Punjab Government has framed policy to arrange money for the State Cancer and Drug Addiction Treatment Infrastructure Fund Act-2013.’
The policy framed for fund collection mandates to collect money under sub Article 6 A to 6E from various Government and semi-Government departments, official spokesperson of the health department said.
Divulging detail of policy, spokesperson said that under sub Article 6A of Act, two per cent share of auction of land possessed by Government, semi-Government, improvement trust and panchayati institutions would devolve to this fund.
He added that under 6B Article of Act, all societies and trust constituted by Government departments would contribute two per cent share of its income into the fund, which would be deposited into the six monthly instalments.
Similarly, under 6 C article of Act, all the PSUs, Board or Corporation, Apex co-operative institutions, urban local bodies, improvement trust and panchayati raj institutions, which are not running in loss, would contributes minimum two per cent share of its income into the fund.
He said that under 6 D article of the Act, one per cent share of the total tender cost (not below Rs 50 crore), floated for the construction of roads, bridges and flyovers, would be deposited into the cancer fund. “33 per cent share of the total tax imposed on Cigarettes would be extracted for the cancer funds,” the spokesman added.