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Saturday 24 September 2022

NLP : Integration of Digital Systems

Context :

National Logistics Policy: Integration of digital systems

( ET - 18 Sept 2022 )

Extract :

A comprehensive action plan, integration of logistics-related digital systems, and an online mechanism for secure exchange of documents, are key elements of the national logistics policy

The proposed action plan would include integrated digital logistics systems

My Take :

Ø A New Way to E-Way ?........................ [ 15 July 2017 ]

Extract :

My request / suggestion to GST Council :

Aim to turn India’s highways into friction-less “ Conveyor Belts of Commerce “

Look up conveyor belts in the warehouses of Amazon / Flipkart / UPS / FedEx etc

, which carry hundreds of packages per minute – with each package carrying

dozens of different items ( can we replace “ packages “ with TRUCKS and “

conveyor belts “ with HIGHWAYS ? )

· Each item within each box , has RFID chip and QR code ( interlinked )

· Sensors placed along the conveyor belt “ reads “ each package and each item

inside each package . No need to stop the flow of the packages

· E-way Bill too , will have,

# all the QR Codes / RFID data ,

# of each item loaded onto the truck

( Price / Origin City / Destination City / Supplier with GSTN registration number /

Recipient with his GSTN registration number / GST – ISGST – SGST amount for

each item / Date of Dispatch / Validity of E Way Bill etc )

· Just like today’s Mobile Apps of UPS / FedEx enable online tracking of each

package and of individual items within each package , that “ high technology

interface “ being proposed by the Government should incorporate the following

technologies :

# QR code / RFID chip

# GPSbased NaviC

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/05/leveraging-navic.html

# Internet of Things ( IoT )

# Internetof Vehicles ( IoV )

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/03/internet-of-vehicles-iov.html

# BlueTooth / NFC

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Dear Members of GST Council :

Here is YOUR opportunity to lead the way ( - in this case , the HIGHWAY ! )

There is no technical reason why Software Super Power India , cannot lead the

world in ,

“ Ease of Doing Business “

If you guarantee the business / industry that “ NO INSPECTOR “ will stop the truck

along its journey , they will willingly implement ANY / ALL technologies to serve

the purpose of E Way Bill

Remember , all corruption starts by permitting HUMANS to “ interpret “ whether a

given process was “ correct / incorrect “ as prescribed – and collect their “ hafta “

for offering to interpret it in favour of the Business / Industry , violating the

process !

By implementing my suggestion

( Internetof Vehicles / https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/07/fast-forward-to-iov.html ),

technology will SHUT DOWN the truck engine , upon detection of a violation !

And automatically unlock the engine when the

violation gets corrected by EDITING the E-Way Bill, on

GSTN web site !

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 25 Sept 2022

Ø Let Freight Trucks Overtake Cheetahs……………….. [ 17 Sept 2022 ]

Ø National Logistics Policy : a Curtain Raiser…………. [ 16 Sept 2022 ]

Friday 23 September 2022

Thank You, Shri Sanjog Kabare

Context :

Ø BMC disburses loan to 10,000 hawkers under PM SVANidhi ……………..[ HT – 24 Sept 2022 ]

Extract :

Sanjog Kabare, [ac.e@mcgm.gov.in ] deputy municipal commissioner (special), said,

“Hawkers will first have to enrol themselves on the central government portal.

We will then recommend them for the benefit. This loan isn’t just for licensed stall owners but also for hawkers who want to set up their businesses.”

Hawkers ,

# who have been issued identity cards and

# also those whose survey has been conducted but have not been issued a licence

- are eligible for the scheme.

The loan is for purchase of vegetables, fruits, food articles, bread, eggs, foot-wears, clothes, handicrafts, stationery, pan stalls, and books among others.

“This scheme was started during the Covid-19 pandemic to help people who lost their businesses.

Already 20,000-odd hawkers have applied for this loan and 10,000 have got it. The remaining applications are in process,” Kabare said.

As per the scheme, the loan will be given for a period of one year. Those who repay in time will be eligible for an additional loan. A grant of 7% interest will also be deposited in their accounts quarterly. Online payments will attract cash back incentives.

My Take :

BMC deserves congratulations for this timely help to hawkers under PM-SVANIDHI scheme

Unfortunately, the scheme suffers from a glaring shortcoming in respect of “ Eligibility “, which is restricted to :

“ Hawkers who have been issued identity cards and also those whose survey has been conducted but have not been issued a licence are eligible for the scheme. “

In my several earlier e-mails, I have pleaded to define “ eligibility “ as :

“ Any unemployed ( whether issued a ID card or NOT / whether surveyed in the

past or NOT ), who wants to take up hawking for eking out a livelihood , by

becoming Self-Employed “

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 24 Sept 2022

PAST E-MAILS :

Ø Thank You, Shri Hardeep Singh Puriji………………………. [ 01 June 2020 ]

Extract :

While sanctioning loan, it must NOT be denied even if a vendor is UN-LICENSED !

In fact , in my earlier emails, I had advocated granting this loan to ANY

unemployed person , who wants to take up “ Street Vending “ as a trade , with no

prior experience in Street Vending !

And, lastly, please re-consider that condition ( of a person being a Vendor on 24^th March 2020 )

Please give this loan to ANY unemployed person who wishes to become a Street

Vendor

There is no other “ trade “ which 12 million unemployed can start with an

investment of just Rs 10,000 !

Let us honour the “ Dignity of Labour “, of those wanting to become Self

Employed

Ø BMC proposes : Hawkers will dispose ? ………………………..[ 26 Feb 2020 ]

Extract :

How to approach this “ Humanitarian “ issue ?

Ø Our attitude will have to change !

Hawkers have as much of a “ Right to Live [ RTL ] “ as anyone of us . From

that right ensues that subordinate right :

" To peacefully pursue a legitimate vocation to earn a living "

Ø Street Vendor Loan Scheme ………………………………………[ 14 May 2020 ]

Extract :

This means, on an average, each “ Unlicensed Street Vendor “ ends up paying a

“ Daily Hafta “ to the police, of say, Rs 50 { 3 lakh vendors paying Rs 150 lakh }

But ( I suppose ) , as soon as he gets that Vendor Loan of Rs 10,000 , in essence

, the government accepts him as a legitimate vendor and he gets a RIGHT (

official permission ) to sell on the streets

In other words, he becomes a LICENSED vendor , who need not pay daily hafta to

police !

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Added on 04 Nov 2022 :

Mumbai: One lakh hawkers to be given loans under PM's scheme ..

Perseverance Prevails

Context :

CESL floats new unified tender for 5,690 e-buses under National eBus Programme

https://lnkd.in/dvMmGGBy
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Extract :

It requires bidders to quote a price per kilometre for operating services over 12 years – a model that is quickly becoming a standard in India.
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I am glad CESL has accepted the LEASING ( and not outright purchase ) STANDARD which I have advocated for many years , through my following E-Mails :

2017 ( 2 )

EESL : Lease cars , do not Buy ! [ 18 Aug 2017 ]

To Buy or not to Buy? [ 11 Oct 2017 ]

2018 ( 13 )

Logical to Lease [ 06 Mar 2018 ]

Scam ? #EESL #NDA #BJP #MNRE [ 08 Mar 2018 ]

Buy or Lease ? [ 03 April 2018 ]

Do they have an option ? [ 14 April 2018 ]

Evidence is piling up ! [ 13 May 2018 ]

EESL : a wake up time ? [ 27 June 2018 ]

EESL : Grab this chance ! [ 01 Aug 2018 ]

EESL : Put it off indefinitely ! [ 19 Aug 2018 ]