Punjab Deputy Chief Minister OP Soni on Thursday reiterated that the Punjab Government had received an investment of Rs 1 lakh crore in the last four-and-a-half years which has not only strengthened the economy but also created better employment opportunities and added that 40,000 cases related to VAT of financial years 2015-16 and 2016-17 have been scrapped.
The remaining 8000 cases will be settled by depositing only 30%of the total tax liability. Traders and industrialists will have to deposit only 20% of this 30% liability during the current financial year and the remaining 80% will be deposited by next year.
Soni said this in a joint meeting organized by Sangrur District Industrial Chamber and Punjab Pradesh Beopar Mandal at Dhuri. Dhuri MLA Dalveer Singh Goldy was also present. Soni informed them that Punjab government has so far solved 90 per cent of the problems of industrialists and traders and the remaining are being addressed. “Many notifications have been issued and the remaining will be done soon. The Punjab government was paying special attention to the development of the industry in the state and the industrialists, traders will not face any difficulty in the state,” he said.
He also lauded the support extended by the industrialists to the state government during the coronavirus pandemic. Soni said that the new industry policy implemented by the Punjab government was providing ample facilities to the industrialists.
He assured that the government was considering a state development tax on the demand raised by the industrialists and said that he would soon take up the matter with the Punjab Chief Minister.
He said that the state was leading in terms of health facilities and the process of recruitment of doctors and other paramedical staff was in full swing and all the vacancies are being filled on a priority basis.