Addressing Corruption in Excise Depts
Below are your key inputs on issues and root causes for corruption in excise department. Kindly review and provide detailed inputs on what should be the specific solutions that need to be implemented to address them. We will soon compile the whitepaper to be shared with key stakeholders so actions can be taken to address this form of corruption.
We look forward to your inputs!
Transparency International India
Corruption in Excise Dept - Root Causes
1. Excise inspectors have a lot of authority and discretionary powers
2. They misuse this authority and take bribes
3. Excises processes have a lot of loop holes
4. Excise enquiry opens the doors to many other enquiries such as from the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department etc. Hence, people don’t mind paying bribes to excise inspectors
5. Traders make a lot of money by evading excise and therefore do not mind paying off the excise inspectors
6. Excise inspectors are happy to pay for transfers/promotions to bug business areas where they can make more money
7. Bribes are paid in form of kind so that it goes undetected
8. The excise laws have been made in such a manner that there is room for bribery
9. There is no easy/convenient way to report corruption in excise
10. Action against the corrupt is taken only in the rarest of the rare cases
11. Excise department still works with a lot of files and papers which adds fuel to cases of corruption.
Corruption in Excise Dept - Issues
1. There is an inspector raj in the excise department
2. Any job done in the local VAT office attracts a bribe
3. The central excise tax law is ambiguous and creates scope for corruption
4. Shopkeepers are harassed by excise officers
5. Traders are forced to pay bribes worth lakhs to let go of fines
6. Some factory owners bribe the inspectors to keep their eyes closed
7. The posts in excise department are auctioned and the rates are fixed depending upon the scope of making money
8. Excise inspectors make frequent visits to big businesses and ask for bribes in form of cash and kind. more
We look forward to your inputs!
Transparency International India
Corruption in Excise Dept - Root Causes
1. Excise inspectors have a lot of authority and discretionary powers
2. They misuse this authority and take bribes
3. Excises processes have a lot of loop holes
4. Excise enquiry opens the doors to many other enquiries such as from the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department etc. Hence, people don’t mind paying bribes to excise inspectors
5. Traders make a lot of money by evading excise and therefore do not mind paying off the excise inspectors
6. Excise inspectors are happy to pay for transfers/promotions to bug business areas where they can make more money
7. Bribes are paid in form of kind so that it goes undetected
8. The excise laws have been made in such a manner that there is room for bribery
9. There is no easy/convenient way to report corruption in excise
10. Action against the corrupt is taken only in the rarest of the rare cases
11. Excise department still works with a lot of files and papers which adds fuel to cases of corruption.
Corruption in Excise Dept - Issues
1. There is an inspector raj in the excise department
2. Any job done in the local VAT office attracts a bribe
3. The central excise tax law is ambiguous and creates scope for corruption
4. Shopkeepers are harassed by excise officers
5. Traders are forced to pay bribes worth lakhs to let go of fines
6. Some factory owners bribe the inspectors to keep their eyes closed
7. The posts in excise department are auctioned and the rates are fixed depending upon the scope of making money
8. Excise inspectors make frequent visits to big businesses and ask for bribes in form of cash and kind. more
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Bwssb and bbmp Bangalore Bwssb gives apartments approval to go ahead for kaveri water and sewerage. Bbmp people come in between and ask residents to take permission for road cutting. In fact bbmp must be facilitating road cutting after Bwssb approval without any request. This is the complaint residents in Bangalore are raising. THIS IS CORRUPTION. NO DOUBT. Please alert the authorities and address this matter for the citizens of Bangalore immediately. On 09-Jun-2016 9:39 am, "Sunil Tech" wrote: > Take a look at certifications like Java certification, ITIL certification > etc. A group of educated people told me this is another way foreign > countries r making from Indians by making them mandatory in certain > recruitments. R our institutions not being honored by those countries is > what this group of people have asked. Please check out urself and comment. > On 07-Jun-2016 9:51 pm, "Transparency Intl India" < > support@localcirclesmail.com> wrote: > >> more
Jun 09
As Central Excise is relatively more powerful than IT, they misuse their power totally with no exception. Thanks to Govt. The officials are representing Govt. to get bribe more
Jun 09
Minor Correction from Sajjan Paul's suggestion, Denomination above 100 should be withdrawn, because when someone travels by auto, pay bus fare from one city to another, there you may require 100 Rs, note. Other points are valid. more
Jun 09
Take a look at certifications like Java certification, ITIL certification etc. A group of educated people told me this is another way foreign countries r making from Indians by making them mandatory in certain recruitments. R our institutions not being honored by those countries is what this group of people have asked. Please check out urself and comment. On 07-Jun-2016 9:51 pm, "Transparency Intl India" < support@localcirclesmail.com> wrote: > more
Jun 09
