EASE OF DOING BUSINESS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION !
The government is going hammer and tongs about the ease of doing business, but
what about easing the bureautratic hurdles in the common man's lives? The
goverment aught to make the citizen's lives easier with efficient use of
computers and digitization by enacting administrative reforms urgently. The
infrastructure also is not upto the mark. The government it appears has not
learnt anything from the chaos caused during devasting implementatiof
demonitization and GST! At the post office are huge queues and such a waste of
time due computers slow or sometimes printer out of order for days on end. Same
problems I've witnessed at the banks and most government offices! My plight at
this main nationalised bank is illustrative. I wanted to transfer my live
account from the main nationalized branch in Panaji to same bank branch in
Porvorim, filling up the form for this transfer at the Porvorim branch. After a
week it has not been done. I ring up the Panaji manager. He is new and does not
know where Porvorim is. Fair enough. He wants a whole lot of information, bank
code etc which I give. Another week, no action. So I as a senior citizen, have
to undertake, in this monsoon and flooding weather, a trip to the bank in
Panaji, fill up the same form there, again necessary to give xerox of Aadhar,
Pan proof and so on. Same bank and I am not closing the account, or openning a
new one. The bank already has my full KYC details, phone number etc. This is
harassment. Unprepardness of the system, lack of clarity is causing havoc in
the common man's lives. My life is unnecessarily being made miserable under
the guise of security, black money, ease of doing business, government
convenience etc which appears on the way to make Goa with impunity, another
Mumbai as a flooded concrete lawless jungle. Incidentally note that self
attestation of Aadhar/Pan etc asked for everywhere these days (or you don't get
the service) can be misused and dangerous. A supreme court lawyer has advised
if you have to, under your signature, every time as a precaution mention the
date, purpose and "not to be used for other purpose".
