“DAY OF
JUDGMENT.”
“Reason will
solve problems of Human condition.
Nothing is
required and nothing will avail except a little, a very little clear
Thinking.”
= J.M.Keynes.
Following
points are in urgent need for consideration.
1.The
Economy is skidding. All feel that Feeling. There are Scams in every field.
You have to
be prepared to tackle them. They have covered everything. Take a Firm Hand.
Money laundering, black marketing, fake money, black money, racketeers, drugs traffickers,
tax-dodgers, mafia, smugglers, manipulators have encircled the country in their grip. There is widespread evasion of duty.
Money laundering, black marketing, fake money, black money, racketeers, drugs traffickers,
tax-dodgers, mafia, smugglers, manipulators have encircled the country in their grip. There is widespread evasion of duty.
Rates of
duty are high. Some relief in lowering the rates of duty will go a long way.
2. The Tax
Tribunal formation is overdue. There should be one Tribunal. The present one
be given a face-lift. It has to be be an
Independent entity like other Tribunals.. The Tax Tribunal
has to be formed under provisions of the Constitution. It will have a desired effect on the working of the Department. It will be a bold step on your part to give it a go-green signal.
has to be formed under provisions of the Constitution. It will have a desired effect on the working of the Department. It will be a bold step on your part to give it a go-green signal.
3. The trade
is far more advanced, speedy and resourceful than our staff. There should be
Surveillance
Cells to pinpoint cases of under invoicing over invoicing etc. There is evasion
of Excise Customs and Service Tax. It works out to forty percent. It relates to all Excisable commodity,
Customs Service Tax, Import Export,
EOUs, Airports, Seaports, Bonded Warehouses Cargo Complex, Containers Depots
etc. The Surveillance Cells will help the staff to work better.
4. Fix responsibility. This is a powerful phrase. Presently majority
of underhand activities are taking place because of laxity of control. We all
know that Administration got awake with a jolt during the days of Emergency.
Emergency was good or bad is not the issue here. During emergency Post
Telegraphs Telephones Ports Airlines everything was shaken up. They had all
arisen to the need of the day. Same condition is needed for today. They have to
rise to the occasion. With existing tools available at hand Administration can
be set right within the framework of the Constitution. There should be a will.
Some syndicates & some groups like loose administration. They do not prefer
tight administration. Drastic measures are necessary to set right the
administration.
5.Syndicates exist in every sphere of
administration trade and in every field of public utility. They are required to
be identified and nabbed. Middlemen have captured the trade. Middlemen exist
everywhere. They are the root cause of all hoarding black marketing and all
that goes with it. They can paralyze the administration at their sweet will.
They are able to disrupt the fixed channels of trade. They have their own
lobby.
6. The Country
Capital is the epicenter of all connections. There are specialists who are
experts in Liaison job. They have pipeline in all fields. They have links
access to any Office Department Section or even Ministry. Nothing is impossible
for them.
7. The
Company affairs need to be set right by fixing norms of Accountability of the
CEO and Board of Directors in clear cut well defined terms. All sort of
malpractice is
undertaken
with the aid of Experts on the subject. Transparency is the dictum of the day.
CEOs
Directors and Managing Directors (and not the petty staff doing clerical work)
have to be held responsible for smuggling of goods both on the Excise and
Customs side.
8. The Law
Ministry has brought about an amendment in the Civil Procedure Code.
Every case
has to be decided within the time frame, within one year. The same provision be
made applicable to the Tribunal and the Adjudicating Authority. The Tribunal
has all the trappings of a Civil
Court
9. The department
of Excise and Customs needs a facelift. It is outdated in the present form. We
are in the 2lst century. The approach the outlook the technique the image are
all outdated. The department has to come out of its Police image. With advanced
methods of collection of intelligence surveillance proper homework observation
posts study of documents inter exchange of information with international and
domestic agencies our airports seaports and land ports can function
effectively. They may be manned with selected personnel. This will bring in a
sophisticated approach to tackle the day to day issues without any pressure on
the staff.
10.Computerization
is done but it is like a beginning. Super computers must be
installed at
Ministry level incorporating minute details of anything about everything about
everybody. A network spread all over the country will go along way to reduce
the present staff by a half. All business has to be transected through the
computers.
Misery
breeds hatred. Widening gap between rich and poor is key motivating element for
this hue and
cry. There is no shortage of anything in the country. There is unequal
distribution of power resources wealth etc. The fewer ones drive sophisticated
vehicles and pollute the city whereas the larger unlucky ones starve to death.
20% of the affluent population controls 80% of country’s resources. The
inequality and imbalance is reflected in a war between HAVS and HAVNOTS. The
time bomb is tick ticking. We have to take notice of it. Rich got richer, poor
poorer. Failure to use resources non-availability of funds unfulfilled targets
lapse of loan amounts as unspent and paying interest on it in terms of rupee
vs. dollar are responsible factors for today’s miseries. Government spending
has grown at faster rate than increase in output. The increase in wages
followed by increase in prices again followed by increase in wages is a vicious
cycle that has spiraled up inequality all around. The Currency Coin is no
longer worth its value. The Silver Coin we know of was a coin worth one tola of
silver.
Running the
administration is a cruel job. You have to axe it. The Head of the Electricity
Board sacked all Chief Engineers, many Supdt.Engineers, a few dozen ExEn and
innumerable Dy.Engineers and Overseers to set right administration of the
Board. The Plant & 66KV line were commissioned at the same time completing
transmission line upto the last point creating a world record. On the same day
the Main plant was inaugurated lights were On at all points upto the final
point.
It is openly
talked in inner circles that a sum of three billion of one Custom Collector is
moving in
bullion market for bringing gold in the Country.
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