Quite often, politicians make certain ( ambiguous ? )
statements
Then , when a controversy breaks out, they would say ,
“ Hey , I was misunderstood . That is not what I meant
! “
But , you would rarely come across a citizen saying ,
“ You got me all wrong. “
I happen to be that rare citizen . Here is the proof :
Earlier this year , I sent my following blog to the
Census Commissioner ,
Census
2021 : an Unprecedented Opportunity [ 11 April 2019 ]
- where I suggested
that the CENSUS 2021 FORM be modified to compile following additional data :
- Aadhar ID
-
PAN
-
Mobile Phone Number
-
E Mail ID– to be treated as “ User ID “ for
accessing own data for EDIT purpose
-
Password – for EDITING own data, online , at
any time
-
Voter ID
Today,
I found that the Census Commissioner has gone ahead and added following
data-fields to NPR ( NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER )
:
1.
Aadhar ( Voluntary )
2.
Mobile Number
3.
Date and Place of birth of parents
4.
Place of last residence
5.
Passport Number
6.
Voter Identity Card
7.
Permanent Account Number (
PAN )
8.
Driving License Number
Hey , I said :
Add in the CENSUS FORM
I never said , in the NPR
FORM !
And I mentioned following good reasons for my
suggestion :
#
Once the enumerators have uploaded all 2021 Census data in Online Database, enable
each
Registered person to Update
/ Edit, his / her data , by
logging in
# Personal Data may be
updated as follows :
Ø Once
a year ( Mandatory ) – some
service deprived if he / she does not update
Ø As
often as personal data changes
If
you are wondering, why would anyone take the trouble to keep up-to-date , his / her CENSUS PROFILE ( - much
like users keep their LinkedIn / Facebook profiles up-to-date ? – even , up-to-hour ! ), here are the incentives ( for details of each, read the original
blog ) :
[ A ] Getting a Job
[ B ] Getting Money
[ C ] Getting Skills
[ D ] Getting Rewards
Now that the Government has okayed spending
of Rs 12,000 crore for Census / NPR , why not use this opportunity to have a DYNAMIC / PERPETUAL / AUTOMATIC , population data (
visible to all, in an anonymized way ), instead of :
Ø “ Once in ten year “ exercise
Ø Spread over 12 months
Ø Requiring 33 lakh enumerators to go from home to home ?
Related
reading :
Seven In Ten Consumers In India Willing To Share
Significant Personal Data
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Dear Shri Vivek Joshi,
I urge you to consider my suggestions
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
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28 Dec 2019
hcp@recruitGuru.com
