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Written By idontspam - 18 October, 2011
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Draw you own conclusions on the state of the Banana Republic & make nte of all these people when you vote.
The ministers, who opposed the ‘cleansing act’ of the department, reportedly told Shobha that she should not be unduely concerned about the ‘bogus connections’ as it was the Centre which was supplying the subsidised cylinders.
There are 138 LPG dealers in the city and all of them are worried about the consequences they may face once the department cancels all illegal connections. “Each of us has 4,000 to 5000 customers. Even if LPG connections to 100 consumers are suspended, they will mob our dealership. We fear this will have frightening repercussions,”
Khader, who was more vociferous, said Karandlaje has stirred a hornet’s nest by threatening to take away LPG connections from people
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I am still trying to understand why illegality is being sakrama-fied in all alks of life. When will citizens demand clarity in the definition & provisioning process.
OTOH is the issuance process also being cleansed while the scaremongering is happening on the other side? This is the equivelant of the BDA first approving gated communities & then stating that it is illegal.
srinidhi - 18 October, 2011 - 09:16
this will avoid the pilferage..
we are surviving pertrol de-control and they are trying to do it for diesel..
murali772 - 18 October, 2011 - 11:27
At a meeting chaired by Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, some ministers brought pressure on Shobha to withdraw the GO as the process of weeding out the bogus LPG claimants was not done in a scientific manner. The ministers, who opposed the ‘cleansing act’ of the department, reportedly told Shobha that she should not be unduely concerned about the ‘bogus connections’ as it was the Centre which was supplying the subsidised cylinders. Gowda, soon after he became chief minister, had expressed his reservation regarding the removal of illegal connections which was countered by Shobha. In the meeting, with too many senior colleagues raising objection, she had no choice but to announce she would withdraw the GO. Shobha was not available for comments.
The minsters who are opposing Shobha Karandlaje's move are obviously harbouring vested interests. The question is is the CM also party to it all?
Mr Harish Gowda, IAS, Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Dept, GoK, through the linking up of LPG connections with BESCOM meter numbers, had come up with an almost fool-proof scheme of unearthing bogus domestic LPG connections. At the end of it all, he was poised to disconnect close to 25 lakh bogus connections, saving the exchequer close to Rs 100 cr a month (or a whopping Rs 1200 cr a year). That is the size of the loot being shared by the players involved, including the dealers (whose reasonings are laughable, at best), and their patrons in the government.
Whether borne by the centre or the state, it is ultimately the tax payer who is shouldering the burden. And, when we say tax payer, the general impression is that it is just the rich, in the belief that tax means just the income tax. What is not quite realised is that the larger revenue chunk comes from indirect taxes, like excise duty, sales tax, service tax, etc, which are leviable on every product and service, consumed even by the aam aadmi. And, it is these kinds of loots that are leading to the sky-rocketing inflation that we are facing all along. So, it is in everyone's interest to put a stop to the goings on.
Perhaps, PRAJA-RAAG will take a lead and send out a memo to the CM.
1300 crores pilferage every year
idontspam - 20 October, 2011 - 04:15
The question is is the CM also party to it all?
Twenty-five lakh families who face the threat of their LPG gas connections being scrapped could heave a sigh relief as chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday assured that the move has been put on hold for now
At an average of 30days of use per cylinder 25 lakh illegal consumers suck 112 crores from the exchequer every month. That is a loss of 1300 crores every year which is being footed by people stupid enough to get legal connections
idontspam - 21 November, 2011 - 06:34
Attached petition to the blog post above
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