looking at the dismal revenue collection figures registered by various departments so far, Chief Minister Raghubar Das has asked the officials to get more earnings and even to strategise in such a way that surpasses the target fixed.
The instruction came during a review meeting in regard to revenue collection was organised on Wednesday where heads of Commercial Tax, Excise, Transport and Registration and land Revenue Departments were present.
“We all have to work in a concerted manner to ensure more and more revenue collection in all the major concerned departments. The Government at the highest level is ready to remove the obstacles coming in the way but your commitment is also required. The officials need to do advance planning with backup plans and identify areas where issues can come in. All the leakages need to be plugged,” said the CM, adding that last year’s achievements and limited resources available should also be taken into consideration.
He was also for extensive use of technology coming through information technology tools along with highly qualified tax consultants.
“Tax projection base is very important in meeting the given target. High level experts with experience should be roped in so that maximum potential about tax collection can be projected. Taxation system of other states is needed to be examined,” added the CM.
Das during the meeting laid special emphasis on enforcement part and directed the officials to deploy required manpower, take policy decisions and take emphatic decisions against illegal business going on. This apart, he also told the officials to setup a better coordination among them.
As per the figures presented in the meeting, Commercial Tax has been given Rs 16050 crore target while for excise it is 1000 crore, Rs 1100 crore for transport and Rs 700 crore for registration. The CM told the Secretaries to go beyond the goals set for this fiscal.
Apart from Secretaries of the concerned Departments, Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathi, Additional Chief Secretaries Sukhdev Singh and KK Khandelwal, Principal Secretary to the CM Sunil Kumar Barnwal, Excise and Transport Secretary Rahul Sharma, Excise Commissioner Bhor Singh Yadav and several other officials were present in the meeting.