Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala announced on Sunday that, beginning March 1, country-made liquor would no longer be sold in plastic bottles.
This move makes Haryana the first state in the country to enforce a ban on the use of plastic.
Chautala, who oversees the Excise and Taxation portfolio, stated that the government attained a 16 per cent growth this fiscal, with GST collection witnessing a 30 per cent increase over the past four years. The total tax collection reached INR 32,456 crore.
Despite initially setting a target of INR 36,000 crore for GST collection, Chautala expressed confidence in meeting the target in time.
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In the fiscal year 2019-2020, the state government received a sum of INR 6,361 crore in excise duty tax, as stated by him.
In 2023 until July, the excise tax collection amounted to INR 9,687 crore. As of January 28, 2024, the total has already reached INR 9,232 crore. Despite the initial target being INR. 10,500 crore for the excise year, there is optimism that the government will exceed expectations, with the anticipation of a final tax collection of INR 11,500 crore by the end of the excise year.