How
come “ E Mail , E Mail – No Reply “ ?
Business Line ( 05 Oct )
carries following news report :
“ Social Media puts positive pressure on
govt : Jayant Sinha “
Interaction with students through social media creates a tremendous positive pressure
on the government
If a school lacks in providing basic facility, people tweet about
it . So , now there is a
platform through which the issues can be addressed , said Jayant Sinha , Minister of Civil Aviation , at the India Economic Summit 2017 ,
which began here on Wednesday
Talking about the education system at a seminar, Smriti Irani , the Minister of Textiles and Information and Broadcasting , said :
“ for the first time we are discussing on how to make our education
system better “, adding that ,
“ now if a person has a view on policy decision that the government is
working on , then their views can be taken into consideration . Interaction is
something which the government is focussing on and it’s not restricted to education
but to other segments also “
I am not doubting the good intentions of
Shri Jayant Sinha or Smt Smriti Irani or any other NDA Minister
Nor have I any illusion that the Ministers would ever find time (
from their very busy schedules ) to read those hundreds of E Mails re “ Policy Reform
Suggestions “ that they must be receiving daily
But if there is a genuine desire for
encouraging ordinary citizens to come forward with their suggestions , then I
urge the Ministers for implementing the following procedure :
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·
A computer generated acknowledgement must go out against each email received . This
will assure the sender that his suggestion has been delivered
·
The response must allot a unique “ Your
Suggestion Number “ to each email
·
All
emailed suggestions must be uploaded on the web site of the concerned Ministry
and be searchable by the public in different ways , such as :
# Suggestion Number
# Suggestion Category
# Keywords / hash tags etc
·
After log-in ( using Aadhar Number ) , citizens be allowed to “ Rate “ any suggestion (
of course , only once ) , on the following scale :
# 1 = Irrelevant / Do not waste time
# 2 = Useful / To be evaluated by
Policy Makers
# 3 = Excellent / Must be implemented ( with changes , if
required )
Any citizen-rater , should be able to see the CUMULATIVE OVERALL AVERAGE RATING SCORE , but only after he / she has
rated that suggestion – never before , to eliminate getting biased by earlier
scores
·
Within a specified period ( say , 12 weeks from the date received ? ) , one of the
following remarks , must be mentioned against each suggestion :
“ Based on the public
rating and internal evaluation by the Ministry ,
# Regret , your suggestion
is not possible to implement
# A similar / identical
suggestion was received / evaluated earlier and rejected
# Your suggestion is kept
pending for future consideration . Keep watching !
# Your suggestion
is under active consideration by the Ministry for incorporating
in
its future policy-revision / regulation
/ parliamentary action
Once the Ministry has published its decision as mentioned above ,
the suggestion will be “ CLOSED for
RATING “
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Dear Policy
Makers :
Like in the case of ancient Roman Forum or in case of some of our
very own kings , it is not possible for the Ministers to hold public DURBARS to obtain
suggestions from public
Since you
are aware of the influence of the Social Media , I urge you to adopt the
process outlined above .
Such a
process will be a genuine MANIFESTATION of a PARTICIPATIVE DEMOCRACY that goes beyond enabling its citizens to merely participate
through ELECTIONS
15 Oct
2017
www.hemenparekh.in
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