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Chandigarh: On Thursday, the Haryana government decided to increase the bus fare by 15 paise per km and increase VAT on diesel and gasoline prices, sparking congressional party protests over its move to “charge the people.” during a pandemic.
The fare for ordinary, luxury and super luxury buses has been increased from 85 paisa per passenger per km to Rs 1 per passenger per km to partially cover the higher cost of operating the buses, an official statement said after a cabinet meeting. state.
The cost of operating the buses has increased from Rs 37.48 per km in June 2016 to Rs 52.23 per km in December 2019, he said. Haryana Roadways has a fleet of around 4,294 buses and operates around 10.38 lakh km daily.
Public transportation is off the roads due to a national blockade to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The bus increase is well below the 25 percent increase made in 2010-11 and the 20 percent increase in 2012-13, according to the statement.
In another decision, the cabinet granted approval to partially reinstate VAT on diesel and gasoline prices and decided to completely ban the purchase of new vehicles, including cars and jeeps, except buses for public transportation and vehicles used for response from emergency during current year
The increase in the tax rate would be Rs 1 per liter on gasoline and Rs 1.1 per liter on diesel, he said.
The Haryana Cabinet also decided to impose a one percent market rate and the cessation of the Haryana Rural Development Fund on the sale of fruits and vegetables in mandis.
Congress said that other governments were putting money in the hands of the people during the crisis, but that the BJP-JJP government was doing the opposite.
Today, Khattar’s Cabinet wrote a Black Chapter of measures against people! Governments are putting more money in the hands of people everywhere except the BJP-JJP government forces and fleeces on a daily basis, “congressional chief spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted.
Surjewala said that the tax of “Rs 1.10 per liter on gasoline / diesel, increased bus fares and market rate for fruits and vegetables is the new” JaJia tax “”.
Haryana President of Congress Kumari Selja also criticized the Khattar government’s move to “burden people” in times of crisis.
Prime Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had recently said that Haryana has been losing a whopping 4.6 billion rupees.
Khattar in a televised speech had said “we will have to reduce our expenses and generate sources of income.”
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