Excise Dept collects Rs 4061 cr revenue

By Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH, JULY 4

 Haryana Excise and Taxation Department has collected revenue of over Rs.4061.34 crore upto the month of May 2013 during the current financial year which is 6.45 per cent higher as compared to the collection of corresponding period of last year. More than Rs.3815.14 crore was collected during the corresponding period   last   year.

            While stating this here today, Excise and Taxation Minister, Mrs. Kiran Choudhry said that collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) upto May 2013 in the year 2013-14 was over Rs.2844.09 crore which was 3.5 per cent higher as compared to the collection during the same period of previous year. Similarly, collection of Central Sales Tax (CST) during the same period is over Rs.286.71 crore which is 6.06 per cent high as compared to that of corresponding period of previous year. She said that CST of over Rs.270.33 crore was collected upto May 2012 during last financial year.

            The Minister said that as far as collection of Excise is concerned, the department has collected over Rs.811.83 crore upto May 2013 which is 18.29 per cent higher  as compared to the collection made in the  corresponding period of last financial year. The department had collected Excise of over Rs.686.32 crore during the same period of last financial year, she added.

            Mrs. Choudhry said that the department has recorded a hike of 9.24 per cent   in collection of Entertainment Tax upto May 2013 by collecting more than Rs. 8.22 crore as against the collection of over Rs.7.53 crore during the corresponding period of last financial year. The Passenger and Goods Tax collection was more than Rs.96.09 crore during same period which is 7.43 per cent higher as compared to the collection of same period of last financial year. She said that a sum of over Rs.8.53 crore was collected as Luxury Tax upto May 2013 which is 22.93 per cent higher as compared to that of corresponding period of last year. The Department had collected Luxury Tax over Rs.6.93 crore during the corresponding period  in last financial year.