Haryana reduces VAT on earthmoving equipment

The Haryana government today reduced the VAT on earthmoving equipment to 5 per cent from 12.5 per cent earlier.
A decision to this effect has been taken in the Cabinet meeting which held here today, an official release said.
As per the Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003, the sale of earthmoving equipment including excavators, track excavators and backhoe loaders when sold to non government dealers or persons are liable to tax at the rate of 12.5 per cent being unclassified goods.
An official spokesman said however, said these goods have been made taxable generally at the rate of 5 per cent in many other states. Therefore, to bring uniformity in the tax rate, the Cabinet granted approval for reducing the tax.

The cabinet also approved the amendments in the Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Rules, 2012 to ask the Registered Societies to apply fresh for new registration numbers within two years from promulgation of the notification.
Similarly, as per the amended rules, a society seeking its de-registration would have to make an application to the District Registrar, containing the grounds for deregistration, duly approved by the society through a special resolution, along with an undertaking indemnifying the District Registrar against any third party claims qua the Society.

The Cabinet also approved the amendment in Haryana Motor Vehicles Rules, 1993 to ensure that numbers from 21 to 9999 of non transport vehicles would be issued by the respective Registering Authorities at the Sub Division level in the state.

Presently the first 100 digits of each series were issued by the office of Transport Commissioner, Haryana at Chandigarh after payment of prescribed fee by the vehicle owner.
The preferential numbers of non-transport vehicles from 1 to 20 would continue to be issued by the officer of Transport Commissioner, Haryana as per procedure, the decision said.
In a major relief to the families of ex-servicemen, the Haryana government has decided to grant dual family pension from military as well as civil employment to the widows of those ex-servicemen who joined civil services in Haryana after their retirement from military.
Earlier, at the time of retirement from the state government, the ex-servicemen get pension from military services as well as from civil services. However, after the death of pensioner, widows of these ex-servicemen were eligible to have only one family pension by choosing either from civil side or from military side.

But now with this decision, widows of these ex-servicemen would be entitled for both the pension, the spokesman said.