SC Handa has made an excellent proposal that "the NRIs should donate their old notes of RSM 500 and RS 1,000 towards the projects, Construction of toilets and Swatch India" [His letter AV, 7 Jan, p10 and his two projects].
Let us start an online campaign to collect for ONE project only, that is construction of toilets. There is also an urgent need to keep these toilets swatch as toilet habits, both by men and women, are diabolical in the case of a substantial part of the Indian population. That puts off many tourists to choose India as a destination. More importantly it is better hygiene for the Indians themselves.
Through the London High Commission in London, all Indian embassies and high commissions in the world could be coordinated for this online campaign and collect this money as Mr Handa recommends. I would happily donate the Rs 20,000 or so that I have here.
Demonetisation should be the beginning of corruption free India. The next step should be about bank statements. Currently they do not show payee's name against cheque payments; only cheque number is shown. Many payees insist on leaving the payee name blank or just state 'cash' as payee name.
Annual private drawings need to be declared on tax returns. They are often three or more times declared net income. That should be the third move.
Nagindas Khajuria
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