Haryana Cabinet on Tuesday accorded approval for rationalization of VAT on aviation turbine fuel (ATF), one time settlement scheme pertaining to the mining sector, and staffing policy, work assessment norms for all government offices in the state among other agendas.
The cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar decided to extend one percent concessional rates of VAT on all passenger flights in Haryana to boost connectivity and tourism across the country.
A spokesman said that a meeting was held between Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Chief Minister on October 13 in which it was decided to reduce the VAT rates on air turbine fuel from 20 percent to just one percent.
Concessional rate of one percent VAT on ATF was applicable on UDAAN flights under Regional Connectivity Scheme for a period of three years from August 1, 2018. It was decided to extend one percent concessional rate to all passenger flights for a period of three years and levy one percent concessional VAT on ATF for MRO related activities and in adventure activities, he said.
The rate of VAT on the sale of ATF is prescribed in entry 3A (tax at 20 percent) and 3B (for RCS Flights, tax at1 percent) of Schedule A, appended to the Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003, the spokesman said.
During the cabinet meeting, Haryana Government also approved a proposal regarding creation of ‘work assessment norms’ for work assessment of an assistant and a branch and ‘staffing policy’ for all government offices in the state.
Formulation of work assessment norms and proforma to conduct work-study for each department in the state would be done by the staff inspection unit of Administrative Reforms Department. The formulation of ‘staffing policy’ will fix criteria to create new posts of officers and officials for Haryana Government offices, the spokesman said.
An empowered committee under the Chief Secretary will be constituted to monitor and review the working of Government Department in the State by arranging periodical assessment of the working of all of the Departments in State, with a view of ensure, their most economical and effective functioning.
In another key decision, the cabinet decided to given exemption to stage carriage buses owned by State Transport Undertakings of national capital region states i.e. Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and NCT of Delhi other than State of Haryana from liability to pay Motor Vehicle Tax under Reciprocal Common Transport Agreement.
The spokesman said that Haryana has given exemption in Motor Vehicle Tax to stage carriage buses owned by State Transport Undertakings of NCR States other than Haryana, that is U.P., Rajasthan and NCT of Delhi. It will help promote seamless movement of stage carriage buses owned by STUs of NCR States operating in NCR districts of Haryana.
The government also approved “one time settlement scheme” to resolve issues pertaining to the mining sector in the state under the “Vivado Ka Samadhan” initiative. Under OTS, the state has decided to resolve issues like dues for period before obtaining environmental clearance and consent to operate, dues for Suspension period, non-execution of agreement, refusal of environmental clearance among other issues.
It also gave green signal to the revised “Samadhan Se Vikas” scheme to enable recovery of long pending EDC dues. The scheme was formulated to enable recovery of long pending EDC dues on July 6, 2020.
The spokesman said that an amount of Rs 1130.13 crore has been recovered under this policy till September 30, 2021. As of now approximately Rs. 14932.87 crore EDC outstanding with the colonizer/developers. Out of these outstanding dues, Rs 7965.17 cr is principal amount whereas Rs. 1606.43 cr is interest amount and Rs 5361.27 cr is penal interest amount. The scheme was thus not extended after September 30, 2021, he added.
The spokesman further said that the cabinet also gave nod to the proposal of Excise and Taxation Department regarding delegation of power of Council of Ministers to the Chief Minister for the next six months under Haryana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. Keeping in view the need for amendment of rules, tax rates and other provisions related to GST, it is necessary to delegate the powers of the Council of Ministers to the Chief Minister
The government also approved a policy for issue and utilization of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) for land aggregation and development of External Development Works and infrastructure in the development plan area.
An approval was also given to a proposal regarding transfer of subject of administration of the Haryana Compulsory Marriages Registration Act, 2008 to Citizen Resources Information Department (CRID).
CRID is the nodal department for handling of all citizen resources information and marriage constitutes a key element of the family structure information maintained by CRID. The Department was constituted in April 2020, with the specific task of implementation of the Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP).
The spokesman said that over the last year and half, the PPP database has seen a registration of over 64 lakh families with 2.48 crore individuals, of which 55 lakh families with 2.18 crore individuals had given their signed consent. CRID has also linked the PPP database with the birth, death and marriage registration systems. The online marriage registration portal https://shaadi.esdisha.gov.in of the Government was developed by CRID in December 2020 and is the designated portal for receiving applications for registration of marriages and scheduling of appointments, he added.