Thanks Rose. Yes, I had seen that but it is only a mild distraction:
1. Jerusalem is not a country.
2. The proposal has not been implemented as far I am aware.
3. Jerusalem's proposal was for unoccupied property with overseas owners.
Goa's proposal is for owners outside the State even when
Dear Eddie
Here is my response to your posting on the above.
EF1: Jerusalem is not a country.
RF1: Goa is not a country either as far as I am aware and this posting
is on Goa. Unless while I was mildly distracted
a magic wand was used to make it into one!
Apologies, cannot respond
Selma, the Non-Occupancy Tax proposal is just a jingoistic jibe designed to
woo those with the lowest level of intelligence to vote for Congress. It
does not have even a remote possibility of becoming law because:
1. The Union Policy is to woo NRIs to India.
2. As far as I am aware, no state in
I see the points Eddie has made. The Congress hasn't put its manifesto
out but rather testing the waters by leaking out some issues on which
the election would be fought. The NRI commissioner is on the Congress
drafting committee and, hence, the NRIs should hope he would see that
nothing is in the
Dear Eddie
When I read point 2. in your posting As far as I am aware, no state in India
or country in the world has such a law I googled
non-occupancy tax and saw the following article by David Lev dated 11 October
2011: Absentee owner tax could slash
Jerusalem rent prices. Not sure if it has
Dear Eugene,
Re: I see the points Eddie has made.
Response: I do not think you do as you are leaping to conclusions without
the facts .
Re: The Congress hasn't put its manifesto out but rather testing the waters
...
Response: This is not just an election idea but was first put out, I think,
in
I had posted this post, because I know people of substance read Goanet, to keep
their pulse on the NRI community. I also hope Goan Associations worldwide take
cognisance of it and engage in debate, which I know at least is happening in
the UK. I hope Gulf Goans and Canadian Goans galvanize as
