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

Friday 13 July 2018

FOOD FOR DEBATE ?


Dear Friends,

If you have an opinion on my following blog , do share with all of us , on Sunday


Warm Regards,

Hcp

People’s Pulse ?  People’s Confusion ?



DNA ( 12 July ) carries following report about launch of mobile app “ People’s Pulse



Despite 2 / 3 attempts , I could not download it

Then I filled in the survey online and got a feeling that it is quite wide ranging , and without any focus !


Why did I feel this way ?


To get a feel , take a look at the following format of the “ People’s Pulse “ :



SECTION  A  [  mandatory  ]

Select your State / Constituency ( from drop-lists )



SECTION  B  [  mandatory  ]

What do you think of the progress achieved by the Central Government in the following sectors ?  ( 5 point scale of : Very Poor / Poor / Good / Very Good / Excellent ) . Each of the 12 sectors to be rated separately , one after another

Affordable Healthcare  /  Employment Opportunities  / Rural Electrification  / Farmer Prosperity  / Fight against Corruption / Swachh Bharat /  Road Construction / Connecting cities and towns by Airways  /  Up-liftment of Poor and Marginalized / National Security / Tackling Internal Security Threat  / Economy


SECTION  C  [  mandatory  ]


Do you think that the speed and the scale of govt work has improved ?     YES …..NO
Are you feeling more optimistic than before about the future of India ?      YES….. NO



SECTION  D  [  mandatory  ]


How do you rate the performance of the Central Government ? ( 5 point scale as above )



SECTION  E  [  mandatory  ]


How do you rate the performance of your State Government ? ( 5 point scale as above )



SECTION  F  [  mandatory  ]


Which of the following issues is a prime consideration when you are voting ? ( multiple choices  /  choose any number of the following by ticking  )

Price Rise  / Law and Order Situation  /  Education  /  Employment  / Cleanliness  / Corruption /  Farmer  welfare



SECTION  G  [ optional  ]


Name the three most popular BJP leaders in your constituency ( one after another to be rated independently )


Rate each of these leaders on 5 point scale as shown above :

Honesty and Integrity  /  Approachability and Humility  /  Popularity among Youth & Masses



SECTION  H  [ optional  ]

Name the three most popular BJP leaders in your State

Rate on following ( same as above 5 point scale ) :


Honesty & Integrity  /  Approachability & Humility / Popularity among Youth and Masses



SECTION  I  [  optional  ]

Please answer the following questions about your  MLA


*    Name of your MLA

*    Are you aware about his / her initiatives ?     YES …..  NO

*    Is he / she , accessible  ?                             YES …..  NO

*    Are you satisfied with his / her work ?           YES ……  NO

*    Does he / she solve people’s problems  ?       YES …..  NO




SECTION  J  [ optional  ]

Please answer the following questions about your  MP

*   Name of your MP

*   Are you aware about his / her initiatives  ?       YES  …..  NO


*   Is he / she accessible  ?                                  YES  …..  NO


*   Are you satisfied with his / her work  ?             YES  …..  NO


*   Does he / she solve people’s  problems  ?         YES …..   NO



SECTION  K  [  mandatory  ]


How happy are you with the condition of the following infrastructure in your constituency ?  (  Rating of each item separately , on 5 point scale  )


Roads  /  Power  /  Drinking  Water  /  Healthcare  /  Education  /  Ration-related Issues  /  Job  Opportunities  /  Law and Order  /  Cleanliness


SECTION  L  [  mandatory  ]

*   According to you, which are the three most popular Government Schemes ?
    ( Type free text in box )


*   Do you have suggestions for PM Modi ?  (Type free text in box )


*   Do you listen to Mann ki Baat  ?       YES………….. NO


*   Will you be interested in volunteering for BJP in 2019 Election ?     YES…….NO


SUBMIT



The questions that passed my mind were :


*     Is this a survey for evaluating the performance of the ,

       #    Central Government  or of the State Government  ?
      
       #    Govt Schemes or the performance of the local  MLA / MP  ?

     
*    Is it to evaluate the present performance or assess the future potential of BJP
      leaders ?


*    Is this a GOVERNMENT survey or a BJP survey ?

*    With as many as 13 SECTIONS ( distinct pages ) and a 5 point scale rating ( in most
      questions ) , is this not too clumsy for a Mobile App ?



My  Suggestions  :


#  If this purports to be a “ Central Government “ survey , there should be no mention /
    reference to BJP .

 
    Party can launch its own , separate Mobile App for evaluating the performance of its
    own MPs and MLAs and for assessing the popularity / potential of its future candidates
    for 2019 elections

   
    I strongly recommend that Shri Amit Shah consider my following suggestion :

    ROMP - A Panacea ?  [  06 Aug 2015  ]

 

    If he does ,

     *  He will get far better / precise feel of the “ People’s Pulse

 

     *  He will know whom to re-nominate / drop from 2019 candidature

 

     *  Voters will have an assurance that their combined opinion will make a difference

 

     *  There will be a marked improvement , not only in the attendance of the MPs and

         MLAs , but also in their behaviour within Lok Sabha / State Assembly

 

 

     Amitbhai would do well to launch ROMP ( may be a modified version ) before Rahul

     Gandhi comes out with something similar !

 

 

     He may even want to learn about  “ People’s Perception “ of the achievements of the

     BJP  government ( against is own 2014 Election Manifesto ), by implementing :

 

 

     But You have Promises to Keep  [  14  May  2016  ]

 



#   There should be separate Apps for evaluating the performances of the,

      *   Central Government

      *   State Government



#   Given the 5 point scale , most respondents will tend to select the “ median “ point ,
     viz : GOOD .  In study after study , this “ tendency to centralize “ has been observed
     when deciding is difficult / time-consuming . People like to select an option which is “
     Safe “ – nothing to go wrong !  Well-designed surveys have only  “ YES .. NO “  or
     “ TRUE…..FALSE “ type of selections

 
*   In a Mobile App , no one has time ( or patience ) to write ( free text ) in boxes
     Avoid these



*    List of “ Sectors “ or “ Issues “ or “ Infrastructure “ is quite long

      Either make it short ( 4 / 5 ) or do not make it mandatory to rate ALL


*   If BJP leaders are really interested in election related  REFORMS , they may want to
     look up :

     Reforming Elections and Lok Sabha [ REaL ]   (  20  Dec  2016  )

 

     It is still not too late to treat the above blog as “ People’s  Manifesto “ for

     2019 general elections

 

     It is high time 900 million voters stop reading Election Manifestos of the political

     parties and come up with their very own , then tell the political parties :

 

    “  We will vote for only that political party which commits itself to implementing our

       Manifesto “

 

13  July  2018

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