Stamp duty and fees of Rs 115.69 lakh was short-realised on registration of liquor sale, certificate of sale and conveyance deeds in the State during the year ending March 31, 2019, revealed the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its revenue sector report tabled in the State Assembly on Tuesday.
It marked ‘deficiencies’ in regulation of Mohua flower utilisation and production of Out Still (OS) liquor. It also recommended strengthening the enforcement and internal control mechanism and amending rules for imposition of specific penalty amount for each violation. The reported recommended to the Government to fix the maximum retail price (MRP) of OS liquor sold in pouches,
take required steps to ensure payment of minimum sale price to the vendors and conduct review of storage license fee commensurate with storage capacity of the licencees. On the Motor Vehicle Tax, it said that the motor vehicle tax and additional tax of Rs 26.74 crore and penalty of Rs 53.48 crore were not realised from registered owners of 27,413 goods carriages and contract carriages.
Further, Rs 4.06 crore and penalty of Rs. 8.12 crore was not realised from registered owners of 13,520 tractor-trailer combinations, private service vehicles and educational institution buses, it said.
The permit database of the State Transport Authority was not interlinked with regional transport authorities, which resulted in short realisation of tax, it said.”