How "Green" is your green initiative ? - Part II

On the eve of environment, this is my second article.

Like a good green citizen, I ve signed up for all e-statements. If you look at it, banks spam you the most on paper mail. And those going to to e-mail in-box is a good thing. A good chunk of paper waste avoided. Not going in to the details of energy consumed for storage of e-docs and transmission, it is definitely a good thing.

Then enters govt. I needed to change my address in pass port. They needed address proof for continuous 11 months. Anything that proves continuous is defined as monthly utility bills, bank statements etc. Now, everything being electronic, can you print those out and provide ? Passport authority says NO.

So, you go request physical paper copies from bank ! While it is probably the same amount of paper wasted, whether you print or you get from bank, it comes with additional hassle.

With the new govt. high on national ID and e-governance, I hope all these will come together in next 5 years. After all there is a majority govt :)