Thieves are made Police officers, CBI inspectors, vigilance officers,
ministers and what not. Thieves are
assigned the duty of making investigation into act of stealing of others, how action
can be taken against thieves. Government is made of thieves, majority of
ministers are indulged in corruption, CBI and CVC are bribe takers and they accept
bribe to close the case of corruption charges framed and alleged against any
erring official or any minister or any politician.This is why none of Netas or
powerful officers have been punished in any scam exposed in recent past.
There is hard core unity among thieves but on the contrary there
is high level ego problem in the minds of majority of honest and sincere
workers and sincere Netas. Honest people are more often than not divided and
they cannot fight united against the monster of corruption. This is why IAS
officers like Durga Nagpal are suspended and subjected to torturous inquiry and
humiliation in the society. Those who try to protect honesty are transferred to
remote and critical places. If a leader of a political party praises good work
of leader of other rival political party, he is expelled from the party. If an
officer dares speak against evil work, he is posted at critical place and rejected
in promotion process.
When a corrupt officer is trapped and punished, all corrupt
officers will immediately join hands, come together and cry in loud voice to build
pressure on the authority to exonerate the punished officer. When a minister is
charged of corruption, all ministers come tether to protect the corrupt
minister because all are birds of the same feather. Apex court gave order not
to allow criminals contesting election and not to allow criminals to take part
in proceedings even if they are elected for Parliament or state assemblies. But
criminals sitting inside the Parliament are in majority and then can amend the
rule book to defeat the purpose of court verdict. When Majority of ministers
and politicians are corrupt, they may amend the rule to keep themselves above
RTI act.
When thieves are in power, they can dilute the intensity of
any movement and puncture the efforts of any person or group who dare move
against corrupt ministers. Ramdeo , Arvind kejriwal , Team Anna had to go in hibernation
in fear of tough action from gang of thieves sitting at powerful post. This is India.
Similarly when majority of officers are availing payment of
fake LTC bill, there is none left in the system who can initiate action against
erring officials. When officers get promotion from unfair means, when majority
of officers sitting at top posts are weak and corrupt, none can dream of
transparent and honest execution of merit oriented promotion policies and honest
enforcement of honesty based rules.
186 files related to coal scam are lost , this is possible only
in India.When a fraud is detected in bank, files are misplaced,when fraud in promotion process is alleged, files pertaining to APAR are lost and so on.When CBI raids a house of tax defaulter or black money hoarder, all files related to black transactions are burnt, when court or CBI or CVC wants to move against any officer or a minister, files are destroyed or manpower provided to CBI or CVC are changed and so on.
Chartered Accountants, auditors, inspectors, CBI officials, Vigilance
officials all are selling them in the market of corruption. In India the
reformation means giving absolute and absolute liberty to powerful officials
and ministers and granting them license to engage in corruption and to openly carry
out the culture of flattery, bribery and corruption without any fear of
punitive action. Protectors have become Looters and exploiters, then as Munsi
Prem Chand told that none can stop destruction and complete collapse of
administration and none can dream of good governance.
Demand for action against PSU staff availing fake LTC claims--ET 28.08.2013
NEW DELHI:
A demand was raised in the Rajya Sabhatoday for a thorough probe into "LTC scam involving lakhs and crores of rupees" and stern action against all those involved in the alleged racket.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Basavaraj Patil (BJP) said, "lakhs and crores of rupees is involved in a scam involving Leave Travel Concession(LTC) claims by PSU employees and those in higher posts...The nation should know what steps have been taken in this case...How much money is involved and who all are involved in this scam?"
Demanding a thorough probe into the issue, Patil said false travel claims were made by central government and public sector employees through fake tickets for travel on state-run Air India (AI).
Six hundred fake AI tickets have been detected while another 400 SpiceJet tickets have also been traced, he said, adding, there are cases where business tickets have also been issued to secretary rank officers in flights where there are no business classes.
The cost of such tickets even for Andaman & Nicobar islands are said to be running into lakhs of rupees ranging from Rs 1.05 lakh to Rs 2.10 lakh and the matter has been referred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), he said.
He said CVC in August had received one dozen such complaints.
Deputy Chairman P J Kurien said the government should take note and then respond while a large number of BJP members associated with the demand for a stringent action against those claiming fraudulent LTC claims.
Minister of Heavy Industry Praful Patel, who was present, said, "Whatever issues are being raised by the members are all serious...whether it is Syria issue, rape, HPCL fire or LTC... These are definitely going to be conveyed to the concerned ministers."
Scrutiny by companies may stem the rot of fake LTC claims--Times of India
MUMBAI: Lack of scrutiny by employers may have helped many unscrupulous employees, both in private and public sectors, get away with fraudulent Leave Travel Concession (LTC) claims.
Only recently, in relation to the financial year 2012-13, a greater responsibility was cast on India Inc for examining LTC claims made by its employees. For earlier years, India Inc did not have any such statutory obligation, giving unscrupulous employees a free hand.
A series of recent reports by TOI have brought to light inflated LTC claims made by several PSU employees. Many such claims included circular travel with overseas stopovers or were backed by fake or cancelled air tickets.
Only recently, in relation to the financial year 2012-13, a greater responsibility was cast on India Inc for examining LTC claims made by its employees. For earlier years, India Inc did not have any such statutory obligation, giving unscrupulous employees a free hand.
A series of recent reports by TOI have brought to light inflated LTC claims made by several PSU employees. Many such claims included circular travel with overseas stopovers or were backed by fake or cancelled air tickets.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) annually issues instructions to employers relating to tax deduction at source (TDS) from salary income. A circular issued last October for TDS against the salary income during the financial year 2012-13 for the first time cast a stricter onus on employers for examination of LTC claims.
It provided: "The employer has to satisfy the obligation that the leave travel (fare) concession is not taxable in view of section 10 (5). The employer is not only required to be satisfied about the ingredients of the said clause but also to keep and preserve evidence in support thereof." As LTC is tax free, an employee's claims, when considered by the employer for computing tax deducted at source (TDS) against salary income, result in lower TDS in the hands of the employee concerned. On the flip side, it results in loss of tax revenue.
LTC claims are eligible for tax exemption in respect of actual travel expenses (comprising air, road or rail fare) within India, incurred by the employee and his family for two journeys performed in a block of four calendar years, subject to a few conditions.
CBDT's circulars for earlier years merely required that the amount treated as exempt by the employer while computing TDS against salary should not exceed the amount of expenses actually incurred for the purpose of travel. Technically, employers could rely on a mere declaration given by an employee in support of an LTC claim.
On the other hand, via the same circular, for HRA the employer was required to insist on evidence of rent payment and examine it before allowing it while computing TDS.
In January 2009, the Supreme Court, in the case of L&T, had held that in the absence of CBDT instructions an employer is under no obligation to collect evidence and examine it to ascertain that the employees have actually used the amounts paid towards LTC.
The SC order shifted the onus to prove the veracity of the claim from the employer to the employee. If the employer relied on the employee's claims in good faith and had no intent to withhold TDS against salary, the tax authorities could not hold it at fault.
Only a few years later, the CBDT in FY13 took steps to place more responsibility on employers while granting LTC claims. A circular relating to TDS at source from salary income for FY14 will be issued in the coming months and India Inc expects tighter procedures for vetting LTC claims.
"The CBDT's instructions for FY13 cannot be argued against. However, going forward to what depth should India Inc be expected to verify each claim, is the moot issue. E-ticketing may make it easier for an errant employee to make a false claim. India Inc should not be implicated for stray incidents," says Sudhir Kapadia, national tax leader, E&Y.
In ongoing tax assessment of employee income tax returns, LTC claims are routinely examined, said a source in the tax department. Recently, the Chandigarh tax tribunal upheld an income tax demand against a former PSU bank employee whose LTC claim of Rs 1.19 lakh had included overseas stopovers.
It provided: "The employer has to satisfy the obligation that the leave travel (fare) concession is not taxable in view of section 10 (5). The employer is not only required to be satisfied about the ingredients of the said clause but also to keep and preserve evidence in support thereof." As LTC is tax free, an employee's claims, when considered by the employer for computing tax deducted at source (TDS) against salary income, result in lower TDS in the hands of the employee concerned. On the flip side, it results in loss of tax revenue.
LTC claims are eligible for tax exemption in respect of actual travel expenses (comprising air, road or rail fare) within India, incurred by the employee and his family for two journeys performed in a block of four calendar years, subject to a few conditions.
CBDT's circulars for earlier years merely required that the amount treated as exempt by the employer while computing TDS against salary should not exceed the amount of expenses actually incurred for the purpose of travel. Technically, employers could rely on a mere declaration given by an employee in support of an LTC claim.
On the other hand, via the same circular, for HRA the employer was required to insist on evidence of rent payment and examine it before allowing it while computing TDS.
In January 2009, the Supreme Court, in the case of L&T, had held that in the absence of CBDT instructions an employer is under no obligation to collect evidence and examine it to ascertain that the employees have actually used the amounts paid towards LTC.
The SC order shifted the onus to prove the veracity of the claim from the employer to the employee. If the employer relied on the employee's claims in good faith and had no intent to withhold TDS against salary, the tax authorities could not hold it at fault.
Only a few years later, the CBDT in FY13 took steps to place more responsibility on employers while granting LTC claims. A circular relating to TDS at source from salary income for FY14 will be issued in the coming months and India Inc expects tighter procedures for vetting LTC claims.
"The CBDT's instructions for FY13 cannot be argued against. However, going forward to what depth should India Inc be expected to verify each claim, is the moot issue. E-ticketing may make it easier for an errant employee to make a false claim. India Inc should not be implicated for stray incidents," says Sudhir Kapadia, national tax leader, E&Y.
In ongoing tax assessment of employee income tax returns, LTC claims are routinely examined, said a source in the tax department. Recently, the Chandigarh tax tribunal upheld an income tax demand against a former PSU bank employee whose LTC claim of Rs 1.19 lakh had included overseas stopovers.
CBI to register cases to probe LTC scam
NEW DELHI: Armed with some documents pointing to large-scale irregularities, the CBI will soon register cases to probe the alleged involvement of some Rajya Sabha MPs and central government employees in forging LTC claims for travel on state-run Air India.
The CBI is examining the documents in this regard received from the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), which has referred the case to the investigating agency for probe, official sources said today.
The CVC, which has carried out a detailed preliminary investigation into the scam in various government departments, will be handing over more documents soon, they said.
The agency will register cases to probe alleged involvement of some Members of Parliament in Rajya Sabha) and central government employees, the sources said.
Lakhs of rupees are said to have been fraudulently claimed from the government through fake Leave Travel Concession (LTC) claims, availed by government officials to get concessional tickets.
The incident had come to light after the vigilance department of Air India(AI) was alerted about the arrest of a man in March this year at the Kolkata airport with 600 blank boarding passes of the airline in his possession.
Smelling a rat and an alleged criminal nexus between air travel agents and government employees, Air India got in touch with the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) which has now asked the CBI to look into the matter.
One of the cases to be probed is the LTC facility availed on December 13, 2012 when seven tickets of 'Executive Class' were purchased for travel on the Delhi-Kolkata-Port Blair route and back.
The AI in March got a letter from the Rajya Sabha Secretariat asking the airline to conduct an inquiry into this case after it got LTC claims from seven individuals in this regard.
The CBI is examining the documents in this regard received from the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), which has referred the case to the investigating agency for probe, official sources said today.
The CVC, which has carried out a detailed preliminary investigation into the scam in various government departments, will be handing over more documents soon, they said.
The agency will register cases to probe alleged involvement of some Members of Parliament in Rajya Sabha) and central government employees, the sources said.
Lakhs of rupees are said to have been fraudulently claimed from the government through fake Leave Travel Concession (LTC) claims, availed by government officials to get concessional tickets.
The incident had come to light after the vigilance department of Air India(AI) was alerted about the arrest of a man in March this year at the Kolkata airport with 600 blank boarding passes of the airline in his possession.
Smelling a rat and an alleged criminal nexus between air travel agents and government employees, Air India got in touch with the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) which has now asked the CBI to look into the matter.
One of the cases to be probed is the LTC facility availed on December 13, 2012 when seven tickets of 'Executive Class' were purchased for travel on the Delhi-Kolkata-Port Blair route and back.
The AI in March got a letter from the Rajya Sabha Secretariat asking the airline to conduct an inquiry into this case after it got LTC claims from seven individuals in this regard.
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