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MARGAO
Town and Country Planning (TCP) Minister Vijai Sardesai’s “Liberation Day” gift for Goemkars by exempting native Goans from paying infrastructure tax on a plot admeasuring 250 square meters is still confined to the papers.
In fact, the scheme is yet to see light of the day, even as three months have elapsed since Sardesai had announced in his maiden Liberation Day address at the South Goa district Collectorate on December 19 last that Goans can look forward for a gift from the government by way of exemption from infrastructure tax for those constructing a house on plot admeasuring 250 square meters.
Reason: Though the Goa Legislative Assembly has given its nod for the TCP Minister’s Infrastructure tax exemption proposal, the scheme has apparently hit a big block at the Finance department, with officials dealing with the state finances seeking to know the financial implications of the scheme on the revenue for the government.
The TCP Minister had promised Goans constructing a house on a plot admeasuring 250 square meters need not pay the infrastructure tax any more. And, the Minister had announced that only people born in Goa, with one of the parents born in the State, will be eligible to avail the infrastructure tax exemption. While saying that the scheme would be fool proof and only
