The State Government has collected nontax revenue of Rs 3,902.58 crore by October-end against a target of Rs 9,013.56 crore for the current fiscal.
Replying to a question of Dr Raseshwari Panigrahy, Finance Minister Pradeep Kumar Amat said in the Assembly that the nontax revenue collection by October is 8.95 per cent more than the nontax revenue collected during the corresponding period of the last year.
The Government’s own nontax revenue is collected mainly by way of interest, dividend, water supply and sanitation cess, forest and wildlife tax, water cess and industrial revenue, the Minister said.
The collected own nontax revenue includes interest collection of Rs 93.70 crore, dividend of Rs 28.73 crore, water supply and cleaning tax of Rs 34.71 crore, forest and wildlife tax of Rs 72.22 crore, water cess of Rs 7.24 crore (Irrigation Water Rate) and Rs 280.89 crore (Industrial Water Rate), mining revenue of Rs 2944 crore and Rs 441.5 crore from other sources.