The Day after the Lock Down ends.....

We need to take Greater Care after the Lock Down is called off
It has to be a calibrated release of people who can get back to work.
Categorized as
Essential Services
Critical Services
Lifeline Services

While Service sector employees continue to work from home, we need to ensure  that No one is laid off because of the Pandemic. They all have to be retained and status as before the Pandemic. If at all there can be a General Pay cut, the percentage of which the establishment can decide. This one act will ensure no family suffers the loss of earnings. Inspectors will visit all establishments, beginning with the Hospitality sector,( viz: the 5 Star International Hotels) and Aviation Industry which have been the most badly hit.
General Manufacturing and Service Sector activities can restart with a 50% work force after 30 days from the day the lock down is called off and impact evaluated before easing the Norms further.

 The curfew must continue until Diwali, by when we would know the real status of the Pandemic.
No Public celebrations as done on the evening of the Janta Curfew

Public places of entertainment continue in shut down mode, Social Distancing continues, Facial Masks continue. Spitting in public places prohibited. Violators placed at Quarantine Detention Centers for 21 days. Due publicity given to ensure No one dare to break the law.
Migrants continue to stay at their villages, until certified by appropriate authority who permit them to travel to other states for livelihood. All mass movement discouraged until October 2020

Social gatherings is a definitely NO - No until October.

We Do Not want to see the Second Wave

Disaster Management - Managing the Pandemic

We need to have a Disaster Management Plan and Protocol in place. We cannot get up one morning and declare. This is not the way. Let's say we have these graded as I, II, III, IV. The Protocol and Do's and Dont's in each Grade have to be well understood by all in Authority. May be a quarterly drill be conducted so that others can see it on National TV.

If we are to bring home our fellow Indians by Rail, Road, Sea or Air, they all need to be quarantined at specific centers created for the same for a day more than the maximum prescribed by WHO. This will ensure the spread is restricted, while the Nation is on the move. 

Once  the nation declares a situation in Health as Pandemic - Grade IV, and ask all to stay at home/work from home. Then in the organized sector there has to be a % pay cut. The pay cut is equal to what is needed to manage the workers in the unorganized sector and collected in a separate Pandemic Account. This is then distributed to all in the unorganized sector. Money is credited directly to their account. This will ensure the beneficiaries do not suffer from loss of work & pay. They will get maximum 50% of what they normally earn. This ensures survival while all tighten their belt and be together in these trying times.

Encashing on the Tragedy

Regret to inform the local milk outlet who has announced Milk at Rs 50 per litre on his display Board, has been selling it now after the P M's announcement at Rs 78 per Litre.

The outlet is opposite Shan-e-Punjab near the entrance of Yashodhan Apartments, at Four Bungalows, Andheri west Mumbai 400053

Appreciate if appropriate action is taken so that he does not act similarly in future

The Corona Effects on the poor

The Corona - Covid 19 has caused a massive upheaval in the Global economy and Sustenance. Massive layoffs are round the corner, with resources running dry. It is best at this time the Government of India steps in..through their Public Distribution System. No Money Grants to anyone. All deserving can visit the local Ration outlets and secure their food grains as prescribed per person per Aadhar card. The Ration Shop will record the food released for FREE by securing a photocopy of the Aadhar Card with the recipient signing on it. Every member of the household needs to visit only his Ration Outlet and secure his food grains as per the cards he has at hand, and quantum of grains to be released per person as adviced by the Government of India.

HDFC Credit Card Mischief

Please find an image of my statement below
Can you please explain how the total was arrived at when there is a Credit of 12K 

Way to resolve "The Protest"

Currently there is so much uproar over the National Register of Citizens, the National Population Register and Citizenship Amendment Act.

The better way is to have those interested in Registering, upload their details on a website. Based on information provided, the locally appointed team can schedule a visit and verify the facts.
Verifier must mention his id on the uploaded data, so that any false information can be back tracked to cross check and wrong uploaded data gets punished.

Those countrymen who fulfill the requirements can be incentivized, by fast track approach in all Government and Private services, viz: Booking of Rail, Air Tickets, Hospitalization and Medical facilities, Admission to Schools & Colleges, Employment opportunities in the Forces, and Government sector, while the rest continue to linger. 

Seeing the benefits, will cause all to Register and then you can separate the wheat from the chaff.  

The Postman

Strange as it may seem, this is my experience with my very own postman
Have known him well the past 2 decades. 
Having retired in 2010 from active service, I have been stretching my days
During my years at work, Diwali-Christmas Bakshish has been given generously
But with the passing years the amounts reduced from Rs 500 to Rs 300.
This year the amount was further reduced to Rs 100/- because the finances were tight.

My Daughter in Law applied for her PAN Card.
On the said date a message arrived that the card has been dispatched on my mobile
2 days later, the Postman arrived, with the PAN Card.
He said he could only hand deliver it to her
I told him you are aware she is at work overseas
and you can give it to me, recording my id

He regretted and asked me to meet the Post Master at Azad Nagar Post Office 400053. 
I visited the Post Office the next day and asked the Post Master if it was right to make a Senior Senior Citizen run around like this. He regretted and asked his staff to hand it to me immediately.

I would like to see this postman who has been taken care of the past 2 decades with good doles,
to be transferred to a remote post office in the state for 6 months as a lesson to others not to be cruel to senior citizens, because their bakshish has been reduced. The Postman is Chandu Kadam, and he serves the Four Bungalows area.