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Thursday 2 September 2021

Pandora’s Box ?

A few weeks ago, Lok Sabha passed a constitutional amendment bill, allowing States to prepare their own OBC lists

MY TAKE :

Ø I get a feeling that the Central Government has passed-on the BUCK to the State Governments

Ø To placate the OBC community, States would launch state-wide surveys of their OBC population, in order to determine :

# Total OBC population in the State – and its percentage to the State

population

# Within that “ total OBC population “, caste and sub-caste wise break-up (

since each sub-caste would demand its share in the overall QUOTA

permissible !

Ø Such “ survey – exercises “ will open up a PANDORA’s BOX ! Genie let out of the bottle !

Ø Now , remembering that,

# Each and every OBC is not present in each and every State

# Even wherever present, its “ absolute number “ and “ percentage “, would

differ widely, from one State to another,

- there would be need to compile a TABULATION as shown below :

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STATE-WISE POPULATION OF OBC ( Lakhs / Percentage )

Srl	Caste Name	Andaman	Andhra	Assam	------	--------	-----	Telengana	TOTAL

1	Karen
2	Bhatus
3	Mopas
	----
	-----
2585	------

Ø To get some idea of the exercise which States would need to undertake ( call it STATE-WISE MINI CENSUS or SPR – State Population Register ), take a look at the following tabulation :

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Central List of OBC ( Other Backward Community ) : State-wise

( source :

( http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/CentralListStateView.aspx )

Srl	State	No of OBC listed	Population of OBC in State	% of OBC population in state
	( A )	( B )	( C )	( D )
1	Andaman-Nicobar	5
2	Andhra Pradesh	112
3	Assam	100
4	Bihar	136
5	Chandigarh	60
6	Chattisgarh	67
7	Daman and Diu	44
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	10
9	Delhi	57
10	Goa	20
11	Gujarat	104
12	Haryana	74
13	Himachal Pradesh	56
14	Jammu and Kashmir	23
15	Jharkhand	134
16	Karnataka	199
17	Kerala	83
18	Madhya Pradesh	68
19	Maharashtra	261
20	Manipur	4
21	Odisha	200
22	Puducherry	59
23	Punjab	68
24	Rajasthan	68
25	Sikkim	10
26	Tamil Nadu	181
27	Tripura	42
28	Uttar Pradesh	76
29	Uttarakhand	78
30	West Bengal	99
31	Telangana	87

TOTAL		2585

Notes :

Ø In the above list, in many cases there are “ sub-castes “ within a given “ Caste Category “ . If each sub-caste was treated separately, total mentioned above, could rise substantially

Ø Then there are hundreds ( if not thousands ) of BACKWARD CLASSES , for which, you will find some ( rather obsolete ) data at >

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_Backward_Class

I could not find any source for filling in data in columns ( C ) and ( D ) above

Ø One state (Chattisgarh ) has just started such an exercise by launching a portal :

क्वांटिफायबल डाटा आयोग [ http://www.cgqdc.in/ https://cgqdc.in/cgqdc-user-registration ]

On this site, the REGISTRATION FORM ( पंजीयन ) looks as shown below

पंजीयन

मुखिया की जानकारी दर्ज करें

नाम (हिंदी में)

नाम (अंग्रेजी में)

पिता / पति का नाम (हिंदी में)

पिता / पति का नाम (अंग्रेजी में)

लिंग

जन्मतिथि

मोबाइल नंबर

वर्ग

पता दर्ज करें

जिला

निकाय

पिन कोड

पता

सदस्यों का विवरण दर्ज करें

क्र.	नाम (हिंदी में)	नाम (अंग्रेजी में)	जन्म तिथि	लिंग	सदस्य का मुखिया से सम्बन्ध	व्यवसाय	हटायें
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मैं सत्य निष्ठा से घोषणा करती/करता हूँ की इस घोषणा पत्र पर मेरे द्वारा दी गई समस्त जानकारी पूर्णतः सत्य हैं|

OBSERVATIONS :

Ø It may be very difficult for an OBC person to log-in ( by providing Aadhar Number and getting OTP on mobile and entering )

Ø Again, as far as the next page ( actual registration form ) is concerned, he / she may not have all the information handy ( since not expecting ? ). He may have to QUIT half-way and return later. There should be a provision for this interruption

Ø There is no mention of any VERIFICATION. Hence data submitted must be considered TRUE

SUGGESTION :

Ø If States have neither money nor the manpower to carry out a “ Door to Door “ survey ( quite understandable ), and therefore must resort to ONLINE SELF-SERVICE DIGITAL SURVEY , then , I strongly urge the concerned Ministry to design / launch a CENTRAL OBC SURVEY PORTAL ,eliminating the need for State-wise Portals.

Ø Such a CENTRAL PORTAL would not only provide all the DATA required ( State-wise / OBC-wise ) but provide DYNAMICLLY GENERATED tabulations as shown above , while avoiding DUPLICATION and confusion

With regards,

Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 03 Sept 2021

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Wednesday 1 September 2021

Gujarat’s Eye-in-the-Sky

Congratulations, Shri Rupaniji,

What For ?

For launching “ Gujarat Chief Minister Dashboard “

What is this Dashboard ?

It is a IT Platform which enables Shri Rupaniji ( CM – Gujarat ) to keep a close watch over the activities of various government departments and evaluate PERFORMANCE of various govt SCHEMES and of various govt OFFICERS ( actual performance vs targets set )

What does it look like ?

Just view following videos to get an overview :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-zQS3GyPYE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDxCxZNT_GE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWMv_630eig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NFWWpckTuo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NHgCxuJtUc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8p7tQTKWyw

Any suggestions for better governance ?

Yes

For a quick / simple mechanism to receive complaints / grievances from Gujarat citizen and for instant feedback / speedy redressal of these complaints, I urge Shri Rupaniji to launch a Mobile App as described in :

Ø I SIN >< U SIN ………………………………[ 18 Aug 2013 ]

But wasn’t this got launched by Shri Rajnath Singhji, a few days back, with name “ My Grievance “ ?

Yes

It did get launched on 18 July 2021

But it is poorly designed and – worse – not working

Any thoughts on how it should have been designed for “ Ease of Use “ ?

Please look up my following e-mail to our Cabinet Ministers, for detailed suggestions ;

Ø Congratulations, Shri Rajnath Singhji …………[ 18 July 2021 ]

Why do you say , it is NOT WORKING ?

On 18 July itself, I registered and lodged a complaint . App did confirm to me, following details in respect of my complaint :

# Name Of Complainant > Hemen

# Date of Receipt > 18/07/2021

# Grievance Description

There is lot of garbage on footpaths adjoining Sardar Patel gardens on

Lallubhai Park road, Añdheri west ,Mùmbai

# Current Status > Grievance received

# Date of Action > 18/07/2021

# Forwarded to > Maharashtra

# Officer Name > Shri. J.J.Valvi

# Officer Designation > Deputy Secretary.

# Email Address > jana.valvi@nic.in

# Contact Number > 02222883286

Not seeing any action, nor any communication from the concerned officer as to the “ progress “ ( in addressing my complaint ), I sent an e-mail reminder to the concerned officer after 4 weeks ( around 15 Aug )

Till today ( 02 Sept 2021 ), no response !

Here is how the App Screen looks like today :

If Gujarat were to go ahead with your suggestion and launch “ Guj Grievance “ app, would that not clash with “ My Grievance “ launched by Central Government ?

Unlikely, if “ Guj Grievance “ app implements my suggestions .

With those improvements, it will become widely POPULAR among Gujarat Citizen, who will not want to use My Grievance !

It is also very likely that all other States will soon launch their own ( customized ) versions of Guj Grievance

With regards,

Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 02 Sept 2021