The law is not a rational code. The law is an ass & the bureaucracy is responsible for it. These are all well known but then even a beneficial Export Promotion Policy will be afflicted by it is very difficult to digest but then always trust the miraculous Indian bureaucracy for cracking a poor joke....

In this 2nd part of the article, I bring to the kind notice of the readers that how the DGFT builds in the loopholes in the system to facilitate the unscrupulous exporters. Take the example of an Advance Authorization (AA). ...

The DGFT started with the computerization of the DGFT network in 1995 but even after a lapse of 20 years till date they have not been able to achieve the same. The reason is simple because no bureaucrat ever wants the power to slip from their hands or the opportunity to harass the exporters....

Why the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) does not raise audit objections or take cognizance thereof even when it is absolutely clear that somebody has indulged into corrupt interpretation to ensure benefit in a very veiled manner. Can the corrupt interpretations be ignored & no action ever taken?...

The way interpretation is practiced by the miraculous Indian bureaucracy to cheat the Indian citizens in numerous ways on everyday basis. They make a foolish law & then foolishness perpetuates in terms of interpretation to harass the assesses to no end & you may complaint right up to the Cabinet Secretary or the minister but to no avail. ...

The law needs to be transparent & implemented in a just manner & there are no two ways about it. However, the miraculous Indian bureaucracy does not believe in this basic tenet. The law is written in such a difficult manner that the lawmakers in themselves are not clear that what is the true intention […]...

CBEC: Credit of ST paid on Service provided by Commission agents under Excise—Why cheat the assessee? The government of India has absolute right to levy the taxes therefore it is imperative that the taxation provision should be clearly spelt out so that there is no ambiguity & room for distortion & devious interpretation to put ...

There is serious problem in Notification No. 33/2015-20 dated 13.10.2017 related to the advance authorization issued by the DGFT. The prior import condition is not just & proper as it is simply interference in how the beneficiary of the entitlement conducts his business. Please note that hitherto this condition was only applicable in ...

This is a case study about the levy of tax on ocean freight & the readers will themselves realize the truth that how greed drives the collection of taxes & no heed being paid to double taxation & the basic fact that what is the concept of Value Added Tax & why even the basics are belied & nobody cares even when the wrongs are denounced in...

Exports revival needs a holistic & sane approach which simply means that both the short term as well as the long term solutions need to be administered simultaneously: ...