Congratulations, Shri Saurabh Kumarji

Congratulations, Shri Saurabh Kumarji ,

(  skumar@eesl.co.in  )

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Here is the today’s news on that purchase order for 10,000 Electric Cars by EESL on TATA and M&M :

EESL to fall short of its target of electrifying government car fleets two years after the deadline

What :

Company set to close its three-year-old tender with 3,000 vehicles by March 2020 instead of the original procurement target of 10,000 units.

Why :

Many government officials had reservations about using the electric Tata Tigors and Mahindra Veritos supplied by EESL because of insufficient range and inadequate performance.

“And there are new models (in the market) now. At that point in time, the specification was 130 kilometres (of range per charge). But now you already have cars available with 350-400 kilometre ranges.”

Implication :

The development is a setback to the government’s move to replace petrol and diesel vehicles used by various departments with electric cars. ( 5 lakh vehicles )

EESL was already running behind schedule; its original target was to deliver the 10,000 cars by as early as June 2018.

What Next :

With newer EVs with better range and performance set to be launched next year, it opens the door for EESL to consider a fresh tender, subject to demand, Kumar said.

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Read this in the context of the following news , which too , appeared today :

Technical bids for about 1,500 electric buses across cities completed, financial bids to open soon

Extract :

All the tenders have been floated on Gross Contract Model wherein the buses will be owned and managed by the supplier/OEM and no STU can buy these buses.

They will be paid per kilometer

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Congratulations, Shri Saurabh Kumarji [ MD – EESL ].

For scrapping this tender – and deciding to re-tender !

As repeatedly urged by me in my following 16 emails, please re-tender on the basis of “ Wet Lease “ on per Km basis only , which will transfer the responsibility for setting up the Battery Charging Stations upon the tendering companies !

They will ensure that the cars supplied by them, never run out of charge since meter will stop , the moment a car stops !

Thank You , Shri Jaitleyji,                                                    [ 25 Dec 2018 ]

EESL : Grab this chance !                                                     [ 01 Aug 2018 ]

EESL :  a  wake  up  time  ?                                                 [ 27 June 2018 ]

Evidence  is  piling  up  !                                                      [ 13 May 2018 ]

Do  they  have  an  option ?                                                 [ 14 April 2018 ]

Buy or Lease ?                                                                    [ 03 April 2018 ]

Scam ? #EESL #NDA #BJP #MNRE                                       [ 08 Mar 2018  ]

Logical to Lease                                                                  [ 06 Mar 2018 ]

To Buy or not to Buy ?                                                         [ 11  Oct  2017   ]

EESL : Lease cars , do not Buy !                                           [ 18  Aug  2017  ]

 

EESL : Put it off indefinitely !                                                [ 19 Aug 2018 ]

EESL : Getting Away from Straitjacket ?                                [ 26 Aug 2018 ]

If China can , so can We                                                      [ 27 Aug 2018 ]

Cars on Subscription ? Convenience Redefined                       [ 10 Sept 2018 ]

EESL : It is your move now !                                                [ 12  Oct  2018 ]

E- Bus : without ETA [ Expected Time of Arrival ] ?                 [ 04  Apr  2019 ]

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Dear Shri Saurabh Kumarji,

Some 3 weeks ago it was reported that EESL has ordered 10 Hyundai Kona electric cars , which was launched as recently as July 2019

These cars are claimed to have a range of 452 km per charge ( takes 6+ hours to fully charge ) and sell for Rs 23.7 lakhs { more than double the price of TATA / M&M supplies }

News report quotes you as follows :

“Kona’s battery size is almost three times that of these other cars (Tigor and e-Verito). The running cost is just 40 paisa/km. It’s a brilliant car in terms of comfort and this is the beauty of EVs anyway," said EESL MD Saurabh Kumar.

( https://www.livemint.com/auto-news/not-mahindra-or-tata-hyundai-kona-is-the-ev-of-choice-for-govt-11571595957018.html  )

Even if that “ running cost of 40 paisa / km “, motivates EESL to frame the purchase specifications of the future tender around Hyundai Kona ( thereby eliminating TATA / M&M ), I urge you not to resort to “ Outright Purchase “ but only insist on “ wet leasing “

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14  Nov  2019

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

We have precedents !

Supreme Court has given to Ram Lalla Virajman ( - a deity ), the ownership of 2.77 acres of disputed land in Ayodhya , where a Govt appointed trust will build a Ram Temple

SC has also ordered the Central Government to give 5 acres of land ( somewhere within Ayodhya  ), to Sunni Waqf Board for construction of a masjid

 Why could not that “ somewhere “ be ,

Ø  Within the 67.7 acres of land already acquired by the Central Government

Ø  Adjoining “ the 2.77 acres of disputed land

And , in such an event, why cannot the Ram Temple and the Masjid , be built touching each other ?

If you are looking for a precedent, here is one :

Enduring legacy of harmony from a mandir and masjid in Beed  

Extract :

Ø  Around 1,500 kilometres from Ayodhya, in a narrow by lane of  Shirur Kasar village is a Hanuman temple which shares an entire wall with the adjoining Markaz Masjid

Ø  Every morning, water from Masjid’s bore well is used to clean the temple

Ø  During the Ganesh festival in the village, the aarti is paused when it is time for the evening aazan

Ø  “ We have grown up with each other.

In this village, Ram and Rahim will live together “, says 30 year old Amol Kate .

“ But it would have been nice if the Court decided to have a hospital there which would

   have been of use to all “

Ø  The secretary of Jai Shri Ram Tarun Ganesh Mandal , happens to be a Muslim. “ I have been in charge for the past six years “, says 24 year old Sarfaraz Tamboli

Ø  Hindus help to organize Iftaar parties during Ramzaan.

Ø  “ They need 20 acres of space. I am giving my land for the duration of Ijetma free of cost “, says Sandeep Gadekar

  

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And this is not an isolated / unique occurrence !

Some 75 years ago, near Kabutarkana at Dadar [ Mumbai ] , there was a banyan tree on the crossing of 4 roads

On one side of that tree, was a Ram idol and on the opposite side , was a Cross for worship by the Christians

Millions prayed peacefully, side by side . They do even now  !

Some years later , a proper concrete structure got built – now known as Hanuman Temple { see photos # 7 – 8 }

Why not the proposed TEMPLE TRUST follow this living examples of communal harmony at Ayodhya , as repeatedly urged by me in my following blogs / emails ?

Reach Out  Time                                      [ 20  Sept  2013  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2013/09/reach-out-time.html

Yogiji ! Make it a “ WIN “ for all                  [  03  April  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/04/yogiji-make-it-win-for-all.html

Yogiji  !  This is Your moment                      [  11  Aug  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/08/yogiji-this-is-your-moment.html

Sarva Dharma Sthanam ?                             [  02  Oct  2017  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/10/sarva-dharma-sthanam.html 

Let Ram’s Ayodhya be Secular                      [  31  Jan  2019  ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2019/01/let-rams-ayodhya-be-secular.html

A Home for Ram                                           [ 27 Feb 2019 ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2019/02/a-home-for-ram.html

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I suppose the Central Government will try to put together the TEMPLE TRUST, with representation from as many “ concerned “ parties as possible , in order to provide to all , a “ Sense of Enlarged Participation “

I urge the Government to include in the trust, Dr Vishwanath Karad , MIT Peace University , Pune

What is equally important is to co-opt ( in the Temple Trust ), a Technology Expert , who can provide guidance on the design of systems / procedures with regard to :

Ø  Facial Recognition Technology to prevent militants / terrorists from gaining access

Ø  Conveyorized Movement of devotees, passing in front of the idol of Ram Lalla

[  In a queue, just stand on a conveyor, which is moving 5-10 feet per minute ]

Ø  Prevention of stampede through smart Crowd Control

In this regard, I urge the PMO to circulate among the trustees, the following :

Ø  THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH                             [ 25 Aug 2018 ]

 

Ø  SIMPLE SOLUTION for STEMPEDE                             [ 24 Sept 2015 ]

Let no one have any doubts that my suggestions run afoul of the Supreme Court judgement which reads :

“ ……….. the Central Government will be at liberty to make suitable provisions in respect of the rest of the acquired land by handing it over to the trust or body for management and development in terms of the scheme framed in accordance with the above directions “

Dear Narendrabhai,

Through its sagacious verdict, the Supreme Court has laid the foundation for harmony between Hindus and Muslims

By implementing my suggestion, you will be building ( upon this foundation ), a “ Super-structure of  Communal Harmony “, which will provide hope to the entire World which, at present, is engulfed in communal strife

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13  Nov  2019

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

Call it an “ Honest Mistake “

I am referring to the de-monetization decision of 8 Nov 2016 ( - although , in reality, it was a “ re-monetization “ )

It had 3 objectives :

Ø  Bring all hidden/stashed/un-accounted cash into official banking system

Ø  Curtail fake / forged notes which were used by militants in J&K

Ø  Reduce Black Money – thereby reducing corruption ( or vice-versa ? )

I call it an “ honest “ decision because I do not believe ( even after 3 years ) that the decision was intended to benefit personally, any of those involved in taking it

It is another thing that their desired “ objectives “ may not have realized fully

Of course, all hidden cash did flow back into millions of bank accounts and the Govt came to know , who owned how much money ( - even though to establish , how much of that was Black , would take years of litigation effort ! ) .

Hence the first objective did get served partially

We may even concede that the second objective too got fulfilled to a large extent

But when we take a close look at the objective of reducing Black Money , what happened is what I suspected all along ( - and pointed out in dozens of my emails to the Cabinet Ministers , over the past 3 years )

Viz :

Replacing Rs 1,000 currency notes with Rs 2,000 currency notes, would only increase corruption and the Black Money , because , for any bribe amount, now you need to carry only half the number of notes !

From the following news reports, you will notice , that this is what has actually happened :

 Rs 2,000 notes can be demonetised, won't cause disruption, says Subhash Chandra Garg 

Extract :

Ø  Former Department of Economic Affairs secretary Subhash Chandra Garg has said that the new Rs 2,000 notes that were introduced after the announcement of demonetisation on November 8 2016 have primarily been used for hoarding and could be declared illegal tender. He added that withdrawing the Rs 2,000 notes from circulation would not cause any disruption.

Ø  "It can be demonetised, without causing any disruption. A simple method, depositing these notes in the bank accounts ( no counter replacement ), can be used to manage the process," he said.

Ø  Garg said that the Rs 2,000 notes account for one-third of currency notes in circulation in terms of value.

"A good chunk of Rs 2,000 notes are actually not in circulation, having been hoarded. Rs 2,000 note, therefore, is not presently working as a currency of transaction," he said.

Ø  "India has still a long way to go with more than 85 per cent payment transactions in the country still taking place in cash.

Ø  Making large cash-based transactions costlier and subject to some tax/charge, making digital modes of payments conveniently available at all times and stopping cash handling in the government completely, will help transition our country to less cash and to no cash economy, he said.

"China has done it. More than 87 per cent transactions now take place in the non-cash mode as compared to 12 per cent in India," he added

Households were rebuilding cash stash even a year after demonetisation 

 

Extract :

 

Ø  Demonetisation, announced almost three years ago, on November 8, 2016, was primarily meant to purge unaccounted wealth in cash, but more than 99% of demonetised currency came back into the financial system

 

Ø  A comparison of household savings in cash with total value of bank notes in circulation, which is a stock variable measured at the end of the financial year, makes this clear.

Ø  Between 2011-12 and 2015-16, the year before demonetisation, value of household savings in cash used to be between 9% and 12% of the total value of bank notes in circulation.

     This number was 26% in 2017-18.

 

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Here is what I emailed to the Cabinet Ministers , a few weeks after De-Mnetization announcement on 08 Nov 2016 :

[  For Want of a Nail  /  05 Dec 2016  ]

“ Surprisingly , in all of these sufferings , only a few people are saying :

" Earlier , it was difficult to carry Rs 10 lakh in your shirt pocket because it took 1,000 notes ( of Rs 1000 each ) , weighing a total of 1000 grams ( 1 kg )

Now you need to carry only 500 grams ( of Rs 2,000 notes ) !

In less than a year , Tax Evaders will start " Corrupting " the economy with Rs 2000 notes and we will be back to square one of a new parallel economy - credit cards / debit cards / mobile wallets / PoS - Card Readers , notwithstanding ! "

EVEN AT THIS STAGE , CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO WIN THE BATTLE  ?

Most certainly !  By putting the NAIL in the HORSE SHOE !

By   " Embracing The Inevitable "

{  http://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/11/embrace-inevitable.html  }

Dear Shri Narendrabhai :

It is NOT too late !

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With Ram Mandir / Ayodhya disputed land matter settled by Supreme Court yesterday, let this be your NEXT bold – and honest – decision

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10  Nov  2019

hcp@RecruitGuru.com