Farmers union urges govt. to reduce VAT on tractors and diesel

The Thanjavur North District Committee of the Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam (TNVS), farmers helping of Communist Party of India (CPI), has called for scaling down of Value Added Tax levied connected diesel for tractors and connected the merchantability of these vehicles to farmers.

In a memorandum to the Union and State governments and submitted astatine the Regional Divisional Officer, Kumbakonam, for forwarding the aforesaid to the offices concerned, connected June 8, the sangam pointed retired that VAT was being levied on with GST by the dealers selling the instrumentality to farmers who acquisition them for agriculture operations.

Further, roadworthy taxation was being charged during the acquisition though determination were stringent rules specified arsenic these vehicles should not beryllium operated connected nationalist highways and different ‘expressways’. Above each these, VAT was being collected portion diesel bought for operating these vehicles chiefly utilized for agriculture operations, the memorandum added.

Demanding that tractors should beryllium added to the database of agriculture implements, TNVS urged the Centre to retreat National Calamity Contingency Duty and the State authorities to retreat VAT connected merchantability of tractors, diesel for tractors, and roadworthy tax.

Earlier, the sangam organised a tractor rally from adjacent the Court Round About to the RDO office, Kumbakonam.