Chandigarh:
Punjab excise collections have elevated by a whopping 37% previously monetary 12 months, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has informed Governor Banwarilal Purohit, detailing the sustained development in income underneath the AAP authorities.
Items and Companies Tax (GST) collections have elevated 16.6%, automobile tax assortment 13%, stamps and registration assortment 28%, Mr Mann mentioned in a letter to Mr Purohit on Tuesday.
The letter was in response to the Governor in search of particulars about of the utilisation of the Rs 50,000 crore funds the state authorities had borrowed.
From April 1, 2002 until August 31, 2023, Punjab’s debt elevated by 47,107 crore, the letter mentioned. A serious a part of that, Rs 27,016 crore, went in the direction of curiosity reimbursement for inherited debt.
“Throughout my tenure as Chief Minister of Punjab, lingering points left behind by earlier governments had been dealt on precedence…We used each debt and our personal income sources to fund organisations/schemes ignored by my predecessors, utilised the brand new debt to create capital property and undertake growth actions within the State,” Mr Mann mentioned.
On the identical time, employment was supplied to over 36,000 youth within the state, he added.
Mr Mann requested the Governor to persuade the centre to launch the pending Rural Improvement Fund of Rs 5,637 crore and quickly cease debt repayments for not less than 5 years.
“It will present a lot wanted aid to the strained monetary place of the State and would give some fiscal elbow room to your authorities to speed up the expansion of income and the tempo of growth,” mentioned Mr Mann.
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