In the fiscal year 2014-15 that ended about 45 days ago on March 31, 2015, Hazaribagh district has made a major contribution in the State Government’s revenue. As per the compiled data, revenue of Rs556.20 crore was collected by various departments during the last financial year.
Additional collector Krishna Prasad Sahu informed that almost all the departments achieved more than 80% of the target given to them. Some departments have crossed the 100% mark. Generally 80% achievement is taken as good performance in the State and on this basis it can be said that the performance of different departments remained above the satisfactory level.
Municipal council and weight & measurement department are in the top of the list of departments in collecting revenue against the target given to them. Weight & measurement department collected Rs28.15 lakh against the target of Rs20.42 lakh which is 137.86%. Municipal council also crossed the 100% mark by collecting Rs198.10 lakh against the target of Rs188.64 lakh.
The sales tax department collected more than Rs227 crore last year. Though it succeeded in collecting only 82.76% of the target fixed by the state government and district administration but it once again remained at the top of the list as the major contributor. The mining department is second in this list with collection of more than Rs115 crore.
Electricity department collected revenue of Rs6,051.29 lakh against the target of Rs7,020 lakh which is 86.20%. Excise department also crossed the 86% mark by collecting Rs2739.04 lakh against the target of Rs3163.05 lakh. Registration department is also in top five with a collection of Rs3139.76 lakh against the target of Rs3647.88 lakh.
Marketing yard, agriculture and government auction departments are at the bottom of the list. The worst performance has been shown by government auction department which has achieved 13.47% of the target. Here it is noteworthy that crores of rupees of different banks are blocked due to the slow speed of this department.
District has got Rs187.87 lakh against the target of 460 lakhs from marketing yard which is only 40.84% while the agriculture department has collected Rs1.48 lakh against the target of Rs2.21 lakhs, thus remaining below 70% mark.