Technically what u did is against the law. No second thoughts about it but having said that what was the need to mail the cash, you could have used western union and similiar to send the cash back home. moreover, I fail to understand why people carry INR to outside of india knowing fully that currency will be useless there. I almost travel once in quarter to US or Europe due to business & just carry my Debit & credit card. serves me well since cards are accepted everywhere including uber / Ola . Been a while that i have carried cash to outside india...
^^ Because cash may be required when you get back to India. You think credit card readers have any sort of reliability in India? My sister had twice had to resort to cash after landing in India when credit/debit cards failed her. My sister always keeps 10K in cash with her for such contingencies.
During demonetization, I had to go without lunch/supplies numerous times after credit/debit card readers at stores or at our cafeteria failed due to over usage and banks and ATM's were not getting supplied with cash. Even now, there are numerous times, when I have to resort to cash due to failure of digital payment options.
Yes, people did faced hard ship for few days but than those who were clean were happy.
That is a load of bullshit. I have always paid my taxes without skimping a single Paisa unlike the people who use every trick in the book to evade taxes using fake rent and medical and travel receipts and then preach about nationalism. So, why did I have to suffer while the black money hoarders were merry? And my hardships were nothing compared to the hardships of those who dropped dead while standing in lines at banks.
Don't also forget that not everyone has access to a debit or credit card. My mother has two bank accounts with nationalized banks and has had only ATM cards for both. Same story with many of my relatives in smaller towns.
The Indian justice system is built in the premise that not a single innocent person should get punished even if it means 100 criminals could go unpunished. This is why criminals often go unpunished when there isn't enough evidence to satisfy a court of law. "Innocent until proven guilty".
The govt flipped this around and punished everyone under the pretext of catching the guilty. Again its just a pretext. So, how is this travesty of justice that was demonetization acceptable. The govt has failed the moment when a single innocent person suffered because of it.
Yeah, So cash in any economy is not good because that means your economy is informal Until how far do you continue to let people do business informally. How do u bring whole money into system & make it work when people are not willing. Money lying in mattress is nothing more than junk since it;s job is not to get hoarded but Get circulated so that it reaches those who really needs it.
Again a load of bullshit. There is nothing informal about using cash. Currency is just a commonly understood and accepted form of bartering. Trade can happen even without govt issued currency. For example, during demonetization, there were markets where paper/plastic tokens were issued against a single lump sum payment that acted as currency in the market.
Removing the people's access to their money and putting it under control of govt is the first step towards making a country a dictatorship. Cash is present in US economy too and there are many people there who exclusively use cash for transactions and rest assured that the people would never let it be removed from the economy and for good reason.
Digital payments doesn't prevent black money. Majorty of the black money movement is in digital form. Corrupt politicians and businessmen do not move huundreds or thousands of crores of money in physical form. Physical money loses its practicality once you go beyond a few 10's of crores.
We first need to understand that why taxation exists in first place unless we understand that , we will continue to question its vary existence. When those with money are not allowing its distribution to those who really need them, than you got to force them.
There are two purposes of taxation in a democracy
1. Provide amenities required by the tax payers
2. Improve the way of life for the less fortunate.
The govt is a hired servant of the people put in place to utilize the taxes to work for the common good of the people. When people start admiring/adoring/idolizing political leaders, they have ceased fulfilling their fundamental duty as a citizen of the country and allowing them to abuse the system.
Honest people have no problem paying their taxes, but the duty of the people doesn't stop there. Questioning the govt at every turn and putting them in check is a duty of the people. Secondly, the biggest travesty is the selective application. Modi talks big about black money, but what about the black money of the people in his own cabinet.
I pay my taxes faithfully and get nothing to show for it, but what about people like Nitin Gadkari who have never paid a paisa of tax in his life. His annual income as per his ITR was 44.5K in 2009 and 2.4 Lac in 2014. This was part of his own signed affidavit submitted to EC which can be looked up. He spent 200 crore on his son's wedding in 2010 and 200+ crore on his daughters wedding in Dec 2016 right in the middle of demonetization when common people were dying to get their own money. He hired 50 chartered planes to bring guests. I even made complaints to IT dept using the email ids provided for whistle blowing, but no response and nothing done.
Don't you think it is hypocrisy to preach about black money and their own ranks were filled with black money hoarders. A signed affidavit with false details is a criminal offense and enough to not only disqualify from elected role, but also to put somebody in jail.
You definition of govt needs to be fine tunes. We generally think that govts are all about good things but in reality they are all about everything. they end up doing lots of dirty work for larger good of us but since we people have a very narrow view of things, we end up getting offended thinking govt should not be doing this and that... Demon can be considered an example as such but i am sure it will help us in longer run.
It is literally the fundamental duty of all citizens to question and criticize the govt at every turn. Doesn't matter who is in power. Anybody who doesn't do that is acting against the interests of the nation and hence is an anti-national. Questioning the govt or the armed forces or any entity that is funded from tax payers is not anti-national behavior, but not doing that is anti national. Tax evasion is also anti national behavior even if people think saving a few thousands using fake receipts is not has bad as frauds worth thousands of crores.
