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How many individuals in your own social network (family, extended family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, business associates, etc.) lost their life in the last 8 months which was not declared Covid-19 death but it was likely related to Covid or accelerated by Covid?Saturday,November 21,2020 at 01:36PM
Managing post festival COVID-19 surge with localised shutdowns/lockdownsThursday,November 19,2020 at 12:29PMMany of you have been actively sharing views on lockdowns and Unlocking and managing the COVID-19 situation and LocalCircles has been escalating them to the Government. Post festive season surge in Covid-19 cases are being reported from some parts of India with Delhi leading the way. Based on your inputs and inputs of members in Delhi circles, below is the survey report on what should be done in Delhi and what should be the lockdown strategy in case any city/district sees a surge in Covid-19 cases. Post Festival Markets Shutdown/Lockdown Survey The survey suggests that in places like Delhi that are running out of Covid ICU beds, a markets shutdown or lockdown for 3 weeks may be needed to break the chain of spread. However, in other parts of the country if a city or state experiences a surge, a more logical solution may be to do a city or state level lockdown based on the threshold of active cases. The key metric to look at is the availability of Covid ICU bed in the city in comparison to the rise in active cases. We look forward to your inputs on how this can be managed i.e. managing health and safety of citizens while minimising economic disruptions!
Consumer Festive Spending on Made in China products declinedTuesday,November 17,2020 at 12:02PMThanks to all members who participated in the survey on chinese products purchased during the festive season. The survey results (link below) suggest that only 29% consumers purchased Chinese products this festive season, marking a 40% fall from last year when 48% consumers had indicated purchasing Chinese items during the festive season. Festive Season Spending by Indians on Chinese productsWhile we believe that the negativity from the Galwan valley conflict led to negative sentiment against China along with duties and restrictions on import of certain products by the Government. However, value is still a strong reason why some Indians prefer buying Chinese products.With this post you are welcome to share inputs on what should be done to make Indian MSME manufacturing more price competitive and efficient.We look forward to your inputs!
Solution for Cross Border Imports via eCommerce channelTuesday,November 17,2020 at 10:29AMMany of you are familiar with how LocalCircles in last 12 months has worked with various departments of the Government to stop misuse of India's postal and courier gift channel by Chinese ecommerce apps thereby evading customs duty and IGST. A gift ban was implemented by customs at various ports and the same has also been included in the ecommerce policy on the recommendation of LocalCircles and yesterday it has been brought into policy thereby making compliance mandatory even at ports that are still manual. This will reduce corruption and also ensure India based businesses have an even playing field to the sellers in ChinaNow, LocalCircles is working with CBIC to identify a solution where customs duty and IGST is charged to the consumer on a prepaid basis at the order placement junction and the shipments can flow seamlessly at the customs port. If you have inputs on how such a solution can be implemented between ecommerce portals/apps, payment gateways and customs, kindly share them. We look forward to your inputs!
73% Delhi-NCR households have someone experiencing pollution related ailmentsWednesday,November 11,2020 at 08:30AMThanks to all in the circle who participated in the recent survey on pollution, festive shopping and socialising. Below is the survey report: 73% Delhi-NCR households have someone experiencing pollution ailments With daily COVID cases over 9000 in Delhi-NCR, near 1000 AQI dangerous pollution levels, overcrowded markets due to festive shopping and many people looking at socialising in the next one week, we are headed for difficult times.If you can, do create awareness about this with your family and friends, requesting them to stay indoors in the next 7 days. With zero Covid ICU beds already, if daily cases go into the 10,000+ zone, we will have a serious health crisis.Do share any inputs you have! With literally zero ICU beds in Delhi Thanks for your participation as an active citizen and playing a role to Make Delhi Better!
73% Delhi-NCR households have someone experiencing pollution related ailmentsWednesday,November 11,2020 at 08:28AMThanks to all in the circle who participated in the recent survey on pollution, festive shopping and socialising. Below is the survey report: 73% Delhi-NCR households have someone experiencing pollution ailments With daily COVID cases over 9000 in Delhi-NCR, near 1000 AQI dangerous pollution levels, overcrowded markets due to festive shopping and many people looking at socialising in the next one week, we are headed for difficult times.If you can, do create awareness about this with your family and friends, requesting them to stay indoors in the next 7 days. With zero Covid ICU beds already, if daily cases go into the 10,000+ zone, we will have a serious health crisis.Do share any inputs you have! With literally zero ICU beds in Delhi Thanks for your participation as an active citizen and playing a role to Make Delhi Better!
73% Delhi-NCR households have someone experiencing pollution related ailmentsWednesday,November 11,2020 at 08:23AMThanks to all in the circle who participated in the recent survey on pollution, festive shopping and socialising. Below is the survey report: 73% Delhi-NCR households have someone experiencing pollution ailments With daily COVID cases over 9000 in Delhi-NCR, near 1000 AQI dangerous pollution levels, overcrowded markets due to festive shopping and many people looking at socialising in the next one week, we are headed for difficult times.If you can, do create awareness about this with your family and friends, requesting them to stay indoors in the next 7 days. With zero Covid ICU beds already, if daily cases go into the 10,000+ zone, we will have a serious health crisis.Do share any inputs you have! With literally zero ICU beds in Delhi Thanks for your participation as an active citizen and playing a role to Make Delhi Better!
Cracker ban and GRAP enforcement failureSaturday,November 07,2020 at 05:58PMLast week many of you participated in the survey on GRAP enforcement success and should there be a ban on sale of regular or all crackers. Below is the survey report. We urge every member here to share this as widely via whatsapp and social media such that this enforcement improves. GRAP enforcement levels and Cracker Ban surveyLocalCircles is escalating this to various authorities so there is fast action on both GRAP enforcement and implementing a ban on all regular crackers and strong crackdown on illegal crackers as well.
4 years of DeMo: How India can reduce black money further?Saturday,November 07,2020 at 05:57PMMost of the members of this circle know that LocalCircles actively predicted demonetisation and tracked it through the implementation. Since then every year we track cash usage, and discuss ways to reduce black money further. With your inputs, here is the link to the survey report which is actively covered by 20+ media outlets. 4 years of demonetisation surveyCovid-19 has had a big impact on migration from cash to digital but if India were to truly reduce black money, better disclosure is needed for all public officials and property ownership must be linked to Aadhaar. We are escalating these findings to the Government and suggest that you also do the same via your social media. As always, your inputs are welcome!
70% households paid 25-100% more for onion, potato, tomato in 2020Monday,November 02,2020 at 11:40AMMany of you have been writing in various posts and comments on the rising prices of tomato, onions and potato and thereafter we at LocalCircles conducted our 2nd survey which clearly brings out the high prices 70% of households have paid 25-100% higher price this year in comparison to 2019.70% households paid 25-100% higher for essential vegetables in comparison to 2019 You are urged to share the same with every contact of yours so the message reaches the Government and they intervene at state and local levels in addition to some steps announced by Central Government. When the people of the country are facing earnings decline or no earnings due to the pandemic, such price rise on essential vegetables is just not acceptable.
Cracker ban and GRAP enforcement failureFriday,October 30,2020 at 08:14AMLast week many of you participated in the survey on GRAP enforcement success and should there be a ban on sale of regular or all crackers. Below is the survey report. We urge every member here to share this as widely via whatsapp and social media such that this enforcement improves. GRAP enforcement levels and Cracker Ban surveyLocalCircles is escalating this to various authorities so there is fast action on both GRAP enforcement and implementing a ban on all regular crackers and strong crackdown on illegal crackers as well.
Cracker ban and GRAP enforcement failureFriday,October 30,2020 at 08:14AMLast week many of you participated in the survey on GRAP enforcement success and should there be a ban on sale of regular or all crackers. Below is the survey report. We urge every member here to share this as widely via whatsapp and social media such that this enforcement improves. GRAP enforcement levels and Cracker Ban surveyLocalCircles is escalating this to various authorities so there is fast action on both GRAP enforcement and implementing a ban on all regular crackers and strong crackdown on illegal crackers as well.
Cracker ban and GRAP enforcement failureFriday,October 30,2020 at 08:13AMLast week many of you participated in the survey on GRAP enforcement success and should there be a ban on sale of regular or all crackers. Below is the survey report. We urge every member here to share this as widely via whatsapp and social media such that this enforcement improves. GRAP enforcement levels and Cracker Ban surveyLocalCircles is escalating this to various authorities so there is fast action on both GRAP enforcement and implementing a ban on all regular crackers and strong crackdown on illegal crackers as well.
Cracker ban and GRAP enforcement failureFriday,October 30,2020 at 08:08AMLast week many of you participated in the survey on GRAP enforcement success and should there be a ban on sale of regular or all crackers. Below is the survey report. We urge every member here to share this as widely via whatsapp and social media such that this enforcement improves. GRAP enforcement levels and Cracker Ban surveyLocalCircles is escalating this to various authorities so there is fast action on both GRAP enforcement and implementing a ban on all regular crackers and strong crackdown on illegal crackers as well.
Govt acts on LocalCircles inputs - to implement COVID vaccine trackingThursday,October 29,2020 at 04:01PMAfter, circle members escalated the issue of black marketing of COVID management drug Remdesivir and the Government acted to curb it, we had escalated the need for Government to implement serial number tracking for COVID-19 vaccine.We are pleased to share with you that the Government has confirmed that they are building a digital platform to track COVID-19 vaccine administration, movement, storage and distribution to individual beneficiaries. This will not only curb black marketing it will also ensure that the most needy get the vaccine first. Thanks to every member who participated in this dialogue. With our efforts together, we continue to drive positive change.
Regarding opening of cinema halls and multiplexesThursday,October 29,2020 at 04:00PMMany of you participated in the LocalCircles survey few weeks back on the re-opening of multiplex/cinema halls and willingness to go and below are the findings.Cinema Halls and Multiplex Survey The reality is exactly this as well and just a hand full of people are visiting cinema halls in each show putting in jeopardy their entire businesses model because now they have added fixed and variable costs.Going to theaters to watch a movie is unsafe regardless of what the multiplex/cinema hall owners claim. Do share the above link with all your friends and family members and social media contacts for its better for both people are owners of these facilities to just wait it out rather than operate at this time.
61% Indians sceptical about taking Covid vaccine in 2021Thursday,October 29,2020 at 04:00PMMany of you recently participated in the circle survey on how you have been feeling during the Covid-19 pandemic, how long you can sustain living with these restrictions and if a Covid vaccine became available in early 2021, your willingness to take the same. Below is the link to the survey report which provides some useful insights into these issues. Covid-19 Lifestyle and Vaccine surveyDo review and share the same with your social media contacts as its extremely important for fellow citizens, Government and even the industry. It is critical that through transparent information sharing the Industry and Government keep people updated so when the vaccine does arrive, there is a high acceptance rate. If you have additional inputs, questions on the same, do share. LocalCircles will be escalating this to all stakeholders including public media.
Should schools be reopened now?Monday,October 19,2020 at 02:18PMMany of you participated in the survey on reopening of schools and given current circumstances, when should schools be opened. Below is the survey report:School Reopening SurveyLocalCircles is escalating the same to Central and State Governments for consideration. You are welcome to share the report link with other parents and teachers in your school as well as via social media with your Chief Minister/District Magistrate. Also, if you have additional inputs, please share the same.
Deadly air struggle has begun for residents of Delhi NCR: Action NeededThursday,October 15,2020 at 04:27PMMany of you have been actively discussing the subject of air quality and participated in the recent survey. 65% of households in Delhi have atleast 1 or more individuals that are suffering with cough, cold, sore throat, burning eyes or respiratory problems since the air quality deteriorated significantly over last 1 week. Below is the link to the survey.65 pct households already have someone suffering with pollution related ailment.Chances are unless people create awareness about this actively, nothing will happen. We will again see 1000+ AQI days and our print and TV media will continue reporting what Government is saying. You are requested to share this survey with every single local contact of yours and with via your social media urging the 4 state Chief Ministers to act and for the Prime Minister and Environment Minister to enable and support.Also, if you have inputs on how no stubble burning can be enforced and alternate solutions provided at speed, do share.
Are you still struggling to get good mobile network coverage?Tuesday,September 22,2020 at 10:33AMThe COVID-19 pandemic over the last 7 months has led to less in-person interactions and a multifold increase in interaction over mobile phone calls and video calls. Last year you had raised the issue of high levels of call drops and connectivity problems and the same was discussed and surveyed by LocalCircles followed by escalation to authorities. However there seems little or no improvement in this area. We would like to seek your inputs on what are the kind of issues you are now facing. Once we understand all issues, we will escalate the same as feedback and survey on the subject. This time we will not just escalate to the Government but to the service providers as well. Also, with the Class Action Suit now available via CCPA, we will also evaluate if the Government is willing to take up the same as a suo moto case against some of the providers where charges are taken but service is deficient. For your reference, below is the link and attachment for the 2019 survey on the subject. We look forward to your inputs! LocalCircles Call Drop Survey 2019 Only together, we can get this fixed!
What should be India's approach to contain COVID-19 spread post festival (December onwards)?Saturday,September 19,2020 at 03:13PM
India @ 74: Hopes and Aspirations of people for the next 2 yearsWednesday,August 26,2020 at 10:25AM Many of you participated in the 74th Independence Day survey in the circle. Below is the final survey report which indicates rise in pessimism in areas like improving social stability and addressing corruption but optimism on the economic recovery front. With COVID-19 being the single most challenge in front of India, majority of us believe it will take about 2 years to get back to pre-COVID levels. Do read the report and share so the message reaches every Government Official and Citizens such that we can together work to improve things.India @ 74 - What can we achieve by the time India completes 75 yearsDo share all your ideas on what the nation should do to be in a better position by Aug 15'th 2022. We look forward to your inputs!
LocalCircles Impact: Govt moves against COVID-19 drug Remdesivir black marketeersSunday,August 23,2020 at 03:26PMSome of you are familiar with the recent complaints raised in circles about COVID-19 drug Remdesivir selling 4-10 times above MRP. We are pleased to share with you that after LocalCircles escalating the issue, the Government acted within 24 hours and has instructed drug controllers of all states and union territories to enforce immediate action against this.Government acts on LocalCircles report of Remdesivir Black MarketingIn these circles, we have a simple rule - Give credit where its due and hence we would like to appreciate this move of the Government. At the same time, if anyone in your social network is struggling with this issue of being forced to buy this drug in black market or alternate channels, do raise it here, for we will do all possible to seek and get intervention.Together, we have, together, we shall!
Chandigarh residents can get tested for Covid-19 at private labs without doctor's prescription: UT Adviser Parida - The Tribune IndiaSunday,July 05,2020 at 12:01AM(via The Tribune India) Test would cost around Rs, 2000 UT Adviser Manoj Parida on Friday announced that people could get themselves tested in private laboratories for COVID-19 in Chandigarh.
Man seeks Telangana CM help as brother's body goes missing from hospital - Yahoo India NewsSaturday,June 13,2020 at 07:02AM(via Yahoo India News) Hyderabad (Telangana), June 12 (ANI): Aamir, a resident of Asif Nagar in Hyderabad has sought help from Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao after the body of his brother allegedly went missing from a hospital. According to Aamir, his brother was admitted to Gandhi Hospital due to lung infection two days ago. On Thursday, the hospital management informed Aamir's family about his brother's death. However, when he visited the hospital to collect the body, he did not find it there. While speaking in a video, Aamir said, 'My brother, Rashid Ali Khan was admitted at Medicure Hospital on June 7. Two days later, he was shifted to Gandhi Hospital as his condition was serious. On June 10, we were informed that he passed away. As soon as we reached the hospital to collect the dead body, we checked 18 dead bodies but did not find my brother's body. I appeal the authorities to help us on acquiring the dead body of my brother.' The hospital superintendent has not responded to the matter.
1 year of Modi Government 2.0 Performance: Survey ResultsSaturday,May 30,2020 at 05:09AMMany of you participated in the circle survey to evaluate performance of 1 year of Modi Government 2.0. 1 year of Modi Government 2.0 - Citizen Assessment Kindly review and share with all your contacts and social media. Also, if you have inputs on what can the Government do to keep citizens safe from COVID-19 while protectig employment and SME shutdown, do share your inputs. For this will probably be the key challenge for the Government as it goes into year 2.
For districts with new COVID-19 cases after April 15th, how should the Government of India go about lockdown after May 03rd?Thursday,April 23,2020 at 05:39PM
Andhra Pradesh: Pandemic inspires parents to name newborns Corona - Times of IndiaWednesday,April 08,2020 at 10:04AM(via Times of India) Two newborns in Vemula in Kadapa district were named after the novel coronavirus on Tuesday.
Unlocking the Lockdown: How should the Government of India go about removing the lockdown restrictions from April 15th?Tuesday,April 07,2020 at 04:37PM
Coronavirus Test LocationsThursday,March 12,2020 at 01:33PM'Below is the full list of labs by state on where to get your Coronavirus test done: Andhra Pradesh: 1. Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati 2. Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 3. GMC, Anantapur, AP Andaman & Nicobar islands 4. Regional Medical Research Centre, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Assam 5. Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati 6. Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh Bihar 7. Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna Chandigarh 8. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh Chhattisgarh 9. All India Institute Medical Sciences, Raipur Delhi-NCT 10. All India Institute Medical Sciences, Delhi 11. National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi Gujarat 12. BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad 13. M.P.Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar Haryana 14. Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Inst. of Med. Sciences, Rohtak 15. BPS Govt Medical College, Sonipat Himachal Pradesh 16. Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 17. Dr.Rajendra Prasad Govt. Med. College, Kangra, Tanda, HP Jammu and Kashmir 18. Sher\u2010e\u2010 Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar 19. Government Medical College, Jammu Jharkhand 20. MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur Karnataka 21. Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore 22. National Institute of Virology Field Unit Bangalore 23. Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore 24. Hassan Inst. of Med. Sciences, Hassan, Karnataka 25. Shimoga Inst. of Med. Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka Kerala 26. National Institute of Virology Field Unit, Kerala 27. Govt. Medical College, Thriuvananthapuram, Kerala 28. Govt. Medical College, Kozhikhode, Kerala Madhya Pradesh 29. All India Institute Medical Sciences, Bhopal 30. National Institute of Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH), Jabalpur Meghalaya 31. NEIGRI of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya Maharashtra 32. Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur 33. Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai Manipur 34. J N Inst. of Med. Sciences Hospital, Imphal\u2010East, Manipur Odisha 35. Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar Puducherry 36. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry Punjab 37. Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab 38. Government Medical College, Amritsar Rajasthan 39. Sawai Man Singh, Jaipur 40. Dr. S.N Medical College, Jodhpur 41. Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar, Rajasthan 42. SP Med. College, Bikaner, Rajasthan Tamil Nadu 43. King's Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research, Chennai 44. Government Medical College, Theni Tripura 45. Government Medical College, Agartala Telangana 46. Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad Uttar Pradesh 47. King's George Medical University, Lucknow 48. Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 49. Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Uttarakhand 50. Government Medical College, Haldwani West Bengal 51. National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata 52. IPGMER, Kolkata'
How do you foresee Coronavirus impacting your business in the next 3 months?Thursday,March 12,2020 at 01:20PM
Making Social Media Platforms safe and accountable: Action NeededTuesday,December 31,2019 at 10:00AMMany of you are familiar as to how LocalCircles since 2016 has been working on the cause of Making Social Media free from abuse, harassment and trolling. It is finally now that the parliament has taken up this issue. We are now working with Women Empowerment standing committee of the parliament to raise your demand of having all social media platforms implement 4 things:1.Have minimum age for social media account to be 13 years.2.Implement an age verification mechanism including adult consent for a minor's account. 3.Make real identities mandatory on social media.4.Proactively remove offensive, abusive and hate content within a few seconds of posting. Below are some of the reports shared with them and some media reports of the same. We have also requested them to meet with all social media platforms used by children.Defining Minimum Age for Social Media AccessMaking Social Media Accountable Media Report - Economic TimesMedia Report - MintMedia Report - Hindustan Times If you have any additional inputs on what should be done to make Social Media safe and accountable, do share. Also, do share the attached graphic on your social media as well as with law makers if you are connected to themThis is just too important for our next generations!
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