Strange are the ways of those who declare large incomes!

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One family declares an income of Two Trillion Rupees! 

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rs-2-lakh-crore-income-declaration-by-mumbai-family-being-investigated-government-1633843

Fantastic! If there were twenty other families like that, other Indians can quit their jobs and do whatever they like – writing philosophy, climbing Everest, practicing Holistic health, etc. The tax from the twenty-one families can be distributed to the rest of us, and we will take human life to a new plane!

What looks like small potatoes in comparison to the income of the Mumbai family, is the income declared by a poor businessman from Ahmadabad! He has declared only 150 Billion rupees! It is hard to save much in Ahmadabad nowadays!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Businessman-declares-Rs-13000-crore-under-disclosure-scheme-fails-to-pay-tax/articleshow/55748408.cms

Our real heroes are, however, two officers of the Karnataka Govt. who on their Govt. salaries have managed to save Rs 1.52 Billion!

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/Rs.-152-cr.-unearthed-in-3-days-two-Karnataka-officials-suspended/article16754145.ece

You see, vegetables are cheap in Bangalore! A frugal family can always save one or two billion rupees!