Govt mulls Rs 500/year fee on every colour TV

LLL · 10th July 2007, 09:09

Govt mulls Rs 500/year fee on every colour TV-India-The Times of India

Nice way to encourage black marketing. Now TV manufacturers will try and not declare the # of TV's sold or dealers will start selling in cash only.

esteem_lover · 10th July 2007, 09:23

What for ? for watching doordarshan ???

chanapli · 10th July 2007, 09:26

Another loot in the pipeline. ( after VAT)

msdivy · 10th July 2007, 09:29

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Originally Posted by esteem_lover

What for ? for watching doordarshan ???

Nope. To pay salaries for Doordarshan staff.

benbsb29 · 10th July 2007, 09:39

I got really angry on reading about this in today's newspaper.
Seems they are doing this to bail out Prasar Bharathi from losses, and pay salaries to their staff.

To add to the agony, did anyone see the report about mediclaim premiums also going up?

Making life miserable for the common man.

chanapli · 10th July 2007, 10:00

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Originally Posted by benbsb29

Making life miserable for the common man.

Exactly. Unfortunately common man has no other way. ( other than showing frustration on keyboard to type in to this forum)

benbsb29 · 10th July 2007, 10:01

chanapli, i believe thats the only way i manage some levels of sanity.

esteem_lover · 10th July 2007, 10:05

What if i say i do not have a television at home , are they going to get a search warrant to prove me wrong ?

Sankar · 10th July 2007, 10:11

This system is in practice is in the UK. There if you need to own and watch TV you should take the TV license. And it is applicable if you intend to use any TV broadcast receiving equipment to watch TV even if it is a TV enabled cellphone. The licensing costs come around 100 quids per year for a colour TV.

benbsb29 · 10th July 2007, 10:14

And here, i pay to make up for losses all because some wise guy somewhere would be siphoning off money to get rich?

tsk1979 · 10th July 2007, 10:32

Not enforceable without a search warrant.
I think this would be replaced by a "doordarshan tax" on every color TV. So apart from 12.5% VAT you would pay 10% lumpsum tax.

chanapli · 10th July 2007, 10:36

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Originally Posted by Sankar

This system is in practice is in the UK.

...and and I was told they have a mobile unit to find out is there any house/apartment uses TV ( when TV is switch on) who has not paid fees.

Rtech · 10th July 2007, 10:38

Friggin ridiculous! Can our Govt. simply burden us with anything and everything? As it is we pay taxes through our noses for every single thing - driving, buy a car/bike, fuel, tax on tax, entertainment tax, blah blah blah....and now they want to slap a tax on owning a colour TV!! What gives them the right to rape the common man like this!

Sankar · 10th July 2007, 10:40

The reason i guess is because DD is not getting enough money these days from advtsng. Nobody bothers to watch DD these days and thus they are losing out on advtsmnt $$.

DD is aired for free anyone can watch the DD programs without even paying anything. When you pay your cable operator your monthly due you are indirectly paying for most of the channels you watch.

In the UK the amount you pay makes upto 75% of the revenue for BBC. And for the rest of the channels you watch you have to pay through the operator.

sammyboy · 10th July 2007, 10:41

With the 1000 crore scams these ministers are used to, the budgets need to have some money to pay the rest of the employees na

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LLL BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Delhi Posts: 636 Thanked: 2 Times	Govt mulls Rs 500/year fee on every colour TV Govt mulls Rs 500/year fee on every colour TV-India-The Times of India Nice way to encourage black marketing. Now TV manufacturers will try and not declare the # of TV's sold or dealers will start selling in cash only. Last edited by tsk1979 : 10th July 2007 at 10:31.
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esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 513 Times View My Garage	What for ? for watching doordarshan ???
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chanapli BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Banglaore Posts: 270 Thanked: Once	Another loot in the pipeline. ( after VAT)
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benbsb29 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brisbane Posts: 10,104 Thanked: 14,200 Times View My Garage	I got really angry on reading about this in today's newspaper. Seems they are doing this to bail out Prasar Bharathi from losses, and pay salaries to their staff. To add to the agony, did anyone see the report about mediclaim premiums also going up? Making life miserable for the common man.
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benbsb29 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brisbane Posts: 10,104 Thanked: 14,200 Times View My Garage	chanapli, i believe thats the only way i manage some levels of sanity.
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esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 513 Times View My Garage	What if i say i do not have a television at home , are they going to get a search warrant to prove me wrong ?
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10th July 2007, 10:11	#9
Sankar Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Location Posts: 5,780 Thanked: 9,254 Times	This system is in practice is in the UK. There if you need to own and watch TV you should take the TV license. And it is applicable if you intend to use any TV broadcast receiving equipment to watch TV even if it is a TV enabled cellphone. The licensing costs come around 100 quids per year for a colour TV.
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10th July 2007, 10:14	#10
benbsb29 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brisbane Posts: 10,104 Thanked: 14,200 Times View My Garage	And here, i pay to make up for losses all because some wise guy somewhere would be siphoning off money to get rich?
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tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,688 Thanked: 23,489 Times View My Garage	Not enforceable without a search warrant. I think this would be replaced by a "doordarshan tax" on every color TV. So apart from 12.5% VAT you would pay 10% lumpsum tax.
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10th July 2007, 10:38	#13
Rtech Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 5,765 Thanked: 371 Times View My Garage	Friggin ridiculous! Can our Govt. simply burden us with anything and everything? As it is we pay taxes through our noses for every single thing - driving, buy a car/bike, fuel, tax on tax, entertainment tax, blah blah blah....and now they want to slap a tax on owning a colour TV!! What gives them the right to rape the common man like this!
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10th July 2007, 10:40	#14
Sankar Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Location Posts: 5,780 Thanked: 9,254 Times	The reason i guess is because DD is not getting enough money these days from advtsng. Nobody bothers to watch DD these days and thus they are losing out on advtsmnt $$. DD is aired for free anyone can watch the DD programs without even paying anything. When you pay your cable operator your monthly due you are indirectly paying for most of the channels you watch. In the UK the amount you pay makes upto 75% of the revenue for BBC. And for the rest of the channels you watch you have to pay through the operator.
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sammyboy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ggn/Dehradun Posts: 1,842 Thanked: 526 Times View My Garage	With the 1000 crore scams these ministers are used to, the budgets need to have some money to pay the rest of the employees na
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