Revenue Augmentation Committee holds first meeting through video conference
The Revenue Augmentation Committee, led by Montek Singh Ahluwalia, held its inaugural meeting to discuss strategies for improving state tax and non-tax revenue. The committee aims to identify new revenue sources and implement regulatory reforms to enhance fiscal health.
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Effective revenue management is essential for state governments to fund public services and maintain fiscal sustainability.
The first meeting of the Revenue Augmentation Committee, recently constituted by the State government under the chairmanship of former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, was held on Friday.
According to an official release, the meeting was held through video conference. The committee was constituted to advise the State government on measures to augment the State’s own tax and non-tax revenues, identify new and under-tapped sources of revenue, plug leakages, improve compliance in revenue-collecting departments, and enhance revenue through regulatory and taxation reforms.
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