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<p > <b><font color="#663399" size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">TIOL-DDT
418</font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
01 08 2006<br>
Tuesday</font></b></p>
<p align=center ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#006600">The
Infosys success</font></strong></font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ++ When the first telephone was installed in the house of our
computer centre in-charge and not in the house of the CEO, I knew we had created
a customer-focused organisation.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ++ In 1992, when the young librarian was asked by the then head
of education and research about a book that I borrowed, I knew our job was done
in demolishing hierarchy in the organisation.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ++ When the company politely refused General Electric's unreasonable
conditions in 1995 and walked away from its business, which accounted for 25
percent of revenue and eight percent of profit, I knew 'we had built a courageous
and principled organisation.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ++ When one of our attendants (Ramachandrappa) told me recently
that he had built a fabulous house, I knew our experiment in democratisation
of wealth had achieved success and had served the purpose.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Infosys mentor and founder Narayan Murthy at
the silver jubilee celebrations. </font></p>
<p align=center ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#006600">And
the FM’s experience</font></strong></font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ++ When I applied
for foreign exchange to join Harvard, everyone denied me a few hundred dollars
although the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Business <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School had granted me admission. Those were the days when the chief
controller of foreign exchange had to clear even personal expenses of students.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ++ To my luck,
a kind gentleman who was then chief controller of forex gave me a grand allowance
of $7 a day for my board, food and personal expenses 10 months a year during
my two-year stint at Harvard, unmindful of how I would live for the remaining
two months of the year without such a facility.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ++ That opened
my eyes to how there was something fundamentally wrong about the way the affairs
of the country were run,</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ++ Travelling
with this official then, I asked him while I understand the need for a chief
controller of imports, why he was also the chief controller of exports. He had
no answer. Within a month I became his minister, I told him I was abolishing
his post as he had no business to be either the chief controller of exports
or imports.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ++ we had gone
through such torrid times, we had put an end to such a stifling system to ensure
the present generation joined us in the dream of building a new India,
a strongIndia, a prosperous
India
that will be free of poverty and disease</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Mr. Chidambaram
at the Infosys meet.</font></p>
<p align=center ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font color="#006600">Tariff values – hike
</font></b></font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">There
is a hike in Tariff values. The old and new tariff values are given below.</font></p>
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<table width=450 border=1 align="center" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0>
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<td width=95 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>S.No.</strong></font></p></td>
<td width=107 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Chapter
heading or sub-heading</strong></font></p></td>
<td width=177 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Description
of goods</strong></font></p></td>
<td width=88 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Tariff
value<br>
US$<br>
(Per Metric Tonne)</strong></font></p></td>
<td > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>New
tariff values</strong></font></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=95 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>(1)</strong></font></p></td>
<td width=107 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>(2)</strong></font></p></td>
<td width=177 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>(3)</strong></font></p></td>
<td width=88 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>(4)</strong></font></p></td>
<td > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>5</strong></font></p></td>
</tr>
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<td width=95 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1</font></p></td>
<td width=107 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1511
10 00</font></p></td>
<td width=177 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Crude
Palm Oil</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">428
</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p align=center ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">447</font></p></td>
</tr>
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<td width=95 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">2</font></p></td>
<td width=107 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1511
90 10</font></p></td>
<td width=177 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">RBD
Palm Oil</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">443
</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p align=center ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">476</font></p></td>
</tr>
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<td width=95 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">3</font></p></td>
<td width=107 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1511
90 90</font></p></td>
<td width=177 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Others
– Palm Oil</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">434
</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p align=center ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">462</font></p></td>
</tr>
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<td width=95 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4</font></p></td>
<td width=107 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1511
10 00</font></p></td>
<td width=177 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Crude
Palmolein</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">450
</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p align=center ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">481</font></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=95 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">5</font></p></td>
<td width=107 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1511
90 20</font></p></td>
<td width=177 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">RBD
Palmolein</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">453
</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p align=center ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">484</font></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=95 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">6</font></p></td>
<td width=107 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1511
90 90</font></p></td>
<td width=177 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Others
– Palmolein</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">452
</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p align=center ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">483</font></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=95 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">7</font></p></td>
<td width=107 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1507
10 00</font></p></td>
<td width=177 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Crude
Soyabean Oil</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">529
</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p align=center ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">570</font></p></td>
</tr>
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<td width=95 > <p align="center" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">8</font></p></td>
<td width=107 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">7404
00 22</font></p></td>
<td width=177 > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Brass
Scrap (all grades)</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4055</font></p></td>
<td valign=top > <p align=center ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4190</font></p></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<p align=justify ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
<a href="http://www.taxindiaonline.com/RC2/subCatDesc.php3?subCatDisp_Id=24&filename=notification/custom/2006/cnt06_085.htm">Notification
No. 85 / 2006 - Customs (N.T.) dated 31st July 2006</a></font></p>
<p align=center ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font color="#006600">RTI</font></b><font color="#006600"><b>
Act – Central Excise Superintendent denied information</b></font></font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In <b>DDT 310</b> - 24 02 2006<U1:P></U1:P><U2:P></U2:P>,
we had brought to you a case where a Superintendent, Mr H. J. Mhatre in his
application requested for the following information:- </font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 1) Commissioner Mumbai-II, Car Number used for Pick up and Drop-in
from Residence to Office and vice versa from July 2005 to December 2005.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 2) All Cars’ details of Mumbai-II Commissioner from July 2005
to December 2005 (in use as of till date along with log entries for the said
period)</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 3) Which Senior Officers (by name and designation) are eligible
for use of Cars for personal purpose like Pick up and Drop-in from residence
to office.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 4) Which Office cars are installed with Air Conditioner, Stereo
and other additional accessories and who/how the payment of the same is made
and it’s cost thereof.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 5) The residential address of the Commissioner Mumbai-II from
July 2005 to December 2005.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 6) What is the role of PRO? How many officers are posted in
the section and their duties (By Name) including Superintendent, Inspector,
Sepoy, Hamal.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 7) Does the PRO or his subordinate perform outside office duties?
If yes, than how do they commute and details of the Travelling Allowance they
have submitted from July 2005 to December 2005.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 8) How many Mumbai-II officers’ cabins are installed with Air
conditioner along with their designation?</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 9) Why/How the PRO office has been installed with Air conditioner
along with Television and Cable connection and under which budget heading the
bill has been paid (the bill details of Cable connection may please be provided
from Jul 2005 to December 2005). </font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">And the information was promptly
denied. The Superintendent has gone in appeal to the CIC and the CIC also denied
him the information on the grounds that:-</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ++ The appellant being an official from within the organization
is part of the process of creation and generation of information, which are
in his possession. </font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ++ He has also not indicated any bonafide public interest
in seeking the information. </font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ++ In view of his dubious credentials as reported to the
Commission, which is indeed the matter of evidence, and frivolous nature
of information sought, he is undoubtedly seeking information for promotion of
personal interest rather than public. </font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> ++ A lot of precious resources of the office has been deployed
and wasted for furnishing information to him. One is not sure what good use
he would make of it.</font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In
DDT 310, we had mentioned, <b>“These uncomfortable questions were asked by the
applicant and answers were refused because he is not a citizen. But citizens
do have a right to get the information. Because the applicant was a departmental
officer, the information was denied, but what will the department do if the
same information is asked by somebody else?” </b></font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>What would have been the CIC’s
decision if the information had been asked by the wife of the Superintendent?
</b></font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Our babus have decided that no
information is to be passed on to the citizen, whose servants they are. Will
they tame the CIC?</b></font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><a href="http://www.hrindiaonline.com/laws4u/rti1.php?filename=rti/2006/2006-HRIOL-92-CIC.htm">Decision
No.118/IC(A)/2006 in F. No.CIC/MA/A/2006/00221- Dated, the 14th July 2006 </a></u></font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font color="#FF6666" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Until
Tomorrow with more DDT </font></p>
<p align="justify" ><font color="#FF6666" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Have a nice day.
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