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

Sunday, 3 June 2018

Will MahaGathBandhan steal a march ?





In recent election results of Karnataka State Assembly, Congress had won many more seats than JD ( S ) but still agreed to make Kumaraswamy as the Chief Minister



Who knows , Congress may even give to JD(S), number of Ministerial births which are more than proportionate !



May be Congress has realized the logic of “ Cooperation “ instead of “ Confrontation “, when it comes to “ sharing of power “ for the next 5 years



But then there is a fear that the Supreme Court may rule that any “ Post Poll “ alliance is invalid  !



So , how can MahaGathBandhan overtake NDA in 2019 general election ?



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Here is how :



*   All 19 opposition political parties to form a “ Pre Poll “ alliance right now



*  Apart from promising usual freebies  , “  MahaGathBandhan Manifesto 2019 “ to explicitly promise


   the voters that after assuming office , its first task would be to propose amending the Constitution
   to convert our Central Government System into a “ Constitutional Coalition Government “ , as
  conceptualized in my following blogs ( each sent as email to Central Cabinet Ministers / MPs / MLAs
   / NITI Aayog etc )




*  A firm commitment to subject ALL political parties to Right of Information Act



*  A firm commitment to a transparent Election Funding System as envisaged in :



  Transparency in Political Funding ?  [  06  July  2017  ]


https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/07/transparency-in-political-funding.html

 





Constitutional Coalition Aftershocks !  [  02 Oct  2016  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/10/constitutional-coalition-aftershocks.html

 

Presidential or Coalition Government ?  [  25  March  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/03/presidential-or-coalition-government.html

 

Revolution Through Coalition Government ?  [  27  Sept  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/09/revolution-through-coalition-government.html

 

Why can’t we institutionalize Coalition ?  [  29  Sept  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/09/why-cant-we-institutionalize-coalition.html

 

Federalism  ?  [  29  Oct  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/10/federalism.html

 

How to form a Government  ?   [  19  May  2018  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/05/how-to-form-government.html

 

 

1320 million Indian citizens have been fed up of the daily tamaashaa of :

 

*  Elections after elections


*  Horse trading in order to form a government


*  “ Purchasable “ Paatli-Badlu  MPs and MLAs


*  Complaints / counter-complaints to Election Commission for breach of Code of

   Conduct


*  Running to the Supreme Court for every little thing


*  Total wash-out of Lok Sabha sessions due to slogan shouting


*  Use of foul / abusive language for running down opponents

 

 

Can BJP / NDA prevent MahaGathBandhan from stealing a march by winning voters’ trust in its own manifesto ?

 

Surely !

 

Don’t wait till Dec 2018 to announce its manifesto

 

Announce it NOW ( - containing provisions listed above ) to usher a TRUE FEDERALISM !

 

If not , brace for some very unpleasant surprises

 

04  June  2018

www.hemenparekh.in / blogs

  

 

 

 

 




Thursday, 31 May 2018

#AirIndia


[  Hot  ]  Air  India  ?



By 5 pm yesterday, not a single party had submitted its EoI  ( Expression of Interest ) , to buy out Air India




NEWS PAPER HEADLINES :


Times of India    /     “ No takers for Air India as deadline expires

Economic Times    /     Govt fails to get any bids for majority stake buy in Air India

DNA     /     It’s back to Rs 10 cr daily loss at AI




PAST COMMENTS  :


*   Ashok Gaja pathy Raju ( Civil Aviation Minister )   /   28 Jan 2018


“When our exercise of calculating Air India’s debt began, we found that the sum was hovering around the Rs 50,000 crore mark. But I won’t be surprised if the total debt reaches Rs 70,000 crore. Since people are looking at the books carefully, they may find more,”

According to me, Air India is a debt trap. I said as much in Parliament as well


In June 2017 , Shri Raju said :

“ There are hardly any bakras around, so to get one is difficult and businessmen are businessmen “



*  Civil aviation secretary R.N. Choubey

To Mint in Jan 2018 , ……..A foreign firm has sent “unsolicited” letter of interest for Air India.

On May 10, …

…….“  There is a great deal of interest for Air India “



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CURRENT  COMMENTS  :


* Shri R N Choubey  ( yesterday )


“ It ( no response ) did not meet expectations of participation that we had . Inputs will be taken on what went wrong , and the plan is to reach the alternate mechanism ( AI GoM ) for solutions within a couple of weeks “


*  Aviation Ministry tweet

“ Further course of action will be decided appropriately “


*  Shri Suresh Prabhu / Shri Jayant Sinha

  No comments






MY  SUGGESTION :


Remains , more or less , the same as per my following email to the Cabinet Ministers :


Finding a Bakra ? Possible ?  [  04  June  2017  ]

Air India : A Pride ?  [  09  Jan  2018 ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/01/air-india-pride.html

 

 

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And as far as getting rid of those 20,000 + employees is concerned , I suggest that the Govt announce a VRS scheme , which is normally , “ One month’s salary for each completed year of service “

I believe , Air India’s annual salary-wages bill is approx. Rs 2,840 crore

So , may be , at a burden of Rs 5,680 crore , govt could ( on an average ) , pay a VRS sum of 24 months’ salary to each member of staff

Of course , I don’t expect anyone in NDA to seriously consider my suggestion since it would be “ politically incorrect “ , what with recent debacle in State Assembly polls and the looming 2019 elections

It would be much easier to convince the 840 million voters to keep forking out Rs 10 crore per day of tax payer money till 2019 elections

Will ED – CBI – IT – SFIO etc, ever get around to unearth “ which politician made how many thousand crore “ by purchasing / selling / leasing back , hundreds of Air crafts which Air India , just did not NEED  ?

If they do , expect that life-threatening “ MahaGathBandhan “ to lose a lot of steam !

01    June  2018







#Google #GoogleJobSearch #Neighbourly


Is there a job in Neighbourhood  ?



It seems, Google just launched in Mumbai , a mobile app called “ Neighbourly


For details , read :






The new app lets users ask questions like if there is a garage nearby, good haircut places and the mom and pop store (kirana) where you get a particular herb in the locality



Now this opens up a great opportunity for those “ mom and pop “ stores


Not only to sell their products / services but also to announce the vacancies ( jobs ) that they might want filled , only with “ local jobseekers “ , who can work 10 hours per day ( since , they don’t need to spend 2 hours on local trains , to / from  home - work place )


Having already launched “ Google Job Search “ , this extension to “ Neighbourly “ will pose no problem for Google


In a city like Mumbai , even those who are already employed , would be happy to accept a 10 % cut in their monthly salary , if they can get an “ equivalent “ job in the neighbourhood , and save 2 hours of daily commute !


I am glad that after waiting for 13 years , Google is finally appreciating what I offered to its then Country Manager , Shri Ashish Kashyap , in my letter dated Dec  31 , 2005


{ Read :




I have no idea if Shri Kashyap ever got to read my letter , but I am hoping Shri Sundar Pichai [ CEO – Google ] , found time to read my following e mail :


Challenges Worthy of Google ?  [  05  Jan  2017  ]


01       June  2018



Wednesday, 30 May 2018

#BHIM #MobileWallet #DigitalIndia


BHIM   will  recognize  you



Following news appeared in DNA ( 31 May 2018 ) :




Extract :
Currently, users need to enter a UPI PIN created by them for enabling transactions. The new feature of voice recognition will be available in addition to PIN option, giving users another secure way of managing the application, a senior government official told DNA Money.
This will also improve ease of using the digital payment app as it will be convenient for many to use their voice as the password.


BACKGROUND 

On 16-Jun-2017, at 12:39 PM, Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:

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Dear Shri Hota :


Just read your views in Eco Times (13 June / Start Ups and the Sarkar ), where you say,


“ We are very happy with Start Ups


Post BHIM we have decided as a policy to work with Start Ups in developing new products and applications to enhance the payments eco-system “




Could the next improvement in BHIM , be a “ Voice Activated “ version ( BHIM V 4.0 ) , as described in :


·         BHIM , the Unstoppable  [  14  April  2017  ]


This breakthrough will enable millions of illiterate / rural Indians to start using BHIM


Earlier , I have penned my suggestions in :


·         Let  BHIM  get  MAD      [  21  May  2017  ]


·         A  Beerud  named  BHIM  ?  [  17  April  2017  ]



With Regards,


hemen  parekh 




Shri Hota replied as follows :

Fri 16-06-2017 16:06
Re: BHIM V 4.0
Contact NPCI Contact@npci.org.in  ;  Vishal Anand Kanvaty vishal.kanvaty@npci.org.in


Thank you Hemen ji. 

Vishal, our SVP product Development will get in touch with you. 

Hota

Sent from my iPhone



This was followed by :

Aseem Chaturvedi   aseem.chaturvedi@npci.org.in
Sun  18-06-2017  22:18
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Dear Hemen

Thanks a lot for your mail. This is Aseem  from BHIM team . Is it possible for us to connect in the coming week at a mutually convenient time ?

Best Regards

Aseem Chaturvedi

UPI Products

National Payments Corporation of India

Contact:  8879772834 ;  My VPA : aseemchat@ybl ,  aseemchat@upi


Dear Aseem :

Thanks for implementing the first part of what we discussed in your office last June

I hope the rest of the features mentioned in my blogs will follows soon , considering that Google TEZ / PayTM are making huge strides and WhatsApp mobile wallet is about to launch 



31  May  2018