No surprise!
Every year we wait for the national budget and subsequent increase of prices. This year because of our over-transparent Finance Ministry we did not have to wait for long. Most of the figures of ups and downs of tax and other related matters were in our knowledge much before. The only thing we had to check was whether the finance minister pronounced the figures accurately. We were not disheartened. Because of transparency of the ministry the car importers did bumper business assisted by transparent customs officials. They even risked their lives to climb up the car-loaded vessels in high sea, ignoring stormy weather!
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