Thank You, Sumita Dawra

 

Thank You, Sumita Dawra

( Secretary ( L & E ) / secy-labour@nic.in /  100 DAYS  ROAD-MAP  ? )

 

What For ?

For accepting in principle, my suggestion

 

What suggestion ?

To develop one common form for registration across all social sector schemes

 

Where / When did Sumitaji say that she accepted your suggestion ?

As reported in the following News report ( details at the bottom of this blog ) :

Merge data on unorganised workers with e-Shram: Labour Ministry to states  .. ET … 06 Apr 2024

 

Where / When did you suggest this ?

Here :

Ø  I am One , I will become Many  … …………….06 Jan 2020

 

             For details , see tabulation “ DATA REQUIRED BY DIFFERENT CARDS “ at the bottom

 

 

What is your difficulty with myScheme FORM / PROCESS ?

Whereas “ myScheme.gov.in “,

 - is a good initiative , it is a very long-winded process for any one to figure out , which of those 1900 + social

   benefit schemes, he is eligible

 There are 12 ( sequential ) FILTERS to apply, in order to narrow down on the “ Likely Eligible Schemes “

In my case , after applying all the filters, it showed up 34 schemes (- even though, I am certainly not eligible

for any of these ! )

ELIGIBILITY SEARCH MATRIX at the bottom , will give you some idea

 

What is your alternative suggestion ?

Ø  For each and every citizen of India, create his / her Unique Profile ( YUP = Your Unique Profile ), by implementing / launching :

             #        I am One , I will become Many .. ………..06 Jan 2020

 

Ø  For those millions of citizen ( not only those who have registered on e-shram  portal but all Indian Citizen ) , SUIIC ( Single Unique Identity of Indian Citizen ) portal ( details as per above blog / email ) , should on its own , accurately figure out :

      # WHICH schemes they are ELIGIBLE, and send them a link , by clicking which, a UNIQUE page ,

         dedicated to that person, provides :

      #  Details of each eligible scheme ,

      #  Shows documents required for each scheme ( also , which of these documents are already

          Uploaded on DigiLocker and which are missing )

     #  Fill up the SCHEME APPLICATION FORM ( as soon as a person uploads on DigiLocker , all required

         documents )

     #  Display ( only at this stage ) APPLY / SUBMIT button

 

This entire process should be carried out by MERGING the CENSUS FORM with myScheme FORM , ( by adding

a few data fields missing ), as shown below.

Once done , there will be no need to conduct a CENSUS , every 10 years ( last one was due in 2921 ) –

saving crores of rupees and man-hours

 

In fact ,  besides CENSUS , there will be no need for :

 

Ø  NRC  ( National Register of Citizen )

 

Ø  NPR  ( National Population Register )

 

Ø  Dozens of fragmented and obsolete DATABASES of Indian Citizen ( described above )

 

 

In their own interest , citizen will keep their YUP ( Your Unique Profile ) MERGED FORM , up-to-date, at least

 ONCE per YEAR

 

Why – and how – they will do so , is explained at :

Ø  Census 2021 : an Unprecedented Opportunity ………… 11  Apr  2019

 

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.HemenParekh.ai  /  10 April 2024

 

Relevant Earlier E-Mails to Cabinet Ministers :

Ø  DigiLocker = Single Unified Identity for Indian Citizen ?................. 06 Mar 2022

Ø  SUIIC : “ Your Unique Identity “ Platform - about to be born ? ………. 27 Apr 2022

Ø  Meri Aawaz hi Meri Pehchaan Hai  ……………………………………………………… 04 July 2022

Ø  MOSIP   ( Modular Open Source Identity Platform )……………………………11 Sept 2022

Ø  DigiLocker 2.0 = I am One, I will become Many .. ……………………………..04 Feb 2023

Ø  India embraces SUIIC : re-named as NATGRID .. ……………………………….27 Apr 2023

Ø  Worldcoin : Conceptually same as YUP ?  …………………………………………… 24 July 2023

Ø  Confused about CENSUS - NPR - NRC ?  …………………………………………….. 24 Dec 2019

 

TABULATIONS  EXTRACTED  FROM  ABOVE  LISTED  E-MAILS :

 

 DATA REQUIRED BY DIFFERENT CARDS

 

 

Srl No	Data	Aadhar	PAN	Ayushman Bharat Gold Card	Ration Card	Senior Citizen Card	Driving License	Voter ID	Passport
1	Name	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
2	DOB	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔
3	Gender	✔	✔	✔		✔			✔
4	Address	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
5	Photo	✔	✔		✔		✔	✔	✔
6	Biometric	✔
7	Parents Detail		✔		✔	✔		✔	✔
8	Phone No		✔	✔		✔
9	Email ID		✔	✔

 

 

Notes :

 

 

Ø  This is not a comprehensive list. There are dozens of other Card / Identifiers

 

 

Ø  Even for those few listed above, I must have missed many data fields !

 

 

Srl No	Data Description	Census 2021 Form	NPR [  National Population Register ]	NRC [ National Register for Citizens ]
1	Name	✔	✔
2	Relationship with Head	✔	✔
3	Sex	✔	✔
4	Date of Birth /  Age	✔	✔
5	Current Marital Status	✔	✔
6	Age at marriage	✔
7	Religion	✔
8	SC  /  ST	✔
9	Disability	✔
10	Mother Tongue	✔
11	Other languages known	✔
12	Literacy Status	✔
13	Status of Attendance ( in Education Institutions )	✔
14	Highest  Education attained	✔	✔
15	Workers and Non-Workers ( 4 categories )	✔
16	Economic Activity ( 4 categories )	✔
17	Occupation	✔	✔
18	Nature of Industry-Trade-Service	✔
19	Class of Worker	✔
20	Non-Economic Activity	✔
21	Seeking or Available for Work  [  YES   /   NO  ]	✔
22	Travel distance to place of work	✔
23	Birth Place	✔	✔
24	Migration Characteristics	✔
25	Reason for Migration	✔
26	Duration of Stay ( at present address )	✔	✔
27	Children surviving	✔
28	Children ever born	✔
29	No of children born alive during last one year	✔
	DATA NOT REQUIRED BY CENSUS 2021
30	Father's name		✔
31	Mother's name		✔
32	Spouse's name (if married)		✔
33	Nationality (as declared)		✔
34	Present address of usual residence		✔
35	Permanent residential address		✔

 

 

Ø  Universal Payments ID : How about Unique Personal ID ?  ……….. 06 Apr 2021

 

Extract :

By merging into ONE single Personal Number, all of the following Numbers ( Personal Identifiers ) :

Ø  Aadhar No ( I believe there is provision for generating Virtual Aadhar Number also )

Ø  PAN

Ø  Census-NPR – CAA numbers

Ø  Credit-Debit Card nos

Ø  Ration Card no

Ø  Passport no

Ø  Driving License no

Ø  Senior Citizen no

Ø  National Health Card No ( Ayushman Bharat Card No )

Ø  Voter No

Ø  Employee No / Employer No

Ø  Bank Account Numbers ( different for each bank )

Ø  Insurance Policy Number

Ø  Social Security No ( PF – PPF accounts )

 

By no means, this list is comprehensive. It is just illustrative, with new numbers getting added every month, by all kinds of Govt Agencies / Depts and Private Sector companies from whom, I buy goods or services  ( like above-described Payment Service )

 

Ø  How many NATIONAL databases of Indian Citizen ? ………….. 03  July  2021

 

Extract :

Is there any simple method / mechanism ( for creation of such a

                  database ), considering that , in India, almost every citizen’s PERSONAL

                  DATA has , over the past 10-15 years, been CAPTURED in one or more of

                  the following databases ( a very small sample ) ?

                                    DATABASES  of  INDIAN CITIZEN

Entity ( Govt or Private ) / Scheme / Company / Website / Mobile App etc which has collected data from persons and created database and maintains	Number of registered Users / Beneficiaries ( Million )
Census – NPR - CAA	1,300
Internet Service Providers ( ISPs )	1,000
Mobile Service Providers ( MSPs )	800
Aadhar Card	1,000
Ration Card	800
PAN Card
Passport
Credit Card / Debit Card
Jan Dhan Bank Accounts / Savings Accounts	1,000
Aarogya Setu App
CoWin App
UMANG app
Diksha
eNAM
·   eSanjeevani / PM SVANidhi / Student Scholarships
·   DigiBunai / LPG subsidy / Dhanlakshmi Scheme / Janani Surakhsha Yojna
LIC / Insurance Companies
Farmers Database ( PM Kisan Samman Nidhi )	100
Common Service Centres	0.25
Tax Information Network
Central Pension Scheme
National Health Stack ( Ayushman Bharat Card )
National Pediatrics Academy
National Skills Depository
Voters List
Driving License / Senior Citizen Card
DigiLocker
Websites ( E-Com / Social Media / Fintech / Govt / Banks etc )
Mobile Payment Wallets

 

Ø     Obviously, above is a very SMALL list – by no means comprehensive

Ø     It is very likely that , may be 30 % - 50 % of the “ data-fields “ are COMMON to all these databases

Ø     Each of the entity mentioned above, is storing these databases in its own servers in some STRUCTURED way

Ø     Many of the millions of records must be outdated. Even any given person’s data, across various databases,

       may vary widely / be obsolete

 

 

MERGING of FORMS :

 

Comparing our CENSUS FORM vis-à-vis criteria for GOVT. BENEFIT SCHEME ELIGIBILITY( myScheme ) :

Srl No	CENSUS FORM	GOVT. BENEFIT SCHEME ELIGIBILITY
1	Name
2	Relationship with Head
3	Sex	( A )  Gender
4	Date of Birth /  Age	( B )  Age
5	Current Marital Status
6	AA  Age at marriage
7	Religion	( G )  Do you belong to minority ?
8	SC  /  ST	( E ) You belong to ……….
9	Disability	( F )  Are you differently abled ?
10	Mother Tongue
11	Other languages known
12	Literacy Status
13	Status of Attendance ( in Education Institutions )	( H ) Are you a student ?
14	HigHighest  Education attained
15	Workers and Non-Workers ( 4 status )	( I )  Current Employment Status
16	Category of Economic Activity ( 4 Cat )
17	Occupation	( J ) Is your occupation one of the following
18	Nature of Industry-Trade-Service   ( Where the person works / worked  or Self-Employed
19	Class of Worker
20	Non-Economic Activity
21	Seeking or Available for Work  [  YES   /   NO  ]
22	Travel distance to place of work – one way and                                                                                             Mode of travel
23	Birth Place	( C )  State  ( D ) Area of Residence ?
24	Migration Characteristics
25	Reason for Migration
26	Duration of Stay
27	Children surviving
28	Children ever born
29	No of children born alive during last one year
		( K ) Do you belong to BPL category ?
		( L ) What is your family’s Annual Income ?
	FIELDS TO BE ADDED
	Aadhar ID
	Aadhar ID
	Mobile Phone Number
	E Mail ID
	Password
	Voter ID

 

 

Related Reading :

  Merge data on unorganised workers with e-Shram: Labour Ministry to states  .. ET … 06 Apr 2024

 

The labour ministry has directed all concerned ministries and states to reverse integrate data on unorganised sector workers with the e-Shram portal, a move aimed at removing duplication and arriving at the net eligible beneficiaries across India under one umbrella digital system.

In a meeting chaired by labour secretary Sumita Dawra on Thursday, it was decided to develop one common form for registration across all social sector schemes to enhance ease of living for the unorganised workers while fast-tracking registrations on the portal, sources aware of the deliberations told ET.

 

According to the sources, this will help the government do away with frauds and ensure saturation of social security schemes for over 400 million unorganized workers in the country as it aims for a UNIVERSAL SOCIAL SECURITY in India

The central labour ministry will soon firm up Standard Operating Procedures ( SOPs ) for all ministries to do REVERSE INTEGRATION through API Setu, an open Application Programming Interface ( API ) platform from MeitY

“ Once this is done, the System will PROMPT , unorganized workers to enrol for SCHEMES they are ELIGIBLE , out of nearly 1,900 schemes listed under “ myScheme “ initiative of the government, which is already integrated with the e-Shram portal “ , one of the sources said

The drive to wean out duplication and up the pace of registration on the e-Shram portal is expected to benefit weavers, handloom workers, fishermen and fisherwomen, toddy tappers, farm workers, leather workers , plantation labourers and beedi workers, among others