[sustran] Re: India's Planning Commission working group suggests 'urban transport tax' on purchase/ use of private vehicles - so does Hanoi

[Sudhir]

Hi all,

My city Bangalore in fact wants to make parking free and allow underground
parking along playgrounds and even allow parking on footpaths wherever
available !!

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/212571/parking-needs-space-research.html


regards
Sudhir





On 20 December 2011 10:04, Cornie Huizenga <
cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org> wrote:

> Hi Carlos,
>
> Thanks - through google translate we should be able to get the message of
> the news items.
>
> best regards,
> Cornie
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Carlosfelipe Pardo
> <carlosfpardo at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > On this topic, Colombia is planning to have various charges for buying
> > vehicles, as per the proposals from the current ViceMinister (Felipe
> Targa)
> > who has stated that this will help reduce the current increase in
> > automobile sales. Bogotá's elected mayor (Gustavo Petro, who will start
> on
> > 1st January 2012) has said he supports those measures fully and wants to
> > complement them with congestion pricing in order to create a
> cross-subsidy
> > for public transport i.e. (reducing fares). There are no detailed
> documents
> > on this - at least not public (and all related news items are in Spanish
> > but I'm happy to forward to those interested).
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Carlos.
> >
> >
> > On 19/12/2011 02:46 a.m., Cornie Huizenga wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Pooja and others,
> >>
> >> Interesting. I just came across a similar proposal for Hanoi (
> >> http://english.vietnamnet.vn/**en/society/15731/hanoi-wants-**
> >> to-increase-car-registration-**fee-by-10-times.html<
> http://english.vietnamnet.vn/en/society/15731/hanoi-wants-to-increase-car-registration-fee-by-10-times.html
> >
> >> ).
> >> It is interesting that the rationale is almost identical for both India
> >> and
> >> Viet Nam
> >>
> >> *Viet Nam*: "Hanoi administration wants to raise registration fee to
> curb
> >>
> >> the growth of personal vehicles, to reduce traffic jams, to increase
> >> budget
> >> revenue to invest in public transport projects.
> >>
> >> *India*: "The recommendations, which are guided by the "polluter pays
> >>
> >> principle", aim to discourage use of private vehicles by imposing higher
> >> taxes and also help generate resources to fund public transport
> projects."
> >>
> >> It would be interesting to hear of other cities in Asia, Africa and
> Latin
> >> America who have similar plans.
> >>
> >> Cornie
> >>
> >> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Pooja Sanghani<pooja.sanghani at itdp.
> **org<pooja.sanghani at itdp.org>
> >> >wrote:
> >>
> >>  source:
> >>>
> >>> http://timesofindia.**indiatimes.com/india/Now-a-**
> >>> green-cess-on-petrol-cars/**articleshow/11099730.cms<
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Now-a-green-cess-on-petrol-cars/articleshow/11099730.cms
> >
> >>>
> >>> NEW DELHI: Buying and running cars and two-wheelers could soon become a
> >>> costly affair with a Planning Commission working group suggesting a
> green
> >>> surcharge of Rs 2 on every litre of petrol, a green cess of 3% of the
> >>> annual insured value of all private vehicles and a steep urban
> transport
> >>> tax to be collected at the time of purchase of private vehicles.
> >>> The panel, headed by Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan, has suggested
> urban
> >>> transport tax on purchase of new cars and two-wheelers at 7.5% of the
> >>> total
> >>> cost of petrol vehicles and 20% in case of personal diesel cars.
> >>> The recommendations, which are guided by the "polluter pays principle",
> >>> aim
> >>> to discourage use of private vehicles by imposing higher taxes and also
> >>> help generate resources to fund public transport projects.
> >>> It is estimated that the new surcharge and taxes will help the
> government
> >>> generate Rs 235,741 crore in the 12th five-year plan (2012-17) and Rs
> >>> 22,40,804 crore over 20 years.
> >>> It was decided not to impose the green surcharge on diesel considering
> >>> the
> >>> fuel's multiple uses and the problems in dual pricing. However, this
> was
> >>> offset with the higher urban transport tax on new diesel cars at 20%
> >>> compared to 7.5% for petrol-driven variants.
> >>> The annual green cess of 3% is proposed to be collected through
> insurance
> >>> companies. These firms, which collect around 4% of the insured value of
> >>> the
> >>> vehicle as annual premium, will now collect 7% and pass on the
> additional
> >>> 3% to the government.
> >>> With huge investment needed in the urban transport sector which the
> >>> Centre
> >>> cannot meet from traditional budgetary sources, innovative financing
> >>> mechanisms were being explored, an official said. Even public private
> >>> partnership projects could only partially meet the funding needs, he
> >>> added.
> >>> The resources mobilised from the new surcharge and taxes will be pooled
> >>> in
> >>> a dedicated national urban transport fund to meet the growing needs of
> >>> urban transport.
> >>> The working group also suggested dedicated funds at the state and city
> >>> level through resources like land monetisation, betterment levy, land
> >>> value
> >>> tax and hike in property tax. It also recommended imposing congestion
> >>> tax,
> >>> a cess on sales tax and hike in parking charges to generate resources
> for
> >>> the fund.
> >>> ********************
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