Mukeshbhai, How about CMR ?
CMR = Corporate Moral Responsibility
CSR = Corporate Social responsibility
Context :
Glitches in App spell trouble for Aanganwadi workers / HT / 20 Aug 2021
Extract :
What was the purpose of Poshan Tracker App ?
Around 6 months ago, Poshan Tracker App was launched with an aim to monitor nutritional outcomes in REAL TIME, which will be vital in improving maternal and child health
What is the trouble ?
Anganwadi workers ( 125,000 in Maharashtra alone / earning between Rs 4,500 – Rs 8,000 PM ) are unable to upload data ( of mal-nourished children / pregnant women / lactating mothers ), using Poshan Tracker App
Reason ?
The Smartphones with 2GB RAM which the Central Govt gave them in 2019 are unable to support Poshan Tracker App.
The App keeps hanging every time they try to upload a photo. So, they have to reinitiate the uploading process repeatedly
Result ?
Starting August 17, AWs have started returning the insufficient phones to the State Women and Child Department ( WCD )
Why ?
The warranty of the phones expired in March. Since then, AWs have to pay for repair from their own pockets. “ These phones are not of good quality. So, often cameras malfunction or hardware gets damaged. Hence, these need repairing which costs between Rs 500 to Rs 2,000. AWs with such a low salary, cannot afford it “ . So many AWs are now using their PERSONAL phones. However, AWs are not getting the money to charge their internet package. AWs get Rs 599 for a 3-month package. But those who are using their PRIVATE phones are not getting the money. So, they are paying the money from their pockets.
Any other problem ?
Almost 90 % of Aanganwadi workers have completed Class 10 and have mostly studied in Marathi medium schools. They cannot read English, but the application is completely in English.
On a daily basis, they have to seek help from neighbours or their children to fill up the forms.
Also, there is no option to delete a form. So, if someone has typed a wrong name in English, they cannot delete it. This is leading to inaccurate reporting.
… but, when a 3 year old child becomes a year older , the application doesn’t update it. Thus the child keeps getting a nutrition package of the second age category
Similarly, women remain enlisted in the category of PREGNANT, even after delivery. So, she keeps getting nutrition package of a pregnant woman !
Recourse ?
In July, Aanganwadi Karmachari Sabha approached the Bombay High Court, seeking intervention in the matter.
“ The payment of AWs’ honorarium is linked to logging in data into the app. These technical errors are affecting the income of AWs. We have therefore approached the HC with the demand that the pay shouldn’t get deducted “
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Dear Mukeshbhai Ambani,
Saving millions of women / children from pre-mature deaths due to mal-nutrition, would be the most humanitarian / noble act
I urge you to :
Ø Offer to Central Government, to donate Jio Smartphones to 14 lakh Aanganwadi workers
Assuming that Jio smartphone is expected to sell for Rs 3,499 each, this will cost Reliance , Rs 490 Crore ( one time )
Ø Offer to these 14 lakh Aanganwadi workers, your Jio internet data plan – but totally FREE
Assuming that this is your Rs 69 / month plan , it would cost Reliance, approx. Rs 10 crore / month , ie: Rs 120 Crore per
year ( recurring cost )
Ø Offer to re-vamp the Poshan Tracker mobile app by integrating facility for entering data in all major Indian languages –
may be, even “ Speech Recognition “ feature ( of course, in all those languages, so that Aanganwadi workers just need to “
Speak “ to enter data ( automatic “ Speech –to – Text “ conversion and data-entry )
Jio phones to be delivered PRE-LOADED with revamped Poshan Tracker app
It is quite possible that, not only would the Central Government accept your offer but may even allow these expenses to be adjusted against your CSR obligations
If that happens, your humanitarian initiative could well become a BENCH-MARK for other big companies
If Govt accepts your offer but refuses to treat it as CSR, then please treat it as your CMR ( Corporate Moral Responsibility )
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 21 Aug 2021
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