tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53635036129386202652024-02-07T11:25:19.045-08:00AD world ...Around usare we taken for granted ?KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-60943537721977807212019-10-06T19:59:00.000-07:002019-10-06T19:59:56.641-07:00Why BHIM is weak ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYkdOLPnEfir_ZaufEt2mcRgF-fwXZ1WA2UH3BW-HluIHWCVta7LMBNuV-0tNd1bbnuy-ZJMerTREozU2fQSgBx_Z3YwTcq-ua3Ukn5TjmPYJlH77llkgTcuuXMyFAcWaV2xk3stciD0/s1600/Screenshot_2019-10-07-06-36-23.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYkdOLPnEfir_ZaufEt2mcRgF-fwXZ1WA2UH3BW-HluIHWCVta7LMBNuV-0tNd1bbnuy-ZJMerTREozU2fQSgBx_Z3YwTcq-ua3Ukn5TjmPYJlH77llkgTcuuXMyFAcWaV2xk3stciD0/s320/Screenshot_2019-10-07-06-36-23.png" width="180" /></a>The UPI's proud - a feather in the cap- app BHIM has been weak and ailing for some time. There has been frequent failures of ...a) failures of transaction b) frequent time-outs and now finally a failure to register.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYkdOLPnEfir_ZaufEt2mcRgF-fwXZ1WA2UH3BW-HluIHWCVta7LMBNuV-0tNd1bbnuy-ZJMerTREozU2fQSgBx_Z3YwTcq-ua3Ukn5TjmPYJlH77llkgTcuuXMyFAcWaV2xk3stciD0/s1600/Screenshot_2019-10-07-06-36-23.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It is to note that irrespective of number of times uninstalled and reinstalled this failure is constant.</span></a><br />
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Then you go through the comments box. Most of the negative remarks are of recent origin.<br />
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When I tried to send a complaint I received an automated mail saying UPI has permanently closed the response to contact mail id.<br />
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What a pathetic situation!.<br />
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An app that worked very well for nearly two years suddenly failing means ...don't you feel something fishy.<br />
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Hope people like PAYTM and Goole Pay are not part of this foul game to cause disrepute to BHIM and influence consumers to their fold.<br />
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It is not believable that a country full of smart software professionals could not fix a small bug which is causing a loss of brand image<br />
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Can't they change the contact Mail ID in the App's update version?</div>
KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-45919948286276370502019-07-19T08:55:00.000-07:002019-07-23T10:34:29.457-07:00Why not put an end to this political rigmarole?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is shameful to watch the behaviour of elected members of Karnataka state assembly with the recent crisis blowing up. It is no surprise that the coalition government cannot last as it was formed by the parties rejected by people. <a href="https://adworldaroundus.blogspot.com/2018/05/reduce-elections-save-public-money.html" target="_blank">I had outlined this</a> as soon as the election results were out leading to hung assembly.<br />
Look at today the tug of war going on !!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGBHbty-LyriOWc-vnQRRdiAjFjVFRbK9G42cRyClPNjBbDCYQPzm7OEeuFAo2LV_t6M8w39x_5p3MvNez0zyoAuOWJNy9iRGVVv63KtgTpAzDyQh1uy6MR_IqLiRkRSIoqUTzjBW_yc/s1600/suvarna_news.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1040" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGBHbty-LyriOWc-vnQRRdiAjFjVFRbK9G42cRyClPNjBbDCYQPzm7OEeuFAo2LV_t6M8w39x_5p3MvNez0zyoAuOWJNy9iRGVVv63KtgTpAzDyQh1uy6MR_IqLiRkRSIoqUTzjBW_yc/s400/suvarna_news.png" width="400" /></a></div>
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Now, after barely 14 months later, 14 members from the supporting party have resigned from the party due to dissatisfaction on account of "non performance".<br />
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Initially the CM tried to blame BJP of horse trading. They had strongly refuted the allegation and said it is internal squabble between JDS and Congress.<br />
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What could be the squabble about?<br />
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My guess is that the EMI ( hope you understand) has not been paid as per agreement and the MLAs getting a fear that they had been taken for granted. When demand is raised both party bigwigs look the other way. "<b><span style="color: blue;">A pig that has two masters is bound to die of starvation" </span></b><br />
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Naturally when the promises have not been kept it generates contempt and acrimony. These are all undercurrents and common man like us never come to know the size of the deal nor the true culprits.<br />
If the media members get to know also they may not reveal either because of friendship with the political clout or of fear.<br />
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The Chief minister has ignored the governor's recommendation to face the 'floor test' to win the motion of confidence twice . Obviously he realizes that is not going to be possible.<br />
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The strategy of JDs & Congress today is to force the President to dismiss the government and cry victimisation by BJP <i>( I am writing this as the drama is still in progress & the out come is yet to unfold)</i><br />
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To what level the so called 'leaders' can stoop !!<br />
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<span style="color: red;">We need to amend the constitution whereby numbers ( or majority) are <b>not </b>important. It must enable the largest political party to form the government whether it enjoys majority or not. They should be allowed to work for a period of minimum three years without fear of 'no confidence' in the assembly floo</span>r. F<a href="https://adworldaroundus.blogspot.com/2018/05/reduce-elections-save-public-money.html" target="_blank">or more details please see my earlier post on Election reforms</a>.<br />
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A skeptic may say ' you get the government you deserve'. To a great extent it may be true. That cannot be the reason to remain as a passive witness to looting of tax payers money by a few politicians.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">If the system need to be corrected it should be, especially when the required strength is there with the central government to make the corrective action.</span></b><br />
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<u>Update as on 23/07/2019 on the political crisis in Karnataka</u><br />
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After prolonged sessions for two days with very boring rhetoric by the most of the treasury bench speakers finally the speaker of the assembly, Shri Ramesh Kumar, decided to conduct the voting on no-confidence motion. The result was well known even before voting started. The coalition government fell by receiving 99 to 105 votes against it.<br />
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It is to be seen that how many more comic situations may come up before next government is formed. Till then the media world will have plenty of news alias rumors and gossips in the name of discussions. Jai Kar-nataka, Jai Bharat !!!!</div>
KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-62549090289229324312019-06-27T11:01:00.000-07:002019-07-14T04:42:49.926-07:00Governments & Numeracy :Case study of Chamundeshwari Electric Supply Corporation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Come the month of April, our Mysore electricity supplier M/s Chamundeshwari
Electricity Supply Corporation promptly revises the tariff rates without fail.
I had seen, it is almost 30% increase in the last 3 or 4 years. It is more than
the annual inflation index.<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
One major reason is ever increasing the
administrative overheads. Despite
increase in solar power supply the CESC is unable to control the inflationary
trend in its operations.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Leave that alone. Whenever they have to hike the power
tariff at least it should encourage the Low Energy Consumers and discourage the
High Energy Consumers. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
In reality the opposite is happening : I consider consumers using less than 100 units are as LECs and above 100 units as HECs. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The table below reflects the tariff increase in
2019 as compared to 2018</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Tariff slabs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Year 2018-19 (Rs/kwh)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Year 2019-20 (Rs/kwh)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"> Percent increase<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">0 to 30 units ( kwh)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">3.45<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">3.70<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">7.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">30 to 100 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">4.95<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">5.20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"> 5.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">100 to 200<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">6.50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"> 6.75<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"> 3.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Above 200<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">7.55<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">7.80<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"> 3.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">Fixed charges (for all)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">50 +60 +60= 170<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">60+70+70=200<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"> 17.6</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
[Fixed Charges : First KW connection is lower than
additional KWs and an all electric home is provided with 3KW connection.]<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Let us analyse what difference it makes to the consumer in different
slabs in terms of rupee value<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
( This includes Fixed charges of the respective years)<o:p></o:p></div>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Tariff slabs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<span style="color: windowtext;">Year 2018-19 (Rs)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Year 2019-20 (Rs)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"> Percent increase<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">Fixed Charges<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">170.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">200.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">17.60</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Up to 30 units<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">273.50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">311.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">13.71<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Up to 100 units<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">620.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">675.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">
8.90<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Up to 200 units<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">1270.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">1350.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">
6.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Say 220 units<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">1421.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">1506.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">
6.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
What puzzles me is that 'why CESC is penalizing the lower strata of population with higher
percentage increase in tariff'. In fact the higher end users should have been charged
with higher rates of tariff to discourage excess usage of electrical energy.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: red;">Thus I see a basically a faulty approach in Policy Making</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
One can easily see the ‘Low Energy Consumer’ is taxed more (13.7%)as compared High Energy Consumer (6.0%), more than double . </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
This gap has widened because the Fixed
Charges have been hiked disproportionately. This affects the LEC to shell out
higher percentage from his monthly
savings.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: blue;">How to remove this anomaly?</span> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: blue;">A fair solution is to fix a % increase
based on the total revenue and work backwards to evenly distribute across all
groups.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
As we do not have the data about the distribution of
consumer base in different slabs it is
difficult to rework the exact solution. However a model calculation based on 6%
increase in revenue is shown in the table below. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr>
<td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Tariff slabs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Year 2018-19 (Rs/kwh)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Suggested (Rs/kwh)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"> Percent increase<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">0 to 30 units ( kwh)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">3.45<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">3.65 (3.7)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">5.8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">30 to 100 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">4.95<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">5.25 (5.20)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"> 6.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">100 to 200<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">6.50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"> 6.90 (6.75)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"> 6.15<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Above 200<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">7.55<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"> 8.00 (7.90)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"> 6.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">Fixed charges<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">50 +60 +60= 170<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">50+65+65=180 ( 200)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"> 6.0</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
( figure in the bracket shows CESC’s present rate)<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The new rates are not way off from the present rates except
the Fixed Charges which is significantly lower, down by 11%.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
What difference it makes to the consumer in absolute terms
of payment in rupees?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tbody>
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<td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Tariff slabs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Year 2018-19 (Rs)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">As per suggested rates<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"> % increase<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">Fixed Charges<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">170.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">180<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">6.0</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Up to 30 units<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">273.50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">290<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">6.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Up to 100 units<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">620.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">657<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">6.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Up to 200 units<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">1270.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">1347<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">6.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Say 220 units<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">1421.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">1507<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">6.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
We can see the impact of tariff revision is uniform across
all strata and not very much skewed in favour of the HEC<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
It is important to see the suggested rates have not
altered the dues from the HEC from the
present rates declared but at the same time giving relief to LEC.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Tariff slabs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Year 2019-20 (Rs)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">As per suggested rates<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">Fixed Charges<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: windowtext;">200.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">180</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Up to 30 units<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">311.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">290<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">Up to 100 units<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: windowtext;">675.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext;">657<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext;">Up to 200 units<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext;">1350.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext;">1347<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext;">Say 220 units<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext;">1506.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext;">1507<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">If this does not meet the expected overall revenue, the percentage increase has to be reworked as
7 or 8 uniformly across all sections and <b>not arbitrarily adjust the numbers
without concern for Low Energy Consumers.</b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">The country has to go a long way in numeracy to understand the significance of numbers in decision making.</span></i></div>
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-4619490262249395712019-02-08T02:27:00.000-08:002019-02-08T02:41:21.988-08:00Twitter and WhatsApp- need for monitoring <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have a twitter account since 2009. Seldom I used it but for announcing my new blogs whenever I posted one. I did not take active interest as it looked a very murky world ( even now it is) and limited space to express anything useful.<br />
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We can interact with anyone and everyone, known or unknown, a celebrity or common man we may get instant response.Though I was aware of it, I could not pay attention as I had better things to do earlier.<br />
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But now that I have lesser things to do my attention turned to twitter and social media. I felt these were better than noisy meaningless TV debates fighting for TRP rating<br />
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My experience in the last four or five months did not alter my earlier views. It is still a murky place lot more than what I had imagined. If you try to follow the threads you get lost like in the bylanes of a metro city.<br />
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The amount of misinformation or rumour and the speed with which it can spread is much much faster than TV media or Print media. Many people retweet without thinking or verifying the facts. Then there is hashtag (#) to classify or categorize your message. There is lot more to know...<br />
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Meanwhile the <a href="https://indianexpose.com/parliamentary-committee-has-summoned-twitter-india/" target="_blank">Parliamentary Committee has called for a discussion</a> with Twitter Official to control and prevent wrong usage of the twitter handle. This scheduled for Feb 11th 2019. I have sent my suggestions through a tweet.<br />
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Good news is that offcials of Twitter also aware of the possible misuse during election campaigns and are willing to cooperate with the law of the land.</div>
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In case WhatsApp the problem is different. There in the name of protecting privacy of individuals they claim everything is encrypted. They cannot dig information to report origin of the news or how the message got spread. In short there is no traceability. This will make the investigation process very difficult in case of any legal cases arise based on Whatsaap ( click on the figure to read the news item and the suggestion)<br />
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As these social media platforms are still evolving it should not be difficult to incorporate necessary change.<br />
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It is very important that false messages and provoking or instigating messages should be made punishable, both in Twitter and WhatAapp. The netizens must learn to use them as fire. Negligence or lack of vigil may create a law & order problem anywhere in the country any time</div>
KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-39713642797581593632018-11-12T09:06:00.000-08:002018-11-12T09:16:39.055-08:00De licensing Charging stations for EV<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The latest news is that individuals can set up EV charging stations and no license is required. This is from the <a href="https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/electric-vehicle-charging-stations-business-open-to-individuals/66550918" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ET Energy News</a>. Click the figure to see enlarged figure.<br />
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What is not clear is how one is going to figure out the business potential. Though it is not a matter of concern for the government it does not give any direction to the overall concept to move ahead. It needs volume of vehicles to seek the charging stations. Why anyone would come forward to put up a charging station where electric vehicles are not around ?<br />
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In essence it allows the grid power to be tapped for charging with a tariff cap of 15% over the average cost of supply. This opens up lot of questions. Assume average cost of power is Rs 7 per kwh. 15% is Rs 1.05 ie the charging station can charge the EV owner at the rate of Rs 8.05 /kwh if my understanding is right.<br />
<a href="https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/photo/66549156.cms" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="426" height="400" src="https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/photo/66549156.cms" width="212" /></a> I expect the possibility of more electric scooters than electric cars in the near future which may stand to benefit from this scheme and hence restrict this discussion for two wheeler charging needs.<br />
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A two wheeler even after 6 to 8 hours of charging consumes only 1 to 1.2 kwh as battery size is between 21 Ah to 33 Ah with a charging current of 1.2 Amps.<br />
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In other words even after allowing for 6 hours a person earns only Rs 8 per terminal !! Is there any attraction in terms of revenue ?<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">A seeker of alm outside any big temple or Church would earn more than that in that period !!</span> <i>( just in a lighter vein)</i><br />
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What is the cost of installing a charging station and the return on investment (ROI) apart from the investor's margin ? These questions certainly does not get any answer with this kind of press release or reporting.<br />
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Best way is to insist on solar based charging stations as a stand alone ( with a back up from power grid for nights) and use net metering for connecting to the grid.<br />
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Thus even when there are no vehicles to charge, the generated power gets exported to the grid and gets some income for investment for the entrepreneur. Here charging station with two or three terminal is just an add-on to the solar power generation unit from investment point of view. This will also help to identify the Charging stations dedicated for the specific purpose of EV charging.<br />
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The revenue model for such stations is already discussed in the embedded slide share in my <a href="https://adworldaroundus.blogspot.com/2018/10/inching-towards-ev-infrastructure-policy.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">previous post.</a><br />
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-61719114182544092642018-10-24T21:56:00.000-07:002018-10-24T21:56:03.274-07:00Inching towards EV infrastructure Policy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today's news item confirms that some thinking is going on with the government machinery about installing charging stations for electric vehicles.<br />
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Almost two years back we had pointed out in our slide presentation that how the charging stations can be installed in all parking lots of colleges, rail and bus stations, malls etc.<br />
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It was also pointed out that with the smart apps and prepaid charging systems one can develop real time billing for the power consumed by the charging duration. Be it half an hour or three hours the appropriate amount is calculated and deducted from one's subscription.<br />
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Those who have not viewed the full presentation can view it here.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="485" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/3Mtt34nW1Uye9h" style="border-width: 1px; border: 1px solid #ccc; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;" width="595"> </iframe> <br />
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<strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/Kabeeranban/solar-charging-stations" target="_blank" title="Solar Charging Stations">Solar Charging Stations</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/Kabeeranban" target="_blank">Kabeeranban</a></strong> <br />
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In this blog we keep reiterating unless the petrol based two wheelers are replaced ( in big cities) neither pollution will go down nor the burden on exchequer will reduce.<br />
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The petrol based two wheelers are causing more harm whichever way one looks at for country's economy and environment.</div>
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-77706282817276206552018-09-07T04:02:00.000-07:002018-09-07T07:54:36.175-07:00Electric vehicle Policy - Is the Govt serious?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Addressing the industrial executives at the <a href="https://www.livemint.com/Industry/dADkMY09xbpKPvHDCeTFSO/Govt-to-launch-electric-vehicle-policy-soon-says-Modi.html" target="_blank">Global Summit organised by Niti Ayog</a> the PM said today:<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">" ....India will do whatever it takes to usher in electric mobility in a big way as it holds immense promise for economic growth and ease of living "</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have been listening to this for almost four years ever since this BJP came to power. Except opening some Charging Stations here and there or ordering 10000 Electric cars with Tatas and Mahindras nothing truly has happened to call a big policy break through</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Is it lack of technology ? CERTAINLY NO .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Charging station infrastructure can be created in no time with solar grids. People will come forward to invest as the surplus power can be sold Power corporations whenever vehicles are not charging. Hence that cannot be an excuse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Range anxiety of vehicles can be easily overcome if charging stations facility are made available at colleges, hospitals, Malls and all parking lots. Therefore that cannot be a reason. </span></div>
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The present Lead acid battery is good enough for 30 to 40 KM and 4 to 5 years of life for all two wheelers. Thus improvement in battery technology is not a constraint </div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>What is lacking is the will to implement. </b></span></div>
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May be some powerful lobby of petrol vehicle manufacturers do not want EVs to increase in number as their business is at stake. </div>
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Some of the key positions of EV Association are held by big heads of petrol vehicle manufacturers. It is but natural they can create stumbling blocks for electric two wheelers as the main business would get affected. </div>
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If the government or Niti Ayog is serious about bringing out a useful policy they can do the following.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">1) Bring " age restriction" to drive petrol two wheeler vehicles -particularly in all major towns and cities . That is, all those above 18 and below 25 should ride only electric vehicles. This, to a great extent reduce the present reckless driving by youngsters and anxiety of their parents at home. </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">Implementation of this will create a boom in the market though sales of petrol vehicles may get affected. Rather this will force the present manufacturers to seriously get in to EV business instead of giving lip service.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">2) Electric vehicles with less than 25 Km speed capability need not require a driving licence to drive. This will encourage more persons to buy EVs. This speed is more than adequate for commuting in big cities.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">3) Allow more entrepreneurs to manufacture electric scooters and cycles as most of the parts are available in open market (including the DC motor drive ) and it is only a question of assembling them. [ Delhi's electric rikshaws are good example]. Such assemblers should be certified by RTO or Automobile Association of India to maintain quality and road worthiness.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">It is very important to note that what is costing exchequer 67 % of petrol payments is to meet the demand by two wheelers. See my slide show below.</span><br />
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<strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/Kabeeranban/solar-charging-stations" target="_blank" title="Solar Charging Stations">Solar Charging Stations</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/Kabeeranban" target="_blank">Kabeeranban</a></strong> </div>
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<b>Unless a firm policy to put a cap on petrol two wheelers popularisation of electric vehicles only be a distant dream.</b></div>
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-43246484017350580382018-05-19T22:50:00.004-07:002018-05-24T01:46:17.500-07:00Reduce elections- save public money<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Indian media are possessed with three things Cricket, Cinema and Corruption. Wherever money comes in to play corruption is bound to be there.<br />
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Corruption in systems can be addressed through legal course of action. But when the very basis of governance is entrenched with corruption, the remedy is difficult through legal course.<br />
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One way is to modify the system so that scope for corruption becomes less and and less.<br />
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Fathers of our Indian constitution had good confidence in the citizens who were expected to be patriots. Probably they least expected that the very representatives of people would stoop to the level of ' horse trading'.<br />
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Once again we see it in Karnataka, a hung Assembly after the recent elections. The Party with highest elected members is unable to form a government because it falls short of absolute majority.<br />
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The opposition is bent upon preventing it to form the government.They are ready to form 'unholy' alliances. Politicians who were slinging mud on each other a few days before the election are ready to become 'friends' after the results came.<br />
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Everyone knows that this kind of opportunistic friendship won't last. Soon 'President's Rule' will come in effect, a question of few month's time. This means bureaucrats will run the administration.<br />
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Attitude of these politicians reflect least respect for people's mandate. The president of a party -which lost deposit in nearly 140 constituents- aspires and manipulates the system to become the Chief Minister of Karnataka.<br />
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Satish Acharya's todays cartoon in Star of Mysore aptly reflects the ground reality.<br />
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This is not the first time nor going to be the end of this problem. Public money is squandered in conducting elections because of absence of commitment by the representatives.<br />
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It is going to recur again again at both state level and National level. The logical remedy for this is, all elected members accept the People's mandate and allow a minority government to run its course while the opposition gives issue based support.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>That is not going to happen, for seat of Power is for tapping the source of money, NOT working for Public Welfare</b></span><br />
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In that case a remedy has to be worked out through constitutional amendment which strikes off this 'number game' but reflects the spirit of people mandate.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">1) Always the political party with highest representatives will form the government.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">2) If they do not enjoy absolute majority they have to seek referendum <b>To continue or Not to continue </b>at the end of half term. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">3) All public servants like IAS, IPS IFS Senior officers and Heads of Departments of different government departments ( in short all gazetted officials) will participate in an online electronic voting to decide the fate of the minority government. It is an inexpensive way of seeking opinion from citizens in responsible positions without any election expenses. Similar to Corporates seeking online-consent from share holders for Board Resolutions during AGM </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">4) The minority government will be able to implement all programs subject to certain restrictions with regard to launching mega projects ( like bullet train ).</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">At national level, the elected members of all state assembly will give their choice (continue or not to continue) for the Central Government to function in addition to public servants.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>In other words, the first two and half years no party can move a 'no confidence motion' against the ruling party.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>If the mandate of referendum is in favour of the government then for one more year no party can move a ' No Confidence Motion'. That means a fair opportunity is given to the largest party for a period of two and half to three and half years to demonstrate their efficacy of governance</b></span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><br />
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If the referendum goes against the ruling party, then the Governor will request the ruling party to demonstrate the confidence of the Assembly for continuation of their governance.<br />
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This will reduce the election expenses on the exchequer and unruly behavior of vested groups of different political wings.<br />
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But, who is to bell the cat, I mean the politicians ?<br />
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-18364071694543591612018-04-17T21:24:00.000-07:002018-04-17T21:24:29.273-07:00No licence for Charging Stations. What about GST ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Two years back I wrote in this blog regarding technical as well commercial feasibility of Solar Charging Stations.<br />
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Good news is that now the government has come out with clarification that such Charging Stations do not require any licence.<br />
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<b>As pointed out in the presentation, the government should concentrate on promoting EV two wheelers with easy charging facility. It is the two wheeler population causing maximum drain on the petroleum exchequer.</b></div>
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It is not going to be easy to surmount the lobby of present two wheeler manufacturers as well as Oil companies who stand to lose their business. </div>
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safety of installation, GST for selling electricity etc giving a long rope for the lobbying segments to give excuses for delaying the implementation.<br />
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Do not be surprised if it takes another five years with the speed with which Govt works :))<br />
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The sad part is our industrialists are not adapting to technological changes owing to the fear of unfavourable ROI ( return on investment).<br />
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Hence a plan for smooth transition should be worked out. Otherwise, one day a disruptive strategy will be put forth by somebody -like Jio 4G- others would fall in line.</div>
KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-66885112807409654332018-01-28T00:50:00.001-08:002018-01-28T00:50:58.322-08:00Hoysala Pillars-mystery solved<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A solution is outlined in this post for the Hoysala Temple Pillar mystery.<br />
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The mystery is, how 900 years back, the builders could employ machining technology to carve out stone pillars having more than 10 to 12 feet high, weighing several tonnes.<br />
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The solution is not that difficult to figure out once we realize that our ancestors were very resourceful in using animal power like oxen, horses and not to forget elephants for various purposes. Traditionally oxen and horses were used in agriculture and drawing carts while elephants were used to shift heavy logs and boulders in various construction activities undertaken by the kings or temples.<br />
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The kind of stones in Hoysala Culture belt is known as soft stones or soap stone. It is easy to work with chisel and hammer and not as hard as granite rocks.<br />
If you are familiar with village ghani -used for oil extraction -you will understand that what I have figured out is nothing but an extension of that. In the oil extractor the animal tied to the grinding -wooden-mortar goes around the expeller unit squeezing the oil seed between bowl and mortar.<br />
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What the engineers of ancient times have done is to attach solid chisels to a frame that rotates around the stone pillar. The frame is rotated using animal power like elephants because to cut a stone needs lot of power. As already elephants should have been there to move around the pillars or rocks during temple construction, it is logical to think that most probably they must of utilized elephants as source of power in carving out the delicate machining of the pillars.<br />
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-64020553708848804592017-11-03T18:43:00.002-07:002017-11-03T18:43:35.903-07:00Aadhar link to Mobile through OTP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In my last Post I had expressed severe reservation of <a href="http://adworldaroundus.blogspot.in/2017/10/aadhar-verification-failing-while.html" target="_blank">failure of biometric recognition in Aadhar</a>. Now it is well confirmed that UIDAI has come down to relax the requirement to OTP confirmation for linking the cell phone. No need to visit the store or biometry as per the latest notification. It is messaged through their twitter handle<br />
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Why Decemebr 1st ? Why not with immediate effect ? May be some technical glitch to set right!<br />
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How many SIM cards can be linked with one Aadhar card?<br />
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-59456166351377786692017-10-16T20:00:00.000-07:002017-10-16T20:00:12.790-07:00Aadhar verification failing while linking mobile phones<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One of the major claims of achievements of both governments (NaMo and Manmohan ) is the successful implementation of Aadhar card with its unique biometric tracking.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">This is considered fool-proof unlike Election ID cards where manipulation was rampant.</span><br />
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<b>Anything has to stand the test of time before big claims are made. In case of Aadhar card it seems to be premature.</b><br />
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I can share my experience (five case studies) with regard to biometric verification. <br />
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<b>Case 1</b>. Self - <span style="color: blue;">BSNL -Bangalore</span> - After the failure to get verification from any of the right hand fingers, the left thumb matched. My Aadhar got linked with my mobile -success<br />
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<b>Case 2</b>. A friend 65 years old. Same BSNL office- None of the fingers in both hands could tally with Aadhar data base<br />
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<b>Case 3</b>. His wife 58 years - Same as her husband , none of the finger prints could be tallied. <br />
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They were sent back with an advice to visit Aadhar Kendra to update their biometric profile and they have time till end of December 2017<br />
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<b>Case 4</b>. <span style="color: blue;">Airtel , Bangalore.</span> My father, age 85. Struggled for fifteen minutes. The staff taking pity at the super senior citizen did not give their trials by repeatedly requesting him to place his finger in different orientations and finally managed to get one finger authenticated. Success due to the patience of the staff.<br />
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<b>Case 5</b>. <span style="color: blue;">Vodafone , Mysore,</span> wife's mother age 80. Spent nearly half an hour each at two different centres but could not get verified. She too was advised to visit Mysore-One Service Centre of Govt of Karnataka and update the biometric profile. Subsequently when visited the Mysore-One Kendra they informed that it is of no use and refused to carry out the update.<br />
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They advised that retina (or iris) verification is dependable as the finger prints are bound to differ due to skin wear and tear over a period of time. <span style="color: blue;">The question is who is to tell the government</span>. Meanwhile SMS keeps pouring in for linking the cell phone with Aadhar otherwise face disconnection.<br />
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It is only the tip of iceberg. Imagine the wastage of man hours involved in various mobile centres and millions struggling to get their mobiles linked to Aadhar.<br />
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The service person at Vodafone said there is time till February. Good, the deadline has been moved from Decemeber to February 2018. <br />
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I understand that they are making Aadhar Card mandatory for school children also. If adults themselves find it difficult how do one expect growing children to have matching biometrics in the years to come?<br />
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Where is it going wrong? Is it in the sensitivity of sensors used or the training of staff and how quickly it can be resolved ? <br />
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If efficient governance is desired these are the questions to be urgently addressed. Otherwise Aadhar cards also will face natural death like Election ID cards.</div>
KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-6353733567738817762017-05-10T02:48:00.003-07:002017-05-10T03:46:24.902-07:00Time that Home Appliances are made available in DC, too.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This Post is somewhat a sequel to my <a href="http://adworldaroundus.blogspot.in/2016/11/are-you-going-for-second-car-think.html" target="_blank">earlier one in Novemeber 2016.</a><br />
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I made certain improvements for better data collection and utilization of electricity generated from my 2 KW roof top PV panels.<br />
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1) Extended the connection to Ground Floor with a change over switch and requested the tenents to use solar energy from morning 8 am to 5 pm everyday. This had improved the average generation from 6.5 kwh per day 8.5 kwh due to live consumption. <br />
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2) I attached a separate energy meter and measured the actual consumption. I wanted to know whether what is being generated is fully utilized or lost something due to inefficiency.<br />
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This is where I had a shock to find that only just about 55 %-60% of the generation is accounted in useful work. A closer watch helped me to understand that 25 to 30 % is lost in the MPPT inverter which goes on converting DC to AC or AC to DC back and forth.<br />
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My search through internet revealed that each time when this conversion takes place, there is a loss of 12 %. To put it simply 1) Solar to Inverter ( DC to AC)- 12% 2) Inverter to Battery ( AC to DC) -12% and again Battery to Inverter ( DC to AC) another 12% ie about 36% . This may vary with type of electical load, time of utilization, temperature etc.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">What I understand is that, it is inevitable if we continue to use 230V AC home appliances. Best way to reduce this loss is, to use appliances that run on Direct Current (DC).</span></div>
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Incidentally the DC appliance needs lesser energy compared to AC appliance to do the same job. For example a 60 watt, AC ceiling fan can be replaced by 27 watts DC ceiling fan. This is attributed to better torque delivery by DC machines.</div>
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<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215098616305079" target="_blank">An interesting study at NIIT Trichy, </a> published in Dec 2016, showed that to operate a home wet grinder of same capacity, the DC motor needed lesser energy as compared to conventional AC motor. This in turn reduced the number of Solar panels from 12 to 6 !! They found similar trend with a dough making machine also. IIT ( Madras) too taking efforts to promote the concept of <a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/innovative-direct-current-microgrids-to-solve-indias-power-woes" target="_blank">Direct Current utiliztion in micro grids</a> to reduce the conversion losses. </div>
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Now, Government should step in - like they did to promote LED bulbs- through some subsidies or tax incentives to develop and promote DC appliances including refrigerators and air conditioners. This will pave way to decentralize energy generation towards self sustaining economic model.</div>
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-71386560225648366702017-04-11T20:13:00.000-07:002017-04-11T20:13:02.470-07:00Beware of Photoshop(ed) ADs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So much of confusion is created in the consumers' mind with the modern technological tools and many make believe stories are created everyday.<div>
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While I have no opinion about the product <i>per se</i>, what prompted me to write this post was they are trying to convince the reader using a digital manipulation technique.</div>
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It is very easy to see both the pictures are identical except for the color of the teeth. Compare the areas of red line on the left with that of right. </div>
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If the product has taken some time to work ( ~ one month, if I recollect correctly) they cannot be identical with respect to light, angle of picture shot etc. </div>
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Those who practice digital art know that it is very easy to change colors with a click of your mouse. It is no magic that the yellow becomes white or even any other color you wish.</div>
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Many whatsapp photos are also sent viral by this digital image manipulation. You can see a five headed cobra or a big temple on a high rise boulder sitting in the lake etc. Whenever you see some unbelievable picture, look for smudge marks around the areas or color patch-up. These may not be visible in a smaller resolution pictures. If we magnify the same in picture editor it will show up. </div>
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I only hope this manipulators don't have time to read this kind of posts. Otherwise in future they become smarter even to get trapped like this :))</div>
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-52172747296769918032017-01-03T01:34:00.000-08:002017-01-03T01:40:12.492-08:00BHIM vis a vis the Prepaid Cards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Since yesterday I have been trying to configure my BHIM app in my Calling Lenovo tablet but all in vain.<br />
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Though claimed to be simple in operation with simple one line UPI address for cashless transaction my experience has not been satisfactory. I am suppose to receive an OTP which will enable to generate 6 digit UPI PIN. However I was repeatedly getting Error after following the procedure of enetering last six digits of my DEBIT/ATM card and its expiry date. <br />
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It was falling in to a loop of asking for Debit card digits and showing error in OTP generation. suddenly I received 3 OTPs all having 10 minutes validity. I entered the latest one and when it came to UPI-PIN confirmation it once again said 'error ' in accessing bank.<br />
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I went to user's review in Google play and was pleased to know that I was not alone and many others have had various other problems. I am sure it is because of the different models and hardware compatibility things are not that easy and it will take time remove the bugs or it will have natural disinclination from both user and vendor point of view with very limited usage.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Compare this complex process with simple Prepaid Swipe Cards where there is no need for mobile phone ( and hence no model dependent technology upgradation). It is far more easier to configure at the Banks or Post offices with equipments of standard features and network. Only GPRS based POS machines with the vendor enables completes cashless transaction.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Moreover suppose one wants to give children in college or school hostels ( where cell phones are not allowed) some pocket money the prepaid cards are safe. Aged persons or ladies travelling alone carrying substantial cash in the form of Prepaid Card are more secure against fear of theft or loss by absent mindedness. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Any technology can become successful only when it is user-friendly. By eliminating the bank-account linking of customer for every transaction (by not employing a phone) the need for data transfer comes down in the internet highway. This alone may save substantial cost for the banks in making the process feasible for Prepaid Cards.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.slideshare.net/Kabeeranban/cashless-transactions" target="_blank">Visit the Presentation on Prepaid cards</a><br />
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-17378569635525469912016-12-17T00:30:00.001-08:002016-12-17T01:23:28.656-08:00Creating loopholes - an Appeasement Strategy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
To days ( 17th Dec 2016) Headlines :<br />
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<span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "droid serif" , serif; font-size: 16px;"><i><a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/india/email-id-whistleblowers-exemption-for-political-parties-4430841/" target="_blank">To Quote..</a> ( click this to read full article)</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "droid serif" , serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>“Dekhiye, if it is a deposit in the account of political parties, they are exempt. Lekin agar individual ke account mein, kisi ke bhi account mein jama ho raha hai, toh woh toh definitely the information will come on our radar (See, if it is a deposit in the account of political parties, they are exempt. But if it is deposited in any individual account, in anyone’s account, that information will definitely come on our radar.)</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "droid" serif , serif;"><i><a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/india/email-id-whistleblowers-exemption-for-political-parties-4430841/" target="_blank">Unquote</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "droid" serif , serif;">NaMO must have faced heavy opposition not only from Mamta didi and Rahul Gandhi but from his own party men " Are there no elections to come ?" </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "droid" serif , serif;">( Mr. Modi quoted Mrs Gandhi discouraged YB Chavan when he suggested demonetization )</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "droid" serif , serif;">The result is the new announcement about political parties being exempted from tax deposits made till 30th December. Others have to pay 50% tax.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "droid" serif , serif;">An official route is created for all black money holders : Now they can safely deposit their money in the name of some political party, however insignificant it is and draw the amount later under some context or other for their intended use not necessarily in the interest of public.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "droid" serif , serif;">Thus they can not only avoid tax but also safely convert the Black to White</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "droid" serif , serif;">The gullible Indian voters are once again taken for ride.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "droid" serif , serif;">Correct me if I am wrong. </span></div>
KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-11392402022192363912016-12-09T20:50:00.000-08:002016-12-11T01:26:47.986-08:00Cashless- prepaid cards-No Mobile phones<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Government of India is announcing many incentives to encourage cashless transactions.<br />
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What surprises me is that I could not find a prepaid card procurement and transacting it through point of sales outlets. It looks simple to implement.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">In the present card transactions the main deterent seem to be the <b> 2% transaction fee</b> which VISA or MASTERCARD or PAYTM charges from the vendor</span>.<br />
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Government of India can step in here and make it less than 0.5% as the volume is high. This can be collected even when the card is purchased so that the the vendor is not charged anything at the time of payment.<br />
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This arrangement should be gladly acceptable to every one.<br />
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Now POS machines have become very affordable -less than Rs.5000 - by any shop owner.<br />
The whole scheme will work as shown below:<br />
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I am sure the day is not far as our country is full of financial geniuses. <br />
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For more FAQ watch this slideshare<br />
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<strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/Kabeeranban/cashless-transactions" target="_blank" title="Cashless transactions">Cashless transactions</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/Kabeeranban" target="_blank">Kabeeranban</a></strong> </div>
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-23140127417053538742016-11-28T01:09:00.002-08:002016-11-28T01:09:41.234-08:00Are you going for a second car ?... think ! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Have you installed your roof top electric generation ?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I could have afforded a luxury car. I never plan a second car as I consider it is improper ISR ( Individual's Social Responsibility) particularly under city's choked roads and pollution. Now a days there is so much talk on CSR -Corporate Social Responsibility. In my opinion there is equally an ISR where every citizen demonstrates that he (or she) does contribute by adding value to the way of life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Coming back to the decision of car purchase, I decided to
settle down for a more fuel efficient car </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">partly and </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">invest </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">in a roof top 2 KW solar power generation
unit. I did not go for net metering</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">to
export power to grid due to reports of</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">long queue of applications </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">and </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">‘unofficial extras’ for approval.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After installation it is generating 6.5 Kwh
to 7.2 kwh per day and totally independent of grid supply.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our electricity bill has come down by Rs 900 per
month since july 2016. We are paying grid the minimum of Rs 120 to 140 to keep a standby
system. We retain this for heavy duty appliances like air conditioner,
microwave oven etc</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A few well wishers and </span>neighbors<span style="font-family: inherit;"> wanted to question the wisdom by way of ROR
–rate of return. In their point of view annual saving of Rs 10800 for an
investment of Rs 2.7 lakhs is just about 4% simple interest. An investment in
FD or NCD or Gold ( if not Equity) would be more than double !!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">My counter question to them is, does it make them
independent of grid for electricity ?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Look it this way. A solar installation has more than 20
years of life with positive contribution of energy and saving GHG ( green house
gases). A luxury car only depreciates with contribution to GHG over the same
number of years.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The former makes you
self reliant but the latter is subjected to market vagaries like international
crude prices and in turn rise in running cost.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Another fundamental question rises when we think
of real estate and housing sector. People are willing to invest anywhere
between 60 lakhs to several crores for a residential villa or apartment </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">particularly in metros. Is it too much to expect them to
invest in Rs. 3 or 4</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">lakhs in solar
electricity so that they do not become a burden to the power grid ?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">The public wealth (or savings) is grossly stored in
unproductive ways.<i> What is meant by ‘unproductive’ is that wealth not being utilized
for generating more food or water or energy</i>. It is lying in equity share
markets, Fixed Deposits and Gold. To
make it productive some government legislation or incentives may be necessary. Now
in Karnataka every newly built house should mandatorily install a solar water
heater.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">As of now there is no incentive for volunteered
installations of power generation for self use while the Solar water heaters
get Rs 50 reduction in monthly electricity bills.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Energy is more valuable than gold as it is in constant
demand by every strata of the society. If governments come forward to
acknowledge the savings on investment in power plants by encouraging Roof-top
units.</span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">This can be done by </span><span style="color: red;">subsidizing</span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"> the battery replacement required once in four years and
make the scheme more investor friendly</span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a good beneficial
way in making people use their wealth in productive self sustaining (public)
cause rather than demanding complaining citizens about governments’
inefficiency for lack of power. One can compare the ways of investment as shown
below. </span></span></span><br />
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Basis 12000 Km/ year</div>
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The car : what I desired</div>
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The car I bought + 2KW Solar
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Investment requirement</div>
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Rs 7.8 lakhs</div>
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3.1 Lakhs+ 2.7 Lakhs= 5.8
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Petrol consumption</div>
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667 lit (18 lit/km)</div>
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521 Lit ( 23 lit/km)</div>
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Contribution to GHG#</div>
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1600 Kg CO<sub>2</sub></div>
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1250 Kg CO<sub>2</sub></div>
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Power saving ( per year)</div>
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2555 kwh</div>
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GHG by use of electricity</div>
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5360 Kg CO<sub>2</sub> </div>
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- 5360 Kg of CO<sub>2</sub>**</div>
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Net GHG generation</div>
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-5710 <span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">(6960-1250)</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">#
Every litre of petrol
releases 2.4 Kg of CO<sub>2</sub>
in to atmosphere<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">**Every kwh power generation through
thermal power releases 2.1 Kg of CO2<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<br />In other words I contribute directly a Carbon Credit of 5.7 tons per year which can also be a basis for incentive calculation.<br /><div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Economically looking, any car or vehicle would have lost more than
80% of their value in 10 Years while the
solar panels continue to generate power for another ten years. With inflation,
the power tariff will be higher and the
savings will be much larger than what is perceived today. To give example, as
per simple inflationary trend of 10% , in 2026 the tariff will be around Rs 15 per kwh as against the present Rs
6.90 per Kwh. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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about 5360 Kg CO<sub>2</sub> generation through solar electricity and
further 350 Kg of CO<sub>2</sub> release
in vehicle emission apart from becoming
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-58395997952080179982016-05-20T19:23:00.002-07:002016-05-21T18:20:13.664-07:00Solar Energy and Electric Vehicles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is quite sometime I wrote in this blog. The main reason is, now a days for some reason, I am reluctant to make critical comments about other's creativity. Creativity is a thing of evolution.<br />
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For every original creation there may be ten pseudo creations, akin to trend in movies or music. The originals survive the test of time. Some creations are ahead of time only to be recognized several years later like 'barcode' inventions<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NpUjvbKbWt7O4x6twNpetg3N9N8oiLJJ0NnGxaSNEI9n9v4P9bhv0gsDnK6mQiXvL8RDsDG2E9PxZiApKBs1gnkNp_MJTiglMFCxmBp5TgVPDoDpz-oa5oaAvwJwlO_wAMHfmmWAZiA/s1600/blore_vehicles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NpUjvbKbWt7O4x6twNpetg3N9N8oiLJJ0NnGxaSNEI9n9v4P9bhv0gsDnK6mQiXvL8RDsDG2E9PxZiApKBs1gnkNp_MJTiglMFCxmBp5TgVPDoDpz-oa5oaAvwJwlO_wAMHfmmWAZiA/s320/blore_vehicles.jpg" width="240" /></a>However sharing our views and concern regarding what is happening around us need not stop. Hence I decided to share things -though they are not blog specific - with one and all.<br />
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In this issue I wish to share the power point presentation I made regarding electric vehicles which are environmental friendly. The summer temperatures of Bangalore touching 39 degree Celsius is hitherto unheard of.<br />
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The obvious reason is increase in traffic on roads emitting smoke and heat. Not only Bangalore all towns and cities face a similar situation. The picture shows the news item how two wheelers dominate the Indian roads.<br />
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Any true solution can emerge only if we understand the root cause of the problem. The pollution caused by vehicles on Indian roads is mainly from scooters and motor cycles,<br />
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Please go through the following presentation and inform what comes to your mind. Your feedback will be valuable for other readers also.<br />
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<strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/Kabeeranban/solar-charging-stations" target="_blank" title="Solar Charging Stations">Solar Charging Stations</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/Kabeeranban" target="_blank">Kabeeranban</a></strong> </div>
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-91083407197535014262013-11-13T18:03:00.002-08:002013-12-09T17:32:09.782-08:00Medicine or Adjuvant ? : Dabur Lal Tail <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN">For quite some time I wanted to write on this subject of Natural remedies. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">The recent mail from<b> Indiblogger</b> triggered
that interest in me to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>open the web link
of <a href="http://www.indiblogger.in/topic.php?topic=91" target="_blank">Dabur’s Laltail</a> and two things caught<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my attention. One was the hindi word for 'oil' ( sanskrit thailam). It could have been spelt 'thel' or 'thail' which are definitely different from 'Tail'. Some one should not make fun that the child would end up with a 'red tail' -<i> ha ha just in lighter vein</i> :) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">The other one is the statement “ <span style="color: #cc0000;">Ayurvedic Medicine</span>”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it medicine or adjuvant?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>We
will come back to this later, as I like to touch upon why I wanted to write on natural remedies.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Ever since my father, in his 80+,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was successfully cured of his nervous
disorder through an ayurvedic doctor in Kerala I wanted to write on this
subject viz Chemical based Allopathy <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>vis a vis Nature based R</i>emedies. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">In 2010,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>suddenly his speech started to slur and developed difficulty in eating.
We thought it was facial palsy which could be temporary and with some
physiotherapy he would recover. It was not to be. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">After treating for more than four months under
special supervision at NIMHANS Bangalore and other specialists in the field, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we were losing hopes of his recovery. He could
not swallow even normal liquid food and had gone in to deep depression
resulting in loss of weight. All that the specialists could do was prescribe a
tablet –costing nearly Rs 57 per day- that temporarily strengthened his
nerves in throat and mouth so that he could eat some food. After an hour the
problem would be back with a bang. Slurred speech and uncontrollable saliva
secretion made his days quite miserable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The name of the disorder was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">myasthenia
gravis.</i> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">A sinking person would cling to anything
that offers hope. Our attention turned towards ayurvedic remedy. Through
fortunate circumstances he was led to an Ayurvedic specialist near Palakkad and
better days began. He did not mind the extreme bitterness of couple of decoctions
nor the trouble of preparing them fresh everyday. Supported with few<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ayurvedic tablets his condition gradually
improved. Within next six months his speech returned to near normal he could eat
food without any difficulty and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>started
gaining the body weight!!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">One of my uncles who visited him later
considered it as a “miracle” recovery. I responded saying 'our body itself is a
miracle'. Nature has gifted <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>everyone with
a programmed mechanism to recover from injuries and ailments and diseases
provided we know how to recognise it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">We
needlessly intervene in its mechanism with our own chemical based correction
which not only supresses the symptoms of one disease but also creates many undesirable
side effects !! </span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-IN">Today most natural therapists recommend
fasting and resting as the pre-requisite to help the body to work on its damage
control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ayurvedic herbs mostly help as
very good adjuvants in strengthening the mechanism of repair rather than
directly dealing with the disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
provide the necessary tools to the system to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>correct and eliminate undesirable toxins which are responsible for the
disease unlike the allopathy <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that
suppress and accumulate undesirable chemicals inside the body. Thus it
aggravates the problems further to complicate the life of the individual.</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"> During the treatment period my father was
also prescribed medicated oil massage<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>which <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>very religiously he used to
apply everyday. That reminded me of the frequent appeals of my mother for
weekly oil bath a typical south indian tradition in our younger days. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">She is a staunch believer of regular oil
bath for cooling the body the way oil cools the auto engine. She never gave up
that comparison despite our protests that a steaming hot water bath after
oiling the body could never cool the body. Little we understood the connotation
of cooling in traditional<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>system is
different from external bathing condition. However with passing years it dawned
on me that even the exposed skin is a living cell and can absorb and transfer
the molecules by osmotic diffusion that can help in absorption of useful
nutrients through blood</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Coming back to <a href="http://www.dabur.com/Products-Consumer%20Health%20%28OTC%29-Dabur%20Lal%20Tail" target="_blank">Dabur’s Laltail</a>, it is good
to see <b>traditional knowledge is being experimented and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>getting validated through modern way of
scientific experimentation.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will go
a long way in reinforcing the new generation<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>that what is traditional does not mean outdated belief systems but very
much live and kicking to be noticed for the benefit of mankind.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Since the use of Laltail is being
recommended for all babies for a healthier growth, it is preferable to call it
as an Ayurvedic Adjuvant rather than Ayurvedic Medicine. In my humble
understanding of English language the word medicine connotes that which helps
"to cure a disease " whereas an adjuvant<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> is
the one which supports and accelerates the benefits of a nutrient or medicine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Thanks to<b> indiblogger</b> for inviting
bloggers<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to share their<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>views on this important issue of remaining healthy
through natural ways.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5363503612938620265" name="_GoBack"></a> </span></div>
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-36276138048587721992013-08-12T19:17:00.003-07:002013-08-12T19:23:03.583-07:00AIR INDIA -RESERVATION BUG -Eats Senior Citizen's Pockets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today I am not discussing any advertisement.<br />
I just want to point out the bug in AIR INDIA' 's online reservation system.<br />
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Look at the following two images which are screen shots I took when I wanted to book two tickets for senior citizens<br />
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Generally depending on dates I used to come across fare rates of Rs 9000-12000 on a Return booking. When I saw a fare Rs 35360 <i>for one way -</i> 2 senior citizens, I had a shock.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;">[click on the images for larger view]</span></span></div>
<span style="color: blue;"><b>senior citizens who are supposed to get some concessions are expected to pay 4 times higher than the normal Adults !!!! </b></span><br />
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The above image shows fare as Rs 8958 for the same destination, same flights on same date.<br />
one way ticet for <b>2 Adults</b>. <br />
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Will someone look in to it ?</div>
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KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-19084772360718698762010-09-12T23:31:00.000-07:002010-09-13T06:25:32.634-07:00Listen to Nature<div style="text-align: left;">Once again an advertisement from Woodland caught my eyes.<br /><br />The purpose of such a wild imagination of positioning a pair of slippers on both ears seem to be exactly that, ie <span style="font-weight: bold;">"catch the attention"</span>.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nMhwDSBYDeDZI_Rp-hKMLoJJh0TrTtjDj5OA6RF57QVVnfqxODiACDikBlIUYIVKeNdt0_MLuFPeGlIiajeWEmdxAQ=s512"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nMhwDSBYDeDZI_Rp-hKMLoJJh0TrTtjDj5OA6RF57QVVnfqxODiACDikBlIUYIVKeNdt0_MLuFPeGlIiajeWEmdxAQ=s512" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Other than that it hardly serves any purpose. :(<br /><br />Yes, people are inclined to consider anything 'Natural' as a welcome concept and that too if a slipper or shoe made of natural fibres would enjoy a priority. The copy "Listen to Nature" is also fine in that respect.<br /><br />Take a look at the expression of the model.<br /><br />He seem to be worried or at best lost in a world of his own, certainly not the one who seem to enjoy anything. There is no spark in his eyes.<br /><br />May be a mobile company showing two of its cell-phone models or an audio equipment manufacturer with their speakers in a similar fashion- sticking to the ears- could have been more acceptable to me.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Is this the only way or best way to depict "Listen to Nature"?</span><br /><br />I tried to figure out if I were to present the same concept what would have I done? In other words stepping in to the other man's shoes :)))<br /><br />The result is what you see below (please bear with me for my lack of ability in graphics.)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YHoiZynwrP-rKU1_LYuIzvX44zAscyxckSQwXMET1ng?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Eh2ALVW3D2pE_qn-t5P70IdvCZxGaB42jwAY4crQI-lgiz0tSoXolaU0JeuEcmywaazGj8kEQWMkRGVl04DVDrsHJkj24ZadEe0QXPD8sj49ht8ZZqk0Hu4NwpetfNsY6ABNTIMoVSs/s400/listentonature.JPG" /></a><br /></div><br />The silhouette of a person amidst man-made concrete jungle yet constantly in touch with Nature, the comfort of the shoes radiating through upwards. The comfort of nature is heard in every step. The back drop visual can be a office complex or a busy mall in a slightly blurred but the shoes in good focus. The copy makes a prominent claim on natural fibre.<br /><br />What is your take ?KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-43063844885725470942009-10-26T05:24:00.000-07:002010-01-09T02:55:13.290-08:00Cruze:is it running or stationary?It is always intriguing whether the creator of an Ad is able to successfully communicate what is desired.<br /><br />There is a general belief that it is enough to influence the target audience, the decision makers. For example if I don't belong to the target audience it does not matter whether I understand the communication or not. To an extent it is acceptable.<br /><br />A recent example of this I could see in the advertisement of Chevrolet's Cruze.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsHmAccKa0UFuuUkyZeTibKf2ztUU-gfy-ui4L3hqki5HEXx_wDnAa_dPDSAJ9h1zIZkhVjv5s2pjm6wfSeS25AlChIqY4l2TsTqA-0Dd4eSTFSK0lUl_jXFnXAMuEQYZPZlF1XQ8c34/s1600-h/cruze001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsHmAccKa0UFuuUkyZeTibKf2ztUU-gfy-ui4L3hqki5HEXx_wDnAa_dPDSAJ9h1zIZkhVjv5s2pjm6wfSeS25AlChIqY4l2TsTqA-0Dd4eSTFSK0lUl_jXFnXAMuEQYZPZlF1XQ8c34/s400/cruze001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396904411970573218" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:85%;">(If needed click on the image to see an enlarged picture)</span><br /></div><br />What I could understand : RESPECT ! is what Cruze would 'command' Big and Bold.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">1) It is the largest car with the most powerful engine in its class. Push button start</span> - fully understood<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">2) 150 PS 2.0L VCDi diesel engine</span> - 2000 cc diesel engine, okay; what is 150 PS ? <span style="font-style: italic;">some one has to explain me</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">3) Corvette inspired twin -cockpit</span> - Blank :((<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">4) 5 star ANCAP safety rating</span> - some better safety standard has been incorporated. <span style="font-style: italic;">What is ANCAP ?</span><br /><br />An auto-buff may find it more interesting than a commoner like me. No harm. I still perceive it as a new model, high end car.<br /><br />However there are certain aspects, like visuals, which anyone can see and appreciate the way it compliments the theme of the advertisement.<br /><br />In Chevy's case there seem to be some laxity in the post-shooting Art Work<br /><br />The front tyre shown gives the impression that Cruze is coming to a halt after a cruise. 'Halt' because it is indoors. There is some motion still, felt by the viewer as the wheel-hub is quite shaky and no clear focus like a moving object. However the bumper betrays the fact that all along it was only a stationary car. Any one can see the reflection of the grill-work on it bar by bar under excellent focus !! The rear wheel too very clearly indicates the stationary status of the car. Where was the need to give a motion effect to the front wheel?<br /><br />Such a great car is parked in an exhibition hall (that is my guess ) and photographed from an angle as if there was no room to stand and shoot ?<br /><br />To me the visual does not adequately supplement the greatness of most powerful car 'Cruze'.KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-55596461811893240652009-10-13T04:39:00.000-07:002009-10-25T18:23:45.838-07:00Indian Oil Corporation: xtrapremium at what cost ?We all know what Literacy is, but do you know what is Numeracy ?<br /><br />Numeracy is the ability to understand the numbers (particularly with respect to Data or Statistics ) in correct perspective for a better understanding.<br /><br />One can Make or Break any thing with the help of right (or wrong) use of numbers. All our politicians & economists know it :))<br /><br />Generally I use xtrapremium petrol for my car as it results in lesser carbon deposit and higher mileage and overall smoother operation as claimed by Indian Oil Corporation. It is achieved by an additive and naturally there is a premium on it.<br /><br />The cost difference is Rs 2.50 per litre of petrol in Bangalore. Normal Petrol is Rs 50.66 and Xtrapremium is 53.16 per litre.<br /><br />Once while filling at the Petrol station a friend remarked <b>"Oh that is 5 % more. Do you get 5% extra mileage ?"</b><br /><br />Honestly I had no way of verifying this as city traffic conditions don't permit us a fair evaluation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nrpFPXTTdCd7Rkm895OGYC88suq7OrFOBs5JbsAdA75YsuHfBsRfF8FoHgWJ5IavUO-893HjnMZ3ZnBxgjn5vM380qzurBgmddDlfZg7_WMdGMLMQwm3KnTZVKs3saruUtguXIvK4iA/s1600-h/iol_fuel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nrpFPXTTdCd7Rkm895OGYC88suq7OrFOBs5JbsAdA75YsuHfBsRfF8FoHgWJ5IavUO-893HjnMZ3ZnBxgjn5vM380qzurBgmddDlfZg7_WMdGMLMQwm3KnTZVKs3saruUtguXIvK4iA/s400/iol_fuel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392050894382458978" border="0" /></a><br />In a recent advertisement IOL claims 2.79 % improvement in fuel efficiency for their Xtrapremium. The first thought was "with drivers having diverse practices and idiosyncrasies this advantage is too thin and may not be realizable in most cases. Everyone knows that the results reported are under ideal test conditions and as such not effective in city driving.".<br /><br />Then I recollected the reaction of my friend. Does it mean that I am getting only 2.79 % more mileage for using the premium petrol ? Am I paying 5 % more and get only 2.79 % advantage ? <span style="font-style: italic;">prima facie</span> everyone seemed to agree.<br /><br />My numeracy is under test ! Somehow I felt that our IOL energy experts cannot be that foolish to charge more for a lesser benefit. I decided to delve deep in to it. I did some quick calculations.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Say by filling 2 litre of normal petrol ( @Rs 101.32) I will be able to drive up to 32 Km whereas 2 litres of xtrapremium (@Rs 106.32) would take me <b>additional</b> 0.8928 Kms assuming 2.79% better mileage.<br /><br />In terms of cost per Km of travel I incur Rs 3.166 with normal petrol and Rs 3.232 with xtrapremium. This is about 6.63 paise more per Km. If we interpret this data as % increase of cost (6.63/316) x 100 = 2.09 %<br /><br />That's it. For a benefit of 2.79 % fuel efficiency the consumer is made to pay 2.09 % more. Nothing great but nothing much to complain also.</span><br /><br />But what a way to realize this truth !! Does any average consumer have time to realize this fact through tortuous calculations? Most people would do what my friend did, jump to quick conclusion. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Yes, most of us are still not numerate</span><br /><br />To avoid such misgivings IOL's Advertisement needs to be more explicit in terms of cost economics -apart from making a simple statement of fuel efficiency.<br /><br />It may be highlighted in terms of savings in billions of rupees to the National Exchequer or a qualified assessment of savings in maintenance cost of the vehicle (because of Friction Buster). These information must form as part of the body copy. Then there is a possibility of avoiding the misgivings that may arise in the common man's mind.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The success of communication lies in not giving room to further questions or doubts but proactively answer many that may arise while reading the message. From that point of view IOL's AD falls short of clarity though the fact has been furnished without exaggeration</span>.<br /><br />They may be congratulated for that as in World of Advertisement it is hard to find true reporting of facts.KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363503612938620265.post-86366338685839132612009-09-08T05:55:00.000-07:002009-09-08T18:31:47.717-07:00I hate uglyBeauty is in the eyes of the beholder.<br /><br />Can we add a corollary " ............so do ugly "<br /><br />I am a naivete <span style="font-style: italic;">vis a vis</span> the fashion world. May be it is a reason why I am unable to appreciate the recent Ad by the Allen Solly.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cWvP6X72WTSp4weG3q38cELeqWGWpmusHEZWCjwBPQ4Y4mH3r5IrTtXQ2W_nM-SDAn3_76eu_qXbWTaAu6KxqB5ffaLo4yqAmnb3IAMG0UvXcNF3dMoj23wYUkF-4cJXoq_hljoHvu8/s1600-h/allensolly.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cWvP6X72WTSp4weG3q38cELeqWGWpmusHEZWCjwBPQ4Y4mH3r5IrTtXQ2W_nM-SDAn3_76eu_qXbWTaAu6KxqB5ffaLo4yqAmnb3IAMG0UvXcNF3dMoj23wYUkF-4cJXoq_hljoHvu8/s400/allensolly.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379080132760258146" border="0" /></a><br />The visual carries a bold message <b>'I hate ugly</b>' and the copy says<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">"who says I have to like things the way they are ?<big> </big>What doesn't look good to me, I change" </span><br /><br />The self assertion of the girl implies to convey that<br /><br /><i>'if a particular attire is not to my liking, I have the liberty to choose what I wear; (and in this context) Allen Solly provides the new range of casuals'</i><br /><br />.....the message is terribly off the mark both in the visual and the Copy.<br /><br />Why ?<br /><br />The popular adage is "Eat for yourself and Dress for others".<br /><br />When it comes to attire what I like <i>need not</i> look good on me. This is true for most of us irrespective of age or sex.<br /><br />Thus the self assertion of the girl hardly matters to others. If she chooses to dress in a particular way it is her choice. It is for others to say whether it suits her or not. Here self assertion does not take her to any new heights.<br /><br />A half page Ad in a Sunday Special edition, sans Allen Solly's Logo, seem to deliberately made out as an eye catcher. But then there are plenty of ways to catch the eye, why an Ad like this !!<br /><br />I hate Ugly<br />--------------------------<br />Post script :<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:85%;" >"who says I have to like things the way they are ?</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />We don't know . Is it your mom Dad or brother, any uncle, aunt or teacher ?<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:85%;" >What doesn't look good to me, I change</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />By all means please do as long as it is your property and you don't trespass in to someone else's territory.</span>KABEER ANBANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075275493860431935noreply@blogger.com9