India and the Tax Theft

India, in the world, has been known for its traditional knowledge and use of herbs and medicinal plants as remedy and precaution. Perhaps, it is one of the richest countries in terms of traditional knowledge of medicines and science.

Today, though India lags behind other developed nations when it comes to research and development in medicines and food products, but still our indigenous process to combat diseases is doing wonders. Ayurveda is one of India's most precious achievement.

Once ayurveda & yoga were a regular practice in India. In recent times, ayurveda and yoga have sharply risen up in the lives of the citizens of India and also the belief of common mass in these practices has strengthened.

It feels great to be part of the society which is so rich in terms of heritage. But, the most important matter of concern is that the market captured by the firms dealing in yogic and ayurvedic products & services is quite huge and few instances of unfair practices suggest that it could be very dangerous for us in future.
For example, I have been visiting a ayurvedic clinic for a pretty long time and i have purchased things from more than 4 branches of their clinics. It is disheartening to note that despite being one of the biggest name in the market for ayurvedic products and yoga, they are involved in unfair practices of business either intentionally or unintentionally. I have seen many instances where the clinic persons refuse to provide printed bill or the cash memo for the purchased items. The few of the reasons they quote are 'Printer is not working', 'We donot have cash memos printed currently', and they hand over a handwritten sum of amount on a rough sheet which has no credibility later. If this is the clear case of tax theft and profit maximization, then it must be dealt seriously as these biggies are playing with our faith in them and their appearances in the masses.

The same practice has been found at various branches of their clinic. We Indians treat every great person like god, but they, who have some hidden intention of making money out of public faith are not worthy of it. This is the time when we should become aware of the rules and policies which are useful for our own benefit and which are meant for the prosperity of the country. Tax saving/Theft is a crime. Lets stop it here itself. Do not let this plague spread further.

'BEWARE! Always ask for a printed bill whenever you buy some article. Don't get caught in the trap of tax theft.

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