EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 31: Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), Jammu has expressed gratitude to the government for agreeing to the long pending demand of abolishing Lakhanpur Toll Post and getting the notification issued in this regard. Addressing a press conference here today, the JCCI President Rakesh Gupta said that the Lakhanpur Excise Toll levy was not less than a 'Jazia' tax since 1995 that continued even after the implementation of GST. He further said that it will be a big sigh of relief to the common consumers from whose pockets this tax was being pick pocketed. He also said that uninterrupted movement of goods shall result in less logistics cost and save time too. He also appealed to the government to also issue subsequent notification removing the toll post at Railway Station and other places at the earliest so that "One Nation One Tax" is implemented in TOTO.
JCCI President also said that this major demand has been met with and other major demands shall again be represented to the Lt Governor J&K that include restoration of Net Connectivity, Review one time road tax increased irrationally up to 1250%, Assess the running losses by the business establishments post 5 August 2019, Review Excise Policy on Liquor, Announcing One Time Amnesty on old GST and VAT period, Outsourcing of Super Speciality Hospital in Jammu and Simplifying the Building norms. Among others present on the occasion include SRajesh Gupta, Sr Vice President JCCI, Rajeev Gupta, Jr Vice President JCCI, Manish Gupta, Secretary General JCCI, Yash Pal Gupta, President, Federation of Retailers Association, Surinder Gupta, President Raghunath Bazar Businessmen Association, Anoop Mittal, President Kanak Mandi Traders Association, Surinder Mahajan, Chairman Purani Mandi Traders Association, Joginder Gupta, General Secretary Old Hospital Road Traders Association, Ramesh Tak, President Bus Stand Businessmen Association and others. |
