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Simplified income tax system

Sir,

It refers to welcome idea to use innovative modern technologies for convenience in filing Income Tax Returns. But it will be better if complete taxation-system may be simplified as per Kelkar’s original recommendations which will fetch more revenue for Government and make system user-friendly for honest tax payers because recommendations allow much-enhanced basic exemption to replace suggested total abolition of other exemptions.

Gimmicks of exemptions and hardships of surcharges make the system complicated compelling necessities of practitioners to fill and file return forms. Idea should be to make system simple enough so that persons may by themselves fill the return-form that too without any assistance from Income Tax practitioners or Income-Tax-Charts!

Yours etc......
Subash Chandra Agrawal
1775 Kucha Lattushah
Dariba Delhi
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Rewriting Indian History

Sir,

Please refer to the article ‘Joshi’s bid to rewrite Indian history’ Excelsior dated August 9, 2003. I want to remind learned columnist that there are several research teams, medicos from Tropical Institutes London working in India learning the secrets of Ojhas. Is it necessary that only foreigners should come to take a lid off from such things and we as western educated people go on laughing over such things.

I met recently Dr Karmikar, a doctor at Ahmednagar Maharashtra who developed problem in vocal chord and faced serious problem. He visited several medical institutions but could get no relief. One Swamiji initiated him into recitation of Omkar as a therapy and over period of six months he was relieved of the problem. The said doctor then left his medical practice and has taken full time courses of Omkar therapy and he has clients all along the globe and he has full fledged training center in Ahmednagar, Pune, Mumbai to teach this therapy.

The time has come when we should open our eyes to all these ancient pages of history Mr. Mehta of Kerala lives on solar energy without any food for last 8 years can be experimented in NASA but is a matter of ridicule for so called Indian intellectual. Be it history, science, language, ancient medicine practices there is need for research in all these subjects or else we will have to learn them through westerners.

Yours etc.......
A.K.Braroo
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Discrimination with Jammu

Sir,

The news item ‘Data Reveals’ by Mr Gopal Sharma in your esteemed daily dated 13th August 2003, has once again brought into the focus the discrimination meted out to the people of Jammu in such a brazen manner. All the mainstream political parties accept that there has been tremendous discrimination against the people of Jammu by the ruling clique of Kashmir. But still they only talk of the aspirations of the people of Kashmir. What to say about the role of coalition partners — Congress and Panthers? Have they any answer to give to the people of Jammu? This is high time that the Jammuites feel that they have again been cheated by these parties who garnered main support from Jammu in the previous elections on the slogan of providing justice to Jammu.

Three commissions Gajendergadkar Commission in 1967, Sikri Commission in 1979 and Wazir Commission in 1980 came into being to deliberate upon the issue of discrimination towards the people of Jammu. But these parties have failed to implement the recommendations of these above said commissions.

Centre and State Governments have to read the writings on the walls and have to act accordingly before the situation takes an ugly turn.

Yours etc........
Ramesh Pappa (ABVP)
142, South Avenue
New Delhi-11.

Healing the State

Sir,

While looking at the performance of the present Government, I think the Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is doing a great job by balancing all the three regions of the State and countering terrorism with his unique ‘Healing touch policy’. The best way to combat terrorism is to implement welfare policies, winning the hearts of people and gaining their confidence. Apart from this, he is showing a great deal of interest in the economy. This way he can uplift the poor State. Moreover, I believe that unemployment in the Valley is directly proportional to the terrorism.

I think with these measures his Government will concentrate on the development of the State where more encouragement will be given to set up new frontiers in entrepreneurship and thus generate lots of jobs for the people of J&K.

Yours etc......
Rajeev Verma

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