Tamil Nadu : # 1 on “ Ease of Living “ Index ?

On 06 Jan 2020 , I wrote :

“ How about making lives of Ordinary Citizen easy by having just ONE CARD to replace all

  these cards ?  Introduction of an “ Ease of Living “ index ! “

[ source :   I am One , I will become Many   ]

Lo and behold !

Tamil Nadu / Ease of Living

Coming soon : A safe, secure digital vault to store your documents  

Extract :

Ø  A unique idea of the Tamil Nadu government, which is all set to come out as a formal order, is meant to make life easier for people with their own data — from birth to death certificates and from licenses to insurances — at a single click.

Ø  It is a zero proof, identity-based predictive government service, backed by a bulletproof Blockchain system

Ø  The plan that comes under e-Governance makes people free from the usual processes of applying for various government services like certificates, documents, licenses to various different government departments

Ø  A new system being implemented by Tamil Nadu will provide all such services “as a predictive service” to ensure that citizens need not apply for any statutory service. Instead, all these documents will be made available in a secret vault accessible through a One-Time Password (OTP)

Ø  Going a step ahead, a Citizen’s Vault is being created for each citizen in this new system which helps them view their certificates and documents using their mobile number as the user ID and an OTP ( one-time-password ) that they instantly receive on their phones as the password.

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7 years ago , on 30 Jan 2013 , I wrote :

“ How about a card to replace all the above-mentioned cards ? “

[ source :  Raining Cards ?   ]

5 years ago , on 25 May 2015 , I sent following email to Shri RaviShankar Prasadji , listing reasons why the Central-Government proposed DIGITAL LOCKER project , as envisaged then , was simply UNWORKABLE ,

Digital Locker Project

 

Then , in my blog of 06 Jan 2020 , I envisaged the following process :

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Ø  Central Govt to launch an online portal called,

www.SUIIC.gov.in  (  Single Unified Identity for Indian Citizen )

Ø  By appropriately enacted Law, Central Govt will order all CARD ISSUING AGENCIES to upload their “ Card Related Databases “ onto SUIIC web server and continue to do so DAILY for new additions to their databases

Ø   SUIIC will use AI - Machine Learning - Big Data Analytics etc.,  to merge / collate all kinds of structured / unstructured databases pertaining to all kinds of Cards / unique IDENTIFIERS, issued by any entity, to any citizen

These will include Mobile Service Providers and E Mail ID providers

Ø  This exercise will lead to creation of UNIQUE PROFILE for each citizen, and named :

YUP  ( Your Unique Profile )

YUP ( with unique serial number ) will be that SINGLE CARD which replaces all CARDS

Ø  YUP will also be the name of a Mobile App supported by SUIIC web server

Ø  Any citizen can download the YUP ( absolutely VOLUNTARY ) , open it on his smart phone , enter his mobile number / E Mail ID and take a SELFIE of his own FACE

Ø  The Mobile App will automatically and instantly, upload the FACE IMAGE onto SUIIC database and the matching YUP of that person

Ø  SUIIC will embed into the FACE PHOTO , all data of all the CARDS ever issued to that person ( using STEGANOGRAPHY ), and send it back to the owner’s mobile phone

Ø  Just under the FACE PHOTO, there will be a DROP LIST of all the Cards / Identifiers which have been embedded . Touching any item, will reveal the actual Physical Card

Ø  This will enable that citizen to EDIT his personal data online and click SUBMIT

Ø  Anytime required in future, that citizen can show that YUP photo to any party

Ø  There will be no compulsion for any citizen to use YUP . He may continue using his Physical Cards, if he so desires

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Congratulations , Dr Santosh Babu 

[ Santosh@santoshbabu.org ] ,

Your innovation of a DIGITAL VAULT , will certainly make living easy for citizen of Tamil Nadu – and undoubtedly many more States would want to follow suit , with some changes here and there

But , why should each State design / develop / launch , its own unique DIGITAL VAULT ?

Why can there be not, a SINGLE vault for entire India , for all of its citizen ?

In which case , the process described by me above, might act as a guide

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

Mumbai

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14  Feb 2020

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

From “ Lost Votes “ to “ Remote Votes “ ?

Why not ? – says Shri Sunil Arora ( Chief Election Commissioner )

Context :

Working on tech solution for ‘lost votes’, says CEC

Extract :

Ø  in the 2019 elections, 300 million voters did not exercise their franchise. That’s a third of India’s 900 million voters. Some were probably not engaged enough to vote, but a vast majority possibly could not vote because they were far away from where they were registered as voters

Ø  In a series of articles, TIO had looked at solutions to “ Lost Votes “ – most experts agreed the answer lay in technology

Ø  On Wednesday, Arora said that the EC is working with the Indian Institute of Technology , Chennai, to develop a BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM that will allow voters registered in any part of the country to exercise their franchise even after they move cities

Ø  Since many move only temporarily, it makes little sense for them to go through the hassle of registering as voters in their new place of residence

Ø  Arora said he was hopeful that the BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM would be put in place during his tenure {  June 2021 ?  }

Ø  He also said a proposal to link VOTER IDs with AADHAR, pending wit the Ministry of Law, would be on the agenda during the EC’s February 18 deliberations on ELECTORAL REFORMS, with the Ministry

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Moral of the Story :

Just doggedly persevere . Never give up . Never say die !

Proof :

For more than 7 years , I have been sending emails to the Cabinet Ministers – Election Commission – NITI Aayog etc, to introduce a mobile-based voting app called ,

VotesApp                                                         [ 18 Dec 2012 ]

I followed up this email, with the following 24 emails :

2020

#   First Step to VotesApp ?                               [24 Jan 2020 ]

2019

#  VVPAT ? How about EVBAT ?                           [ 28 Mar 2019 ]

#  Dark Side of Democracy                                  [ 08 Jan 2019 ]

 

2018

#  Americans call it “ Voatz “                                [ 13 Aug 2018 ]

#  Where is the need ?                                         [ 05 Apr 2018 ]

#  Block Chain for Voting ?                                   [ 11 Mar 2018 ]

# Thank You, Shri Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay          [ 19 Feb 2018 ]

# Simultaneous Polling                                         [ 22 Jan 2018 ]

 

2017

# Poll Reforms : Time for a Consensus                  [ 21 Aug 2017 ]

# A Blue Print for VotesApp ?                               [ 25  Apr  2017 ]

# Electoral Reforms Capsule : A Bitter Pill ?           [ 05  Feb  2017 ]

 

2016

# Reforming Elections and Lok Sabha                    [ 20 Dec 2016 ]

#  One Nation , One Vote ?                                   [ 29 Nov 2016 ]

#  Filtering  Candidate  Information ?                     [18  Sept  2016 ]

#  One Poll  ,  One  Time                                       [ 06 Sept  2016 ]

#  Advantage  Incumbent  ?                                   [ 05  Sept  2016 ]

#   ROMP :  A Panacea ?                                         [ 06  Aug  2016 ]

#  The Greatest Reform ?                                        [ 12  June  2016 ]

 

#   One Day Polling is possible                                 [31  Mar  2016 ]

 

2015

#  How  to  Save  Rs  5511  crore  ?                           [12  Dec  2015 ]

#  Honey ! I shrunk  the  EVM                                    [21  Oct  2015 ]

2014

#  All   Seasons  are  Election  Seasons                       [ 22 May 2014 ]

#  A  Software  Powerhouse  ?                                    [ 24  Apr  2014 ]

#  Sun  Never  Sets                                                    [ 01  Apr 2014 ] 

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For this bold decision, I congratulate :

Ø  Shri Narendra Modiji

Ø  Shri RaviShankar Prasadji

Ø  Shri Sunil Aroraji

>  Times of India

Ø  Hon. Supreme Court

And , I thank them for listening to the suggestion of an ordinary citizen

I urge readers of this blog / email , to persevere if they want society to change for the better

There is no failure greater than “ not trying “

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन । मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भुर्मा ते संगोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥

You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty. - Bhagavad Gita, Chapter II, Verse 47

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13  Feb  2020

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

From “ E-pay “ to ” E-play “

Context :

E-pay platform NPCI to face competition

Extract :

Ø  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has prepared the ground for allowing competition to the National Payments Corporation of India ( NPCI )

Ø  The new entity will set up, manage and operate NEW PAYMENT SYSTEMS, especially in retail space, comprising but not limited to ATMs, white-label point-of-sales ( POS ) machines, Aadhar based payments, and remittance services

Ø  It will also develop NEW PAYMENT METHODS, STANDARDS and TECHNOLOGIES and spend on raising awareness of payment systems

Ø  The NPCI operates the RuPay and the Unified Payments Interface ( UPI ) networks

Ø  It links all the ATMs of different banks to ONE NETWORK and manages other forms of electronic payments

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Some 3 years ago, I wrote :

[ source :    A Matter of Time    /     03 Jan 2017   ]

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Today's Mantra  :  Competition is the Mother of Innovation

Just wait to find out which Mobile Wallet comes up with the following " innovations " first :

*  All bank accounts of a person ( in different banks ) become inter- operable / fungible ,

   through seamless interlinking , using Aadhar / UPI Interface in a Mobile Wallet

   No need to " select " a particular bank name

  

*  All transactions using a Mobile Wallet, automatically entered in BLOCK-CHAIN database

   commonly shared by ALL banks

*  Wallet based algorithm will  move funds across different bank accounts  for best yield ,

   constantly searching for best interest rates offered by banks on Fixed Deposits

   This will happen automatically , much like algorithm-based share trading , taking

   advantage of price differences in two bourses located 300 km apart ( in one thousandths

   of a second ! )

   No rocket science here considering availability of " BEST PRICE " apps for thousands of

   goods and services

   And since computing power of mobiles are doubling every 18 months ( Moore's Law ),

  nothing will stop algo-trading through a Mobile Wallet , as well ! ( Demat A/C on Wallet ? )

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It is very likely that the RBI-inspired COMPETITION ( to NPCI ) may come from technology companies like TCS – INFOSYS – WIPRO – L&T INFOTECH etc

And though the selected entity will set up a payment network ( similar to NPCI ), as mandated by RBI, it will not be just another “ also ran “ !

Directors of these companies would want to go from “ E – Pay “  to  “ E – Play “ , described above

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12 Feb 2020

hcp@RecruitGuru.com