No new tax in Jharkhand's Rs 63,502.69-cr budget for 2016-17

The Jharkhand government proposed no new tax in the Rs 63,502.69-crore budget for 2016-17 presented today while laying emphasis on steps to stop tax evasion and improve internal revenue sources.
"We have not proposed any new taxes," Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who also has the finance portfolio, said while presenting the annual financial statement in the Assembly.
He said there was a proposal to further simplify tax process, stop tax evasion and increase internal revenue sources.
Out of the total budget outlay, Rs 26,437.34 crore was non-plan and Rs 37,065.35 crore was under plan head, Das said.
The total Plan Outlay for Agriculture Budget was 13.07 per cent.

On new initiatives, Das said it has been decided to place in the House Agriculture and Gender Budgets within the general Budget.

He said the 2016-17 budget for Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperative has been increased by more than Rs 1,200 crore compared to the last fiscal's.
Setting up of the Agriculture Single Window, subsidised diesel to farmers and water were some of the provisions under the Agriculture Budget and state agriculture minister Randhir Kumar Singh would give other details during the demands for grants, he said.
As part of women empowerment, such schemes in which 30 per cent or more have been earmarked for women, would be taken up as Gender Budget, the Chief Minister said adding, Rs 13,515.73 crore have been earmarked for such schemes with 43.72 per cent funds underlined for women development.

Touching all departments, Das said there was a proposal in 2016-17 to construct 71 new Smart Police Stations in 16 extremist-hit districts, CCTV surveillance in Ranchi and Dial 100 for police assistance.