Cabinet meeting: Nod to VAT cut on aviation turbine fuel

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 26

The Haryana Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar here on Tuesday, gave its approval for the reduction in VAT rate from 20 per cent to 1 per cent on the sale of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) under the Regional Connectivity Scheme at the RCS airports and for the RCS flights from other airports located within the state.

The RCS-UDAN was launched by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation with a view to facilitating regional connectivity by making it affordable.

An MoU was signed by the Haryana Government with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, Chairman, Airports Authority of India. Under the MoU, VAT would be reduced to 1 per cent or less on the ATF at the RCS airports (as notified by the government) and for the RCS flights from other airports located within the state for three years.

In another decision, the cabinet gave approval for the setting up of a special purpose vehicle (SPV), that is, Haryana International Horticultural Marketing Corporation Limited (HIHMCL), incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013, to facilitate work of the international terminal market within a fixed time-frame.

Approval was also accorded to a proposal to amend the Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojna— Affordable Plotted Housing Policy, 2016.

As per the amendments, applications for licence under the Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojna, 2016, would now be allowed for up to 40 per cent of the net planned area of sectors and applications shall continue to be received after the expiry of the opening window of 90 days.

Some other Cabinet decisions  

• In view of geographic contiguity and administrative convenience, the government has decided the shifting of three villages Jaitpur Shekhpur, Noorpur and Chillar under the area of Patwar circle from sub-tehsil Palhawas to Rewari tehsil in Rewari district and five villages Margain, Manglaura, Ganjogarhi, Naglamegha and Ranwar from tehsil and sub-division Gharaunda to tehsil and sub-division Karnal in Karnal district
• It was decided to grant sanction for the engagement of additional 1,000 ex-servicemen from the Army as special police officers (SPOs) for performing night duty in the Police Commissionerate, Gurugram
• The Cabinet gave its approval for increasing the retirement age of regular medical officers working in HVPNL and HPGCL from 58 to 65, for performing clinical duties as consultant and senior consultant
• It was decided to construct a road from Bandholi to Kidaner up to the Rajasthan border in Nuh district at an estimated cost of over Rs 81.63 lakh. With the construction of this road, the distance between Bandholi (Haryana) and Kidaner (Rajasthan) would be reduced by about 20 km
• The Cabinet decided to sell 50 per cent of the total carved-out plots in the timber market, Manakpur in Jagadhari by open auction amongst the timber traders of the notified market area of Market Committee, Jagadhari only.