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Sardesai was responding to a question tabled by Quepem MLA, Chandrakant ‘Babu' Kavlekar, during the monsoon session of the assembly.
Overall, the state government has earned Rs 238.5 crore from infrastructure tax in a period from April 2012 to June 2017.
The infrastructure tax contributed Rs 42.7 crore, Rs 45.7 crore and Rs 23.2 crore in 2014-15, 2013-14 and 2012-13 respectively to the state exchequer. In the on-going financial year, the state government has already earned Rs 13.1 crore from infrastructure tax between April and June 2017.
As per an act, infrastructure tax is levied in Goa on development in residential, commercial and industrial zones.
For example, a builder has to pay infrastructure tax to the government if he is developing a real-estate project for residential purpose. From this tax, the government is supposed to build infrastructure like roads, power and water connection.
State earned Rs 72.6 cr from infrastructure tax in 2016-17: Vijai
Town and Country Planning Minister, Vijai Sardesai, has informed that the state government earned Rs 72.6 crore from infrastructure tax in 2016-17, which was a mammoth 76.8% more than Rs 41.1 crore in 2015-16.
