In a bid to curb pollution in the State, the Government would impose extra registration tax on people buying second car. The Government will also charge surplus tax from those buying luxury cars, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said on Wednesday during the review meeting of Commercial Taxes department.
He also said that a special fund will be made for the welfare of domestic workers to help improve the workers' living standards.
The State Government has also given relief to small traders from assessment. Businessmen with less than Rs 2 crore turnover will have freedom for self-assessment. Presently, three per cent traders are randomly selected and assesed by the department but the department doesn't get much benefit out of the procedure. The CM said that the process doesn't increase the revenue of State but traders get hassled. During the meeting, special stress was given on the publicity of GST. The Government would launch a campaign for training of traders for GST.
During the review meeting of Building construction department, Das said that contractors deliberately delay projects so that approved funds could be raised. He asked officials to mark such contractors and take action against them. He also ordered to complete the pending works of the department within a timeframe so that the State doesn't face loss of funds.
During the meeting, Jharkhand Building Construction Nigam limited officials informed that work on Medical Colleges in Palamu, Hazaribagh and Dumka was going on and will be completed by January 2019. Survey of sites for proposed medical colleges in Koderma and Bokaro has been done and the DPR will be ready by June 2017. Video presentation for medical colleges in Chaibasa and Jamshedpur was also done during the meeting.
Review was also done for construction of new campuses of universities in the State, including Ranchi University, Vinod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University, Raksha Shakti University, Nilamber Pitamber University.
In the Transport department review meeting, it was decided that the Government will give subsidy for Rural Bus Service/Passenger vehicle. Under skill development mission, the Government will train unemployed youths for the purpose. The CM asked to get suggestions from people on the issue of selection of routes for the Rural Bus Service and Passenger vehicles.
The CM also reviewed railway projects in the State, including Godda-Hansdiha line, Pirpaintee-Jasidih line, Barkakana-Ranchi rail line.
During the meeting, the CM was informed that registration of new vehicles has begun by new software Vahan-4 and Sarathi-4. In different districts, IDTR (Institute of Driving Training & Research) is also being set up.