Tuesday, September 25, 2018
- Chandigarh, September 25 : With the initiatives of Haryana Finance and Excise and Taxation Minister, Captain Abhimanyu for economical strengthening of Northern States and to implement ‘One Nation One Tax’ system a meeting was organized here today with the Finance Ministers and the senior officers of the Northern States. It was agreed during the meeting to bring uniformity on the rates of petrol and diesel and all the participating states decided to constitute a sub-committee for the same. It has been decided that the committee would convene a meeting in next fifteen days and all the participating states will give their recommendations.
- During his interaction with the media after the meeting, Captain Abhimanyu said that the Finance Ministers and officials of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Union Territory of Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi attended this meeting. On behalf of Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Delhi, Mr Manish Sisodia and on behalf of Punjab, Finance Minister Punjab, Mr Manpreet Singh Badal attended this meeting while from other states the other senior officials attended this meeting.
- The Finance Minister said that on the advice of Delhi, similarly Excise Policy will be implemented for all the North Eastern States so that there is similarity of rates of liquor for all these Northern States. Likewise, Punjab suggested that there should be similar uniform policy for state transport so that there should be no loss of revenue from registration and permit fees since many trucks and vehicles of Punjab and Haryana have their registration from other states. A committee of officials has also been set up for excise and transport, which would send the report to their respective state governments on the uniformity of rates.
- The delegates appreciated the efforts of Haryana for holding this meeting and said that this is the second meeting of the Northern States after 2015. For this they specially thanked the Excise and Taxation Minister, Captain Abhimanyu and Additional Chief Secretary, Excise and Taxation Department, Mr Sanjeev Kaushal.
- Home Secretary, Chandigarh, Mr Arun Kumar Gupta, Excise & Taxation Commissioner, Haryana Mrs Ashima Brar and senior officers from Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh were also present on this occasion.