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<p> <b><font color="#663399" size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">TIOL-DDT
435</font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
25 08 2006<br>
Friday</font></b></p>
<p align=center><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#006600">Compassionate
PC – Blast victims’ wives to get job</font></strong></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">TIOL
had been running a campaign for substantial help the families of the Customs
and Central Excise and Income Tax officers who were victims of the Mumbai blast.
In<b> </b><a href="http://www.taxindiaonline.com/RC2/inside2.php3?filename=bnews_detail.php3&newsid=4010">TIOL-DDT
410 - 20 07 2006,</a> <strong>we wrote </strong></font></p>
<p align=center><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#006600">Too
little Mr. PC</font></strong></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>DDT </b>suggests<b>-</b></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The spouse
of the dead and seriously injured should be given a job immediately in the department;
preferably at a rank above the one held by the deceased or injured officer.
Forget qualifications.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>In</strong>
<a href="http://www.taxindiaonline.com/RC2/inside2.php3?filename=bnews_detail.php3&newsid=3977">
TIOL-DDT 405 - 13 07 2006,</a><strong> we wrote</strong></font></p>
<p align=center><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#006600">The
blasted officers – will the Board help?</font></strong></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Boards
should act immediately. Their transfers and targets can wait. The Boards should
immediately appoint a Chief Commissioner as a nodal officer to look after the
welfare of the bereaved families. Cut all red tapes and immediately provide
a job to the spouse and give them a good financial grant. If that is not possible,
give them the salary that the officer would have got till his retirement – there
are provisions for such things in the maze of rules. For a change, don’t treat
it as just another file; IT IS A LIFE. </font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Today
it gives us great pleasure to report that Finance Minister Chidambaram has
approved
‘out of turn’ compassionate appointment to the widows of two Inspectors killed
in the blast. The Board deserves all praise for getting this cleared with
the FM in the shortest possible time. Certainly a good message to send to
your staff that “we are with you”. </font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Secretary
General of the Inspectors’ Federation, TirthankarPyne, in a quick reaction addressed
a letter to the FM and the Board with the words, “We shall remain ever grateful
for this immediate and benevolent act of kindness.”</font></p>
<p align=center><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#006600">Is
violence the only language the government understands? Central Excise Supdts
feel cheated</font></strong></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The industrial
workers or for that matter any agitated lot have often found that government
reacts only when normal life is brought to a stand still. Requests and talks
have no effect, but once you take to the streets, every body notices you. Four
MPs could stall the proceedings of the Lok Sabha the other day with 500 other
members and the speaker watching in glorious helplessness. </font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Superintendents
Federation held a press conference in Delhi and wondered
whether nothing could be achieved without agitation causing harassment to the
public/tax payer. Their grouse is that for 10500 Superintendents of Central
Excise, the promotional avenue is only 230 posts of Assistant Commissioner.
Even if 100 Supdts become ACs every year, it will take about 105 years for the
last man in the list to become an Assistant Commissioner. So they want better
promotion prospects. And what they ask can be given by the government without
spending a paisa. Over 4200 Superintendents are already in the scale of ACs
and promoting them will not cost the government any thing and these officers
can live happily ever after with the satisfaction of having become ACs. They
fail to understand why the government cannot concede this harmless demand. Is
it wise to carry such dissatisfied work force who have nothing top look up for
in their career?</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">But there
is some good news for them. The government has already completed the DPC for
Deputy Commissioner to Joint Commissioner and the <b>DPC for Supdt to Assistant
Commissioner is ready and will take place very soon. </b></font></p>
<p align=center><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#006600">No
registration certificate required after export obligation is fulfilled – DGFT
</font></strong></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The DGFT
has received representations from exporting community pointing out that some
Regional Authorities are insisting for submission of SSI/Central Excise Registration
Certificates of supporting manufacturers / jobbers at the time of redemption/issue
of EODC in respect of DFIAs, even in cases where the export obligation has already
been fulfilled. </font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Once the
export obligation is fulfilled, isn’t it simple logic that no further documents
are required? But government does not run on logic. Now the DGFT has clarified
that in cases where the exporter seeks redemption and transferability of DFIA
on completion of stipulated E.O. (post export DFIA), documentary evidences such
as SSI / Central Excise Registration of supporting manufacturer / jobber may
not be insisted upon.</font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><a href="http://www.taxindiaonline.com/RC2/subCatDesc.php3?subCatDisp_Id=46&filename=notification/dgft/2006/dgft06cir017.htm">CIRCULAR
NO. 17 (RE-06)/2004-2009 Dated : August 24, 2006</a></u></font></p>
<p align=center><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#006600">Export
of buffalo meat – both male and female prohibited</font></strong></font></p>
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<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The government
has amended the Export policy to prohibit export of Meat of buffalo (both
male and female). Once the buffalo has become meat, does it matter whether
it was male or female and how does one find out whether the meat is of a he
buffalo or a she buffalo? Similarly export of meat of sheep and goats is also
prohibited, but here there is no sex stipulation. When both male and female
meat is prohibited, is there a need to mention the sex of the poor animal
which has already become meat. Incidentally more than the sex of the animal,
the bone of contention in these matters is the bone of the animal as boneless
meat is allowed to be exported, male or female.</font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><a href="http://www.taxindiaonline.com/RC2/subCatDesc.php3?subCatDisp_Id=45&filename=notification/dgft/2006/dgft06not030.htm">NOTIFICATION
NO. 30 (RE-2006)/2004-2009, Dated: August 21, 2006</a></u></font></p>
<p align=center><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#006600">NALCO
cannot sell to BALCO because of excise problems – Minister tells Parliament</font></strong></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Minister
of State for Mines, Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy in a written reply in the Lok Sabha
informed,</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">NALCO has
examined a request from Bharat Aluminiumcompany Ltd. (BALCO) for purchase of
alumina and informed that mixing of non-duty paid export goods along with goods
sold in the domestic market after payment of duty may give rise to complications
from Central Excise & Customs point of view and hence, the request of BALCO
cannot be accepted</font></p>
<p align=center><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font color="#006600">Excisable
Ganesh?</font></strong></font></p>
<p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sunday is
Vinayaka Chaturthi. Do you think those Ganesh idols are excisable? <b>Happy
Vinayaka Chaturthi!</b></font></p>
<p><font color="#FF6666" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Until Monday
with more DDT </font></p>
<p><font color="#FF6666" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Have a nice
week end. </font></p>
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