Digital Democracy
Even though the officially stated policy is to trust the tax payer, the app has so many cross checks which signify that they dont trust us.
Most of the errors are because the portal tries to trip you up at every entry. Do you really need to check if a person is "minor" online? Why cant you just give a message rather than block that entry. These things can be cleaned up by BOTS/ AI Algorithms later...
I don't understand this obsession in having an completely online system. For example the income tax portal could be de-centralised, where income tax consultants and CAs can have independent hosts based on a platform created by Infosys where every transaction is block chained.. and there is a daily batch processing update of the main portal.
Plus only minimum verifications/checks need to be piped through the decentralised system.
After that BOT an be made to scrutinise each app, and raise red flags. Customer must be assured that they will get a notification that each red flag will be communicated to them and they given an opportunity to correct their entries, again through the block chained off line systems.
Govt. can encourage young B Coms to set up kiosks, or portable guides, thus creating WFH opportunities
40 issues with the IT portal: https://taxguru.in/income-tax/issues-income-tax-portal-www-incometax-gov-in.html
Even after a snub from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the technical issues of this new portal remain unresolved. So much so the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) department had to allow filing form 15CA/15CB (required for foreign remittances) in manual format instead of filing it on the new portal.
Almost every user has been complaining of technical issues from the very first day and even after a week the glitches continue. Taxpayers are unable to view past e-filed returns and many features continue to be displayed as ''coming soon''.https://www.moneylife.in/article/income-tax-new-portal-continues-to-frustrate-users-with-technical-issues/64228.html
Aadhaar-enabled Digital India, Minus Safety of Cash and Grievance Redress Jun 11, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awXrgX__Cg8 Sucheta Dalal talks about the abysmal state of grievance redress in India and the growing amount of complaints surrounding digital transactions. Watch the video as Sucheta Dalal highlights numerous complaints and grievances concerning money being lost through fraudulent digital transactions, which have been reported in the media, but surprisingly none of them have actually received their money back.
Twitter Notice To Cartoonist On Request From Law Enforcement Agencies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM3uQvsT-tM
Jun 12, 2021 This week, a cartoonist and other media personnel have received notices from Twitter informing them that the social networking site has received a legal request from the law enforcement agencies to take action against their accounts. The cartoonist had been creating political cartoons highlighting the grim reality of what Indians had to undergo in the devastating second wave of the pandemic and in the process criticising the Centre's handling of the Covid outbreak.
What Law have I violated" - Meet the Cartoonist who got a Twitter notice after Govt. complained https://youtu.be/vFWZLJaWWII?t=14 This past week he got a notice from Twitter saying they had been informed by "law enforcement " that his cartoon ( which he shared online ) was in violation of the law. Twitter has not taken any action against him yet or removed his content but said it was merely informing him of the development. He tweeted : “This cartoonist is a sinner, an atheist, and doesn’t consider Modiji as a god.”
Twitter Vs IT Minister: Koo App Co-Founder Aprameya R & BJP's Amit Malviya Hit Out At Twitter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOasAYJR_GY Jun 25, 2021 Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday that Twitter denied access to his account for almost an hour on the alleged "ground that there was a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the USA." "The microblogging site subsequently allowed him to access the account," he added.
According to the latest update, IT Parliament Panel Chief Shashi Tharoor To Seek Explanation From Twitter.
On India Today's special show Newstrack with Shiv Aroor, Co-founder of Koo App Aprameya R said, on Twitter blocking IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's account, says - "Transparency is lacking in the process."
BJP's Amit Malviya said, "Twitter should clarify did the minister post anything which was under copyright?"
Twitter Blocks Ravi Shankar Prasad's Account: Copyright Infringement Or Conspiracy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3KoRiNDJNI Jun 25, 2021 Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday that Twitter denied access to his account for almost an hour on the alleged "ground that there was a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the USA." "The microblogging site subsequently allowed him to access the account," he added.
According to the latest update, IT Parliament Panel Chief Shashi Tharoor To Seek Explanation From Twitter.
Now the question is - Copyright Infringement Or Conspiracy? Watch panelists debate on India Today's special show Newstrack with Shiv Aroor.
Twitter के मेल को लेकर आगबबूला हुए Varun Gandhi, कानूनी नोटिस को सार्वजनिक करने की कही बात | Newstrackhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3KoRiNDJNI Jun 25, 2021 पीलीभीत से लोकसभा सांसद वरुण गांधी सोशल नेटवर्किंग साइट ट्विटर से खासा नाराज़ हो गए हैं। उन्होंने उस कानूनी नोटिस को सार्वजनिक करने को कहा जो भारतीय कानून प्रवर्तन एजेंसिंयों ने माइक्रो ब्लॉगिंग वेबसाइट को भेजा है। जिसमें कहा गया है कि वरुण गांधी इस प्लेटफॉर्म पर कानूनों का उल्लंघन कर रहे हैं।
NYOOOZ UP- Uttarakhand डिजिटल दुनिया में एक अलग कलेवर और अंदाज़ के साथ यूपी और उत्तराखंड के सभी शहरों की ख़बरों, जैसे- राजनीति, खेल, शिक्षा, मनोरंजन, व्यवसाय और अपराध सहित अन्य महत्वपूर्ण घटनाओं को वीडियो फॉर्मेट में प्रमुखता के साथ कवर करता है. साथ ही NYOOOZ UP- Uttarakhand शहरों के उन सभी क्षेत्रों तक भी पहुंचता है, जिसके बारे में अन्य मीडिया सोचता भी नहीं है. हम ग्लोबल न्यूज़ इनिशिएटिव (GNI) के तहत GOOGLE से फंड मिलने वाली दुनिया के टॉप मीडिया संस्थानों में से एक हैं। इसके अलावा हम देश-विदेश के श्रेष्ठ डिजिटल प्लेटफॉर्म्स Jio News, UC News, Yahoo, Hotstar, News Republic, Bytedance और Associated Press के कंटेंट पार्टनर भी है।
Information Technology Rules, 2021 : A Jolt to Digital Rights and Trust i Pauly Muricken https://www.indiancurrents.org/article-information-technology-rules-2021--a-jolt-to-digital-rights-and-trust-pauly-muricken-458.php 14 Jun 2021
The new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 fails to answer these penetrating questions - the extent of State restrictions? Can it go beyond what is legitimate and necessary in a Democratic Society? Can Intermediaries/ Service providers be totally deprived of the benefits of global norm on safe harbour protection? How do you balance these competing rights? in a viable manner...
The Rules facilitate surveillance.. It has a chilling effect on free expression and access to information. Rules go against the precept that online content could be removed from intermediary platforms only by reasoned government or court order. This protects the platforms from liability and acts as a check on frivolous take-down demands.
As in the physical space, cyber security shall not come at the expense of cyber privacy. Reforms are necessary, particularly on the anvil of digital security and harm principles. But any reform or lawmaking in this arena should be based on the principles of rule of law; legitimate purposes; oversight by legislative, judicial and other bodies like independent Ombudsman; and transparency in a free society.
A glance of the Rules would reveal that the liability regime envisaged do not match with the current international norms and jurisprudential consciousness.
Is Digital India a Failure? Are there Gaps in UPI, ONDC and OCEN? Detailed Analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnEyFSToGbg
Think School Today QR codes EVERYWHERE, chaiwalas accept digital payments, and as of 2025, more than 2 billion people in India have a bank account with UPI transactions crossing ₹23 TRILLION!! But it pains me to say that after the phenomenal success of UPI, there are gaps, failures and glorified announcements that the media forgot to follow up on!!! And 2 of these glorified initiatives are the ONDC and OCEN initiative!!! These 2 initiatives have failed so badly that ONDC's app is worse than a college student’s first-year project and OCEN has been ignored by the biggest banking players of the country!!
we (think school)ourselves made a video on how revolutionary this initiative was!!!
Where are the biggest gaps in UPI?
Why are ONDC and OCEN slowing down?
And what are the lessons that we need to learn from this slowdown of ONDC and OCEN!!
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