[sustran] Re: Meeting of 35th Transport Development Council (TDC) to be held on 23rd October, 2013

[Ashok Datar]

this is interesting
can u pl attend and circulate the discussions and outcome to the members of
Mumbai transport forum
ashok datar


On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Vinay Baindur <yanivbin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Meeting of 35th Transport Development Council (TDC) to be held on 23rd
> October, 2013
>
> The 35th Meeting of Transport Development Council (TDC) is scheduled to be
> held on 23.10.2013 (Wednesday) at 11.00 AM at NASC Complex, DPS Road, Pusa,
> New Delhi under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Minister for Road Transport &
> Highways. The meeting is expected to be attended by State Transport
> Ministers, Lieutenant Governors of States / UTs & Principal Secretary
> (Transport) / Transport Commissioners of all the States / UTs and also by
> some of the Central Ministers / Senior Officers and other stake holders
> apart from MoRTH officers.
>
> The Transport Development Council is the apex body to discuss crucial road
> transport related issues requiring broader consensus among States. Through
> this platform, various important decisions have been taken in the past
> including seamless movement of Goods Carriage through National Permit
> System. During the 35th meeting, it is proposed to deliberate on the issue
> of rationalization of motor vehicle taxes in the country.
>
> The Agenda items to be discussed in the meeting for consideration of the
> TDC include –
>
> a) Recommendations of the Official Committee set up for Rationalization of
> Motor Vehicle Taxes to levy lifetime tax at floor rate of 6% of the sale
> price before VAT on two wheeler / car / LMV.
>
> b) Rationalization of Taxes for taxis / maxis.
>
> c) Introduction of National Permit System for buses on lines of goods
> transport vehicles.
>
> d) Issue of overloading.
>
> e) Levying of multiple taxes, such as Entry Tax, Mechanical Tax, Service
> Tax etc. by the State Governments.
>
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