Friday 18 January 2019

Keep Shouting : You will be heard

For decades now , when it came to suggesting something to the government, it was :

Apply , Apply - No Reply !

It was enough to turn a Cynic out of a Citizen

But , with the arrival of NDA government at the centre , things have changed

If you keep chasing the Cabinet Ministers ( politely, of course ), you will be heard

Instead of just complaining how bad things are , if you make a concrete / constructive suggestion on how things can be changed, chances are it will be heard and even get implemented !

It may still be : No Reply !

But that did not deter me from sending hundreds of suggestions to our Cabinet Ministers over the past 4 – 5 years

Following is a partial list of 26 that got implemented / under gradual implementation :

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Suggestion : Remotely immobilizing a drone gone rogue

Thank You , Shri Jayant Sinhaji [ 18 Jan 2019 ]

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Suggestion : Introducing “ Entrepreneurship Curriculum “ in Govt schools

Thank You , Shri Sisodiaji, [ 29 dec 2018 ]

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Suggestion : Tracking all Infrastructure Projects using PERT on a public web site

Thank You , Shri Hardeep Singh Puriji [ 26 Dec 2018 ]

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Suggestion : EESL to switch-over to “ Wet-Leasing “ of Electric Cars instead of “ Buying “

Thank You , Shri Jaitleyji, [ 25 Dec 2018 ]

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Suggestion : Boosting Dairy Farming by allowing “ Surrogate Cow Farms “

Thank You , Shri Radha Mohan Singhji [ 23 Dec 2018 ]

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Suggestion : Introduce mobile app “ BANMALI “ to tackle malnutrition in children

Thank You Madam Maneka Gandhiji , [ 21 Dec 2018 ]

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Suggestion : To permit voluntary use of Aadhar ID for e-KYC by Banks / MSPs etc

Thank you Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji, [ 17 Dec 2018 ]

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Suggestion : Policy for promoting Electric Vehicles in Delhi

Congratulations , Shri Kailash Gehlotji ! [ 28 Nov 2018 ]

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Suggestion : Reducing Air Pollution in Delhi through a solution for “ stubble burning “

Thank You , Captain Amrinder Singhji [ 19 Oct 2018 ]

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Suggestion : How to turn India into a “ Low Cost Economy “

Thank You , Shri Piyush Goyalji [ 18 Oct 2018 ]

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Suggestion : How to expose willful defaulters of bank loans and immobilize them

Thank You , Shri Acharyuluji [ 30 Aug 2018 ]

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Suggestion : Forcing election candidates to reveal sources of their incomes

How they get their income ? [ 18 Aug 2018 ]

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Suggestion : Method of real employment data in country thru Mobile Attendance App - MAD

Thank You, Shri Asheesh Singhji, [ 05 Aug 2018 ]

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Suggestion : ISRO to transfer to Private Sector Companies , LI-ION battery technology

Thank You , ISRO [ 22 July 2018 ]

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Suggestion : To mandate introduction of Smart Electricity Meters

Thank You Shri Singhji [ 07 June 2018 ]

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Suggestion : Adding voice-recognition feature in BHIM

Thank You, Shri Hota [ 30 May 2018 ]

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Suggestion : Imported Solar Panels to attract ZERO % import duty

Thank You, Madam Vanaja Sarna [ 09 April 2018 ]

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Suggestion : Fitting a tablet behind each seat on Public Transport Vehicles

Thank You, Mr Jadhav [ 14 March 2018 ]

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Suggestion : Subsidizing stipends of a larger number of Apprentices for Skill-upgradation

Thank You , Shri Rajiv Kumarji [ 19 Dec 2017 ]

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Suggestion : Self Certification by builders

Thank You , Shri Ajoy Mehta [ 28 Feb 2017 ]

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Suggestion : Introducing Measureable Targets for Ministries in Central Budget

Thank You , Shri Jaitlyji [ 01 Feb 2017 ]

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Suggestion : Create a New Economic Order through letting loose our Start Ups

Thank You, Shri Urjit Patel [ 22 Oct 2016 ]

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Suggestion : Incentivizing Housing Societies to Go Green

Thank You , Shri Pawar [ 16 Aug 2016 ]

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Suggestion : An equitable formula for acquiring Farm Land for Infrastructure Projects

Thank You , Shri Gadkariji [ 01 Aug 2016 ]

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Suggestion : How to revolutionize India’s Healthcare System through use of technology

Thank You, Shri Jaitlyji [ 01 Feb 2918 ]

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Suggestion : Making Payment Wallets inter-operable

A Matter of Time [ 03 Jan 2017 ]

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Suggestion : Creation of a Common Database of Intelligence Agencies for e-Governance

Break-down the Silos ! [ 16 Sept 2017 ]

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My fellow Citizens :

Even as I look forward to NDA government moving to implement dozens of my other

suggestions [ for which I wish them another 5 years at the Centre ] , I urge you to cast

aside all feeling of “ helplessness / negativism “ and send your concrete and constructive

suggestions to our Cabinet Ministers and NITI Aayog

It is time to rise above cynicism and say :

We will overcome . Our will shall prevail

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19 Jan 2019

Rsvp : hcp@RecruitGuru.com

Thursday 17 January 2019

Thank You , Shri Jayant Sinhaji

For what ?

For accepting my suggestion to install “ Safety Chips “ in drones which will enable Regulator to disable a drone remotely in case it turns rogue

Where did you find this acceptance ?

Today’s Economic Times carries following news report :

Drone companies asked to install safety chip to avoid mishaps

- which reads :

“ The government wants drone manufacturers to add a chip at the hardware level to ensure that security agencies can disable the drone remotely in case it turns rogue “

What precisely was your suggestion ?

On 03 Sept 2018 , I sent to Shri Sinha, following email :

Drone – a – Charya

- where , one of my suggestions [ among many ] , was :

“ Controllers ( sitting in DTC ) will have facility to immediately “ Ground /

Immobilize “ any drone at any time , if security is about to be compromised or if

any drone is flying outside of its “ Geo Fence “

{ DTC = Drone Traffic Control / Geo Fence = Designated Air Space for a given drone }

Did you make any other suggestions ?

There were quite a few – important ones being :

· Each drone to be assigned a unique Drone Number

· Each drone would be embedded with GPS and Internet Connection

· Using a Mobile App , drone owner to file its flight plan / location / duration /

height / drone category / purpose etc and the Regulator Web site grants clearance

for take off

· Web site of the Drone Regulator will continuously track / monitor the flight of

each and every drone ( all over India ) on a monitor screen ( similar to tracking

of Airplanes in an Air Traffic Control ( ATC ) room . Constant contact is the key !

· National Trust Centre , to develop a software and make it mandatory for all drone

manufacturers to pre-install this software into the drones before shipping out . This

is described at : Swarm-O-Drone

· Frequent violation of the Flight Rules , should lead to “ Black-listing “ of any

particular drone and it should be “ immobilized “ ( for varying periods , depending

upon the frequency / severity of violation )

· A very important “ Security Feature “ must ensure that the device ( drone ) by itself

on its own , does not transmit any data to the drone manufacturer nor to any

owner / licensee of an Operating System ( eg : Google’s Android / Apple’s iOS etc )

Does it seem that your other suggestions too, might get accepted ?

I get a feeling that Shri Jayant Sinhaji is favorably inclined to implement all of my suggestions , as evident from following recent news reports :

Online registration for drone operation starts

Drone policy 2.0: India pitches for optimum utilisation of drones

Extract :

The draft note has suggested developing designated 'drone corridors' for uninterrupted movement of drones, developing airworthiness standards independent of operational and environmental risks, limiting life-cycle of drones, obtaining "Proof of Concept" certificate to operate drones during night and obtaining professional certificates for operating independent drones.

"A UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system should be devised to provide hyper-local and real-time information for managing UAS induced traffic, especially in the Drone Corridors," the document read.