The feeling of beind "Indian" has to come from within. People should be made to realize that if they do something which is not right (black / illegal / cash transaction etc., without proper documentation), what will be the ill effects of the same?
Forget about some ill-informed business persons doing this kind of transactions....
I can quote examples within the so called 'prosperous and global' IT community people.
When they return from their trips from either US / Europe / Australia and have USD, Euros to convert, would some of them not handover their hard earned USD/Euros (in cash) to un-authorized conversion agencies or individuals who offer to pay 2-3 rupees per dollar more than the RBI rate?
Some of them feel that if you do it through an authorized forex firms, an entry will be made in the passport about the amount of money converted and they feel liable to be answerable to the I-T department.
All this unaccounted "foreign currency" is what is one of the major source of funding for these kinds of activities.
If only each of us establish a strict code of personal ethics and values and promise ourselves to adhere by it, we can create a legacy of principled values that we can pass it on to our next generations, too...
Think about it guys...
[PS: I didn't mean intentionally / unintentionally to hurt any sentiments. If I did, I regret the same]
RE:Pride of being
by Sree. on Feb 13, 2008 02:45 PM Permalink
Hey common man,
You are right in some since.. but here the problem is "SURVIVAL for EXISTENCE". What ever IT people bring form other countries is not that of black money, but it hard earned money saved with out eating or staying in low cost rooms. You should think of politicians and business men who do play with lots of black money and increased the prices like any thing. IT people wont have that capability as they need to pay the tax strictly every month. One can find more money with the uneducated politicans rather than hardworking IT guys. To be fact, being A IT employee I could not even purchase a 30*40 site in the outskirts of Bangalore till date thats the fate, but people doing business, Govt employees(like police dept, IAS, politicians) has already has more than 10 buildings in bangalore. From where they get this money though they earn less than IT employees.
To be fact with your second point of thirdparty people, there are no routs now a dows who will give you money with out passports. Every person will demand for a passport though you got the high reputed agency or a normal person, still you need to give a xerox copy of your passport for exchange.
I have seen almost all guys in our company giving the copy of passport before they exchange and moreover the bank people itlsef will give you the good exchange rate now a days.
RE:Pride of being
by spg on Feb 13, 2008 03:20 PM Permalink
I totally agree with you. The Problem with this country is the politician and their corrupt babus. They need to be reined first. I just don;t understand why they target innocent IT people.Is it a crime to work hard and earn more at the same time pay tax before you get the salary. Ask any of ur goverment employee to come and work in this IT industry, the very next they will run away from the job. They can't survive the pressure for a single day. We are rewarded for the work we do and the pressure we stand. Unlike the babus of goverments offfice, who is paid to take bribe from tax payers. Why doon't every single government employee undertsnad that the salary they get comes from tax payersa money and they are there to serve the people of this country, not to rule them. They need to be polite with the people who pay their salary and they are none other than common public -The Tax payers.
RE:Pride of being
by kethireddy vasu on Feb 13, 2008 06:46 PM Permalink
Exactly..thats when the educated people take those jobs all these jobs are filled by the people with low education or recomendation and who cant be polite unless you know the person personally..be it RTO,muncipality or even university employees....infact its the only IT people i can atleast say no chances of corruption.proud to be in that, all that earned is hard earned...
