How come “ E Mail , E Mail
– No Reply “ ?
Business Line ( 05 Oct ) carries following news report
:
“ Social Media puts positive pressure on
govt : Jayant Sinha “
Interaction with students through social
media creates a tremendous positive pressure
on the government
If a school lacks in providing basic
facility, people tweet about it . So , now
there is a platform through which the issues can be addressed , said Jayant Sinha , Minister of Civil Aviation , at the India Economic
Summit 2017 , which began here on Wednesday
Talking about the education system at a
seminar, Smriti Irani , the Minister of Textiles and Information and
Broadcasting , said :
“ for the first time we are discussing
on how to make our education system better “, adding that ,
“ now if a person has a view on policy decision that the
government is working on , then their views can be taken into consideration . Interaction is something which the
government is focussing on and it’s not restricted to education but to other
segments also “
I am not doubting the good intentions of
Shri Jayant Sinha or Smt Smriti Irani or any other NDA Minister
Nor have I any illusion that the
Ministers would ever find time ( from their very busy schedules ) to read those
hundreds of E Mails re “ Policy Reform Suggestions “ that they must be receiving daily
But if there is a genuine desire for
encouraging ordinary citizens to come forward with their suggestions , then I
urge the Ministers for implementing the following procedure :
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·
A computer generated acknowledgement must go out against each
email received . This will assure the sender that his suggestion has been
delivered
·
·
The response must allot a unique “ Your Suggestion Number “ to each email
·
·
All emailed suggestions must be uploaded on the web site of the
concerned Ministry and be searchable by the public in different ways , such as
:
·
#
Suggestion Number
#
Suggestion Category
#
Keywords / hash tags etc
·
After log-in ( using Aadhar Number ) , citizens be allowed to “ Rate “ any suggestion ( of course , only once
) , on the following scale :
#
1 = Irrelevant / Do not waste time
#
2 = Useful / To be evaluated by Policy Makers
#
3 = Excellent / Must be implemented ( with
changes , if required )
Any citizen-rater , should be able to
see the CUMULATIVE OVERALL AVERAGE RATING SCORE , but only
after he / she has rated that suggestion – never before , to eliminate getting
biased by earlier scores
·
Within a specified period ( say , 12 weeks from the date received
? ) , one of the following remarks , must be mentioned against each suggestion
:
·
“ Based on
the public rating and internal evaluation by the Ministry ,
#
Regret , your suggestion is not possible to implement
#
A similar / identical suggestion was received / evaluated earlier and rejected
#
Your suggestion is kept pending for future consideration . Keep watching !
#
Your suggestion is under active consideration by
the Ministry for incorporating
in its future policy-revision / regulation / parliamentary action
Once the Ministry has published its
decision as mentioned above , the suggestion will be “ CLOSED for RATING “
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Dear Policy
Makers :
Like in the case of ancient Roman Forum
or in case of some of our very own kings , it is not possible for the Ministers
to hold public DURBARS to obtain
suggestions from public
Since you are aware of the influence of
the Social Media , I urge you to adopt the process outlined above .
Such a process will be a genuine
MANIFESTATION of a PARTICIPATIVE
DEMOCRACY that goes beyond enabling its citizens to merely
participate through ELECTIONS
15 Oct 2017
www.hemenparekh.in
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