Advantage , Incumbent ?
Yesterday , Shri
Akhilesh Yadav ( CM - UP ) offered FREE
smart phones to citizens of UP , if Samajwadi Party gets voted to power , in
the forthcoming State elections
Anyone who is over 18 and lives in Uttar Pradesh can apply for a
phone - online - provided their family income is less than 2 lakh rupees a
year. The online registrations are likely to start in a month.
At a recent function, the Chief Minister had hinted at the scheme, saying ,
At a recent function, the Chief Minister had hinted at the scheme, saying ,
" Samajwadis will
think of something which we can give to next generation or something through which they can get more information
about the government and share their expectations. The cities are
becoming smart and through mobile applications
people are getting information."
Apparently , Shri Akhilesh is smarter than the smart phones !
Apparently , Shri Akhilesh is smarter than the smart phones !
He knows that one party after another , has won State Elections
in the past 5 years , by promising freebies to voters . That includes his own
so gratifying experience of winning the last election by promising FREE laptops !
That takes us back to the Election
Commission Guidelines re " Promising
of Freebies " by political parties
On 22 Feb 2014 , following Supreme Court directives , the Election
Commission , revised , " Model Code of
Conduct " , containing guidelines on what kind of poll promises , political parties can
incorporate in their poll manifestos
GUIDELINES
* Parties shall
make only those promises which are possible to
be fulfilled
* It is expected
that manifestos also reflect the rationale for
the promises
and
broadly indicate the ways and means to meet the financial
requirements for it
* Party in power
shall stop advertizing for publicity of achievements
For Akhileshji , there is no
problem satisfying these guidelines !
With the bargaining power
for 10 crore phones , he can just insist that Reliance Jio :
# Drop the price of its
cheapest LYF phone to Rs 1,000 each
That would
cost the UP Exchequer , Rs 10,000 Cr ,
which UP govt will easily recover within one
year , from the
mobile
advts that thousands of E-Commerce Companies would be too happy to
flash on the pre-installed Mobile
App , " I SIN><U SIN " ( described below in
my earlier blog dt 29 Dec 2012 )
# Develop this mobile
app ( of course , FREE ) and pre-install
it before delivery of the phones
Then tell the Election
Commission ( and the Supreme Court , if required ) :
" Our FREE distribution of Smart phones , will usher
a REVOLUTION in the matter of E-GOVERNANCE "
If they get to read this blog /
email , I would not be surprised if some or other , political party makes a
similar promise for the forthcoming elections in Punjab
!
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Saturday, 29 December 2012
I
SIN > < U SIN
That could be the name of an android app ( I Seek It Now >
< U Solve It Now )
To be developed by India’s Central Home Ministry for
successful implementation of proposed,
“ Delivery of
Services Act “
The app will come pre-installed
on those mobile phones which Government of India plans to distribute FREE , to some 400 million “ Poor People “ of
India , before the 2014 National Election ( and on those 220 million Aakash
Tablets )
Issuer will enter the Mobile
No and that person’s Aadhar Card No,
in a computerized central database , before issuing the phone
Hence , no need to login
to the App , whose screen will read,
I wish to send my complaint to the following
department :
National Commission for Women
Garbage Clearance
Water Supply
Electricity Supply
Roads Repair
Rationing ( Food Distribution )
Police
Bus Transport
Railways
Post
Employment
Education
Irrigation
Building Permits
Revenue / Land Records
Anti Corruption
Other ……………………………………….etc
(List should not exceed 50)
Touching name of any department name will open a SMS message box where the user will type out his complaint ( in
a language of his choice )
There will be option to speak-out and record voice message , for illiterate users
Touching SEND
button will transmit the complaint and within minutes, user will receive SMS reply , giving,
Name of Officer responsible
Office Landline No
Mobile No
Email Id
Complaint No
Expected date of solving
Bingo !
Then publish online , a tabulation of
departments , arranged in the descending order of the no of complaints received
/ cleared / pending!
This frugal innovation will bring in Good Governance all
over India
Request Nandan
Nilekani / Sam Pitroda to help out , even though they may be busy
implementing my earlier suggested app ,
“ VotesApp “
“ VotesApp “
I have no doubt that the political party which promises ,
“ I SIN >< U SIN “ , will
get voted to power in 2014
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06
Sept 2016
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