BHOPAL: The way for bus service to be started in Madhya Pradesh has been cleared. Shivraj Government has decided to waive 5 months tax of bus operators, while a 50% tax of 1 month will be waived. After this decision of the state government, the bus operator association has decided to run buses in the state from September 5. It is believed that after this decision, people will get a lot of relief because, despite the end of the lockdown restrictions, buses were not running. There was a demand from bus operators that the government should compensate for the loss they suffered during the lockdown. For the last nearly a week, there was a situation of anxiety over it. But after the talks between the government and the association on Friday and the agreement on tax waiver, the talk was made from both sides. The government has decided to waive 5 months tax and halve the tax of 1 month. Also, the date of tax submission has also been extended. After this, the bus operators announced to start the buses.
How long is the tax waived?
The government has decided to waive the entire tax of the bus operators for a period of 5 months from 1 April 2020 to 31 August 2020. With this, it was decided to waive 50 percent tax for the month of September 2020. Along with giving tax exemption, the government has also extended the date of depositing vehicle tax. Now vehicle tax can be deposited by 30 September 2020.
What is the matter?
Actually, in view of the prevention and prevention of Coronavirus infection, the operation of buses was banned due to lockdown from 25 March 2020 in the state. The state government also gave permission for their operation under instructions issued from time to time, but in practice, the operation of buses could not be normal. Due to which the bus operators suffered a lot. Bus operators had demanded that they would not take their buses off the roads until their tax is waived. With this decision, even after the lockdown opened, the passengers were facing a lot of problems.
