The missing Notification
NOTIFICATION 98/2014-Cus(NT) dated 16.10.2014 deals with - Rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currency with effect from 17th October, 2014
So also, notification 100/2014-Cus(NT) dated 31.10.2014 deals with - Amends Notification No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.), dated the 3rd August, 2001 inasmuch as it prescribes the Tariff Values of Various oils, brass scrap, Poppy seeds, Gold, Silver & Areca Nuts.
A netizen who regularly calls us to enquire about the latest exchange rates & the Tariff Value is always under the impression that we keep these notifications with us closely guarded and release them at an opportune moment only at the close of the day. Every time he calls up we tell him that we report a notification when we receive it- no guards guarding it, except, perhaps, an anti-virus software in our laptop to ensure that it is not a spam!
The current exchange rate notification is 101/2014-Cus(NT) dated 05.11.2014 effective 6th November, 2014 and the Tariff Value notification in vogue is the one mentioned above.
We were, therefore, surprised when this netizen called us yesterday and asked us why we were holding back the notification 99/2014-Cus(NT). We said we have not received it and neither does the CBEC website indicate any inclination to display it. He was not satisfied but we couldn't do much about it. All we can do is wait! But should not the Board be keen in bringing out in the open this notification rather than hiding it? Or is it that the notification which is presumably more than a fortnight old less worthy of publication!
If this is what is called less government, more governance, so be it…