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

Tuesday, 2 October 2018

Gathering Speed at Snail’s Pace ?





Here is a news report which appeared today :





 
Extract  :

In another move to encourage adoption of electric vehicles, the Indian government is reportedly planning to introduce tradable auto-emission coupons for automakers.


This move is aimed at encouraging the automakers to make electric vehicles and its infrastructure economically viable right from the beginning


According to reports, prices of the coupons, will be market driven.


The coupons will be credits based on carbon dioxide emissions per kilometre as well as on a sliding scale for vehicle efficiency.


Under this proposal, automobile manufacturers will be able to redeem these coupons and avail incentives or subsidies



I welcome this “ planned “ initiative , which I suggested through my following email to the Policy Makers , some 2 – ½  years back



PIYUSH PLAN ?   [  27  March  2016  ]




Extract from my E mail :


My suggestion :


Forget about ,

*   Computing of " Individual Savings "

*   Giving electric cars " free initially "

*   Owners " paying back from savings "


Based on car specifications / assumed average monthly usage  etc , figure out and fix


*  " Carbon Credits " for each model of electric car manufactured


*   Based on Carbon Credits earned , calculate Direct Transfer of Benefit ( DTB ) to electric
     car manufacturers based on monthly dispatches of each model


and then transfer these amounts from EVFF , as incentives to manufacturers


As far as incentives to electric car owners is concerned , make tax-exempt , all interest paid by owners for car loans taken , without any ceiling



In my e mail, I had conceptualized  EVFF  as follows :



I say :


*  No questions asked for any CASH deposited into a person's Jan Dhan Bank account

  
*  Create a SPV called , EVFF ( Electric Vehicle Finance Fund )


*  Public can invest in this fund but only from their Jan Dhan Bank Accounts deposits


*  Interest earned from EVFF  to be totally free from personal Income Tax for 10 years


EVFF will finance Car Loan companies or " Hire Purchase Schemes " of car manufacturers


*  Car finance companies will be asked to stop financing of petrol / diesel cars and finance
    only electric vehicles


If this is implemented , within 6 months , EVFF will be able to create a Corpus of Rs 10 lakh*crores !


Can you think of a better way of harnessing  BLACK  money to finance a  GREEN  future ?




Dear Shri Narendrabhai,



While congratulating for getting the prestigious award of ,


Champion of the Earth ,


from International Solar Alliance , I urge you to announce setting up of EVFF at your earliest



Not only will EVFF enable the Government to pay to the Electric Vehicle Manufacturers , those CARBON CREDITS , but also speed up the adoption of EVs by the public



All without posing any FINANCIAL BURDEN on the government !



If not for all electric vehicles , please consider my suggestion ( for creation of EVFF ) , at least for PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES ( buses / taxies / rickshaws etc )




And the real bonanza will be : India made Electric Cars will get exported to all over the World since my suggestion would dramatically lower the MANUFACTURING  COSTS  !




That too without violating any rules of WTO !




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As in case of my E Mail of 26 March 2016 , this blog too is being sent to :



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narendramodi1234@gmail.com;  



































dr.harshvardhan@sansad.nic.in 



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In addition , this time , I am also sending this email to the following :









PM’s Economic Advisory Council :









Some others :



vch-niti@gov.in


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Trade Advisory Group :


Surjit Bhalla………………………………….. ssbhalla@gmail.com

S Jaishankar…………………………………  psfs@mea.gov.in

Rajeev Kher………………………………..   Rajeev.kher@ris.org.in

Sanjeev Sanyal……………………………   Sanjeev@sanjeevsanyal.com  /  contact@idfcinstitute.org

Shekhar Shah…………………………….    ashah@ncaer.org

Vijay Chauthaiwale…………………….   Vijai63.bjp@gmail.com

Pulak Ghosh……………………………….   Pulak.ghosh@iimb.ac.in

Jayant Dasgupta…………………………   ictsd@ictsd.ch  /   amb-indiawto@nic.in

Rajiv K Luthra……………………………… rajiv@luthra.com

Chandrajit Banerjee……………………  cb@cii.in








  



03  Oct  2018






Why not an “ Option Plan “ for users ?





To day’s Business line carries following news report :
All telecom service providers (TSPs) are called upon to immediately take action in order to comply with the judgment dated September 26 (of the Supreme Court).

In this regard, TSPs are directed to submit by October 15, an action plan / exit plan to the Authority for closure of use of Aadhaar-based authentication systems which shall include without limitation, the aspects enumerated under regulations 23 (2) of the Aadhaar (Authentication) Regulation, 2016,” the Authority wrote.

Fresh KYC


If the Authority does not receive any communication to this effect within the stipulated time-line, the authentication services will be terminated without any further notice, it said.

The Authority has also said that all TSPs should take immediate action to de-link Aadhaar from mobile number, as and when such requests are received from its subscribers ;

the service providers can take appropriate action to obtain fresh KYC, as per the Department of Telecom approved list of proof of identity and proof of address.

De-linking facility


All TSPs shall immediately notify their customers the facility of de-linking their Aadhaar number and UID token from their database and establish a system to accept and process such requests for de-linking. The process of de-linking should form the part of exit plan,” it added.


This would mean that the industry will have to revert to alternatives like legacy paper-based technique (collect physical paper forms with signature, photographs, ship to verification centre and call up the customer to cross-verify submitted details).

The process is expected to take 24-36 hours



While asking for an “ ACTION PLAN “ from the TSPs , how come the Authority [ UIDAI  ] is silent re: an “ OPTION PLAN “ for the mobile users ?




Dear Shri Ajay Bhushan Pandeyji ,


UIDAI has the mobile numbers of all the One Billion mobile users


To clarify the matter and to make their life hassle-free , I urge you to send out the following SMS to them :





Dear Mobile User,


You have an OPTION to send an SMS to your mobile service provider as follows :



“Dear Mobile Service Provider ,



I have neither the time , nor the energy , nor the money , to offer an ALTERNATIVE ID for a fresh physical / manual KYC , for my mobile connection



I have no quarrel with your continuing to use my earlier e-KYC based on my Aadhar ID



I have no objection to your keeping my Aadhar e-KYC data in your database , as long as I continue using your service “



Yours Sincerely  [  My Mobile No is :…………………….. / My Aadhar ID is :…………………………….. ]




I think UIDAI authority read my following email , only selectively / partially :



Aadhar Data Delete ? Simple Solution  [  30  Sept  2018  ]



Now , the TSPs may not want to wait for :


as and when such requests are received from its subscribers

  
They may want to preempt any such request by sending out emails as suggested in my above-mentioned blog / email !


This blog was sent as email to :


'supremecourt@nic.in'

'bnsrikrishna@gmail.com'

'secy-dot@nic.in'

'ceo@uidai.gov.in'

'ajay@deity.gov.in'

'ceo-niti@nic.in'

'vch-niti@gov.in'


02  Oct  2018