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

Saturday, 2 May 2020

Aarogya Setu : Cutting a long story short



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
    
   concerned, provision for audio guide for
   navigation, audio description of colour used, 
   proper colour contrast etc.
   
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 01 May,
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


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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

Friday, 1 May 2020

आभार, श्री नरेन्द्रभाई




Thank You , Shri Narendrabhai ,



What for ?

For moving from Quadrant A to Quadrant B


Please explain :

In my following email, I urged him ,

[  A Case of Conflicting Concerns   /   23 April 2020   ] ,

Dear Shri Narendrabhai,


Citizen of USA / Europe / South America / Iran etc ., are agitating for complete and immediate lifting of lockdown

This amounts to bypassing " Quadrant B " and straight away jumping from " Quadrant A " , directly to " Quadrant C "  !

Irrespective of what happens in those countries, we must not fall prey to this populism , which will spell disaster “



Did he read your E mail ?

I have no acknowledgement from PMO but I am tempted to believe, considering yesterday’s order from MHA ( Ministry of Home Affairs ) , which admirably balances  the following  “ Conflicting Concerns “  :

Ø  Concern for LIVES ( through continued emphasis on Social Distancing )

Ø  Concern for LIVELIHOOD ( by permitting partial resumption of Economic Activities )



What is that order ?

Ø  Extension of lockdown by 2 weeks, with partial resumption of Economic Activities

Ø  Dividing entire country into three Zones ( RED / ORANGE / GREEN )

Ø  Specifying for each Zone , activities which are permitted and activities which are prohibited



But what mechanism decides RED -  ORANGE - GREEN status of a Zone ?

Ø  This is assigned based on the RISK PROFILE of an area .

     In my another email , CRY ,  Beloved Country   /   15 April 2020,

          I had suggested following matrix for this process :

 

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               Corona  Ranking  Yardstick ( CRY )

 ( For GRAPHICS for each parameter , look up :                          https://www.mohfw.gov.in/index.php )       

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Srl No
Parameter
Mild 

[  Minimum / Ideal  ]

Score = 1
Moderate 

[ Undesirable ]


Score = 2
Severe 

[ Alarming ]


Score = 3
INTENSITY  OF  PANDEMIC
( Per Day and Cumulative till 20 April )
1
No Infected
2
No Tested
3
No found Positive
4
No found Negative
5
Positivity Rate
6
No of New Cases
7
No of Deaths
8
Mortality Rate
9
No Recovered
10
No quarantined - Isolated
11
No of Hot Spots
12
No of Red Zones
13
No of Containment Areas

 

So, what activities are permitted ( YES ) and prohibited ( NO ) ?

Following table will make it easy to grasp  ( courtesy : WhatsApp ) :

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Any other INPUTS for further relaxation after 17th May ?

Sure !  If interested to know what, please look up :

 

Ø  When the dust settles                                         [ 17 April 2020 ]


Ø  Opinions may differ : Logic is same                     [ 15  April 2020 ]


Ø  Let not history repeat                                         [ 09 April 2020 ]


Ø  Economy : The Way Back                                    [ 08 April 2020 ]


Ø  Unlocking Lockdown : Calibrated – Gradual           [ 04 April 2020 ]


Ø  Not so ODD after all !                                          [ 01 April 2020 ]


Ø  How to convert Temporary into Permanent ?         [ 19 March 2020 ]


Ø  Opportunity in Adversity ?                                   [ 13 March 2020 ]


Ø  Caused by Corona-Virus ?                                     [ 04 March 2020 ]

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 Final Words ?


Ø  A big  “ THANK YOU “ to all Corona-Warriors everywhere


Ø  A fervent request to all citizen to strictly follow this order ( no compromise ). If we don’t, our fate could be worse than that of people in USA – Europe


      Without full cooperation of citizen, Govt cannot          win this war against an invisible enemy



          

Ø  Since we have govt officers who read our E Mails and act, let us speak up  

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh


hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  02 May 2020