SIDDU SETS REVENUE TARGETS, TELLS OFFICIALS TO UP COLLECTION

Babus told to monitor illegal registration & increase tax collection

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Bengaluru

CHIEF Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday directed officials to ensure they reach the revenue collection target. He held a meeting with senior officers from various departments to review revenue collection for this fiscal year.

The CM had presented a Rs 3.71 lakh crore outlay budget for the fiscal year, of which around Rs 60,000 crore was for the guarantee schemes. In order to implement the schemes and works announced in the budget, Siddaramaiah is convening revenue collection meetings every month, including with Commercial Tax, Excise and Stamps and Registration departments.