UP collects Rs 80,000 crore in taxes during first 8 months of FY19

Yogi government to target tax evaders through stiffer enforcement of tax rules

Uttar Pradesh government has collected more than Rs 80,000 crore in taxes during the first eight months (April-November) of the current financial year 2019-20.

However, tax collection is yet only 58 per cent of the targetted tax purse of more than Rs 1.40 trillion during the fiscal year. Now with only four months (Dec 2019-March 2020) left in the current financial cycle and Rs 60,000 crore outstanding in the target, the Yogi Adityanath government is upping the ante against tax evaders through stiffer enforcement of tax rules.

In his review meeting on tax and non-tax revenue here recently, UP finance minister Suresh