Commissioner is busy - With FM's Meeting
THE new FM, Mr. Chidambaram has called for a conference of Chief Commissioners of CBEC on 28th August and of CBDT on 31st.
Whenever the FM calls for such a meeting, there is frenetic activity in the Commissionerates. Everybody is busy preparing colourful and impressive looking brochures and these are printed and reprinted many times before the Chief Commissioner carries the final copy to the sanctimonious meeting with the FM - where nobody sees it. These brochures are prepared year after year - why this frenzy now? For one, the FM has not given them any agenda - that means he can ask anything, and for another they all know that the FM is very knowledgeable andtechnically sound and so, facing him is not an easy task. So, now senior officers are busy brushing up their knowledge data - some could be seen actually reading manuals, tariffs and budget notifications. The name Chidambaram sends a chill down the spine - down the country among Revenue Officers.