18th
April
,
I sent following email to Cabinet Ministers and to
-
where I suggested improvements in respect of ( read blog for
details ) :
Ø Self
Declaration ( no voluntarily entering of down-loader’s health status )
Ø Voluntary
Downloading ( App to be pre-installed at factory
by manufacturers )
Ø Permission
to Leave House ( E-pass
/ Permanent – Temporary )
Ø
Tracking Positive Thru GPS ( NaVIC – India’s GPS – to track all phones
24x7 )
Ø
As soon as I am within 2 meters of any of these
( positive ) Mobile phone, my phone will start getting a signal and start beeping !
22 April,
In my email [ Aarogya
Setu : Ayushmaan Bhavah : ], I suggested adding following feature :
Ø E-pass will go a long way to enforce SOCIAL DISTANCING
Ø SOCIAL DISTANCING DETECTOR will go even longer by raising ALARM when two persons come closer than mandated 6 ft distance.
May be
Aarogya Setu Team is already asking :
How
do we integrate this DETECTOR in V 2.0 ?
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SINCE
THEN, FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED / IN THE PROCESS OF HAPPENING :
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29 April,
Ø Downloading made mandatory ,
# for all government staff by the
Department of
Personnel and Training through an Order
01
May,
# for all employees in the public
and private sector
through a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) order
27
April,
Ø Department of Empowerment of PwD (DEPwD) wrote to the
MeitY and NIC listing the following shortcomings
of the app :
# separate
section with specific information for
persons with hearing impairment with sign
language interpretation / close captioning
# So far as persons
with visual impairment are
concerned, provision for audio guide for
navigation, audio description of colour used,
proper colour contrast etc.
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Ø It is mandatory to download Aarogya
Setu app for those who cross the border.
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02 May ,
Ø The Centre has also asked smartphone manufacturers to preinstall
the app in new phones.
Ø It has also been made mandatory for
workers at agricultural produce markets ( mandi
) and delivery personnel
[ source : https://www.scoopwhoop.com/news/government-making-aarogya-setu-app-compulsory-smartphones/ ]
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Dear Shri Narendrabhai,
Some high-profile politicians and some “ publicity
seeking “ experts , are raising the bogey of Aarogya Setu violating user’s
privacy
They are,
Ø Less concerned with thousands dying of a
disease named CORONA ( possibly imported from China ),
and
Ø More
concerned with a disease named “ PRIVACY “ , imported from rich USA / EU ,
where , by now 180,600 lives have been lost to Corona ( 74 % of world-wide )
The only response that they deserve is ignoring them
Let Aarogya Setu Team implement these suggestions on a
war-footing – especially,
a COMMON / UNIVERSAL , E – Pass feature,
which replaces
a plethora of all kinds of e-passes currently being issued by different State Departments
/ Health Authorities / Agencies / Police / Municipalities etc
People are totally confused as to,
> “ Who to apply for an E-pass
, for Which purpose
and How “
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 03
May 2020