Brewing a change

January 22, 2019 12:00

A senior tax official's experience at a tea shop at Bhopal's Raja Bhoj Airport will have an unintended, yet welcome, consequence for travellers to follow -- more affordable cups of their favourite beverages. Recently, when the chief income tax (I-T) commissioner of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, R K Paliwal, went to buy a cup of tea at the shop, he was shocked to learn that a cup of tea was for Rs 143 and a cup of coffee was for Rs 171.

The 1986-batch Indian Revenue Service officer, who is known for his simplicity, found the rates unacceptably high. He is said to have asked the shop owner to stop "looting the public as many lower- and middle-class people use flights these days'. Concerned officials of the airport have now decided to install eight vending machines to make tea and coffee more affordable for travellers. -- Business Standard

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