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Lucknow:
In a significant pro-farmer determination, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has determined to scale back mandi tax to 1 per cent from the present 2 per cent and issued directives on this regard, an official mentioned on Thursday.
With 0.5 per cent growth payment remaining, the farmers and associated merchants will now pay a complete of 1.5 per cent mandi tax as an alternative of the two.5 p.c earlier for buying and selling contained in the mandi premises, the official mentioned. The determination is being thought-about as a Diwali reward to the lakhs of farmers and agriculture organisations of the state.
In order to offer aid to the farmers through the COVID-19 lockdown, 45 objects of vegetables and fruit have been denotified to be exempted from mandi tax in May. Now, just one per cent utilization payment is payable on these things.
In June, the Centre had segregated the mandi space into mandi premises and commerce space and the jurisdiction of mandi samitis was restricted to mandi premises and notified mandi locations.
The commerce areas have been additionally exempted from necessary agriculture advertising and marketing licence and mandi tax/growth payment.
In view of this, the Yogi Adityanath authorities has taken the choice to scale back the mandi tax to allow farmers and the merchants to make use of amenities of the mandi premises in addition to promote agriculture buying and selling within the mandis, the official mentioned.
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