(a) whether the tax collection from insurgency-hit Northeast and Naxalite affected States of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand has dipped as reported in the ‘Times of India’ dated June 10, 2007;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(c) the percentage of tax collected from these insurgency-hit States during the last two financial years?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI S.S. PALANIMANICKAM)
(a)&(b) : No, Sir. The tax collections have not dipped. The direct taxes registered a growth of 19.60% in 2006-07
from Bhopal, Guwahati and Patna Zones which consist of Chhattisgarh, North-East and Jharkhand respectively,
whereas in case of indirect taxes, a growth rate of 16.70% was registered during 2006-07 over the previous year
from the States of North-East, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
(c) : As far as direct taxes are concerned the revenue constituted 4% and 3.5% of net direct collections during the
years 2005-06 and 2006-07 respectively. In so far as indirect taxes are concerned the percentage of share of Central
Excise revenue collected from the States of the North-East Region, and the States of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand
together to the total Central Excise collection was 8.2% and 9.0% during 2005-06 and 2006-07 respectively.