The State Cabinet on Friday gave its nod to the proposal of making ‘MS Dhoni–The Untold Story’ and ‘Gutru Gutargu’ free from entertainment tax in Jharkhand. A total of 21 proposals were passed during the Cabinet meeting on Friday.
“As per the decision of the Cabinet, ‘MS Dhoni and Gutru Gutargu’ will be free from entertainment tax in Jharkhand,” said Cabinet Secretary SS Meena.
In a separate decision, the Cabinet also increased the compensation under Jharkhand Pidit Pratikar Scheme for different cases. “In case of acid attack and rape of a minor, it has been increased up to Rs 3 lakh, while for physical exploitation of a minor the compensation amount has been increased to Rs 2 lakh. For sexual exploitation a compensation of Rs 50,000 has been fixed, while for the victims of human trafficking it has it has been fixed to Rs 1 lakh,” said Meena. If the victim is below 14 years of age, the compensation amount will automatically increase by 50 per cent, he added.
In another decision of the State Cabinet the proposal of Sales Tax Department of increasing Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5 per cent tao 5.5 percent and 14 per cent to 14.5 per cent was okayed. “The Cabinet also gave its nod to make the business houses free from assessment having a turnover of more than Rs 2 crore per annum. With this as many as 90 per cent of the dealers will be free from assessment,” said Meena. There is also a provision of registration of transporters under the new schemes, he added.
The Cabinet also approved the proposal for increasing the coupon value for travelling of MlAs by train, road or by air from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.
The Cabinet decided that the people who could not be covered under National Food Security Act (NFSA) will be provided white ration cards. As per the officials records there were at least 20 per cent of the people who could not be covered under NFSA.
“Unlike earlier, people will be selected for it on the basis of their self declaration. They will also have to submit a copy of their Aadhaar Card or residential certificate to the authorities,” said Meena.
The Cabinet also approved to increase the reward amount for those persons who help police in arresting the Maoists. Maximum reward money of Rs 1 crore has been fixed for Central Committee Member or Polit Bureau Members.
“A reward up to Rs 20 thousand could be recommended by SP of that District, while an amount up to Rs 75,000 could be fixed by the DIG. Reward money up to Rs 2 lakh could be recommended by the DGP while Chief Minister’s approval will have to be taken for giving someone a reward of more than a sum of Rs 10 lakh.