Governor Syed Ahmad in a meeting with all departments concerned with revenue generation viz commercial taxes department, transport department, Mining & Geology Department reviewed the revenue generated these department. In the Governor instructed the revenue collection department to achieve the revenue collection target and said there should be no laxity in the collection of it.
The Governor said development of the State depends on revenue collection hence official should discharge their responsibility with utmost sincerity. Several revenue related issues are pending in the courts and the officials need to work promptly to ensure that the matter is resolved in time, said Governor adding that such matters are an obstruction to revenue collection.
He also instructed the commercial taxes department to speedily dispose off cases pending with the department. Governor asked the department to frame result based work culture. Secretart, Commercial Taxes, M.R.Meena assured the Governor that the department will achieve the target of Rs. 6900 crore.
In the meeting Secretary, Mines & Geology Sunil Kumar Barnwal said the department will achieve more than the target of Rs 2900. He also said revenue collection will increase by Rs 300 crore if the rate of iron ore is revised.
The Governor also instructed authorities to curb illegal mining in the State and ensure that construction work does not get hamper due to uneven supply of sand and chips.
Advisors to Governor, K. Vijay Kumar & Madhukar Gupta, Principal Secretary to Governor, N.N.Sinha were also present in the review meeting.