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Himachal earned ₹762 crore from 10 cesses: Deputy CM
The Statesman Delhi
|August 29, 2025
The Himachal Pradesh government is currently levying 10 different cesses, through which more than Rs 762.13 crore has been collected so far.
Of these, five were imposed by the previous government, while the present government has introduced an additional five. Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri informed the Assembly on Thursday in reply to a question raised by MLA Bikram Thakur.
Agnihotri clarified that cess collections are spent only for the purposes for which they are levied. To ensure transparency and timely utilisation, the government is preparing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that will allow departments to directly use cess funds. At present, the money is deposited with the Finance Department, which cannot spend it arbitrarily.
This story is from the August 29, 2025 edition of The Statesman Delhi.
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