Expected soon: No tollgate taxes for cars & buses at toll-gates!
Posted on: 23/Dec/2014 2:29:09 PM
The central government has decided to withdraw the toll gate charges currently being charged at toll-gates throughout the country.
After the completion of the quadrilateral highways in the country, all vehicles � buses, cars, jeeps, vans, and other commercial vehicles � are charged to pay toll-gate taxes.
However, there have been several complaints that many toll-gate stations do not maintain the road properly while asking for additional charges.
Even the local public residing nearby the area of toll-gates are compelled to pay the toll-gate charges.
A recent survey conducted by the National Highway Board has indicated that only 14% of the toll-gate collection goes to the credit of the central government.
As a measure to alleviate these problems, the Ministry of Transport, headed by Mr. Nitin Gadkari, has decided to withdraw the toll-gate charges. It has made a recommendation to the Prime Minister�s office.
Hence, the toll-gate charges on cars, jeeps, etc will be removed outright. Only commercial vehicles will have to pay toll-gate charges.
This measure is estimated to cause a Rs. 26000 Crores to the central government.
In order to compensate for this loss, it is proposed to increase the taxes on petrol & diesel by Rs. 1/- per litre and also by imposing an additional 2% tax during purchase of new vehicles.
Vehicles can make a one-time payment of Rs. 100/- to use tollgates.
This will fetch Rs. 32,609 Crores for the central government in the years 2014-19.
