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Originally Posted by ACM source: TOI
Maharashtra Govt. cabinet decided to levy a green tax on private vehicles that are more that 15 years old and commercial vehicle hat have been plying for at least 8 years.
Implementation expected before EOY.
Rates: Pvt. Vehicles over 15 years old
Two wheelers 2,000
Petrol vehicles 3,000
Diesel vehicles 3,500
Tax to be paid every 5 years.
This will add to the cost of owning Classic and Vintage Cars.
Get rid of older non classic vechiles.
Rates: For commercial vehicles over 8 years old
Autorickshaws - 750
6 seater Taxis - 1250
Tourist Taxis & Light Good Vehicles: 2500
Vehicles with over 7500 kg capacity: 10% of yearly tax
Contract buses; 2.5% of yearly tax
Service vehciles: 2.5% of yearly tax
Tourist buses: 2.5% of yearly tax.
Would have liked a higher levy for the commercial vehicles so that we have only newer, safer, cleaner vechicles. |
The government has issued a notification dated 15/10/2010 approving the levying of the Green Tax on older motor vehicles.
The taxes will be payable w.e.f. 30/10/2010 and are also applicable to Vintage and Classic motor vehicles. Older ambulances which are exempt from many other taxes fall within the ambit of the Green Tax. The antidote is a PIL filed in the Nagpur Bench of the Mumbai High Court just a few days back seeking to quash the government notification.
The grounds on which relief has been sought include the facts that:-
(1) The notification was drafted in haste without inviting suggestions, objections and feedbacks from the public and in particular owners of such motor vehicles.
(2)The suit mentions that the notification is illogical and that the implementation of such a law to impose Green Tax is a Central Subject under the MV Act of 1988 and the State of Maharashtra has no jurisdiction. It has exceeded it by enforcing the notification.
(3)There is no mention about the old motor vehicles registered in other states that may be plying in or through the State of Maharashtra and which may cause pollution.
(4)It also states that the imposition of Green Tax is meant to fill the coffers of new motor vehicle manufacturers.
(5)The suit also claims that based on past records, as has been stated in the notification regarding the usage of the tax proceeds, the government has a track record of diverting the proceeds to other heads of budget and not to the ones detailed in the notification.
As the court is on vacation, the vacation judge has referred it to a regular bench for hearing.
A total of 21 lakh old motor vehicles in Maharashtra face the Green Tax axe as of now.
Last edited by anjan_c2007 : 12th November 2010 at 20:03.
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