Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Monday, 19 September 2016

On its Way : Refugee-Migrant Tsunami


Hindustan Times ( 20 Sept 2016 ) carries following news report :

: We can change this : World leaders at UN approve plan for refugee crisis :

" With more people forced to flee their homes than at any time since World War

 II, global leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more

 coordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has strained 

resources and stoked divisions from Africa to Europe.




The issue of what to do about the world’s 65.3 million displaced people took

 centre stage at the UN General Assembly with leaders from the 193 member

 states converging on New York for the first-ever summit on Addressing Large 

Movements of Refugees and Migrants.




The declaration carries no concrete commitments and is not legally binding but

 rather calls on countries to protect refugees’ human rights, boost humanitarian

 aid and increase resettlement of refugees.




A number of countries rejected an earlier draft of the agreement that called on

 nations to resettle 10 percent of the refugee population each year, something

 that has led several human rights groups to criticize the document as a missed

 opportunity.




According to the UN Refugee Agency, refugees are people forced to flee due to

armed conflict or persecution, while migrants choose to move in search of a

 better life. Around the world, there are currently about 21.3 million refugees,

 3.2 million asylum seekers, and 40.8 million migrants.




More concrete progress is expected at a follow-up summit on Tuesday called by

 President Barack Obama, where at least 45 countries are expected to make

 pledges that are in line with US goals of increasing humanitarian aid by $3

billion, doubling resettlement and increasing access to education for 1 million

 youngsters and access to employment for another million of the displaced.



Prior to the pledging summit with world leaders, Obama will host a meeting with

 top executives from 50 companies to discuss what the private sector can do to

 help address the problem, Power said. "



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Refugees  are fleeing wars / persecution by military dictators / oppression by


 radical and fanatic Terrorist Groups



Migrants  are fleeing unemployment in their own poor ( and corrupt ) countries, 

which causes poverty / starvation




Hence , the permanent / ultimate solutions are :


Stopping wars everywhere / eliminating dictatorships - military rules - 

terrorists



Eliminating corruption and creation of jobs in poor countries to reduce

 inequity within societies




Despite the laudable efforts by the UN , all of this is unlikely to happen any time

 soon . May take many years



Or , may never happen , given the collective human greed ( at the level of rich

 Societies / Nations ) !



Or , may happen very soon , if the World-wide population of Refugee / Migrant /

 Displaced Persons swells from 65 million to 650 million within next 10 years ! -

 a more likely / probable scenario !




Considering that ,


Economies are slowing down World-wide , causing unemployment on

 unprecedented scale



#  Countries unable to provide jobs to their own citizens are unwilling to accept 

more refugees / migrants



#  Rich EU countries / USA / Australia etc are facing problems of integration of


 refugees within their Societies ,




It is not too late for the World at large , - and especially , the Rich Nations - to

 consider my following suggestions :




(  http://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2015/06/world-migration-day.html  )



*  MUAMMARGADDAFI - A VISIONARY ?   


(  http://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2015/08/muammar-gaddafi-visionary.html   )   














   

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20  Sept   2016


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Sunday, 18 September 2016

Filtering Candidate Information ?


Hindustan Times ( 19 Sept 2016 ) carries following news snippet :

" The rise of internet may have led to a decreased voter turn-out , owing to people facing a large pool of information and not knowing how to efficiently filter relevant knowledge , a study said

The internet has transformed the way in which voters access and receive political information , researchers said "



True , there are lots of web sites where you can find some ( - though rarely up-to-date ) info about candidates contesting elections


But consider this :

#  There are 543 seats in Lok Sabha and 4120 seats in State Assemblies ( total of 4,663 seats )

#  On an average , some 16 candidates contest each seat , making for a total of 74,608 candidates

#  There are approx 850 million eligible voters

#  Even if each voter searches info about 10 candidates ,it will take him 5 hours ( 4250 million man-hours in all ! )

#  If each voter takes a ONE page print-out of those 10 candidates , that will be 8,500 million printed pages

   (  incidentally , how many voters have access to a internet-connected PC and a Printer ? )

#  By the time , voter enters the Polling Booth , he would have forgotten what those 10 pages contained !

#  And , of course , he will not allowed to carry those pages inside the Polling Booth and refer at the last moment !


BUT ,


Would voters be enthused to come forward to vote , if

#  Latest info about ALL of those candidates was available at finger-tips on his Mobile ( authenticated by Election
    Commission ), eliminating hours of " searching " on the Net and hours of " filtering "

#  That info would comprise,

     Affidavit filed by the Candidates

     *  Police Record including cases filed / pending / disposed off , against the candidates

     *  Past political history ( no of political parties changed )

     *  Director-ship ( direct / indirect ) in private businesses and NPA of those businesses

     *  Results of open Surveys on " ROMP - RecallOur Member of Parliament "

        {  http://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2015/08/romp-panacea.html  }


     *  Whether the candidate has accepted to implement the " Charter of Demand " ( if elected ) , submitted
         and uploaded by the Voters of his Constituency on the web site of the Election Commission


#  He can vote directly from his Mobile , without having to go to a Polling Booth and spend 4 hours


#  He can take 5 minutes to cast his vote, sitting in his bedroom , without holding up other voters in the queue


#  He can vote at any time of the voting day and from any place on the earth !


#  And get to know the very next morning , who got elected


YES , of course !

And voter turn-out would be 95 %  !


HOW  ?

By implementing , " VotesApp

{ http://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2012/12/votesapp.html }

( a Mobile App which , effectively shrinks a bulky, common , special purpose  Electronic Voting Machine - EVM - into a tiny, personally-owned , versatile Mobile )


{ http://www.hemenparekh.in/2013/08/votesapp.html#.V99_Kfl94ok }


ANY   BYE-PRODUCT   ?

Sure,

Central Government , can earn Rs 20,000 crores , by enabling 15 million Indian businesses to advertise to 850 million voters thru this mobile VotesApp , sharply targeting by Gender / Age / Marital Status / City / Street / Education / Income Tax paid / Employed or Jobless ....etc

       
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19  Sept   2016

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Friday, 16 September 2016

EYE OF THE E-GOVERNANCE ?


Economic Times ( 17 Sept 2016 ) carries a news report titled :

Top Local , Chinese Firms  Game for Aadhar-ready  Smartphones "


Following are the report highlights :

Micromax, Intex, Lava and Reliance Retail's Lyf have started discussions with Delta ID Inc to explore using its iris-reading technology to make their phones Aadhaar-enabled,  Salil Prabhakar, chief executive of the US-based company, told ET.


Prabhakar said ,
" There is huge interest across the board for it.  With Aadhaar enrolment in India crossing 105 crore, the potential is immense." 


The technology would enable a user to authenticate his Aadhaar details by looking at a phone having a special IRIS camera and LeD. 




"ActiveIRIS is a powerful biometric identifier and this can be a game-changing feature in phones helping establish the identity of a person. At Intex, we are in talks with  UIDAI  and are evaluating the same," said Director Keshav Bansal. 



On July 27, Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CEO of UIDAI, had met senior executives of Apple, Samsung, Google, Microsoft, Micromax and product software think tank iSprit to discuss ways to make handsets Aadhaar-enabled. Samsung is the only phone maker to have already embedded the technology — Delta ID's ActiveIRIS. 

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Without doubt , this is a great initiative


But what can - and will - make it a true " GAME  CHANGER " , is :

Putting " I "  in the "  Eye "  of the E-Governance  :



By simultaneously  PRE-INSTALLING  the following Mobile Apps  into each Aadhar-Enabled phone before shipping :


·                VotesApp ........................................(  Simultaneous Voting thru Mobiles  )


·                I SIN  > < U SIN ............................................ (  Delivery  of  Government  Services  )


·                ROMP - A  Panacea ?....................................  (  Recall  Our  Member  of  Parliament  )


    *           From BAD   to   MAD........................... .........  (   Mobile based Attendance System   )


·                Digital  Delivery of  Drugs....................         (  The  Ultimate  Healthcare  Solution  )


    *           BANMALI..........................................( Banishing  Mal-Nutrition  in  India  )


·               Jan Dhan  Sarjan  Yojana................... .........(   Mobile  Wallet  for  GST / PPF   )



·              The  March   of   the   Algorithm............... (  Mobile  Counting  Value  of  Currency  Notes in Pocket  )


    *         An Aadhar  for  Corporate ?................. .......(   A Unique Identity Number for Corporate   )


·              Digital  Locker Project ( Digi-Doc )............... (   Mobile App for Documents of Illiterate   )



·              Raining  Cards ! ................................. ..............(   Aadhar  to  replace  all other  Cards   )


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    I wonder if our Prime Minister , Shri Narendra Modiji , will consider to give such a GIFT to 1.3 Billion fellow citizens , on his 66th birthday  !


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17  Sept  2016

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