Friday, November 30, 2007
One done... one to go!
As discussed in my below blog, i had decided to file applications under the RTI requesting for information on amount spent by the State Government. I have already filed 2 applications under the RTI and i am currently working on the PIL!!
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
New CM to Former CM in a week......
Just when it was time for the media to transition from calling Yeddyurappa a "new CM" to calling him a "CM"... he has become the "former CM". I was driving in front of Vidhana Soudha about an hour after the swearing in ceremony last week and I happened to take a few pictures to show what a mess the road was.... but by the time I could post this blog... the whole state appears to be in a mess!!!
All this is due to one person... Deve Gowda. I am really curious to know the expenditure incurred on having a swearing in ceremony, running the government for 7 days, changing all office name board, etc. All these expenses have been incurred only because of Deve Gowda. All these expenses have been incurred with our money (ie tax payers money). Had he (ie JDS) not changed his stand, Yeddy would not have been sworn in nor would he have resigned. 
It is criminal to make the State incur expenses of this magnitude for ones personal whims and fancies especially when the roads, infrastructure is in such pathetic state.
I am seriously exploring options to get the above expense details using the RTI and thereafter explore the option of filing a PIL requiring the government to recover these expenses from Deve Gowda. Anybody willing to support me in this cause is welcome.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Dilemma in case of road accidents……
I have always been in a dilemma - whether or not to get down and help - when I have witnessed a road accident. On a few occasions I have got down to help and see if the person involved in accident is an acquaintance.
Early this morning, I was driving back home after filling fuel for my car. I was driving down the Tyagarajanagar police station road. Suddenly an ASI of police (traffic) drove out of the police station in his white bullet and another guy was approaching the police station on his pulsar from the opposite direction and he was driving quite fast.
Within seconds, the ASI and the guy on pulsar collided right in front of the police station and I braked suddenly. Luckily, I was atleast 10 feel away from where they collided. The ASI fell on the ground and the guy on pulsar managed to regain his balance and drove past me in the same speed. I saw the ASI on the ground and his walkie-talkie was thrown off and landed right in front of my car. I got down, picked up the walkie-talkie and helped the ASI stand on his feet.
The first few words from the cop shocked me beyond belief. I had expected a thank you or silence at the most! To my surprise, the ASI started shouting at me and asked why I was driving so fast and why I was careless!!! Just then 3-4 other policemen and policewomen (there is a women’s police station next door) came out and all of them thought I had hit the ASI!!
Thankfully, two elderly gentlemen who were walking by informed that I had not hit the ASI and that it was another guy on another bike. It was only after that, one of the other cops took his bike and started chasing the biker who had actually hit the ASI.
I have been wondering ever since as to whether I did the right thing in getting down! But for the two elderly gentlemen, I could have been in serious mess. If this could happen to me when I got down helping a policeman, I just can’t imagine what my fate would have been had I got down to help any other motorist who was knocked down on the road!! This incident will surely make me think twice before I get off to help an accident victim the next time…..
Early this morning, I was driving back home after filling fuel for my car. I was driving down the Tyagarajanagar police station road. Suddenly an ASI of police (traffic) drove out of the police station in his white bullet and another guy was approaching the police station on his pulsar from the opposite direction and he was driving quite fast.
Within seconds, the ASI and the guy on pulsar collided right in front of the police station and I braked suddenly. Luckily, I was atleast 10 feel away from where they collided. The ASI fell on the ground and the guy on pulsar managed to regain his balance and drove past me in the same speed. I saw the ASI on the ground and his walkie-talkie was thrown off and landed right in front of my car. I got down, picked up the walkie-talkie and helped the ASI stand on his feet.
The first few words from the cop shocked me beyond belief. I had expected a thank you or silence at the most! To my surprise, the ASI started shouting at me and asked why I was driving so fast and why I was careless!!! Just then 3-4 other policemen and policewomen (there is a women’s police station next door) came out and all of them thought I had hit the ASI!!
Thankfully, two elderly gentlemen who were walking by informed that I had not hit the ASI and that it was another guy on another bike. It was only after that, one of the other cops took his bike and started chasing the biker who had actually hit the ASI.
I have been wondering ever since as to whether I did the right thing in getting down! But for the two elderly gentlemen, I could have been in serious mess. If this could happen to me when I got down helping a policeman, I just can’t imagine what my fate would have been had I got down to help any other motorist who was knocked down on the road!! This incident will surely make me think twice before I get off to help an accident victim the next time…..
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Kudos to PC and his entire team!!!!
I am recovering from a fortnight of very hectic work of preparation and filing of the return of income for various corporate tax payers. It also included one 36 hour marathon effort!! But one thing I told myself at the end of the filing season on October 31 (after filing more than 2 dozen returns) was “Well done and thank you Mr FM and your team!”
Mr P Chidambaram and his entire team deserve a pat on their back for the e-filing process! One will understand and appreciate the achievement only if he goes through the e-filing format (ITR – 6) prescribed. After handling more than 2 dozen returns, I dint come across any single logical error or mistake worht menting in the entire format. The efforts in drafting the FAQs provided in connection with the e-filing process are also commendable.
Collating various forms, obtaining various signatures, making photo-copies of all annexures are now a thing of the past. While I was doing my articles, the toughest part was collating the documents for the return, filling the return, making copies and filing. The worst part was for our office support staff to stand in a serpentine queue to file the return before 6 pm on the last day! Today, none of those are needed!
Under the new scheme, a return can literally be filed anytime – anywhere! We had cases where the person signing the return was not even in the same city and the returns were digitally signed and uploaded!!
The website (http://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/) allows every tax payer to have a log-in, upload retruns, view the status of his earlier years return. Add to this the fact that the entire software was provided free of cost. Mr PC, the entire income tax department and the CBDT deserves a huge applause for this!! This in my opinion is an achievement which every Indian needs to be proud of!
Mr P Chidambaram and his entire team deserve a pat on their back for the e-filing process! One will understand and appreciate the achievement only if he goes through the e-filing format (ITR – 6) prescribed. After handling more than 2 dozen returns, I dint come across any single logical error or mistake worht menting in the entire format. The efforts in drafting the FAQs provided in connection with the e-filing process are also commendable.
Collating various forms, obtaining various signatures, making photo-copies of all annexures are now a thing of the past. While I was doing my articles, the toughest part was collating the documents for the return, filling the return, making copies and filing. The worst part was for our office support staff to stand in a serpentine queue to file the return before 6 pm on the last day! Today, none of those are needed!
Under the new scheme, a return can literally be filed anytime – anywhere! We had cases where the person signing the return was not even in the same city and the returns were digitally signed and uploaded!!
The website (http://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/) allows every tax payer to have a log-in, upload retruns, view the status of his earlier years return. Add to this the fact that the entire software was provided free of cost. Mr PC, the entire income tax department and the CBDT deserves a huge applause for this!! This in my opinion is an achievement which every Indian needs to be proud of!
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