Unprecedented Opportunity Seized !

On 11 April 2019 , I sent following blog / email to our Policy Makers ( - including Registrar General of Census ) ,

Census 2021 : an Unprecedented Opportunity ,

-          Where I suggested ,

“    In Census Form , add following optional fields :

·          Aadhar ID

·          PAN

·          Mobile Phone Number

·          E Mail ID– to be treated as “ User ID “ for accessing own data for EDIT purpose

·          Password – for EDITING own data, online , at any time

·          Voter ID

#     Once the enumerators have uploaded all 2021 Census data in Online Database,

       enable each Registered person to Update / Edit , his / her data , by logging in

       

#     Personal Data may be updated as follows :

·          Once a year ( Mandatory ) – some service deprived if he / she does not update

·          As often as personal data changes

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Then on 28 Dec 2019 , I sent following mail  :

“ Census / NPR , would cost the country, Rs 12,000 crore ( once every 10 years ? )

  That is Rs 1,200 crore PER YEAR

  If my following suggestion gets implemented , we could save that recurring cost of Rs

  1200 crore

  But, that saving is PEANUTS compared to the potential benefits of a DYNAMIC /

   PERPETUALLY ONGOING / AUTOMATIC , updating of population data ( 24x7 ) , by

   implementing my suggestion !

   I urge Shri Amit Shah [ Home Minister ] to ask his officers to examine my suggestion:

   A Case of Mistaken Identity ?   “


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I am glad that the Registrar General of Census has seized this opportunity to implement my suggestion

Context :

Non-BJP states object to methodology of NPR 

Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Jan 18, 2020

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Extract :

Ø  Home secretary Ajay Bhalla [ hshso@nic.in ] ,

     told the state representatives that individuals need not declare their Aadhaar, passport

    or driving license when NPR is updated,

Ø  A second senior officer said for the first time ever, India is planning to introduce “self-enumeration” that will allow individuals to register their personal details online  for Census 2021

Ø  The Registrar General of India ( RGI / Rgi.rgi@nic.in ) has told states that the Centre is planning to allow “self-enumeration” through an online procedure for the population enumeration phase – the second phase of the census, the official said on condition of anonymity.

Ø  “Self-enumeration has been cleared by the Centre and initial meetings have been held at the State-Level Census Coordination Committees,” the official said.

Ø  The RGI is developing an online application protected through a one-time password that allows individuals to log on the Census website and fill in their details, a third official said. Self-enumeration will not, however, do away with the enumerator.

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Dear Shri Amitbhai Shah,

In spite of the fact that the CAA – NPR – NRC , are not intended for taking away anyone’s citizenship, opposition parties seem to have succeeded in confusing the citizen

To remove this misunderstanding from the minds of people, I urge you once again to complete and publish the COMPARATIVE TABULATION of these 3 processes, as per my following earlier email :

Confused about CENSUS - NPR - NRC ?  [  24  Dec  2019  ]

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

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18  Jan  2020

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

Job Creation : Not a question of options

Here is what I mean

To create just ONE new job ,

Ø   Steel industry requires Rs 10 lakhs of funds

Ø  Apparel industry requires a mere Rs 4,166  !

That means :

For Rs 10 lakh , you can create 250 jobs in Apparel industry

But then, if you need steel for building infrastructure, you have got to invest whatever funds are needed

And just because it takes less money to create  jobs in Apparel industry, you cannot produce billions of garments and wear 3 shirts at a time !

This comparison is based on Economic Survey 2016-17 , as reported in :

A stitch in time: Policy flip-flops have seen India lose in garments exports but, it might not be too late 

For easier understanding, from this source, I have prepared following comparative tabulation :

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Srl No	Industry Sector	No of Jobs created per Rs 1 lakh investment	Investment needed to create ONE job ( Rs )
1	Apparel	24.0	4,166
2	Leather & Footwear	7.1	14,084
3	Food Processig	2.4	41,666
4	Auto	0.3	3.3 Lakh
5	Steel	0.1	10 Lakh

Significance of Apparel Industry goes beyond its low capital requirement for creating new jobs

To grasp its real importance, read following :

India's textile and apparel exports to reach USD 300 bn by FY25: Invest India

Extract :

India's textile and apparel exports are expected to touch $ 300 billion by 2024-25, resulting in TRIPLING of the country’s MARKET SHARE globally from 5 % to 15 %

The domestic textile and apparel industry ( including handicrafts ), stood at $ 140 billion in 2018, of which $ 100 billion was domestically consumed and balance exported

The textile and garments industry in India is expected to reach $ 223 billion by 2021

The textiles and apparel industry contributes 2.3 per cent to India’s GDP and accounts for 13 % of industrial production and 12 % of country’s export earnings

It is the second largest employer of the country providing employment to 45 million people at present and this number is expected to rise to 55 million people by end of 2020

India is the largest producer of cotton and jute in the world and the second largest producer of polyester silk and fibre

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But then , no matter how low the investment required to create ONE JOB , in a few sectors ( of the organized sector ) , there is no way India can provide gainful employment to 12 million youth entering our work-force, each year

Only answer ( to this problem ) is “ Small establishments “ , each of which gets started by an entrepreneur / owner and then, within a few years , provides jobs to 3 / 5 others

To know how this works out, read :

How much Capital to create One job ?                     [ 22 June 2017 ]

Madam Smriti Iraniji,

smritizirzni@gmail.com

I have hope that under your leadership , this TEXTILE DREAM will get realized

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14  Jan  2020

hcp@RcruitGuru.com

See You Out of Court

aka  >  Justice Privatized

 

That is the title of an article ( authored by Indulekha Arvind ) , in today’s Economic Times ( Magazine )

Online version can be found at :

Online dispute resolution is beginning to find takers in India 

For benefit of readers, here are the highlights of that article :

Ø  What is ODR ?

A way to settle disputes outside courts, combining tech and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms

Ø  Why is it useful ?

Can ease pressure on courts with 4.56 million cases pending in high courts and 31.5 million in district courts

Ø  What is ODR process ?

[ A ]…. One party approaches ODR firm

[ B ]…. Firm reaches out to the other party

[ C ]…. If both parties agree to arbitration rules…

[ D ]…. Arbitrator appointed

[ E ]…. Time-stamped intimations sent via email and WhatsApp

[ F ]…. Interactions rake place online or on phone

[ G ]…. Verdicts typically given within a month

Ø  In India, who are involved in running ODR platforms ?

[ 1 ]…. Shalini Saxena / Kanchan Gupta ( Cadre  /  support@thecadre.in )

[ 2 ]…. Pranjal Sinha  /  pranjal@sama.live /  pranjal@odrways.com

           Akshetha Ashok /  akshetha@odrways.com

           Vikram Kumar  /  vikram@odrways.com

            ( Sama / info@sama.live  / https://odrways.com/?page_id=2 )

          

                     

[ 3 ]…. Vikas Mahendra ( Centre for Online Dispute Resolution- CODR )

           mumbai@keystone.law  /  vikas.mahendra@keystone.law

[ 4 ]…. Chittu Nagarajan ( CREK ODR ) / chittunagarajan@gmail.com

Ø  ODR Globally

#  European Union

    It is mandatory for all online traders to provide a link to EU’s ODR platform

#  USA

    E-Comm companies began offering ODR in early 2000s ; various county courts in

    the US now mandate ODR as a first step

#  China

     Hangzhou Interne Court for ecommerce disputes offr ODR platform

#   Brazil

      Consumidor platform allows consumers and internet companies to solve disputes

      Directly ; resolved 2 million complaints in 5 years

MY TAKE :

I congratulate the above-mentioned Startups for their initiative

In my following blog ( sent as email to our Policy Makers ),

[  Justice delayed is Justice Denied  /  12 Sept 2018 ],

 

I wrote :

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If we want to reduce the average “case disposal time “ from 6 YEARS to 6 MONTHS , we must do better than the Chinese – as follows :

      #        Launch online portal……..www.OnlineJustice.gov.in

          …..having following features / pages / User Interfaces :

#   Who can register a litigation and how ( detailed form to be filled in )

#   What kind of complaints can be filed ( Eg; property / divorce / fraud / loans etc )

#   Time frame of hearings ( based on backlog at that point )

#   Search / Selection of “ empanelled lawyers “ ( with their fees tariff )

#   Method of conducting “ Online Trial “ ( Audio – Video Conference calls )

#   Online payment of Court Fees / Lawyer’s fees

#   Who can “ watch “ the online trial and how ( Video broadcast ) and when

#   Progress Chart as trial proceeds / Upload – Download of documents

#   Court Room allotted ( by software ) to each litigation

     Not being limited by any “ Physical Constraints “ , it will be possible ( for the

     software ), to open as many “ Virtual / Online “ Court Rooms as required

     Only limitation will be the Number of available Judges at any given time

     Let none have doubts about the ability of our Start Ups to design / develop and launch

     such a portal within 6 months , whose “ Conceptual Frame Work “ could resemble ,

     On Line Jobs Fair   

     Software Architecture For Online Jobs Fair   

     And as far as finding 10,000 Judges to conduct “ Online Trials “ from the comfort of

     their homes ( and without imposing any “ Infrastructure Burden “ on the State –

     except providing them with a fast broadband connection ) , I suggest that we rope in

     retired judges on a “ Per Case Retainer “ basis ( paid into their Jan Dhan accounts )

      There must be a “ Bonus cum Penalty “ formula to govern the payments to the Judges ,

      depending upon the “ Actual Time “ taken to dispose off a given case as against the “

      Target Time “ ( to be computed by Artificial Intelligent Software , based on historical

      data being continuously compiled for all the cases , once the portal gets launched )

      I urge Chief Justice Hon Deepak Misraji to treat this email as a PIL and “ direct “ the

      NDA government to initiate action on this suggestion ( I cannot afford a lawyer ! )

     Your " Activism " in this matter will go a long way to restore the faith of the ordinary

     citizens in the judiciary  !

 

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Once , Mahatma Gandhi had said :

“ I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any ”

I urge Shri RaviShankar Prasadji ( Minister for Law ), to facilitate an “ ODR Culture “ to blow freely in India

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12  Jan  2020

hcp@RecruitGuru.com