Anti Dumping Duty on Zinc Oxide – Just Dead Notification Resurrected!
ANTI Dumping Duty was imposed on zinc oxide originating in, or exported from, China PR was imposed by Notification No. 64/2007 – dated 07.05.2007. Para 3 of this notification clearly stated,
"The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) form the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette."
So, this notification clearly expired on 06.05.2012.
Now the Government has extended its validity till 06.05.2013 – twelve days after it expired!
The astonishing regularity with which the Board extends the validity of dead notifications, clearly shows the contempt the babus have for LAWS of the land and even the circular issued by their own bosses in the Board – and these are the babus who advise the FM about the sanctity and need for retrospective amendments, even at the cost of the Nation's prestige abroad! They simply make a virtue of their blunders and get paid. This kind of irresponsible audacity makes a mockery of the law making process.
Notification No Dated: May 18, 2012