UP Govt harasses people for paying tax

If you want to pay tax in UP and be prepared for harassment. I experienced it last week when I went to Greater Noida (Surajpur). I hired a DLY taxi from a registered taxi service in Delhi. We took DND flyway. The driver told me that he will have to go back to Delhi towards Kalindi Kunj and enter in UP to pay entry tax in UP. We entered Delhi and re-entered UP and reached the tax check post.

Driver paid Rs. 250 as tax. He was asked to pay another Rs. 50 to check-post employees. When driver asked why they said it is their tax, and if you don't pay then we will not take Govt Tax also. You enter UP at your own risk and get caught up by police there. The check-post in-charge explained that they have not requested us to come to UP. We have come on our own. It is their state and people willing to enter will have to pay Rs. 50 first to become eligible for paying tax to the Govt. Then he put his hand on driver's shoulder and advised him, 'why do you worry? Add this Rs. 50 to customer bill'. Somebody pointed out that Mayawati has abilished this entry tax. He then said that enter UP through a check-post where Mayawati is sitting.

This is the punishment you have to gladly accept for being a honest citizen. Pay tax and for doing it waste your time and resources, and also become a unwilling partner in giving bribe.

Third-party certification of paid websites

There is mushroom growth in number of paid websites on internet. These sites are promising many things to customers. But hardly they honour their promises. They keep a wall of secrecy between them and their customers. This secrecy goes to such absurd limits that customer even do not know who are the owners of these sites and to whom they should approach in case of a problem.

Presently there is no body which can supervise the work of these sites. These sites are under no control. Some people, no doubt, are maintaining a list of scam sites, but that is only for information. Such list are growing with more and more sites are proving scam sites.

A third party certification should be introduced for these sites, under which these paid site can be certified as a trustworthy site. This certification will assure the customers that the site is reliable, noble, honest, trustworthy and is of value to the internet community.

The Institute of Quality Assurance (UK) has launched its "Global Website Quality Certification" process called W-Mark. The W-Mark certification will mean that the organization has an approved website committed to excellence and is standards compliant. The website will be rigorously audited under a number of criteria, Consistency, Appearance, Accessibility, Privacy, Navigation, and Service Commitment. Internet community should put direct and in-direct pressure on website owners to go fot W-Mark.

Do you agree friends?

Govt is the champion harasser in India

If a competition is organized to select the Champion Indian Harasser, the Govt will win hands down. Govt is a body harassers, who harass people individually and collectively. Take the case of police. An innocent person is beaten up mercilessly. His family members go to police station to lodge a complaint. Police refuse to register FIR and starts harassing them. Criminals under police protection also keep harassing them. Police ask victims to keep quiet as they have accepted the assignment from criminals to hush up the case. They go to court and court asks police to register the case. Police registers the case. No body is bothered, not even court, that why police did not register the case earlier. Was it not their duty? Should they not be booked for not doing their duty? No, it is not done as police is a part of Govt. The story continues and at every stage the victims are harassed, investigations, trial court, high court, supreme court. In the end criminals go scot-free and the victim remains a victim throughout the life. Above is a story in short. Victims are harassed so much that they start repenting that they ever made a complaint to police.

Take any department of Govt and you will find the same story every where. If you have a story where Govt helps people then post it here. It will an education for me.

I want to become President of India

After I became eligible for the post of President of India, many opportunities came before me to become President. Many people contested and became President. I never thought of it. I have always opined that the post of President is the most ineffective post in India. You simply can't do any thing except addressing the nation on the eve of 26th January and 15th August; address parliament; inaugurate functions; give away awards etc. Most of the time the address is given to you and you have to only read it. You don't like the order sent to you by Govt but you have no option but to sign it. Govt does every thing in your name but you have no role to decide your actions.

Now, you will ask that what has motivated me to think of becoming President. The answer is harassment. President is the least harassed person in this country. I have used the word 'least' because no body in this country can claim that he or she is not harassed, and President is harassed only by politicians and that too indirectly.

Everybody harasses me and I can't do anything. No body bothers that their harassment is making my life difficult. They are simply not ready to leave me alone. They always harass me as though they are doing their national duty. So I thought why not become President of India. I have just missed a chance. Next chance will come after five years. In these five years I will work to garner support of those who vote in the election of President. I know that they are the people I detest most but to avoid harassment I will have to seek their support.

I request all to help me become President of India.

Everybody has a right to harass others

Harassment has become a part of peoples' life. People either harass others or get harassed by others. Policemen harass common people and get harassed by VIPs, influential people and politicians. Auto drivers harass passengers and get harassed by policemen. Employers harass employees and get harassed by union leaders. Shopkeepers harass customers and get harassed by sales (VAT) tax officers.

Depending on the situation you are either a harassed person or a harasser. If you are on the right side of the table then you can harass anybody. But if you are on this side of the table then you will only be harassed. If you are alone then you are harassed. But if you are in a group you harass other s. When you are harassed you feel bad and curse every system. But when you harass others then you feel pleasure out of it.

Children complain that parents harass them. But when they become old they harass their parents. Teachers harass students. Given a chance students harass teachers.

India has become a land of harassment and Indians have become harasser and harassed.

India has made all round progress

In 60 years of independence, India has made all round progress. Manufacture and service sector has developed. Corruption has increased many fold. Agriculture has registered a tremendous growth. Pollution has increased to such levels that it has become a threat to human survival. Conflict in the society has increased. Growth in violence is such that people are not safe even in their homes. Number of castes and sub-castes have multiplied. Increasing number of teachers are using violent means. Some of them have even killed their students. Sexual harassment at work place has increased. Number of criminals in Parliament and Govt is increasing. You talk of any activity and it has developed.

It is remarkable. Such all round development is unprecedented. We should say thank you to politicians and congratulate the Govt for such success.

Added on 08.09.2007

Police torture of innocent citizens achieve greater heights. Few days back two policemen tortured a girl child and now doctors say that she will not be able to speak again. Their boss says it is no big deal.

60 years of freedom, Nuclear India, No potable drinking water

While going to a client's factory today, I took another route to avoid traffic jam on the normal route. At one point I saw a water tanker with hundreds of people gathered around it. The people were holding buckets in their hands and were pushing and pulling others to reach the tanker where with the help of a pipe tanker staff were filling their buckets. My taxi driver told me that no water comes in the pipeline in this area for more than a year and they have to depend on water taken from wells and hand pumps, which is not safe for drinking. The tanker is hardly sufficient to meet the needs of all the people.

This is the scenario in many parts of Delhi, the capital city of India. The situation in other parts of the country is much worse than this. Politicians raise slogans - 'Mera Bharat Mahan', 'India is on the move', 'India shining'; but Indian people do not get safe water to drink.

In 60 years of its independence, India has made lot of progress. It has become a nuclear power. But it has not been able to meet one basic needs of its people, safe drinking water.

Better food on trains, can you believe it?

As per a news, IRCTC has given such assurance to court. Whether IRCTC will fulfill this assurance only time will tell. I have my own doybts. The claims made by IRCTC in their affidavit are so tall that it seems to be an exercise to impress the court without thinking that these claims will have to be turned in to reality.

Two Quality Control Personnel from reputed Hotel management Institutes will travel on each train to listen and to remove public grievances about food quality. The claim also includes stringent controls, better monitoring of food and a menu available to the passengers.. Water poucheswill be replaced with safe bottled water. Please note, it is each train.

On the ground, a astate of art kitchen with specialized equipment, an in-house training cell and new uniforms.

The claim is interestingly silent about installation of any Food Safety Management System as per International Standard ISO 22000.

Delhi Govt continues, so continues blueline buses killing people

Blueline buses have killed 2 more people taking their killing score to 75 in this year. Eight months and 75 kills. Not a bad performance. Add five and it would be 10 killing a months. Delhi CM is there. Her Transport Minister is their. Buses are there. Bus owners and drivers are there. But these 75 people are not there. They were children, young, old, women. Many of them were bread winners of their family.

I wonder how these people are able to sleep. When Hannef was arrested in Australia, PM could not sleep after seeing his crying mother on TV. But he does not loose his sleep when 75 people are killed on Delhi roads by blueline buses operating under license given by Delhi Govt run by his congress party.

Added on 30.08.2007

The toll is 77 now. Blueline buses have killed two more.

I hope PM is sleeping soundly.

Added on 08.09.2007

Yesterday, killing count has reached 79. Not a big deal for Delhi CM or PM.

Public Relation Officer in Regional Passport Office, Delhi

I do not understand why Govt of India has appointed this officer. By its designation, it is assumed that this officer will maintain good relations with those visiting passport office for matters related to passports. On my visit to his office I found that he does not maintain any relation with visitors. People normally visit his office to know the status of their applications for issue, renewal of passports or any other action. They interact with him and come back without any addition to their knowledge about status of their case. He has a stock reply for every question.

You tell him that you submitted your application in Jun, he will reply that applications received in May are being considered.

You tell him that you submitted your application in July, he will reply that applications received in Jun are being considered.

You tell him that their website is not working properly and page to see status of application is not found. He will reply that it does not matter as it will tell only that application is under process. People already know that. After wasting their time when people reach his desk they are told what they already know.

Go down and you will find another post on how passport office harasses people.

Designation of this officer should be Public Harassment Officer (PHO).

Added on 30.08.2007

The PRO told us that applications received in May are under consideration. I visited NIC Website and there I could find link to another site. I visited that and found a link to status of application. It opened and I could see the status. It said that due to unavoidable circumstances passport could not be dispatched, and it will now be dispatched in this week. To whom should I believe, the PRO or the Website.

I wrote to NIC about the problem at RPO Website. They have corrected the problem.

Added on 08.09.2007

Yesterday my son received the renewed passport. But two days before this PRO had told him that applications received in May 2007 were only being processed. Why Govt does not put this man on some other job?