Total tax revenue expected to be Rs 7,200 crore: Govt

Tribune News Service

Shimla, February 21

The total tax revenue in 2012-13 was Rs 4,626 crore which rose to Rs 6,695 crore in 2015-16 and was expected to be around Rs 7,200 crore in 2016-17, said a government spokesperson.

Refuting claims of the former Chief Minister, Prem Kumar Dhumal, that the revenue generation was just Rs 30 crore, he said that there was no truth in the statement.

The spokesperson said, similarly, the non-tax revenue in 2012-13 was Rs 1,376 crore which has increased to Rs 1,555 crore in the current year. He said the tax and non-tax revenue of the state was rising regularly.

The spokesperson said the tax revenue in 2007-08 was Rs 1,958 crore which has increased to Rs 4,626 crore which is nearly Rs 2,600 crore and not Rs 4,000 crore as claimed by the former Chief Minister, Prem Kumar Dhumal.