In the previous 5 years, cow shelters in Rajasthan have obtained greater than Rs 1,500 crore as help from the state authorities, which imposes surcharge on stamp obligation and on the sale of liquor to gather funds for the propagation and safety of cows.
According to knowledge supplied by the state finance division in reply to an Assembly query, the state obtained Rs 1,242.56 crore between 2015-16 and January 2020-21 from cow safety surcharge levied on stamp obligation.
The knowledge additionally reveals that between 2018-19 and January 2020-21, the state obtained income value Rs 1017.8 crore from surcharge on the sale of liquor.
The whole income obtained by the federal government since 2015-16 from cow safety surcharge on stamp obligation and VAT on liquor quantities to Rs 2,259.64 crore, the info says.
The earlier BJP authorities within the state had levied surcharges on stamp obligation and liquor for propagation and safety of cow and its progeny. The surcharge continued even after the Congress authorities got here to energy in December 2018.
According to the finance division knowledge, the best quantity of income from surcharge on VAT on sale of liquor was obtained from the districts of Jaipur and Alwar respectively. In the current monetary 12 months, until January 31, over Rs 174 crore has been obtained in Jaipur from the cow safety surcharge on sale of liquor, signifies the info.
The knowledge reveals that previously 5 years, cow shelters within the state obtained Rs 1.511.31 crore underneath numerous heads by the state authorities from the income collected from the surcharge.
The cash spent as help of cow shelters throughout this era quantities to Rs 1,500.46 crore, signifies the info.
During the Covid-19 pandemic final 12 months, the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress authorities had handed The Rajasthan Stamp (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which, aside from the aim of conservation of cow and its progeny, additionally seeks to make use of the surcharge on stamp obligation for the needs of mitigating pure or artifical calamities like drought, flood, epidemic, public well being exigencies, fireplace, and so on, aiming to spend the remaining additional funds from the surcharge on pure calamities.
