An interesting thing happened today. I started receiving frantic calls this morning from an officer at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Bangalore, who shall go unnamed. She had got my number from a colleague, who I met in the course of a GLAM meeting we organised earlier in the year. This officer was trying to claim exemption from lifetime road tax on her newly purchased car. (All central government employees are exempt from this road tax). The Regional Transport Authority office she went to refused to give her this exemption, on the grounds that the NGMA Bangalore was not listed as a central government office or agency on Wikipedia, either here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_agencies#Ministry_of_Culture or here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_%28India%29
(Additionally, NGMA Delhi and Mumbai were also not listed as agencies/offices of the Ministry of Culture).
Now that the problem has been solved, after about 30 seconds of editing, her bona fides as a central government employee will hold good for the regional government department she is trying to convince, and she will get the exemption she is entitled to.
It's funny how the world works...
On 23 August 2011 17:10, Achal Prabhala aprabhala@gmail.com wrote:
from this road tax). The Regional Transport Authority office she went to refused to give her this exemption, on the grounds that the NGMA Bangalore was not listed as a central government office or agency on Wikipedia, either here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_agencies#Ministry_of_Culture or here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_%28India%29
+1 to the funny aspect , those guys should read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia
Regards, Pavithran
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