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

Monday, 25 April 2022

World’s Biggest “ Resume Database “ ?

 


 

E-Shram portal was launched on 26 Aug 2021


It is designed for getting UNORGANIZED MIGRANT workers to register , so that they may avail a number of benefits / subsidies


Its REGISTRATION FORM , closely resembles “ Submit Resume “ forms found on most Job Portals


In the 8 months since its launch, the total number of workers who have “ registered “ on E-Shram ( till yesterday ), is :


27,32, 89,272   ( 273 million / 27.32 Crore )  


  

Without doubt, this is the World’s Biggest Resume Database



 To get an idea of how closely the REGISTRATION form resembles a SUBMIT RESUME form, look up :


Ø  e-Shram : - also a Deep Database ? ……………………………… [  30 Aug 2021 ]



That close resemblance made me suggest :

Ø  e-Shram can provide jobs to Unorganized Workers ? ………[ 26 Aug 2021 ]


-       where I suggested as follows :

 

 

That REGISTRATION FORM ( on e-Shram portal ) is very similar to “ SUBMIT RESUME “ forms on most job-portals


A few additional data-fields can make it IDENTICAL


Then each data-field can be “ mapped “ ( with the “ Submit Resume “ form on Central Government’s own portal ) – and normalized : National Career Service Portal  (  NCS )


That will enable us to “ migrate “ from e-Shram portal, those 380 million RESUMES ( Registrations ) to NCS


Like any other job-portal, NCS too, has following main features :


( A )….. For Jobseekers

            #   Submit Resume ( ie ; Register )- with option to EDIT anytime

            #   Search Jobs ( posted by registered Employers ) – then APPLY ONLINE

            #   On their Mobiles, receive daily matching JOB-ALERTS – and apply

                 from mobile itself

            #   Some job-portals even allow jobseekers to BLAST their RESUMES to

                 selected Employers


            Usually, most of these services are FREE for the jobseekers

            That makes most jobseekers to “ Submit Resumes “ on several job-

            portals


( B )….. For Employers

            #   Submit Company Details ( Register )

            #   Post Jobs ( Vacancies )  

            #   Search ( and download ) Resumes

 

By making available to Employers ( registered on NCS ), 380 million resumes ( of Unorganized Workers ), NCS could well become THE BIGGEST JOB-PORTAL in entire world !


WHAT COULD THIS LEAD TO ?


       Ø  Number of Employers and the number of Job-postings on NCS will go up by

           millions . These will include thousands of Employer Companies from abroad,

           wanting to source manpower from India


       Ø  65 million MSME ( currently, which cannot afford expensive monthly-quarterly

           subscription of job-portals ), will register on NCS , in the hope of to deliver

           their jobs ( vacancies ) to thousands of  workers, through JOB ALERTs

           delivered on their mobiles – and receive applications

 

I am glad that my suggestions are about to get implemented.


Here are the indications :

 

 National Career Service portal puts out over 1.5 lakh active job offers across sectors and regions


( ET   /  21 April 2022 )

Extract :

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget 2022-23 speech had

announced interlinking of 4 portals

#   NCS

#   e-SHRAM

#   UDYAM and 

#   ASEEM

The linkage between NCS and e-Shram was completed recently


The linkage has enabled unorganized sector workers registered on e-Shram portal

 to register on NCS and search for better job opportunities


The Ministry further said :

“ a woman worker from Vizianagaram got a job in a reputed chemical firm as a District Manager through NCS. Another female from Pallakad received a job offer as a process executive in a reputed software firm in Ernakulum . e-Shram registrants are getting varied job offers like quality control, accountant, agriculture officer etc., through NCS “

 

Dear Shri Bhupender Yadavji

{ Labour Minister ),


While thanking you for implementing my suggestion to link-up e-Shram with NCS,

I urge you to consider implementation of my many other suggestions listed in the

following emails sent earlier


Please consider :

Somewhere there is a SUITABLE JOB for each and every jobseeker and

somewhere there is a SUITABLE CANDIDATE for each and every vacancy


Problem revolves around “ Lack of Information “


Even for educated candidates, it is a herculean task to “ search / find / apply

online “ , for those SUITABLE JOBS from among MILLIONS existing but

unpublicized ( not listed on job portals ). 65 Million MSMEs do not post their

vacancies on NCS / Naukri / MonsterIndia / TimesJobs / Clickjobs etc  


And it would be unreasonable to expect 28 Crore jobseekers to “ SUBMIT RESUME

“ on ( say ) 100 job portals !


Please consider my proposal at :

Ø  Birth of a David ? ……………………………..[ 27 Oct 2021 ]

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@recruitGuru.com / 26 April 2022

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Related Readings :


Ø  National Career Service Portal ……………………………..[ 21 July 2015 ]


Ø  TOWARDS A NATIONAL JOB PORTAL ?............... [ 07 Feb 2016 ]


Ø  Credible Data on Job Creation ? Here is How……… [ 09 May 2017 ]


Ø  Will Chatbots take away Jobs ? …………………………….[ 24 June 2017 ]


Ø  National Recruitment Agency ( NRA ) …………………..[ 02 Feb 2020 ]


Ø  Consortium of Indian Job Portals : a First Step ……[ 04 Aug 2020 ]


Ø  World Wide Work ( W3F )…………………………………….. [ 17 June 2015 ]


          Congratulations, Pramod Vermaji ,                       [ 25 Dec 2021 ]

 

 

 

DATA is better than Third Degree

 


Says, Shri Amitbhai Shah ( Home Minister )


Here is what got reported :

Rely on technology, data and digital forensics for investigation; not third-degree

( ET  /  23 April 2022 )


Extract :


Ø  Stating that law enforcement agencies need to rely on technology, data, information and digital forensics for investigation and not “ redundant “ third degree methods

 

Ø  Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday shared that the National Investigation Agency ( NIA ) has been asked with preparing databases on seven counts :


#    Narcotics

#    Hawala Transactions

#    Arms Trafficking

#    Counterfeit Currencies

#    Bomb Blasts

#    Terror Funding

#    Terrorism

 

Ø   “ Preparation of a National Database,  and allowing investigation agencies

      probing cases relating to the above seven fields, access to this database, while

      also adding state-level databases, will help both the national investigation

     agencies as well as the state police.


 NIA has made a good start and the government expects that the national

 database on all counts will be developed in the coming days,” Shah said

            

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MY  TAKE :

 

Ø  E - Governance ?  ...................................... [ 03 April 2014 ]

 

Extract :

 

Can e-Governance help eliminate corruption  ?

Most certainly

Look at the following , partial list of Central and State Agencies set up to fight

fraud , money-laundering , corruption , tax-evasion , economic crimes etc :

 

>  Public Accounts Committee           (  PAC  )

 

>  Central Vigilance Commission        (  CVC  )

 

>  Central Information Commission     (  CIC  )

 

>  Research and Analysis Wing           (  RAW  )

 

>  Serious Fraud Investigation Office   (  SFIO  )

 

>  Information Bureau                        (  IB   )

 

>  Economic Offence Wing                   (  EOW  )

 

>  Central Bureau of Investigation        (  CBI  )

 

>  Department of Revenue Intelligence (  DIR  )

 

>  Comptroller and Auditor General       (  CAG  )

 

>  Anti Corruption Bureaus ( States ).... (  ACB  )

 

>  Enforcement Directorate                    (  ED   )

 

>  Lok  Ayukts    (  States   )

 

>  Lok Pal           ( Central  )

 

 

Despite such an army of Agencies , how do corrupt manage to get away  ?

Or , in case caught , manage to delay delivery of punishment for years  ?

No doubt , there must be several reasons , including , inter - agency rivalry to get credit - something difficult to eliminate altogether

But , I believe , the most important reason is :

 

Lack of a COMMON  / COMPUTERIZED database of all offences / cases / persons being investigated

 

And , which is readily " Accessible " to all of these Agencies , all over the country ( 24 * 365 )

 

Already , every Agency compiles huge dossiers on " Suspects " in its own "

Departmental Database " , which is never shared with other Agencies , leading

to ,

 

>   Huge amount of duplication of efforts / information

 

>   Fractured / scattered profiles of " Suspects "

 

>   Enormous waste of time / resources

 

 

What will help  ?

  

Dismantling of individual departmental databases

 

Merging of all Agency-wise databases into a SINGLE / UNIQUE database

 

>  All Agencies to enter their findings / data / info into this COMMON database ,

    with nothing preserved on  local computers

 

>  All data-entry FORMS to be ONLINE . No paper forms at all

 

>  All local computers connected to ultra-secure Network ( Encrypted )

 

>  " Access Rights " to individuals , based on Biometric Identification

 

  

Will BJP want to make this , a prominent promise in their Poll-Manifesto , likely to be released on 7th April  ?  ( Congress /  AAP missed this boat  ! )

 

It is high time political parties stop talking of motherhood in vague terms and start telling the voters ,

 

" If you vote us to power , this is precisely what we will do , to bring about E-GOVERNANCE  - and do it within 6 months of assuming power "

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With regards,

Hemen parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  26 April 2022

 

Related Readings :

Ø  Thank You, Shri Karnal Singhji,………………………. [ 12 April 2022 ]

Ø  Break-down the Silos ! …………………………………… [  16 Sept 2017 ]

Ø  Too Many Cooks , spoil the Broth ? ………………. [  25 Feb 2018 ]

Ø  Thank You, Dr Rajan……………………………………….. [ 22 Aug 2021 ]

 

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Added  on  05  MAY  2022  :


Centre plans national database to strengthen policing and criminal investigation ../  ET  /  04  May


 Extract :


NATGRID is the integrated intelligence master

 database structure for counter-terrorism purposes,

 connecting databases of various CORE  SECURITY 

 AGENCIES under the Govt of India , collecting

 COMPREHENSIVE  PATTERNS procured from 21

 DIFFERENT  ORGANIZATIONS , that can be readily

 ACCESSED by SECURITY AGENCIES , around the

 clock


Sunday, 24 April 2022

Not “ MAY “ but “ MUST “

 


 

Context :

Renewables may power EV charging    /  ET   /  25  April  2022

Extract :

Ø  "Open access is for entities buying more than 1 MW of power. But none of the

     charging stations will have 1 MW at one location. The draft green open access

     rules lowers the threshold to 100 kW for consumers. Though not intended only for

     EV, it is an excellent opportunity to make them completely green," said Awadesh

     Jha, executive director (charge and drive) at Fortum and chairman of national

     committee on future mobility at CII. 

    ( fortum.india@fortum.com /jha_k3@hotmail.com / awadhesh.jha@fortum.com )

       


 He said this is the first of its kind initiative in the world.

 

“This brings the EV ecosystem a step closer to Europe, where Fortum customers if

 they are charging from a particular location, are informed they are charging their

 vehicle from wind or solar,” he said.

Ø 

Ø  A policy directive enabling any consumer above 100 kW hour load, including

    residential societies, commercial complexes or charging stations, to source

   green electricity from any source other than the local distribution supplier has been

   announced by the government. Sources in the government said the rules are at the

    stage of final legal vetting. The Draft Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy

    Through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2021 were issued in August last year.

 

 

MY  TAKE  :

 


       >   Solar Power Based Charging Station ?  …………..[ 06 June 2018 ]


Extract :

 

Ø  But , if we must have Battery Charging Stations , the least we can do is to have

    these depend upon Solar Power and not dirty , coal-based electricity

  

Ø  If Indian Oil / Hindustan Petroleum etc do not step in fast ( to obsolete

    themselves ) , then it is quite possible that innovators like Chetan Maini / Pawan

    Goenka etc would obsolete them !

 

 

Ø  Clean Energy pumping Dirty Fuel ?..........  [  08 Dec 2018 ]

 

Extract :

 

·          Oil companies are planning to install Solar Panels on Petrol Pumps , to

          replace Dirty Electric Power coming  from Coal-based Stations

 

           Indian Oil   ……………………………………… 27,377  pumps

  

·          Hindustan Petroleum………………………. 15,287  pumps

  

·          Bharat Petroleum……………………………  14,500  pumps

  

·          Indian Oil target ……………….    1,140  pumps PER MONTH ( all in 24 months )

  

·          Cost of 25 Kw PV installation…………   Rs 13.5 Lakh

 

(https://www.aliensolar.com/blogs/blog-and-news/cost-of-rooftop-solar-system-on-grid-off-grid-hybrid-in-india  )

  

·          Reduction in Power cost per year…..  Rs  7  Lakhs  ( 50 % of current cost )

 

 This is a great news , not only because it has a pay-back period of only 2 YEARS

 but also because it heralds a “ re-inventing “ of energy-retailing business for

 these Oil giants which have , as of now , enjoyed a near monopoly of the Energy

 Distribution market

 

 

I get a feeling that they asked of themselves :

 

 “ What business are we in ?

 

Are we in the business of pumping liquids in the tanks of petrol / diesel vehicles ? 

 

Or , are we into energizing  Electric Vehicles by re-charging their Lithium-ion

batteries  ?

 

  Can we take the first step by installing Solar Panels at our pumps  ?

 

  Then gradually convert these pumps to pump Electricity ( invisible fluid )  ?

 

 

Dear Shri R K Singhji,

 

 

Oil Majors may have made the correct “ Political Noises “ 3 years ago but the

ground reality looks very different !

 

For companies which have enjoyed “ Absolute and Total Monopoly “ in selling

DIRTY ENERGY for decades , it is quite understandable that they fear “

Obsolescence “

 

Only you are in the position to tell them the BITTER TRUTH :

 

  If you don’t make yourself obsolete – and FAST – then someone else will

 

 

With regards,

 

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  25 April 2022

 

 

 

REFERENCES :  

 

 

Time to Reinvent for Hindustan Petroleum - Bharat Petroleum ?     [  25  May  2017  ]

 

Carbon  Conspiracy  ?  …………………………………………   [  13  Nov  2017  ]

 

Roof Top Solar : Better Alternative  ……………………..[  24  May  2018  ]

 

25,000 New Petrol Pumps ? Why ?  ……………………….[  18  June  2018  ]

 

Every Building : a Battery Charging Station ?  ………[  26  Oct  2018  ]

 

 

 

Related Readings :

 


Electric cars can now charge on sunlight day and night with Tesla Powerpacks at new ‘Smart Solar Charging’ station 

 

Already , a Solar Panel charged Battery Charging Station has come up in Netherlands

 

E-car charging stations could soon become mandatory in your residential building