Provide info on subscribers, Govt tells cable operators

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 25

The Delhi government has directed cable operators to furnish it details of the subscribers, including their names, addresses and contact numbers in a bid to step up entertainment tax collection.

Cable operators pay entertainment tax based on the number of their connections.

According to the entertainment tax department, a written communication has been sent to multi-system operators to submit details of their local cable operators and cable connections at the earliest.

In the city there are around 20 multi system operators whom the department has asked to provide details of their cable connections with each local cable operator.

The city government had collected Rs 160.72 crore in tax revenue in the financial year 2014-15, while it increased to Rs 261.94 crore in the next fiscal year.