Re: Foreign Clearance Certificate : A Farce

["Srimanta Kumar Jana" <srimantajana@hotmail.com>]

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>From: "Sidhant Jhaver" <sidhant@eudoramail.com>
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>Subject: Re: Foreign Clearance Certificate : A Farce
>Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 01:41:58 -0700 (PDT)
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>These are very pertinent issues. But every time we begin discussing
such
>cases, we arrive at the root cause - which invariable turns out to be
>"illiteracy". Illiteracy leads to uneducated voting - which means
>electing a power-hungry  politician who in turn facilitates corruption.

>Corruption causes a distortion in the distribution of wealth. The rich
>get richer and the poor get poorer. With poverty stagnant and
>unresolvable, illiteracy is difficult to fight.
>
>Catch 22. Point made, I invite others to provide solutions - it seems
>more abstruse than rocket science!
>
>Having said that, I feel very optimistic about India's rising in the
>next century. The first passage is probably a gist of India's progress
>during the past few decades. With more awareness and interest in
>activities of politicians (through media) now, each election is a
>cleansing process.  Thus with privatization, permitting globalization
>and transparent governance, the middle class is bound to thrive.
>Progress seems round the corner.
>
>Beleive me, there's more to look forward to from India than say 20
years
>back!
>
>Jai Hind.
>
>- Sidhant Jhaver
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>On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 23:47:53   prasad boddupalli wrote:
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> >Dear friends,
> >      Going by the farcical nature in which the rules aere
implemented
> >in
> >our country, it once again reinforces our view that rules and
> >regulations in
> >India are only and only meant to breed corruption further and hasten
>the
> >
> >erosion of our moral fabric.
> >      The case in point is the Foreign Clearance Certificate,
mandatory
>
> >to
> >leave Indian shores. The way these clearance certificates are SOLD in

> >the
> >Income Tax departments is disgusting. A friend of mine went through
an
> >ordeal to get his certificate, inspite of filing all the returns in
>time
> >and
> >producing them before the concerned authorities. That he paid the
>income
> >tax
> >goes without saying as it is deducted at source.
> >      My friend was already told that you have middlemen (calling
> >themselves
> >chartered accountants and flaunting cellular phones) who gets the FCC

> >issued
> >by charging Rs 500. But trying to be upright, he approached the
Income
> >Tax
> >department in Bangalore and jumped in joy at the sight of an 'FCC
> >issuing
> >desk'. He hoped to get his, without greasing the palms of the men
>there.
> >He
> >was asked to fill out an application and see the Income tax officer
in
> >the
> >top floor.
> >      There begins his ordeal. He was demanded over 1000 bucks and
made
>
> >to
> >run around the impolite clerks, before getting an audience with the
so
> >called Income tax officer, who asked him frivolous questions. Having
>got
> >
> >that officer's approval, he was robbed of another couple of hundreds
>for
> >
> >that approval letter to be handed to him. This entire mechanism
>appeared
> >so
> >organized that no matter you pay the Income tax or not, you will get
>one
> >by
> >shelling out a thousand or so bucks.
> >      Why has this been brought it into force ? If the answer is to
> >prevent
> >the Income Tax evaders from leaving India, there couldn't be a more
> >ludicrous answer. How long will the enactment of such meaning laws
> >continue.
> >What could be the remedy ? Anyone interested in brainstorming over
this
>
> >?
> >
> >Boddupalli.



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