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Monday 9 May 2016

Incredible India ?

No doubt , that is how India must appear to our foreign visitors , when they open any Indian Newspaper , upon landing

May be they just cannot make out why Indians ( mostly MPs and MLAs ), waste such a lot of time and energy , discussing / debating :

* Educational qualifications of Ministers ( including PM )

* Entry of women into temples of Lady Saints / Deities

* What people of different religions may ( or may not ) eat

* Nationality / Patriotism of certain Political leaders

* By what amount they should raise their own salaries

* Whom - and when - to provide ( or withdraw ) Z security protection

* Why certain leading Industrialist accompany PM on foreign tours

* Why everyone MUST sing some patriotic song to prove patriotism

* Why " YOGA " is ( or is not ) , a religious ritual / practice

* Why religious teachers should keep away from societal issues

And then these Foreign Tourists get amazed when they discover that , these MPs and MLAs ( and sundry politicians who failed to make it to the Parliament ) , find no time to go out / visit 350 million Drought-affected citizens in 13 states and help dig wells / ponds to preserve water and prevent farmer suicides ( approx 60 per day )

I wonder if the person who coined the slogan " Incredible India " to attract Foreign Visitors , ever envisaged this " Impact India " !

Don't be surprised if a MP sends to Lok Sabha speaker , following starred question in ZERO hour :

Will Hon Minister for Tourism explain what steps he has taken to promote India , as the ultimate destination for " Tamasha Tourism " ?

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10 May 2016

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Sunday 8 May 2016

Currency Maps of India ?

When in 1949 , George Orwell wrote his all-time classic " Nineteen Eighty Four " , he had not envisaged Tablets / Smart phones

So , he imagined that TV screens would keep a watch over mankind , 24 hours , like CCTV cameras

Nor did Tim Berners Lee , envisage IoT ( Internet of Things ) or BIG DATA analytic tools ( MapReduce / Hadoop ), when he invented World Wide Web

And neither did Robert Easton , envisage RFID sensors when he invented GPS in 1967

But today , with wide-spread usage/application of these technologies, it is not difficult to envisage :

CURRENCY MAPS OF INDIA

No doubt , all of us have seen following types of Maps ( for India / Asia or for the entire World ) , on TV Channels and even on our tablets and smart phones :

# Weather Maps , showing :

* amount of rain fall ( inches / mm )

* location wise temperature intensity ( *C / *F )

* topography ( heights of mountains / depths of valleys )

* Cloud Formations and direction of Storms and landfall locations

* Wind Patterns ( velocity in km per hour )

* Ocean Currents in Atlantic / Pacific ( direction / speed )

* Ice Cover over Antarctica / Arctic Region ( sq km )

# Space Maps , showing :

* Geological formations on Moon / Mars / Mercury / Asteroids

* Night illumination in different parts of world as seen from Skylab

* Galactic formations , billions of light years away

And of course , Google Maps of all types ( including those peering into our bedrooms ! )

Given this state of art ( and of science ) , it is not difficult to envisage ,

following types of CURRENCY MAPS of INDIA , showing aggregate value of Rs 500 / 1000 Currency Notes ( ie : currency density of Rs 1 million / 1 billion / 1 trillion / any figure of your liking ! ) in :

* Any given Street / City / State

* Premises of any Car Dealer / Jeweler Shop / Real Estate Agency / Mall /

Race Course / Builder ( any office / housing location of your choice )

* Any Airport ( a million Rupees in Rs 500 notes weigh only 2.2 kg ! )

* Any Safe Deposit Vault of any bank

With the existing technologies , it is even possible to plot the movement of Rs 500 / 1000 currency notes ( just one note or a thousand notes ) on a GPS map of India , to determine its direction and velocity ( Currency Currents )

In real time , too - 24*7 !

All of the above is possible to achieve within 6 MONTHS , by :

* Abolishing existing paper notes of Rs 500 / 1000

* Replace these with plastic notes , embedded with RFID sensors

( can be embedded into existing 3 mm silver-colored security wire )

* Allot a unique IP V 6.0 address to each such note linked to its serial no

* Develop / host a Technology Platform , based on GPS mapping system

* All smart phones to carry GPS locator ( cannot be switched off )

( anyone carrying a Rs 500 note in wallet , also carries a Smart phone ! )

Of course , Currency Map App ( to be named, " Currency-Cure " ? ), available to general public on their smart phones , will not be able to zoom-in / drill down , under 1 sq km area, to protect individual privacy ( this can be done , only by authorized officers of Income Tax Dept / Enforcement Directorate )

If some of you think my suggestion is impractical , consider following :

A division of Master Card ( called , MasterCard Advisors ), aggregates and analyzes , 65 BILLION transactions from 1.5 BILLION card-holders in 210 countries , in order to divine , business and consumer trends !

And only 2 days back , Shri Raghuram Rajan , RBI Governor said :

" It is because money has no odour, because it is the great equalizer , that so many people across history have been able to acquire resources and invested them to make the world we live in

Rather than prohibiting the use of money and wealth , let us think about increasing society's tolerance for its use "

Today's Hindustan Times quotes a Income Tax officers as follows :

" The taxman will soon start matching your IT returns with your possessions

The Government has started collecting data from various sources and when this is done and the data has been sifted through , action will begin

This drive is a salient feature of the tax department's agenda to curb under-reporting of tax and expand the tax payer base in the country "

And two days back , the person who leaked PANAMA PAPERS ( 11.5 million digitized documents ) , remarked :

" Digitization will bring in a revolution "

I would like to add :

{ RFID sensors in Currency Notes + IP V 6.0 URL + GPS + HADOOP } ,

will end BLACK MONEY and CORRUPTION , in India

( without needing to pass any bill in Rajya Sabha ! )

I do hope , Shri Arun Jaitley-ji will take note !

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09 May 2016

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Friday 6 May 2016

Ignoring History ?

History teaches us that people don't like sudden / abrupt / big changes , whether these affect them socially , politically / economically or , even emotionally

Changes that happen slowly / gradually / minimally , over a period of time , are much more palatable / acceptable and get assimilated into the psyche without causing a trauma

But then , if such gradual changes fail to take place - or get caused over a long period of time , by people responsible - then it becomes imperative to introduce sudden / big changes even at the risk of inviting anger of the people affected

Here is just one example of what happened / is happening , and what could have been done over a long period , to avoid anger / demonstrations / militancy / strife / human misery :

# Could we have ensured timely completion of construction of

dams / irrigation canals / interlinking of rivers etc to ensure that areas needing water got it and drought / flooding got avoided ?

If so , could we have avoided delivering water in trains and tankers ?

Could we have dug thousands of small ponds / reservoirs in each and every village to retain water and thereby raise ground water level ?

Just ask what our MPs and MLAs could have done over the past 65 years , to avoid / eliminate following problems :

* Ever growing demand for " Quota / Reservation "

* NPAs threatening bankruptcy of banks

* Impending closure of PSUs , making losses for 40 years

* Cheap Chinese imports flooding our markets / causing job-

losses

* Effluents from chemical plants / tanneries and sewage ,

turning all of our rivers into gutters

* Pollution from fossil fuel power stations / construction / diesel

vehicles , making our air , un-breathable

* Reckless iron ore mining turning our forests into waste-land

* Wrong taxation policies encouraging people to evade taxes

and generate BLACK MONEY

* License / Permit Raj , leading to bribes and corruption

* Layers upon layers of government employees ( 32 lakh ),

resulting in denial of each and every civil service

* Outdated - and complicated - judicial processes , coupled with

insufficient number of judges, ensuring non-delivery of

justice ( with 30 million pending cases - which will take 300

years to clear ! )

* 60 million people dying every year thru cigarette smoking

I can go on and on !

It is not too late to draw up a 10 year ACTION PLAN for solving each of the above-mentioned problem and commit to making just 10 % improvement per year

Better late than never !

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07 May 2016

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Well Begun is Half Done

Following news report appeared in today's Hindustan Times :

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NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies) has inked a partnership agreement with social networking site Facebook to build a 'product design initiative’ in the country.

This nation-wide initiative by NASSCOM is aimed at offering focused programmes to build awareness around product design, training on design tools, design lab, awards, design sprints and mentorship.

This will be a flagship programme of the NASSCOM Product Council.

This will aim at supporting over 500 product start-ups on product design.

It will also focus on training over 5,000 product designers in the next two years.

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Here is my suggestion ( sent to DIPP / ASSOCHAM / FICCI / CII / NASSCOM etc, in Sept 2015 ) :

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* Role of MakeinIndia web site

> On its web site , list 5000 products that we currently import ( with

annual import bill / sources / ave landed cost etc )

> Invite 1000 leading manufacturing companies of India , to make

online selection of minimum of 5 items each, for preparing DPR

( Detailed Project Reports ) .

Freely visible online database of who selected which items

will avoid duplication

* Role of Manufacturing Companies

> Prepare and submit to Ministry of Commerce, at least 5 DPR by

Dec 2016 . More the merrier ! Earlier the better !

> Each report must carry , name of at least one bank which has

accepted that as a " Bankable Report " , eligible for funding

> Train at least 100 fresh engineering graduates in various

manufacturing related functions under GET ( Graduate Engineer

Training ) Scheme , each year

* Role of Ministry of Commerce

> Publish DPRs on its web site for free downloading

* Role of Income Tax Department

> Give 200 % tax deduction to existing manufacturing units for 2

years , for employing fresh engineering graduates on their rolls ,

under :

" Graduate Engineers Training Subsidy Act - 2015 "

( to be enacted )

This will motivate manufacturing units to impart manufacturing

related experience to fresh engineering graduates before they

venture to set up own MSME factories

> Admit expenses incurred by manufacturing units for preparation of

DPR ,under their CSR obligation ( 2 % of ave net profit for 5 years )

> Exempt all GET Start Ups ( registered on eBiz web site ) from

paying Corporate Income Tax for first 10 years of working

> Exempt all GET Start Ups from GST payment , for 10 years

* Role of Fresh Engineering Graduates

> Get GET Training Certificate from employer companies

> Download DPR from Commerce Ministry web site

> Apply for funding to banks , attaching DPR and GET Certificate

> Upon receiving Approval Intimation from bank , apply for various

permissions on eBiz web site , quoting Bank Approval Number

* Role of ASSOCHAM / FICCI / CII etc

> Encourage their manufacturing member firms to take on the

task of preparation of DPRs and follow up

> Publish DPR reports on their web sites for free downloading

> Constitute State-wise " Hand-holding Teams " of retired

executives having " Manufacturing " experience , to guide the

local GET applicants in obtaining all permissions from various

State Authorities

* Role of eBiz web site

> To make available in public domain , all investment related

applications , and progress status of each

* Role of State Governments

> To keep track of those eBiz investment applications where

the State is the proposed manufacturing location

> Pro-actively reach out to such applicants for expediting their

proposals

All of the above need not / must not take months to materialize !

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07 May 2016

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