Letters: Window dressing | Business Standard
Letters: Window dressing | Business Standard
Window dressing
This refers to the report “Your wait for that big I-T refund just got
longer”( Business Standard, November 25). I wish the report is not based on
facts. Not because I am waiting for a ‘huge income tax refund’. But, merely to
have the comfort that in addition to all the allegations GOI is already being
subjected to, the finance ministry doesn’t end up defending accusations of
‘window-dressing’, managed by doubtful accounting practices to show a lower
deficit figure.
It is tough to coprehend how delayed payment of amounts which have
already become payable will reduce the expenditure. Anything is possible,
because we are hearing about thousands of crores of ‘unclaimed’ deposits with
EPFO, LIC, banks and so on and huge balances yet to reach the fund managers
even under the New(National) Pension System.
With all the development in technology, can we not think of a more transparent
accounting system for public funds?
M
G Warrier, Mumbai
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