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The Uttarakhand government, at its cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, decided on Thursday to impose a health tax on liquor sales and increase the price of gasoline and diesel in the Himalayan state.
The price of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) has been increased by Rs 20 to Rs 200 per bottle, locally produced liquor at Rs 20 per bottle, and foreign-made liquor to Rs 475 per bottle. With this, the state hopes to generate additional revenue of Rs 250 crore. The rise in liquor prices will be effective from Friday.
The price of gasoline and diesel increased by Rs 2 and Re 1 per liter, respectively. Currently, the price of gasoline in the state is Rs 72.55 per liter and diesel costs Rs 63.17 per liter. The increase in the price of gasoline and diesel will help the state government to generate additional revenue of Rs 120 crore.
During the cabinet meeting, 15 proposals were discussed, of which 13 were approved, said Madan Kaushik, cabinet minister and spokesman for the state government.
Kaushik said several issues related to the coronavirus epidemic were discussed during the meeting. He said they expected the center to rank all of the state’s districts under the orange and green zone within a day or two.
Haridwar is currently the only district under the red zone. The state has 61 positive Covid-19 cases of which 39 (64%) have recovered. “This situation here is much better than in the neighboring state of Uttar Pradesh or nationally,” Kaushik said.
Kaushik said so far 1.7 lakh of people stranded in other states have been registered to return to the state. “Of these, 7,625 from Garhwal and 4,895 from Kumaon have urged that they want to return in private vehicles. Those wishing to return via public transportation provided by the state government include 79,592 from Garhwal and 78,137 from the Kumaon region. These stranded people will be returned in the next few days, “he said.
To retain those who have returned to the state during the shutdown, they will be provided employment through Mukhyamantri Swarojgar Yojana, Kaushik said. “Under MSME, we have created three categories, and these people will receive loans to start their businesses here so they can stay in their home state and earn a living,” he said.
According to the state commission for rural development and migration, more than 59,360 migrants working outside their home districts have returned to the state during the shutdown.
SS Negi, vice chair of the commission, said: “We have used the database of returned migrants created by the state health department. Using the details, we contacted some of them to find out what steps could be taken to get them working here. ”
Negi said that of the total of approximately 60,000 people, “65% work in other states such as Delhi, Goa and Chhattisgarh, followed by 25% in cities in the state and 5% in foreign countries such as Australia, New Zealand, the Gulf and China”.
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