THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.

“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. The steps taken by the Finance Minister in the budget are of far reaching repercussions. They will have a salutary effect on the economy. Following points are brought to His kind notice 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 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 will be an Independent entity like other Tribunals.. The Tax Tribunal is 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. As far as possible the Tribunal may adhere to the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code. It is a healthy Practice. 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.