The Haryana Government on Wednesday decided to grant exemption in motor vehicle tax to auto rickshaws and taxis operating within the Delhi-national capital region (NCR).
The decision was taken during a meeting of the state cabinet held here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. An official statement said the decision will ensure seamless movement of cabs and auto rickshaws in NCR and provide better and efficient transport services to people.
The exemption was granted as per the contract carriage permit issued by the NCR states other than Haryana under the reciprocal common transport agreement (contract carriage). At present, auto rickshaws and taxis registered in Haryana and having contract carriage permits under the RCTA are not required to pay tax while entering and operating in NCR states -- Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi -- with Haryana being an exception.
“The decision aims to grant similar exemption in the motor vehicle tax by Haryana to auto-rickshaws and taxis operating within NCR as per contract carriage permits issued by NCR states other than Haryana -- that is Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and NCT of Delhi,' the statement said.
“Thus, no tax will be charged from such vehicles of other NCR states having contract carriage permits under the NCR reciprocal common transport agreement while entering and operating in Haryana,” it said.
PREPARATION MONEY OF Rs 5 L TO SPORTSPERSONS WHO QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPICS
To encourage sportspersons of Haryana especially those who are not economically weak but have qualified for participation in the Olympic Games, the government decided to grant Rs 5 lakh to them as 'preparation money' for better diet, training and capacity building. This is expected to help improve training of players before the competition and will lead to more medals for the State and the Country in the Olympics.
The players, with the help of this preparatory money, after getting quality training and diet, will excel in sports, which will bring glory to the State in particular and to the country as a whole, the statement said.The Cabinet decided to create a separate cadre to promote sports in the state. For this, 50 posts of group-A (deputy director), 100 posts of group-B (senior coach), 150 posts of group-B (coach) and 250 posts of group-C (junior coach) have been sanctioned.
CONSTRUCTION OF GODOWNS AT 16 LOCATIONS IN 8 DISTRICTS
The State Government approved the proposal of Cooperation Department for providing State government guarantee for availing term Loan of Rs 113.03 crore by HAFED from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for construction of 2.72 lakh MT capacity godowns at 16 locations in eight districts of the State so as to further strengthen the storage system.
These godowns are being constructed at Bhuna, Uklana and Hobli in district Fatehabad, Barwala in district Hisar, Hisar, Kholawas and Bawani Kheri in district Bhiwani, Kharia and Panniwala Mota in district Sirsa, Indri, Manchuri and Nissing in district Karnal, Ladwa and Ajrana Kalan in district Kurukshetra, Nasirpur in district Ambala and Sevli in district Palwal.