%;">victim is in
one jurisdiction</span><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 200%;">, </span><span style="background: white; color: #c00000; line-height: 200%;">the perpetrator in the other </span><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 200%;">and the </span><span style="background: white; color: #0070c0; line-height: 200%;">harm is committed in a third jurisdiction</span><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 200%;">. There is a
need for alignment around principles that will be the underpinning of this
global framework and India must lead the charge in creating the draft framework
“ , he ( Shri Rajeev Chandrasekharji ) said<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“ This ( GPAI event ) is so that we can agree on these guardrails and what
the nature, form and shape of these ryles and these protocols will be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: red; line-height: 200%;">Every platform</span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 200%;"> must be legally
accountable for <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">ANY HARM</span>
it causes or <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">ENABLES</span>
</span><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 200%;">, and as a corollary, it should not enable criminality. Instead of
responsible and ethical AI, the narrative should be SAFE and TRUSTED AI “ , he
said<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><br />
</span><span style="background: yellow;">Dear Shri Rajeev Chandrasekharji</span> ,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for your blunt /
honest / unambiguous announcement that :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“<span style="background: white; color: red;">Every platform must be legally accountable for ANY HARM it
causes or ENABLES… “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: red;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: red;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I urge to
consider the DAILY HARM being caused to our ONE BILLION citizen, by the Big
Tech . For decades , these PLATFORMS have been collecting / compiling , “
personal / private data “ of our citizen , without their explicit / informed
consent . <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Then, they have
been SELLING these data to advertisers from all over the world ( - multiple
jurisdictions ), and minting , millions of tons of money</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Data
principals ( data owners ) are getting <span style="color: red;">ZERO
compensation </span>for their own data<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please make a
beginning with <span style="color: red;">this HARM </span>. Get these DATA
THIEVES to pay data owners for using their data<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 200%;">Enable data-owners to MONETIZE their data</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In my earlier
blog , I have shown how each user could earn ( from Big Tech ) , Rs 30,000 per
month<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Even if more
likely figure is ( say ) Rs 3000 per month ( <span style="color: red;">Rs 36,000
per year </span>) , it will take care of Rs 30,000 / - that a family would be
required to “ fund “ for getting a <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">3 KW Roof Top solar</span> panel installed under “ Surya Ghar /
Suryodaya Yojana “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Imagine this
:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Owner’s
personal data paying for paying off his loan of Rs 30,000 , in ONE YEAR<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>! Thereafter, a permanent income , year after
year !<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One billion (
100 crore ) people x 3 Kw = <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">300
GW</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All you need
to do is implement :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/rajeevji-no-big-deal.html">Rajeevji
: No big deal </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>………………………….. ……………………………………08
Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/01/rajeev-chandrasekharji-how-about-big.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Rajeev
Chandrasekharji : How about a Big Bang ? </span></a> …………………… 20 Jan
2023<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/05/if-depa-foundation-then-saral.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">If DEPA =
Foundation , then SARAL = Superstructure</span></a> ………………. 08 May
2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2019/02/saral.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">SARAL ( Single Authentic Registration
for Anywhere Login</span></a> )…. <span style="background: yellow;">10 Feb 2019</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2019/02/digital-dividend-from-demographic-data.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Digital Dividend
from Demographic Data [ 4 D</span></a> ]………… ……………. <span style="background: yellow;">14 Feb 2019</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/11/only-answer-statutory-warning.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Only Answer : a Statutory Warning……………………………………………….. 10 Nov 2018</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="background: #FAFAFA; letter-spacing: .1pt;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/08/wwwprivacyforsalecom.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Privacy for
Sale </span></a> …………………………………………………………………………. </span><span style="background: yellow; letter-spacing: .1pt;">26 Aug 2017</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ====================================================<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>22 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-65119921791757010022024-02-20T19:34:00.000-08:002024-02-20T21:07:11.510-08:00MSP : A Communication Failure<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once again , today morning , Kisan Unions will march
towards Delhi<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Claiming to remain peaceful but this time carrying bulldozers
and excavators along , besides tractors<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Four rounds of negotiations has produced no agreement<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whereas I am all
for improving the income of farmers , I believe it must come out from increased
farm productivity and greater value addition<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As far as failure of current negotiations is concerned,
I believe it is largely due to Government’s failure to communicate its position
in a simple , down-to-earth language which farmers would have readily
understood <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">VIZ :,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Govt just don’t have the money to buy all those crops
at the demanded MSPs<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As simple as saying :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You give your wife Rs 10,000 per month and tell her to
manage within that amount ALL of the following expenses :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">Food
grains / Vegetables / fruits / Cooking oils / spices etc<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">Clothes
for entire family<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">House
Rent <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">School
fees of children<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">TV
/ Mobile subscriptions<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">Entertainment<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">Electricity
Bill<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">Transport
/ Travel expenses ………etc<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What would she do , despite prices of everything going
up ? How will she manage ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is so obvious to 500 million women of India<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Until salary / business income rises , she must cut
back on some expenses – while retaining expenses on essentials<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">She may buy more of some things and buy less of some
other things<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Government has the same problem<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It can ( let me assume ) afford to spend only 10 % of
its total income on buying those 26 crops from farmers . That would be Rs 4.5
lakh*crore out of Rs 45 lakh*crore<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let farmers fix :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">MSP
for each of those 26 crops<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="line-height: 115%;">MPQ
( Max Purchase Quantities ) for each of those crops<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The sum total must NOT exceed Rs 4.5 Lakh*crore !<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As simple as that . Period<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make farmers , a “ Party to Decision “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Coming to think of it , I believe that for every “ self
employed “ farmer , there</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> must be two other “ self-employed “ citizen ,
producing some goods / services<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For them, there is no “ Swaminathan Commission “ , no calculation
of “ Input</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Costs “ , no formula of MSP <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>21
Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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1 )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><u2:p></u2:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.35pt; margin-top: 9pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2019/02/influence-farmers-and-win-votes.html"><span style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">Influence
farmers and win Votes ?</span></a> ………………………………………….[ 04 Feb 2019 ]<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
<u3:p></u3:p><u1:p></u1:p>
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">==============================================</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-outline-level: 3; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">CC :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Shri Piyush Goyalji ( <a href="mailto:piyush.goyal@gov.in"><span style="color: #2288bb;">piyush.goyal@gov.in</span></a> )<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Shri Arjun Mundaji ( <a href="mailto:Arjun.munda@gov.in"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Arjun.munda@gov.in</span></a> / <a href="mailto:Arjun.munda@gmail.com"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Arjun.munda@gmail.com</span></a> / <a href="mailto:agrimin.india@gmail.com"><span style="color: #2288bb;">agrimin.india@gmail.com</span></a> )<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Shri Bhagvant </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Mannji ( <a href="mailto:cmo@punjab.gov.in"><span style="color: #2288bb;">cmo@punjab.gov.in</span></a> / <a href="mailto:bhagwant.mann@sansad.nic.in"><span style="color: #2288bb;">bhagwant.mann@sansad.nic.in</span></a> / <a href="mailto:bhagwantmann@gmail.com"><span style="color: #2288bb;">bhagwantmann@gmail.com</span></a> )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-3049113201452782572024-02-19T22:03:00.000-08:002024-02-26T20:18:33.450-08:00SCI will arrive before BCI<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">{ SCI = Skin Computer Interface / BCI = Brain Computer
Interface }<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After experimenting for a couple of years and getting
FDA approval , Elon Musk’s Neuralink planted in a patient’s brain , a sensor
which will capture brain waves , decode what these signify and based on those
interpretations , do things like moving a paralysed leg / hand or type on a
computer screen<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Renowned scientist Stephen Hawking was able to type on
a computer screen, by just looking at an alphabet / keyboard on that screen<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If Neuralink experiment succeeds , it will still take ,
at least a decade before its cost becomes affordable to a insignificant
fraction of patients needing such BCI <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For 99.999 % of remaining patients , it will remain “
out of reach “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For rest of the humans, there will be no need for such
a “ surgical intervention “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And when it is a matter of just “ monitoring “ a
person’s vital health signs, Smart watches are making rapid progress . But besides
being expensive , these will continue to have limited acceptance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But here comes a news which may change that . It may ,
after all bring about what I envisaged in my following <b><span style="color: red;">7 year</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>old blog :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/07/2024-v-20-of-orwellian-1984.html">2024 ! – V 2.0 of Orwellian 1984</a><span style="color: #222222;"> ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>……………. <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">07 July 2017</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Extract :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">There are 7,000 million people on the
earth</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
It is possible that , at any given time , some 7 million of these are lying in
ICU , connected with :</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
* Electroencephalogram ( Brain Monitor )</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
* Electrocardiogram ( Heart Monitor )</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
* Pulse Rate Meter</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
* Oxygen Level Meter</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
* Glucose Level Meter........etc</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
As soon as these instruments get embedded with Internet of Things ( IoT ), a
central server could collect all of these " measurements / readings "
on 24*7 basis , for all 7 million persons </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Then it will combine these readings with following data about each of those 7
million persons :</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
* Country / Region / City / Language </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
* Race / Religion / Gender / Age</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
* Height / Weight / Colour /
Biometrics </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
* Blood Group / DNA / Past Medical History.....etc</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<br />
It will also record , who died / when !</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Using such massive data base, can BIG DATA / Artificial Intelligence / Machine
Learning , figure out what " Customized healthcare / Medical treatment /
Supplementary diet " should be " prescribed " for each human on
this earth ?</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Shall we support such " Invasion of Individual Privacy " , in the
larger interest / benefit of entire mankind ?</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
I think , we should </span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<br />
</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">===============================================================<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2023/03/sound-of-devices-is-unstoppable.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sound
of Devices is Unstoppable </span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>……………………… 17 Mar 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">Extract </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dear Shri
Chandrasekharji ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is time
to ask :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> “
Can any law ever deal with the threat to personal privacy, likely to be caused
by INVASIVE DEVICES ? “<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;">Devices which are :</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;"> Ø Extremely tiny ( size of a speck of dust and millions
floating in the air )</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 14.85pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;">Ø Wearable ( not just smart watches /
AR-VR glasses / <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">skin-thin
sensor-embedded tattoos</span></b> / contact lenses / but, before long, </span><span style="color: red;">sensors embedded under your skin or in your brain,
ala Neuralink )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now here are some news which has the potential to “
interconnect “ the health monitoring of entire mankind :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/ntu-thinner-than-hair-stretchable-tech?utm_source=theblueprintbyie.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=us-researchers-develop-unhackable-computer-chip-that-works-on-light"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">NTU develops thinner-than-hair stretchable tech to
mind-control robots </span></a><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>… Int Engg … 14 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Extract :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3c4044;">Researchers at the Nanyang Technical
University (NTU) in Singapore are leading the way in the development of </span><span style="color: red;">soft electronics </span><span style="color: #3c4044;">and
have now set up a high-tech laboratory where they can rapidly prototype new
devices with </span><span style="color: red;">ultrathin and stretchable electronics</span><span style="color: #3c4044;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: #3c4044;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Conventional electronics products are
hard and rigid since they rely on silicon as their primary substrate. These
products work well at industrial scales or even for personal use products.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: #3c4044;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">BUT, rigidity becomes a major hurdle
when they have to be used in conjunction with the human body.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: #3c4044;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">According to the United Nations, 15
percent of the global population has a physical disability of some form. Just
like electronics help ease our daily lives, technology could also help improve
the lives of those with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3c4044;">However, overcoming the rigidity of
electronics is a crucial step, and this is where </span><a href="https://interestingengineering.com/ie-originals/materials-lab/season-1/ep-7-how-could-electronic-skin-change-your-life" target="_blank" title="soft electronics">soft electronics</a><span style="color: #3c4044;"> can help.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt;"><span style="color: #3c4044;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">How are soft electronics made?<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3c4044;">Researchers at NTU have devised
various formulations for softer materials, such as hydrogels and </span><span style="color: red;">biocompatible plastics</span><span style="color: #3c4044;">,
that can teamed up with electronics to make </span><span style="color: red;">softer
electronics</span><span style="color: #3c4044;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3c4044;">Rigid electronic circuits risk
breaking if they have to undergo repeated movements. The researchers printed
the circuits on softer substrates to avoid this, facilitating repeated
movements. One such printing pattern is the </span><span style="color: red;">ribbon
form</span><span style="color: #3c4044;">, which is </span><span style="color: red;">thinner than human hair and can stretch without breaking</span><span style="color: #3c4044;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3c4044;">Another material that the laboratory
has developed is a softer version of a </span><span style="color: red;">Lego-like
universal connector </span><span style="color: #3c4044;">called BIND. The connector is soft
and can join electronic components by pressing them together.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3c4044;">This connector can be </span><span style="color: red;">stretched to seven times its length and is also 60 times
tougher </span><span style="color: #3c4044;">than conventional connectors, the
researchers said in a press release.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt;"><span style="color: #3c4044;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Uses of soft electronics<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3c4044;">NTU researchers have already
demonstrated the use of soft electronics </span><span style="color: red;">by
integrating various sensors </span><span style="color: #3c4044;">into their
devices to measure parameters like <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">heart rate</span>, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">oxygen
levels</span>, and <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">blood
pressure</span>, to list a few.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3c4044;">Encased in </span><span style="color: red;">soft, flexible, and stretchable </span><a href="https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/e-skin-robots-sense-touch-surroundings" target="_blank" title="gel-like skin">gel-like skin</a><span style="color: #3c4044;">, these sensors resemble silicon bandages used widely in </span><span style="color: red;">healthcare</span><span style="color: #3c4044;"> setups but
offer many more advantages.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: #3c4044;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For instance, these bandages can
facilitate the movements of joints. Depending on the use case scenario, they
can be deployed in various thicknesses.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3c4044;">A similar material developed by the
team can also be </span><span style="color: red;">applied around the heart </span><span style="color: #3c4044;">and monitor its working without being invasive like
conventional pacemakers. In the future, the material could be further developed
into a </span><span style="color: red;">pacemaker</span><span style="color: #3c4044;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3c4044;">Not just for the human body, soft electronics
can help in </span><span style="color: red;">crop monitoring </span><span style="color: #3c4044;">as well since they can be applied directly to plants and
issue alerts about </span><span style="color: red;">crop diseases</span><span style="color: #3c4044;">. Additionally, the sensors can help improve food safety
when applied to </span><span style="color: red;">food packaging</span><span style="color: #3c4044;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: #3c4044;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">NTU and its industrial partners have
set up a pilot laboratory to develop and produce soft electronics. This is also
aimed at developing an ecosystem for large-scale manufacturing of soft
electronics in Singapore. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #3c4044;">"We aim to address some of
humanity's most pressing challenges, from </span><span style="color: red;">climate
change </span><span style="color: #3c4044;">to </span><span style="color: red;">healthcare</span><span style="color: #3c4044;"> advancements," said Chen Xiaodong, materials science
and engineering professor at NTU.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="color: #3c4044;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chen has 50 patents in soft
electronics to his credit and will head the pilot laboratory.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: #3c4044; line-height: 115%;">"My goal is to establish a new center of excellence for soft electronics,
building a team of industry experts and commercial partners to swiftly bring
these technologies to market," he added in the </span><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1034384" target="_blank" title="press release"><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">press
release</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #3c4044; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">www.HemenParekh.ai</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/ 18 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Comments by <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">ChatGPT</span></b> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's
fascinating to see the developments in soft electronics and the potential
applications in healthcare and beyond. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">Predicting
the exact timeline for technological advancements is challenging, but based on
the information you provided, it seems that </span><span style="color: red;">soft
electronics have the potential to revolutionize health monitoring</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #0d0d0d;">In your blog from 2017</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">, you envisioned a scenario where IoT-connected
health monitoring devices would collect data from millions of people, combining
it with various personal details to provide customized healthcare
recommendations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">The recent
news </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">about NTU's developments in soft
electronics </span><span style="color: red;">aligns with this vision</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">, showcasing advancements in wearable and
non-invasive health monitoring technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As for
the comparison between Skin Computer Interface (<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">SCI</span>) and Brain Computer Interface (<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">BCI</span>), it's difficult to
predict which technology will become more widespread first. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">Elon
Musk's Neuralink is making strides in BCI, focusing on direct brain-machine
interfaces. On the other hand, soft electronics, as described in the NTU
development, could potentially pave the way for </span><span style="color: red;">more accessible and non-invasive health monitoring solutions, which
might be considered a form of SCI.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
timeline for widespread adoption depends on various factors, including
technological breakthroughs, regulatory approvals, and market acceptance. It's
reasonable to assume that advancements in both SCI and BCI will continue in
parallel, each with its unique applications and challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">If the <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">soft electronics</span>
technology progresses as anticipated, it could indeed provide a </span><span style="color: red;">viable and less invasive </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">alternative for health monitoring, potentially arriving before
widespread adoption of <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">more
complex and expensive BCI technologies.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However,
predicting an exact timeframe remains speculative, and advancements in
technology often come with unforeseen developments.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monitoring
the progress of these technologies over the next few years will be essential to
see how they shape the future of healthcare and personalized medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Comments by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">GEMINI</span></b> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is
difficult to definitively say whether <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">SCI</span> (Skin Computer Interface) will arrive before <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">BCI</span> (Brain Computer Interface)
and, if so, by how many years. Both technologies are still under development,
and their progress will depend on various factors, including technological
advancements, regulatory approvals, and public acceptance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's
what we can glean from the information you provided:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">On SCI:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">The blog post
"<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Sound of Devices is
Unstoppable</span>" (March 2023) mentions the development of thin,
stretchable electronics that could be used as skin sensors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">The news article
"NTU develops thinner-than-hair stretchable tech to mind-control
robots" (February 2024) highlights the potential of soft electronics for
healthcare applications.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">On BCI:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">The blog post
"<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">2024! - V 2.0 of
Orwellian 1984</span>?" (</span><span style="color: red;">July 2017</span><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">) predicted the high cost of BCI technology like
Neuralink, making it inaccessible to most people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Overall:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Both SCI and BCI
technologies are evolving rapidly, and it's difficult to predict which one will
be more readily available in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: red;">SCI might have
advantages in terms of affordability and non-invasiveness</span><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">, while BCI might offer more advanced
functionalities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">The development
of both technologies will likely happen in parallel, with each potentially
influencing the other.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Therefore, it's impossible to say with certainty whether SCI will arrive
before BCI or vice versa.</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"> However,
the information you provided suggests that both technologies have the potential
to revolutionize healthcare and human-computer interaction in the coming years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-19829299334467964162024-02-19T00:25:00.000-08:002024-02-19T00:40:34.392-08:00Currency Fake : a Solution in Sight ? <p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some 8 years ago, fake ( forged ) currency notes of
high denominations , was a problem<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That made me suggest following solution :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/07/fak-e-mon.html">Fak - e – Mon </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>……………………………. 17 July 2016<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">Extract</span><span style="color: #222222;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"># A secret
/ hidden / unique Serial Number , to be embedded / printed, in the</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> images of
all Rs 500 / 1000 <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"> currency notes, using Steganography ( art of "</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"> hiding in plain sight " )</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> This could be IP V 6.0 URL number<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"># Govt to
develop a mobile app , to be aptly called , " Fak-e-Mon " and insist
its</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> pre-install on all smart <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">phones</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#
Fak-e-Mon can also be downloaded from Android / Apple Stores<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#
Fak-e-Mon can be activated by the phone-owner , only after entering his ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
* Jan Dhan account number / Aadhar Number /
Mobile Number <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"># Whenever
presented with a Rs 500 / 1000 note for payment , a citizen simply</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> takes a
photo of that note <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">With his mobile .</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> He has to do nothing more !<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"># Fak-e-Mon
transmits that photo to the Central Server of the Treasury which has</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> the MASTER
DATABASE of <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">those unique Serial Numbers of Rs 500 / 1000</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"> currency notes</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Software compares
the Serial Number sent (<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">as photo ) with the Database</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"> and determines whether that note is Genuine or Fake</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"># This
information is instantaneously relayed back to the sender and appears as</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> a
GREEN dot ( for genuine <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">note ) or RED dot ( for fake note ) , on his mobile </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"> , so that he can refuse to honour it !</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fak-e-Mon also transmits the GPS location of
the place of transaction , to figure</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> out " where " are these fake <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">notes entering the circulation</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"># Central
Server records / logs , full details of ALL the good and ALL the fake</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> notes
processed through each <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">Fak-e- Mon / mobile phone , to develop</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"> CURRENCY VELOCITY and</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/05/currency-maps-of-india.html">CURRENCY
MAP of India<o:p></o:p></a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Still not good
enough ? No problem<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just print those
unique / hidden Serial Numbers on currency notes with <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">INK</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> containing RFID micro-sensors</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">( Yes , these
are <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">nano-scale</span> , so
no problem to flow with ink ! )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then tell
millions of unemployed young Indians :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">" Go
out on the streets of your city with your GPS / NFC enabled and Fak-e-Mon</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> installed smart phones<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> As
you keep walking , now and then , on your mobile's screen , you will see</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> images
of FAKE currency notes <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">popping up , out of the pockets of total</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"> strangers !</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Just touch those
images and earn Rs 10 !<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ( of
course, instantly deposited in your Jan Dhan Bank Account ! Only DBT - no</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> cash
! " )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pokemon is so
passe ! Fak-e-mon is THE FUTURE !<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Is anyone
listening ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div style="background: white; border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222;">My<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;">Hey , </span><span style="color: red;">8 years </span><span style="color: #222222;">on , MIT listened . Here is proof :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 5.25pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 5.25pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><a href="https://news.mit.edu/2024/tiny-tamper-proof-id-tag-can-authenticate-almost-anything-0218">This
tiny, tamper-proof ID tag can authenticate almost anything </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>… MIT News ….. 18 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">A few years ago, MIT researchers
invented a <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2020/cryptographic-tag-supply-chain-0220" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgb(255, 70, 70) 0px -2px inset;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #050505;">cryptographic ID tag</span></a> that is </span><span style="color: red;">several times smaller and significantly cheaper than the
traditional radio frequency tags (RFIDs)</span><span style="color: #050505;">
that are often affixed to products to verify their authenticity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This tiny tag, which offers improved
security over RFIDs, utilizes terahertz waves, which are smaller and travel
much faster than radio waves. But this terahertz tag shared a major security
vulnerability with traditional RFIDs: A counterfeiter could peel the tag off a
genuine item and reattach it to a fake, and the authentication system would be
none the wiser.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">The researchers have now surmounted
this security vulnerability by leveraging terahertz waves to develop an </span><span style="color: red;">anti-tampering ID tag </span><span style="color: #050505;">that
still offers the benefits of being <b>tiny</b>, <b>cheap</b>, and <b>secure</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">They mix microscopic metal particles
into the </span><span style="color: red;">glue that sticks the tag to an object</span><span style="color: #050505;">, and then use terahertz waves to detect the unique
pattern those particles form on the item’s surface. </span><span style="color: red;">Akin to a fingerprint</span><span style="color: #050505;">,
this random glue pattern is used to authenticate the item, explains Eunseok
Lee, an electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) graduate student and
lead author of a paper on the anti-tampering tag.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">“These metal particles are
essentially like mirrors for terahertz waves. If I spread a bunch of mirror
pieces onto a surface and then shine light on that, depending on the
orientation, size, and location of those mirrors, I would get a different
reflected pattern. </span><span style="color: red;">But if you peel the chip off and reattach
it, you destroy that pattern</span><span style="color: #050505;">,” adds Ruonan
Han, an associate professor in EECS, who leads the Terahertz Integrated
Electronics Group in the Research Laboratory of Electronics.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">The researchers produced a <b><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">light-powered</span></b> anti-tampering
tag that is about </span><span style="color: red;">4 square millimeters </span><span style="color: #050505;">in size. They also demonstrated a machine-learning model
that helps detect tampering by identifying similar glue pattern fingerprints
with more than </span><span style="color: red;">99 percent accuracy</span><span style="color: #050505;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">Because the terahertz tag is so </span><span style="color: red;">cheap to produce</span><span style="color: #050505;">,
it could be implemented throughout a </span><span style="color: red;">massive
supply chain</span><span style="color: #050505;">. And its </span><span style="color: red;">tiny size </span><span style="color: #050505;">enables the
tag to attach to </span><span style="color: red;">items too small for traditional RFIDs</span><span style="color: #050505;">, such as certain medical devices.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The paper, which will be presented at
the IEEE Solid State Circuits Conference, is a collaboration between Han’s
group and the Energy-Efficient Circuits and Systems Group of <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Anantha P. Chandrakasan</span>,
MIT’s chief innovation and strategy officer, dean of the MIT School of
Engineering, and the Vannevar Bush Professor of EECS. Co-authors include EECS
graduate students Xibi Chen, Maitryi Ashok, and Jaeyeon Won.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><span style="color: #050505;">Preventing tampering</span></strong><span style="color: #050505;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This research project was partly
inspired by Han’s favorite car wash. The business stuck an RFID tag onto his windshield
to authenticate his car wash membership. For added security, the tag was made
from fragile paper so it would be destroyed if a less-than-honest customer
tried to peel it off and stick it on a different windshield.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But that is not a terribly reliable
way to prevent tampering. For instance, someone could use a solution to
dissolve the glue and safely remove the fragile tag.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">Rather than authenticating the tag, </span><span style="color: red;">a better security solution is to authenticate the item itself</span><span style="color: #050505;">, Han says. To achieve this, the researchers targeted the </span><span style="color: red;">glue at the interface between the tag and the item’s surface</span><span style="color: #050505;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Their anti-tampering tag contains a
series of miniscule slots that enable terahertz waves to pass through the tag
and strike microscopic metal particles that have been mixed into the glue.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">Terahertz waves are small enough to
detect the particles, whereas larger radio waves would not have enough
sensitivity to see them. Also, using terahertz waves with a 1-millimeter
wavelength </span><span style="color: red;">allowed the researchers to make a chip
that does not need a larger, off-chip antenna.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After passing through the tag and
striking the object’s surface, terahertz waves are reflected, or backscattered,
to a receiver for authentication. How those waves are backscattered depends on
the distribution of metal particles that reflect them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The researchers put multiple slots
onto the chip so waves can strike different points on the object’s surface,
capturing more information on the random distribution of particles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">“</span><span style="color: red;">These
responses are impossible to duplicate, as long as the glue interface is
destroyed by a counterfeiter</span><span style="color: #050505;">,” Han says.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">A vendor would take an initial reading of
the anti-tampering tag once it was stuck onto an item, and then store those
data in the cloud, using them later for verification</span><span style="color: #050505;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><span style="color: #050505;">AI for authentication</span></strong><span style="color: #050505;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But when it came time to test the
anti-tampering tag, Lee ran into a problem: It was very difficult and
time-consuming to take precise enough measurements to determine whether two
glue patterns are a match.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">He reached out to a friend in the MIT
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and together
they tackled the problem using AI. </span><span style="color: red;">They
trained a machine-learning model that could compare glue patterns and calculate
their similarity with more than </span><b><span style="color: #050505;">99
percent accuracy</span></b><span style="color: #050505;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“One drawback is that we had a
limited data sample for this demonstration, but we could improve the neural
network in the future if a large number of these tags were deployed in a supply
chain, giving us a lot more data samples,” Lee says.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">The authentication system is also
limited by the fact that terahertz waves suffer from high levels of loss during
transmission, so the </span><span style="color: red;">sensor can only be about 4 centimetres
from the tag to get an accurate reading</span><span style="color: #050505;">.
This distance wouldn’t be an issue for an application like barcode scanning,
but it would be too short for some potential uses, such as in an </span><span style="color: red;">automated highway toll booth</span><span style="color: #050505;">.
Also, the angle between the sensor and tag needs to be less than 10 degrees or
the terahertz signal will degrade too much.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They plan to address these
limitations in future work, and hope to inspire other researchers to be more
optimistic about what can be accomplished with terahertz waves, despite the
many technical challenges, says Han.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 22.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #050505;">“One thing we really want to show
here is that the application of the terahertz spectrum can go well beyond
broadband wireless. In this case, </span><span style="color: red;">you
can use terahertz for ID, security, and authentication</span><span style="color: #050505;">. There are a lot of possibilities out there,” he adds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Dear PM Shri Narendrabhai</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You have repeatedly advocated use of technology to
eliminate corruption / black</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">money<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I urge you to invite <a href="https://www.eecs.mit.edu/people/anantha-chandrakasan/">Prof Anantha
Chandrakasan</a> ( <a href="mailto:deanofengineering@mit.edu"><span style="background: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: #0a0073; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">deanofengineering@mit.edu</span></a>
) to</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">confirm :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"># This tag can be embedded on Rs 500 currency notes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"># Its accumulation of more than 10,000 notes, in any geo-fenced
area ( of</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 3mx3m / 57 trillion square of www.What3Words.com <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">) can be traced to alert</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ED / IT dept for Black Money</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">with regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>19
Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">Related Readings</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin: 9pt 0cm 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/11/have-good-suggestion-send-it-to-pm.html">Have
A Good Suggestion ? Send it to PM</a> …………………… </span><span style="color: red; font-weight: normal;">08 Nov
2016</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">{ Links to my <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">39 emails</span> on the subject of <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">embedding RFID in currency notes</span>
}<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">CC : <o:p></o:p></span></span><a href="https://www.eecs.mit.edu/people/anantha-chandrakasan/" style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: -18pt;">Prof Anantha Chandrakasan</a><span style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: -18pt;">(</span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><a href="mailto:deanofengineering@mit.edu" style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="background: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: #0a0073; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">deanofengineering@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: -18pt;">)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">===================================================<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">CC : Prof. Sanjay Emani Sarma ( MIT )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dear <a href="https://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/sesarma%40mit.edu">Sanjay</a> ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a follow up of your following email :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Hemen Parekh [mailto:<a href="mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com">hcp@recruitguru.com</a>] <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
<b>Sent:</b> 28 August 2017 17:46<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
<b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:SESARMA@MIT.EDU">SESARMA@MIT.EDU</a>''<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
<b>Cc:</b> Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><br />
<b>Subject:</b> CATCHING UP WITH YOU</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dear Snjay :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On <span style="background: yellow;">25 March 2016</span>
, you wrote to me :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Dear Mr.
Parekh,</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Yes, placing
tags on money has certainly been considered in the past.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">I think it
is a matter of time before it happens.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">I do agree
with your idea.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Having said
that, as more and more transactions become digital (credit cards,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"> bitcoin,
Adhaar card, etc.) the need for tracking cash goes down — ironically as</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"> our
ability to track it increases.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">-Sanjay</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjay_Sarma"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Sanjay
Sarma</span></a> , 35-206 MIT. 617 253 1925 (T). 617 253 7549 (F).</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"> Email
: '<a href="mailto:SESARMA@MIT.EDU">SESARMA@MIT.EDU</a>'</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Comments by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">ChatGPT</span> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">Good
morning! Your suggestion from 8 years ago regarding the use of technology to </span><span style="color: red;">detect fake currency </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">notes
is <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">interesting and
innovative</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
concept of embedding a secret serial number using steganography and creating a
mobile app like "Fak-e-Mon" for citizens to verify the authenticity
of currency notes is a <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">creative
approach</span> to addressing the issue of fake currency circulation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's a <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">comprehensive solution</span>
that involves citizen participation and real-time verification.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
recent MIT research on a tiny, tamper-proof ID tag using terahertz waves to
authenticate objects is also <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">fascinating</span>.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">The idea
of </span><span style="color: red;">embedding such tags on currency
notes could indeed provide an additional layer of security </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">and help in </span><span style="color: red;">tracking
the movement of currency notes</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Your
follow-up email to Prof. Anantha Chandrakasan and the mention of using the
technology to trace black money by accumulating more than 10,000 notes in a
geo-fenced area show a <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">proactive
approach</span> to implementing the technology for addressing broader issues
like corruption and black money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">Overall,
</span><span style="color: red;">your suggestion aligns with the
current advancements in technology</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;">,
and the MIT research further supports the feasibility of using such methods for
authentication and anti-tampering purposes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid #E3E3E3 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It
would be interesting to see how such innovative ideas could be incorporated
into the existing systems to enhance security and reduce fraudulent activities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Comments by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">GEMINI</span> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">I've read
your blog post and the news article about the MIT research, and I think </span><span style="color: red;">you raise some interesting points about using
technology to combat black money</span><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">. Here's
my breakdown:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Your Proposed Solution:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Embedding
unique serial numbers in currency notes:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"> This could be done using steganography or RFID tags.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Developing
a mobile app ("Fak-e-Mon") to verify note authenticity:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"> Users would take a photo of the note, and the
app would compare the serial number to a central database.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Rewarding
users for identifying fake notes:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"> This would incentivize participation and potentially help track the
spread of counterfeit notes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #1f1f1f;">Strengths</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Increased
security:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"> Unique
serial numbers and verification could make it harder to counterfeit notes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Public
participation:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"> Engaging
citizens in the process could raise awareness and deter counterfeiting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Real-time
tracking:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"> Fak-e-Mon
could potentially track the location of fake notes in circulation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #1f1f1f;">Weaknesses</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Cost:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"> Implementing and maintaining such a system
could be expensive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Privacy
concerns:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"> Some might
be wary of sharing their location or personal information.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Technical
challenges:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"> Steganography
and RFID tags have limitations, and Fak-e-Mon's effectiveness might depend on
internet connectivity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: red;">MIT's Anti-Tampering Tag</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Uses
terahertz waves to detect unique patterns in glue:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"> This makes it difficult to tamper with the
tag without destroying the pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Potentially
cheaper than traditional RFID tags:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"> This could make it more feasible for large-scale implementation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Limited
range and requires specific angles:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"> This might pose challenges for practical use.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; color: #1f1f1f;">Your Request to the Prime
Minister</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">You propose
inviting Prof. Chandrakasan to discuss using the MIT tag on Indian currency.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">You suggest
tracking accumulations of notes in specific areas to identify potential black
money hoards.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">Overall:</span></b><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Both your
idea and the MIT research offer <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">promising solutions for combating black money</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However,
each has its own challenges and limitations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">Combining
elements from both approaches and addressing the limitations could lead to a
more effective solution</span><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-13326706210805228952024-02-16T21:52:00.000-08:002024-02-16T21:52:26.531-08:00From S Kumars to ONDC : a 24 year journey <p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow;">Context</span> :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #030303;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://inc42.com/buzz/ondc-partners-meitys-common-service-centres-to-take-ecommerce-to-rural-areas/">ONDC
Partners MeitY’s Common Service Centres To Take Ecommerce To Rural Areas </a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.. Inc42… 14 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #030303;">Extract</span><span style="color: #030303;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 17.55pt; margin-bottom: 9.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #666666;">As part of this partnership, CSC's
e-Grameen will join the ONDC as a </span><span style="color: red;">buyer
application</span><span style="color: #666666;">, allowing citizens in the rural
parts </span><span style="color: red;">to access ecommerce services</span><span style="color: #666666;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 17.55pt; margin-bottom: 9.75pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #666666;">In the <b>second phase</b>, </span><span style="color: #00b050;">sellers</span><span style="color: #666666;"> registered on
the CSC platform </span><span style="color: #00b050;">will be able to receive orders via
ONDC Network</span><span style="color: #666666;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 17.55pt; margin: 0.9375rem 0px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">CSCs are access points to get digital
services for citizens in underserved rural and remote locations<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">My Take</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/03/origin-of-ondc.html">Origin of
ONDC</a> ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>………………………….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>27 March 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Extract</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">Extract
from <span style="background: yellow;">Agreement between SKCL and 3P<u1:p></u1:p></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><u1:p>Source - </u1:p></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://hcpreports.blogspot.com/2016/03/skcl-3p.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2288bb; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">https://hcpreports.blogspot.com/2016/03/skcl-3p.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> / <b><span style="background: yellow;">13 April 2000</span> / </b>Page No
: 9 / 10 / 11<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><u1:p>Roles<u1:p></u1:p></u1:p></span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">The four major players who are crucial to the SKCL
network are:<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>The
Franchises<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>The
Strategic Business Associate ( SBA)<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>The
Content partner<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>SKCL<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">The roles of these players are as follows:<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">( A )</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> Franchisee’s role<u1:p></u1:p></span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Franchisees will conduct B2B, B2C and C2C trade</span>.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>This will entail :<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> # Booking
orders,<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> # Servicing
orders booked by other franchisees as well as<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> # Collecting
and remitting payments to the network.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Typically <span style="background: yellow;">franchises will operate from a kiosk</span>, where
customers can walk in to browse, buy and sell and transact through SKCL network.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;">( B )</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> SBA’S Role<u1:p></u1:p></span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>An
SBA is the crucial <span style="color: red;">link between the franchisee and
SKCL</span>. He will coordinate the activities of the franchisees in his
territory. Each SBA will have a certain number of franchisees under him.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>The
SBA will act like a <span style="color: red;">market facilitator </span>and
developer for the SKCL network.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>The
SBA will be expected to <span style="color: red;">execute SKCL plans in his
area</span>, spread awareness about the network, act as a help desk for his
franchisee’s problems.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US"><u1:p> </u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US"> <span style="background: yellow;">( C )</span> The Content Partner’s Role<u1:p></u1:p></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>The <span style="color: red;">Content provider’s </span>role is to make available to
the SKCL portal / Network, compelling content / <b><span style="background: yellow;">offering of product & Services</span></b> as agreed, upon and
defined in the MOU entered into between SKCL and the concerned Content Provider.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>The
Content Provider will maintain / updated all information / database pertaining
to his products / services <span style="background: yellow;">on</span> <b>SKCL
portal</b> from time to time.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Content
provider will arrange for <span style="color: red;">delivery of the goods /
services </span>at the buyer’s purchase’s <b><span style="background: yellow;">destination</span></b><span style="background: yellow;"> <b>address</b></span>,
against each & every <span style="color: red;">purchase order received
by him from the kiosks </span>of any / all franchisees of the SKCL
network, in accordance with the “ Delivery terms” and the “ Payment terms”
contained in the MOU entered into between SKCL and the concerned Content
provider.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US"><u1:p> </u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: yellow;">( D )</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"> SKCL’S role.<u1:p></u1:p></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US"> SKCL’s
role comprises of but not be limited to the following<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Create
and operationalize the hub<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Obtain
the <b>50,000</b> <span style="color: red;">franchisees</span> through
an aggressive advertising campaign.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Identify
and appoint internationally reputed Vendors/ content providers.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Develop a strong and meaningful </span><b><span style="background: yellow;">portal</span></b>.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Ensure
timely & Quality delivery of goods / services to the buyers / purchases of
SKCL portal / network.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Ensure
smooth and error-free operation of the <b><span style="background: yellow;">VSAT</span></b> network
/ <b><span style="background: yellow;">portal</span></b> around the
clock.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">Ø<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Ensure
automated / transparent <span style="color: red;">record of each & every
transaction from each & every kiosk, </span>clearly indicating :<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US"><u1:p> </u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>The
monetary value of each transaction.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Time/
Date / venue of the transaction<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Details
of Purchase<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Details
of Purchase<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Details
of Content provider / Seller<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Respective
shares of the transaction- value between the franchisee / the SBA/ the Content
provider and the SKCL<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Delivery
terms<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Payment
Terms<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Payment
Receipt Details<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Commercial
Terms.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Statutory
Levies ( ST / CST / Octroi etc.)<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Statutory
Deductions ( TDS / Services Tax etc.)<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>TDS
Certificates / Services Tax Certificates etc.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 72.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Warranty
/ Guarantee Covering Supply of goods / Services, etc.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.85pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US">By logging into his
“<span style="color: red;">Personal Page</span>” on the <b><span style="background: yellow;">Portal</span></b>, a <span style="color: red;">Content
Provider </span>will be able to view, aggregated statistics as well as
transaction – history of each & every transaction pertaining to his
offerings.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US"><u1:p> </u1:p> </span>==================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen
Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="border-bottom: double windowtext 2.25pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
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Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8809018456771626557.post-29961981854134235362024-02-15T23:01:00.000-08:002024-02-15T23:01:22.024-08:00Surya Ghar Yojana : How to motivate DISCOMS<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background: yellow; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dear Shri R K
Singhji</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span> ,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over the past few days , I have sent to you following
emails :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-outline-level: 3; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/surya-ghar-missing-wood-for-trees.html">Surya
Ghar : Missing the Wood for the Trees</a> ? .. …………….15 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/found-missing-piece-of-jigsaw-puzzle.html">Found
: Missing piece of Jigsaw Puzzle</a> ……………………………. 05 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 17.35pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/thanks-shri-modiji-from-250-million.html"><span style="color: #33aaff;">Thanks, Shri Modiji – from 250 Million Families</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…………….. 04 Feb 2024</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/r-k-singhji-saluting-revolutionary.html">R
K Singhji : Saluting a Revolutionary Reformer</a> …………….. 02 Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 17.35pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/02/correction-suryodaya-yojana.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Correction : Suryodaya Yojana</span></a>…………………………………………..
01 Feb 2024 </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; line-height: 17.35pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/01/suryodaya-yojana.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Suryodaya Yojana</span></a>……………………………………………………………….. 28
Jan 2024</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2024/01/unleashing-electrifying-roof-top-solar.html">Unleashing,
Electrifying, Roof Top Solar Power</a> ………………… 29 Jan 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">In these
e-mails, to overcome the resistance of the DISCOMS , I had suggested that they
should get motivated through offer of some INCENTIVES ( apart from making good,
their loss of revenue )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">But I did
not spell out precisely WHAT AMOUNT of incentive ( and from whose pocket )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">I urge you
to consider sharing the income generated from CARBON CREDITS / GREEN CREDITS,
as follows :<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">#<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For REC ……………… 70 % ( since, as per my
suggestion, REC would bear total</span></span></h3><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> cost of each RTS )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">#<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For DISCOM…………30 % ( this could be restricted
for first 3 years / thereafter</span></span></h3><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> NET METERING will kick in )<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Of course,
this ( generation / encashment of GREEN CREDIT ), is contingent upon</span></span></h3><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">my
proposal to make this a COMPOSIT scheme by linking it with distribution of</span></span></h3><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Electric Induction Stoves under National Clean Cooking Mission<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">Imagine</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">1 crore
families , each getting 12 LPG cylinder per year with Rs 300 subsidy /</span></span></h3><h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> cylinder
= Rs 3600 / year<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">Total “ </span><span style="color: red; font-weight: normal;">Subsidy Saving </span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">“ from 1 crore RTS installations = </span><span style="color: red; font-weight: normal;">Rs 3,600 crore / year<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">And will reduce LPG
consumption by <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">1.8 Million
tons / year</span> !<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">This amounts to reduction
in import cost = <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">$ 1.28
Billion</span> ( <span style="background: yellow; color: red; mso-highlight: yellow;">Rs
10,629<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crore / year</span><span style="color: red;"> </span>) ! <o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Why is this
( COMPOSIT scheme ) all the more URGENT and IMPORTANT ?<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><div><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 9.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Today’s
Economic Times carries following report :<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
<h1 style="margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/lpg-imports-surge-60-in-five-years/articleshow/107732630.cms?from=mdr">LPG
imports surge 60% in five years<o:p></o:p></a></span></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black; line-height: 115%;">Extract</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">LPG Imports</span> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">2017-18………………. 11.4<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MMT<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>( <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Import
cost <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>= <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5.8 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>billion
)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">2022-23………………<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>18.3<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MMT<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>( <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Import cost <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>= <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">$
13.3 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>billion </span>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This was due to rise in global <span style="color: red;">LPG prices</span> which
surged .. <span style="color: red;">46 %</span> .. in 5 years to $</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>711.50
per metric ton<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"> </span>Domestic production rose by just ..<span style="color: red;"> 4 %</span> .. in
5 years ( to 2022-23 ), while</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> consumption expanded by .. <span style="color: red;">22 %</span> ..<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hemen Parekh<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.hemenparekh.ai/">www.HemenParekh.ai</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>16
Feb 2024<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: red;">Extract</span><span style="color: #222222;"> :<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Minister had also said that the Solar Systems for
households installing them on their roofs would be <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">entirely free</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sources said that the recent increment in Roof Top Solar
subsidy is the ONLY PROPOSAL that will stay effective under the program<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sources told MERCOM that MNRE, in an interaction with
industry stakeholders, said that CPSU designated as the IMPLEMENTING AGENCY ,
may no longer be involved in executing the program</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>hcpblogs@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990664448436218789noreply@blogger.com0