Iskra ( The Spark)

There are three modes of transportation in India - Road, Rail and Airway. In transportation, the fare of the journey is inversely proportional to the travel time. Means, in a mode where travel time is more, the fare will be lesser. i.e Ahmedabad - Mumbai - Bus fare is Rs.400 while for the flight it's Rs.2000.  So, Rich mainly travel by flights and Poor by road. Each mode of transportation is subsidized. From Air India to Indian railways to state transport corporations, each of one is subsidised. That is another debate. What I am trying to demonstrate here is how the government is moving towards the regressive policies which hurt the poor the most. You must hear about the Toll tax based road, Flexi fare of Railways, UDAN scheme of the civil aviation, Private Humsafar trains etc. In the following section, I try to decode the government mindset about public policy. If you read till the end, you will find that this is really a Suit -boot kee sarakar! Here I want to f...

                                                            An Act to amend law relating to the exemption from tolls of persons and property belonging to the Army or Air Force. It's interesting case :- This act came in force in 1901 , around 45 years before of independence and on other side we ( India ) allow toll base road in 1997 through NHAI amendment act . But , in these act Government give exemption only to Defence forces not to Service men as personal . Captain (Capt.)/Major (Maj.) Navdeep Singh  ,A  most decorated officer in the history of the Indian Territorial Army fight for proper implementation of  THE INDIAN TOLLS (ARMY AND AIR FORCE) ACT, ...

Troll tax , sorry  I am talking about Toll tax ! Every one is familiar with this world ! It's a tax taken from the vechiels which run on the BOT projects ! ( BOT-Build Operate Transfer ) , we can also call it PPP ( Public Private Partnership) projects ! Actualy in such projects there is no partnership of Public (Aam Aadami) , It's only for benefits of corporates ! ( Yeh public hai sab janati hai) ! Now , here is the story That Toll tax is totally ill-legal ting ! Supreme court said : on charging toll-tax under the built-operate transfer (BOT) scheme from motorists and said such a charge should not be levied for an incomplete or damaged road and also for the one that do not have an alternative route. Justice DK Jain: "This facility cannot be just a money-making machine," But main Question is Why we pay Toll tax ? ? For understanding Toll tax , we must have to know about petrol pricing and taxes on petroleum products ! We all know the basic price of  pet...