The Chhattisgarh Government’s Commercial Tax Department has mopped up a revenue of a total of Rs248.69 crore as registration fee as well as stamp duty in the first quarter ( Q1) of the current financial year (2014-15).
The revenue generated is Rs35.42 crore more than the corresponding period of the previous year. The amount has been collected from registration of different assets such as land and buildings. This was informed in a meeting of the Department.The Department officers informed in the meeting that in the first quarter of the current financial year, 64,756 records of different assets have been registered, which was 1,351 more than that of the corresponding period of the previous year.
The officials informed that with the provision of one percent stamp fee relaxation given by the Govt in favour of women in transfer of assets, a total of 16,188 women have registered records in the first quarter of the year and they got Rs9.59 crore relaxation.
In the meeting, Secretary, Commercial Tax (Excise and Registration) RS Vishwakarma, while giving information about the revenue received from registration of assets, said that in the first quarter from April to June Rs70.20 crore has been recovered in Raipur district, Rs29.32 crore in Bilaspur, Rs26.75 crore in Durg, Rs8.86 crore in Rajnandgaon, Rs12.31 crore in Janjgir-Champa, Rs7.38 crore in Raigarh, Rs6.03 crore in Sarguja, Rs3.60 crore in Bastar, Rs5.09 crore in Korba, Rs5 crore in Dhamtari, Rs38.87 crore in Balodabazar, Rs6.52 crore in Mungeli, Rs8.09 crore in Bemetara, Rs3.80 crore in Balod, Rs1.32 crore in Gariyaband, Rs5 crore in Mahasamund, Rs6.07 crore in Kabirdham, Rs1.17 crore in Jashpur, Rs1.85 crore in Korea, Rs1.24 crore in Kanker and Rs47.52 lakh in Dantewada district.
He said that the number of registered stamp cases were 1,806, of which, as on June 2014, 578 cases have been disposed of Rs31.36 crore revenue has been received from it, he added.