Vegetables to smartphones: Udaan’s on $1-trillion quest

30 june 2019 Vegetables to smartphones: Udaan’s on $1-trillion quest India’s Fastest Unicorn Is Transforming Offline Distribution With Its Unique B2B Business Model The Times of India (New Delhi edition)30 Jun ================================= How long before Reliance Retail gobbles up Udaan ? For answer, read : Who needs Fulfillment Centres [ FC ] ? Not Reliance Retail https://lnkd.in/fS8yBkY

These companies are making drinking water from thin air

30 june 2019 These companies are making drinking water from thin air Read more at: https://lnkd.in/fzkYEAP ================================ While welcoming these pioneering initiatives, following problems prevent their mass-scale adoption : # Very expensive machines ( for individual households ) # Consume lot of electric power # Weather has to be above 30 degree and humidity around 85-90 % # Pollutants in air I urge these pioneers to consider following : # No need for electricity - work on Solar # Work even in 20 % humidity Answer : Water above our heads https://lnkd.in/f-9wp-q

Bihar AES deaths: AIIMS team blames administrative failure, state apathy

30 june 2019 Bihar AES deaths: AIIMS team blames administrative failure, state apathy https://lnkd.in/fmfffEQ ==================================== As with all similar past cases , the BLAME GAME has begun ! It will only stop when NDA govt musters enough courage to implement : Needed : a Service Liability Act https://lnkd.in/fTXK6bn

Government surveillance at alarming levels’

29 june 2019 Government surveillance at alarming levels’ https://lnkd.in/faHZ2VR ================================== Just wait till every household has at least 50 devices connected with the internet ! May be in next 2 years ! Then , privacy may seize to be a concept ! Among this inexorable slide towards 24x7 State surveillance, one answer could be : Who watches the Watchmen ? https://lnkd.in/fjsHQg5

Iran seizes 1,000 bitcoin mining machines using subsidized power

29 june 2019 Iran seizes 1,000 bitcoin mining machines using subsidized power https://lnkd.in/ftYfUnH ================================ Extract : Consumption of 1 MW / 7 % increase in power consumption ---------------------------------- Why are our Policy Makers dilly-dallying ? If they need more proof, read : What is holding back ? [ 06 Dec 2017 ] https://lnkd.in/fhQmMdS

Polluted water killed 7 every day in 2018

29 june 2019 Polluted water killed 7 every day in 2018 Read more at: https://lnkd.in/fDfvYQR ========================= After reading following email to Policy Makers , would you support : Needed : a Service Liability Act https://lnkd.in/fTXK6bn

Data 'new form of wealth', needs to take into account developing nations' needs: India

29 june 2019 Data 'new form of wealth', needs to take into account developing nations' needs: India https://lnkd.in/fHxh7vq ====================================== Extract : Data is a "new form of wealth" and it needs to take into account the requirements of developing countries, said Prime Minister Modi on Friday even as President Donald Trump opposed data localisation and policies restricting the digital trade. ====================== Should you want to know why PM is so emphatic about this ( so far ) untapped / hidden WEALTH , read : Wealth of Nations [ 17 Aug 2018 ] https://lnkd.in/fA4HNYn

Centre to roll out One Nation One Ration Card

29 june 2019 Centre to roll out One Nation One Ration Card Read more at: https://lnkd.in/ffhbu4g ============================== Glad for this long overdue simplification ( - without doubt, Govt will claim it as a REFORM ! ) I hope, this will inspire similar simplifications in other Personal Identification papers / cards , where each State insists on issuing its very own Earlier, Passport was one common document for all citizens Recently , it is AADHAR Some cities are planning to introduce a common TRAVEL TICKET ( for use in bus - train etc ) For Ayushman Bharat ( Modicare ), there has to be one single CARD which citizens can use for getting medical service ( from Doctors - Nursing Homes - Hospitals - Pathology Labs - Diagnostic centres - Primary Health care centres etc ), without need for any other supporting piece of paper Why should not a VOTER CARD , enable a citizen to vote from wherever he / she happens to be ? Raining Cards ? [ 30 jan 2013 ] https://lnkd.in/f6vTDEy

Needed, more money in the hands of people

28 june 2019 Budget 2019 Needed, more money in the hands of people https://lnkd.in/fsqTzZ9 ====================== If we totally abolish Personal Income Tax , then people ( tax payers ) would have more money in their hands How will that help grow the economy ? Here is the answer : What would they do ? [ 03 May 2016 ] https://lnkd.in/fuYzabn

Centre to go ahead with disinvestment process of Air India

28 june 2019 Centre to go ahead with disinvestment process of Air India: .. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/fFuKx62 ================================ What has changed since : [ Hot ] Air India ? [ 31 May 2018 ] https://lnkd.in/fn6KMRj

USER gets no share of the huge profits that such web sites / apps make !

28 June 2019 Can India show the way to the entire world when it comes to enabling DATA OWNERS to get compensated , every time some web site / mobile app, compiles and sells user data to earn billions of dollars ? Today , USER gets no share of the huge profits that such web sites / apps make ! Ask yourself : Why should not millions of Indian Users , earn Rs 30,000 per month from such personal data ? It seems, Shri Piyush Goyalji has recognized this opportunity and is about to take the first step I urge him to go the whole hog , as described below Thanks , Shri Piyush Goyalji , https://lnkd.in/fDDvPD8

India ready to engage with other nations on data, FDI, e-commerce on reciprocal basis: Piyush Goyal

26 june 2019 India ready to engage with other nations on data, FDI, e-commerce on reciprocal basis: Piyush Goyal https://lnkd.in/f32y2Ud =========================== Shri Piyush Goyal also said : It will take one year to put in place, a proper E Com Policy I am not surprised ! I wish all luck to Shri Goyalji and urge him to read : The E Commerce Elephant https://lnkd.in/f7Emj4E ============================

Poor diet takes toll on children

26 june 2019 Poor diet takes toll on children Malnutrition mortalities high among infants in Maharashtra https://lnkd.in/fkddGcr ======================= Highlight : malnourished kids................ 73,721 Died due to starvation ( under age 1 )................ 1829 Died due to starvation ( under age 5 )................. 551 ================================= https://lnkd.in/f3i778V =============== Apparently , Ministers of Maharashtra do not seem to consider this as an issue for the coming Assembly Election - or else, they would have found a solution at : Thank You Madam Maneka Gandhiji , https://lnkd.in/fUpjvHU ===================

To win over Mindtree staff, L&T hard sells its tech credentials, staff-friendly persona

26 june 2019 To win over Mindtree staff, L&T hard sells its tech credentials, staff-friendly persona https://lnkd.in/fvpDJfe ================================== Extract : “Our organisation does not have promoters, hierarchy is not rigid and one can state their point of view,” Yogi Sriram, Senior Vice-President, Corporate HR, L&T Group, told BusinessLine. Yogi.sriram@larsentoubro.com ========================= If you wish to know what Yogi means ( thru actual incidences that happened in L&T over the years ) , then read : Minding the Tree ? [ 20 March 2019 ] https://lnkd.in/egUGtCS --------------------------------- Contours of the Independence [ 25 Mar 2019 ] https://lnkd.in/feuEVNm

Exempt startup listings from profitability rule: RBI panel

26 june 2019 Exempt startup listings from profitability rule: RBI panel Read more at: https://lnkd.in/fuKqFSu ========================== India can achieve $ 5 TRILLION economy by 2024 , only when , we give up our " Incremental Thinking " and implement : A NEW ECONOMIC ORDER ? aka " Start Up Act - 2015 " https://lnkd.in/ekEfABk

Common web portal for realty regulators

26 june 2019 Common web portal for realty regulators The Times of India (New Delhi edition)26 Jun 2019 The Centre will set up a common online platform for real estate regulators of all states, which can be used to exchange views and share details of important cases which will prevent the regulators from passing contradicting orders. The web-based platform will also have details of projects and real estate agents that are registered with all regulators across the country. ====================== on 04 NOV 2015, I had suggested such COMMON platform, vide my following email : SELF CERTIFICATION FOR BUILDERS ? https://lnkd.in/fyX36FN =====================

Tatas may soon join queue for drone clearance from DGCA

26 june 2019 Tatas may soon join queue for drone clearance from DGCA https://lnkd.in/ftVCWRi ================================ Why is getting " drone clearance " , even more difficult than getting clearance to fly an airplane ? For following good reasons : Drone – a – Charya https://lnkd.in/f_K4kXs ====================== Flock Dynamics https://lnkd.in/ffdc6TV ============================= A Swarm-O-Drone is born https://lnkd.in/fhtV8U7 ==================================

$490bn in black money stashed abroad by Indians: Report

25 june 2019 $490bn in black money stashed abroad by Indians: Report Read more at: https://lnkd.in/e7QtmUS ===================================== By one estimate ( IRDAI ? ) , India needs some $4500 Billion funds for its infrastructure over next 10 years ( $ 450 billion per year ) https://lnkd.in/e9fhQPf =================================== My guess : Indians have stashed away 10 times as much within India, as abroad = $ 5,000 billion ( in form of benami properties /gold etc ) Imagine if all of these BLACK MONEY can be brought out and legitimately invested in Infra ! would generate millions of jobs Answer : Indonesia Shows the Way

The solution to India’s water woes could be plucked out of thin air

25 june 2019 The solution to India’s water woes could be plucked out of thin air https://lnkd.in/fGzabVk =================================== Congratulations, Ramesh Kumar Soni, CEO - Vayujal [ http://www.vayujal.com/ ramesh@vayujal.in ankitnr19@vayujal.in Without doubt , your pioneering work may someday solve India's water problems My urgent request : Pl develop a SOLAR POWERED device which does not require Electricity ( not available in far flung desert areas ). Solar will also drastically bring down the cost / litre Pl read : Water above our heads https://lnkd.in/f-9wp-q

Do not accept payment from any Govt Account ( treasury )

25 june 2019 https://lnkd.in/fMTYpz6 ===================== I suggest , disconnect their water supplies IMMEDIATELY Do not accept payment from any Govt Account ( treasury ) Make them pay from their PERSONAL BANK accounts Reduce their water quota by 95 % with immediate effect Divert that 95 % quota supply to a public tap just outside their bungalow compound , from where public can fill up their plastic pots , 24x7 Forward this mail to all Ministers / Policy Makers at : 'cabinetminister2019@recruitguru.com' 'BJP National Executive' <bjpnationalexecutive@recruitguru.com> 'Editors' <editor@recruitguru.com> 'Loksabha2019' <loksabha2019@recruitguru.com> 'ssbhalla@gmail.com' 'amitabh.kant@nic.in' 'TIMESjourno' <timesjourno@recruitguru.com> 'DNAjourno' <dnajourno@recruitguru.com> 'Economics' <economist@recruitguru.com> 'Business Leader' <businessleaders@recruitguru.com>