Customs

Staring into a Revenue Blackhole

Hartosh Singh Bal

Finance minister P Chidambaram has inherited a Customs and Excise mess, courtesy controversial CBEC officials

Confessions of a Duty-Free Shop Employee

“The biggest headache for duty-free staff is requisitions from state chief ministers’ offices... They usually ask for premium bottles of Scotch”

Confessions of a Customs Informer

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“I continued to tip off Customs like a good soldier. Even outgoing consignments of ketamine, mandrax, ecstasy tablets, heroin and red sanders have been caught thanks to me”

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Customs

Staring into a Revenue Blackhole

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Confessions of a Customs Informer

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