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Tell me about it! It's not just the RBI, every nook and cranny of Indian politics and bureaucracy is laden with such mentality, the only thing they know is str

Tell me about it! It's not just the RBI, every nook and cranny of Indian politics and bureaucracy is laden with such mentality, the only thing they know is strangle the bottlenecks, it is ridiculous! I can't pay Aliexpress because they don't go along with paypal so well, for whatever reason, credit card transactions are declined everytime, because of the RBI's strangling policies, and this is with the leading national bank, can't pay via western union because for some reason you can send money to India but not from India, There is huge fee for bank to bank wire transfer, and no other way via post or any other. Such are the sad affairs of finance management in India. And about other departments plagued too, I went to get petrol for my vehicle, which I couldn't drive to the station for it was that dry, on another vehicle to get some in a can. They outrightly refused to give oil in can because someone above passed an order restricting sale of oil in cans or bottles, the order seemed to be aimed at petrol used in protests, petrol bombs, and vandalism. I tried 2-3 stations but in vain. India is emerging as a censoring and surveillance state fast, and the way it curtails things it soon might surpass US, Russia, China. Just wait and watch!

icebraining 12y ago
You can't just buy gas in a can here in Portugal either, and the same is true in other European countries and in Brazil. You need to have a certified recipient, due to safety concerns related to spills and gases that might leak. What's annoying is that stations often don't sell them, so you need to carry one in your car.
- testbeta 12y ago
  Spills and gases are not even close to being on their agenda here, they just want to curb vandalism by denying them easy access to gas, for someone who really wants petrol for purposes other than as fuel in vehicles, it isn't that difficult to siphon some out of gas tanks of vehicles. That's how I did it, otherwise I wouldn't ever get to drive that vehicle again. How do you keep a can in car, if they don't sell it in cans, how do get oil in cans?
jeyaganeshn 12y ago
Aliexpress: I was able to do it via my Visa debit card.
- testbeta 12y ago
  They don't accept debit cards anymore.

icebraining 12y ago

You can't just buy gas in a can here in Portugal either, and the same is true in other European countries and in Brazil. You need to have a certified recipient, due to safety concerns related to spills and gases that might leak. What's annoying is that stations often don't sell them, so you need to carry one in your car.

testbeta 12y ago
Spills and gases are not even close to being on their agenda here, they just want to curb vandalism by denying them easy access to gas, for someone who really wants petrol for purposes other than as fuel in vehicles, it isn't that difficult to siphon some out of gas tanks of vehicles. That's how I did it, otherwise I wouldn't ever get to drive that vehicle again. How do you keep a can in car, if they don't sell it in cans, how do get oil in cans?

jeyaganeshn 12y ago

Aliexpress: I was able to do it via my Visa debit card.

testbeta 12y ago
They don't accept debit cards anymore.