Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

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Saturday, April 2, 2022

Dear Shri Gahlotji

 Dear Shri Gahlotji,

 

There is no doubt , before long, your initiative will be copied by other

States – quite possibly by incorporating the other suggestions listed

in my following e mail

 

But the success of your just announced electric bicycle subsidy

scheme depends on making every building a “ Battery Charging

Station “ , as suggested in my following e-mail :
 
Thank You, Shri Kailash Gahlotji

 https://lnkd.in/enpkDeCs

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Dear Smt Sitharamanji

 Dear Smt Sitharamanji,


I appreciate that our MLAs, with their meagre salaries / perks / allowances etc., belong to the POOR strata of our society – and therefore entitled to such exemptions

But, instead of such exemptions, how about bring them within the tax-net by raising their salaries , 10 TIMES ?

Context :

Ignoramus ? Gullible ?

https://lnkd.in/eKGB6Fsz
 

Without doubt, I am so.
Like many from my 1400 million fellow-citizen, I believed :

#   “ Personal Income Tax  Act “ is a Central Subject
#   Any changes in this act can only be done by the Centre and form part of annual Central Budget
#   States cannot exempt any of its own “ state citizen “ from payment of personal income tax

What made me believe this ?

#   If the States had any power / authority to “ exempt “ any particular group of its own “ state citizen “ , then  all Political parties would compete with each other by making such Poll Promises .

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3 Year On, Echo from Elon

 3 Year On, Echo from Elon


https://lnkd.in/eCVrVsq9

How can we enable :

# Ownership of Personal Data ?

# Monetization of such Data ?

# While maintaining full PRIVACY ?

# Compel Social Media to compensate Users ?

Elon Musk seems to agree with my solution !

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Dear Shri Ashwini Vaishnaji – Shri Rajeev Chandrasekharji :
 
Elon Musk is committing to “ Self Verification “ checkmark in the narrow context of his own website Twitter .
 

Obviously he has no authority to speak on behalf of thousands of other websites

What I have been advocating to our Policy Makers ( through a

number of e-mails sent over the past 3 YEARS ) is an UNIVERSAL

MECHANISM of Self Verification,  as explained at :
 
 

SARAL-Single  Authentic  Registration (for)  Anywhere  Login[ 10 Feb 2019 ]

https://lnkd.in/fruaZJ8

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Can e-Governance help eliminate corruption ?

 Can e-Governance help eliminate corruption ?

Most certainly

[ Context :
Thank You, Shri Karnal Singhji,
https://lnkd.in/epzfGSSe ]
 
Look at the following , partial list of Central and State Agencies set up to fight fraud , money-laundering , corruption , tax-evasion , economic crimes etc :
 
> Public Accounts Committee          ( PAC )
 
> Central Vigilance Commission       ( CVC )
 
> Central Information Commission    ( CIC )
 
 > Research and Analysis Wing          ( RAW )
 
 > Serious Fraud Investigation Office  ( SFIO )
 
> Information Bureau                       ( IB  )
 
 > Economic Offence Wing                  ( EOW )
  
> Central Bureau of Investigation       ( CBI )
 
> Department of Revenue Intelligence ( DIR )
 
> Comptroller and Auditor General      ( CAG )
 
> Anti Corruption Bureaus ( States ).... ( ACB )
 
> Enforcement Directorate                   ( ED  )
 
> Lok Ayukts   ( States  )
  
> Lok Pal          ( Central )
 
 
 
Despite such an army of Agencies , how do corrupt manage to get away ?
 
Or , in case caught , manage to delay delivery of punishment for years  ?
 
No doubt , there must be several reasons , including , inter - agency rivalry to get credit - something difficult to eliminate altogether
 
But , I believe , the most important reason is :
 
Lack of a COMMON / COMPUTERIZED database of all offences / cases / persons being investigated
 
And , which is readily " Accessible " to all of these Agencies , all over the country ( 24 * 365 )
 
Already , every Agency compiles huge dossiers on " Suspects " in its own " Departmental Database " , which is never shared with other Agencies , leading to ,
  
>  Huge amount of duplication of efforts / information
  
>   Fractured / scattered profiles of " Suspects "
 
>  Enormous waste of time / resources
  
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