It will not be easy for companies making Baku, Pan Masala and Gutkha to evade GST. Now companies manufacturing such sensitive products will have to register their machines in the state GST also. Details of production of each machine will have to be given while filing the return. For non-registration, the state tax department can impose a fine of Rs 1 lakh on each machine.
On Monday, the Cabinet approved the Uttar Pradesh Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Ordinance. Till now the Central Government has made a provision for registering the machines in GST and imposing penalty for not doing so. On this basis, all the states had to implement the system of registration of machines and imposition of tax on the basis of production from them. New section 122A has been added by getting the Uttar Pradesh Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2024 approved by the Cabinet. Under this, a fine of Rs 1 lakh per machine will be imposed on the companies that violate this section. The machine will also be sealed.
The machine will be unsealed three days after registration and deposit of fine amount. Apart from this, amendments have been made in Section-2 (61) and Section-20. ITC has been expanded by amending Section 2 (61) by changing the definition of input service distributor.
Government will strengthen veterinary services
The Yogi government has taken important initiatives in the direction of strengthening veterinary services in rural areas of the state and increasing the number of paravets trained in veterinary science. The government has decided to prepare a policy to start diploma and certificate courses in the field of animal husbandry and paraveterinary in the state. This proposal of the Animal Husbandry Department was approved in the cabinet meeting on Monday.
Under this new policy, the private sector will also be able to conduct animal husbandry diploma and certificate courses in the state. Livestock Minister Dharampal Singh said that the role of paravets is very important in rural areas, because the number of veterinarians in the state is limited. There are approximately 34,500 veterinarians in the entire country, whereas only 8,193 veterinarians are currently available in Uttar Pradesh. Due to this shortage, paravets are often forced to play a supporting role in tasks such as vaccination, dressing wounds, first aid and grooming. In rural areas, paravets are trained to provide animal health services, but due to lack of resources and inadequate training, they Because they are facing many types of challenges. The Livestock Minister said that in view of the need to increase the training and skills of paravets to provide better animal health services, the Yogi government has decided to train them through diploma and certificate courses. Under this policy, vaccination of paravets will be done. Will be trained in first aid, wound care and other essential aspects of animal health services. This step will provide a new direction in the field of animal husbandry and paraveterinary and will empower the Paravets professionally. To prepare the policy, a four-member expert committee has been formed under the chairmanship of the Special Secretary of the Livestock Department.
Will get recognition from major veterinary institute
The main institutions working in the field of animal husbandry in the state are Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Veterinary Sciences University and Cow Research Institute, Mathura. Apart from this, Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut are also running veterinary colleges. Now standards for providing private sector affiliation will be set by these universities, so that animal husbandry and paraveterinary courses can be conducted in private sectors also.
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