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

Saturday 23 December 2017

TO CATCH A THIEF ? UNIFY DATABASES


Crime  and  Punishment

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There cannot be any punishment , unless crime gets proven


Recent example :

CBI could not “ prove through irrefutable evidence “ that A Raja and Kanimozi had committed any crime


And to be able to prosecute suspected criminals, you need evidence from every possible source


That is why the following announcement by Shri Parrikar [ CM – Goa ] assumes significance :



Goa govt launches criminal tracking system



Goa Chief Minister  Manohar Parrikar today launched Crime and Criminal Tracking and Networking System (CCTNS) in the state which will provide the police an access to the national database of history-sheeters. 


The initiative, a part of Union Home Ministry's  National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), was launched in presence of senior police officials on the occasion of Goa Liberation Day. 




If the Government is serious about “ bringing to books “ , perpetrators of Corruption ( White Collar Crime ? ) , then Shri Rajnath Singhji might want to take a look at my following blog / email :


 

Thursday, 3 April 2014



E - Governance ?



Can e-Governance help eliminate corruption  ?


Most certainly


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



What will help  ?



>    Dismantling of individual departmental databases


>    Merging of all Agency-wise databases into a SINGLE / UNIQUE database


>   All Agencies to enter their findings / data / info into this COMMON
     database , with nothing preserved on local computers


>   All data-entry FORMS to be ONLINE . No paper forms at all


>   All local computers connected to ultra-secure Network ( Encrypted )


>   " Access Rights " to individuals , based on Biometric Identification



23  Dec  2017


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