A complaint to make against Amnesty Scheme for Stamp Duty ABHAY YOJNA

Amnesty Scheme has started from the Government side, probably with noble cause, but when I myself went under this scheme for my own agreement I came across number of loop holes which I would like to mention below in brief and also would like your office to take up this matter with the reason that if this loopholes are removed surely many of them want to take the advantage of this Abhay Yojana. But right now the atmosphere at Chembur office is such that one feels as if the Government/Officers are doing obligation on us accepting our Agreement for the scheme.1 No proper window mentioned where in one can get the forms of ABHAY YOJANA. People keep asking to every possible window that they come across. 2 No one to guide on the required papers, depending on case to case basis. Windows stop accepting files after 3.00pm.3 Windows to accept payments by Bank Drafts also shuts by 3.00pm even though one finds long queues after 3.00pm, Time should be extended and payments need to be accepted upto 6.00pm4 A chart is required to be placed at proper place mentioning the progress of various files number wise and from which window one can get the information of the same for further procedure. What date one is called, mentioning the right time number wise. Here there is total mess with hips of files everywhere. Here we find every person trying to chase peons or any one that is working in stamp office. Knowledgeble person (especially agents) is ready with tips to be given and gets his work done faster. But people coming for Abhay Yojana are new, so they keep moving from window to window with their queries.5 The procedure of geting Bank Drafts should be made known or mentioned properly at some right place because Abhay Yojana needs two separate drafts, one for Stamp Duty and one for Penalty with Bank letter confirming the same. Two drafts and hence office has to issue two receipts, this leads to double work for staff. The reasons best know to the Authorities.6 In short there is total chaos when one goes to the Stamp Office and it seems that there is total lack of infrastracture with no one to care for or guide you for anything.Our Association went and approached the Collector, Stamp Office Chembur, Shri Ravi Patil when the scheme was out, with the request to organise a workshop in the suburb of Mulund which was to be totally sponsored by our Association. A workshop where people are taught as to the requirements for Abhay Yojana and to answer different queries that people have in their mind. But Shri Patil turned down our request as they didnt had anything or anyone to look after such work shops and due to the Amnesty Scheme going on, their department was loaded with extra work.We are sure that due to lack of knowledge very few people will be able to take advantage of this scheme, as most of the agents try to cimplicate the matter with their clients asking for too many papers, sometimes evey chain agreements (which are not required). Finally they behave as if they can settle the same with few papers provided they are given proper fees as certain amount has to be passed on to the officials if his work is to get done with given documents.We request you to kindly take up this matter so that many can opt for this scheme and maximum can take advantage which will result into excellent revenue for the Government.

RPI rasta Roko Mulund Eastern Highway

Making mockery of Government slogan JAGO GRAHAK JAGO telling every customer BE A SMART CUSTOMER (advertisement by Ministry of Consumer Affairs

Imagine a same brand, same quantity, same packing having double MRP (Maximum Retail Price) in Mall then the MRP it has for selling in small retail counters.

Company with the name Priya Biscuits in connivance with big malls have went to an extent that their product Coconut Crunch, with pack weighing 350 gms and same packaging and contents has an MRP of Rs. 35/- which is sold in Big Bazar, where as the supplier who caters to the small retail shops has the same product with same quantity and pack being offered to small retailers with MRP printed on the pack as Rs. 20/-.

Here the Big Bazaar is offering scheme One Free on the purchase of one pack with their bill showing the NET SAVING on purchasing from Big Bazaar as Rs. 35/-.(is this the genuine saving a customer has done?)

Is this the scheme or fooling on the innocent customers ? is this the progress being made by the Government Department who is all out to educate customers through the advertising spending lakhs of rupees and doing nothing to curb such cheating being done by such big retails and companies ? Customers are under the impression that they have saved 50% by buying from malls and the impression is created that small retailers are cheats as they don’t pass the schemes.

We have with us both the packs for your information and also the bill issued by Big Bazaar who is shouting from the roof top that they offer a huge discounts. We have attached with this email a photo file consisting of Pack photos with its bills.

Kindly take action on the war footing as we feel that no one should take customers for granted.

Khade the best...

खा

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बेस्ट कर्मचा-यांची एक बेस्ट आयडिया आहे. ते ऑन डयुटी असताना आपले नाव कुणालाही सांगत नाहीत. ते सर्वजन आकडयात बोलतात.म्हणजे नंबरात नावे सांगतात.(यातील बहुतेक कर्मचारी आकडे खेळणारे असतात. कदाचित कंडक्टर असल्याने सातत्याने त्यांच्यावर आकडेमोडीचा परिणाम होत असेल.) सांगावयाचे म्हणजे थांब्या-थांब्यावर तसेच बसमध्ये देखील त्यांची आकडेमोड सुरूचं असते. याचा परिणाम त्यांच्यावर इतका झालाय की, प्रत्येक प्रवाश्यांनी देखील आकडेमोड करीत रहावे असे त्यांना वाटतेय. जे प्रवासी बिच्चारे मुकाटयाने प्रवास करू ईच्छितात त्यांचे सध्या खूपचं वांदे झालेत.उदाहरणार्थ एखाद्या प्रवाश्याने निमूटपणे त्याला हव्या त्या बस थांब्याचे तिकिट त्याने मागितल्यास त्याला सदर थांब्याचे दर माहित हवेत,बेस्टच्या भाषेत सांगावयाचे झाल्यास प्रवाश्यास आकडेमोड करता आली पाहिजे.नाहीतर प्रवाश्यास नाहक भुर्दंड पडतोच शिवाय त्याची सर्वांसमोर मानहानी निरीक्षरांकडून केली जाते हे विशेष.

मुलुंड पश्चिमेस नुकतीच अशी एक घटना घडली.समाजात चांगले नाव असलेली एक व्यक्ती तीन-हात नाका ठाणे येथील बस-थांब्यावरून 496 नंबरच्या बसमध्ये चढली. त्यांनी कंडक्टर(15106) कडून निर्मल-लाईफ थांब्याचे तिकिट मागितले. त्याप्रमाणे सदर कंडक्टर(

15106) ने त्या व्यक्तीस तिकिट दिले. काहीवेळाने निर्मल-लाईफ बस-थांबा आल्याने ती व्यक्ती बसमधून उतरली. सदर व्यक्ती थांब्यावर उतरताच बेस्ट निरिक्षक ( बिल्ला क्र.706) यांनी ह्या व्यक्तीकडे तिकिटाची विचारणा केली असता, त्याने त्याच्याजवळील तिकिट दर्शविले. मात्र ( बिल्ला क्र.706) निरीक्षकाने त्या व्यक्तिस थांबवून त्याची उलटतपासणी सुरू केली. तरीदेखील सदर व्यक्तीने आपण तीन-हात नाका ते निर्मल-लाईफ अशा प्रवासाचे तिकिट मागितले होते त्यानुसार कंडक्टर(बिल्ला क्र.15106) ने मला तिकिट दिले. त्यानंतर ( बिल्ला क्र.706) निरीक्षकाने कंडक्टर(बिल्ला क्र.15106) यांस याबाबत विचारले तेंव्हा प्रवासमार्ग बरोबर असून मीच हे तिकीट दिले आहे असे कंडक्टर(बिल्ला क्र.15106)ने सांगितले. मात्र कंडक्टरने योग्य दराचे तिकिट दिले नसल्याचे( बिल्ला क्र.706) निरिक्षकाच्या लक्षात आले. त्याने केवळ कंडक्टरचा नंबर घेतला आणि बस सोडली.ह्या गदारोळात बिच्चा-या प्रवाश्याच्या सुरूवातीस काही लक्षात आले नव्हते पंरतू ( बिल्ला क्र.706) निरिक्षराने सर्वांसमोर त्याचा अपमान तर केलाच शिवाय आपण सुशिक्षित असल्याने प्रत्येक बस-थांब्याचे भाडे आपणास माहित असायला हवे ते माहित नसल्याने आपण गुन्हेगार आहात नशिब तुम्हचे तुम्हांस दंड न भरताच केवळ चार रूपयांचे एक तिकिट घ्यावे लागेल असे फर्मावले.हे ऐकून त्या व्यक्तीने निरिक्षकास सांगितले,'' साहेब आपल्या कंडक्टरने मला चुकीचे तिकिट दिले हा काय माझा गुन्हा आहे काय? तसेच माझी काही एक चुक नसताना तुम्ही उलट मलाचं दम देताय. प्रत्येक प्रवाश्यास हरऐक बस-थांब्याचे भाडेदर माहीत असणे अनिवार्य नाही.'' तरीदेखील ( बिल्ला क्र.706) निरीक्षक ऐकले नाहीत.त्यांनी लोंकासमोर आक्रसताळेपणा सुरूच ठेवला.त्यानंतर त्यांचे वरिष्ठ अधिकारी योगेश पांडे यांच्याकडे ही बाब नेली असता त्यांनी सदर कंडक्टरची तक्रार नोंदविण्याचा सल्ला दिला आणि अशा केसमध्ये निरिक्षक किंवा आपण काही करू शकत नाही असे हताशपणे सांगितले.मात्र प्रवाश्यांकडून नाहक दंड वसूली तसेच त्यांची मानहानी बेमालूपणे करण्याचा यांना अधिकार आहे यावरून दिसून आले. ह्या घटनेनंतर ( बिल्ला क्र.706)निरीक्षक आपण एखादे युध्द जिंकल्याच्या त्वेषात निर्मल-लाईफ बस-थांब्यावर वेडेचाळे करीत होते. त्यांचे त्या अवस्थेतील छायाचित्र येथे मुद्दामहून देत आहोत.आजवर बेस्ट प्रशासन कर्मचा-यांवर अन्याय करतेय असे वाटत होते पंरतू ( बिल्ला क्र.706) यांची वर्तणूक पहाता प्रशासन योग्य आहे असे वाटते. सदर घटना छोटी नसल्याने सदर प्रवाशी व्यक्तीने मुंलुड बेस्ट आगारात तक्रारवहीत तक्रार नोंदवलेली आहे.कारण आज शेकडो अडाणी प्रवाशी बसमधून प्रवास करीत आहेत त्यांना भाडेदर माहीत नसते. अशा प्रवाश्यांवर अन्याय होऊ नये असे आपणास वाटते यास्तव तक्रार नोंदविल्याचे त्या व्यक्तीने सांगितले.इतकेच नव्हे तर मुंलुंड बेस्ट आगाराचे अधिकारी भिसे .यांनीदेखील आपणास भाडेदर माहित नसल्याचे सांगितले.त्यामुळेच बेस्ट प्रशासन यावर काय निर्णय घेतेय ते कळेलचं नाहीतर या घटनेकडे बेस्ट प्रशासन खाsssss..डे दि 'बेस्ट' डे न समजले म्हणजे झाले. ( बिल्ला क्र.706 निरीक्षक यांचे नाव खाडे असल्याचे कळते.)

Samrat Drama By Dr. Milin Sejwal

Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha Sammalan

11th “Annual Rajiv Gandhi Awards”

The 11^th Rajiv Gandhi Awards were presented to the awardees amidst lots of fanfare on 17^th August 2008 at NCPA, Mumbai. The award ceremony started with Sajid Khan as the host who enthralled the crowd with his slapstick commentary & was later joined by Tisca Chopra. Charan Singh Sapra MLC and convener of the Rajiv Gandhi Awards initiated the function with his foreword on the institution of the award by following Rajiv ji’s ideologies of recognizing talents and achievements of Indians globally. The first performance was of Rakhi Sawant who performed on patriotic songs, a very unlikely act, followed by Rajeev & Kamya Punjabi of Comedy Circus fame. The comedy element was further raised by stand up act by Navin Prabhakar of Laughter Challenge. Shankar Ehsan & Loy also presented a medley of songs from their films. The highlight of the whole functions was foot stepping performances by Kareena Kapoor and Salman Khan.

The awards were presented by Shri. Digvijay Singh, Gen. Secy.AICC, Shri. Vilasrao Deshmukh, Shri. Rajiv Shukla, Shri. Eknath Gaikwad, Shri. Kripashankar Singh, Kiron Kher, Producer Vipul Shah, Geeta Basra, Yukta Mookhey,Nagma, Sudhanshu Pandey, and so on.

Digvijay Singh in his brief address congratulated Charan Singh Sapra and said that “ Coming from the rural state of Madhya Pradesh into this high profile function and further presenting a award to actress Lara Dutta and Anna Hazare will really be a memorable moment for me”. Vilasrao Deshmukh added humor to his speech by specifically mentioning that “ the awardees and presnters keep changing every year but he still remains one permanent invitee and presenter since its inception”.Also this program turned out to be a memorable moment for Kripashankar Singh as it was during the function the announcement came from delhi of his appointment as the new MRCC president.

Charan Singh Sapra in his address welcomed all the award recipients and thanked Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Shri. Vilasrao Deshmukh for supporting him to make this event a grand success since past 10 years.

The list of luminous awardees of year 2008 is as stated below;

Mr. Baba Kalyani – Industrialist, Mr. Vir Sanghvi- Journalism, Shri Anna Hazare-Social Field, Mr. Baichung Bhutia-Sports, Mr. Sunny Varkey- Educationist, Mr. Sameer Gehlaut-Young Entrepreneur, Ms. Vandana Luthra-Women Achiever, Mr. Malkit Singh (UK) -Global Indian,Mr. Dalip Singh Rana (The Great Khali)-Super Achiever, Mr. Mehul Choksi-Innovative Marketing, Mr. Saif Ali Khan-Actor

Ms. Lara Dutta-Actress, Master Darsheel Safary-Child Prodigy

ISSUED BY:

Charan Singh Sapra, MLC

Convener- Rajiv Gandhi Awards -9892244223

Congressmen from Mulund felicitate Kripashankar Singh on his appointment as MRCC president

Kripashankar Singh was appointed the president of Mumbai Congress on 17^th August 2008, his appointment was announced during the Rajiv Gandhi Awards function after which congress party workers from Mulund along with MLC Charan Singh Sapra congratulated and felicitated him.

Photograph: - MLC Charan Singh Sapra along with Rajesh Ingle of Youth Congress and Kishor Mundekal of INTUC felicitating Kripashankar Singh on his appointment as the new MRCC chief