Raipur: The Chhattisgarh cabinet on Wednesday approved the imposition of special 'coronavirus tax' on country-made and Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) liquor in the state.
In the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Bhupesh Baghel here on Wednesday, it was also decided to launch 'Rajiv Gandhi Kisaan Nyay Yojana' from May 21 to provide good returns to the farmers for their produce and encourage crop production, an official statement here said.
"The cabinet approved the imposition of special 'Corona Tax' on country-made and IMFL. According to it, a tax of Rs 10 per bottle will be imposed on country-made liquor and a tax at the rate of 10 per cent of the selling price on every bottle of IMFL (spirit/malt)," it said.
The statement said that under the 'Rajiv Gandhi Kisaan Nyay Yojana' scheme, an amount of Rs 10,000 per acre will be deposited into the accounts of farmers as agriculture input assistance grant through Direct Benefit Transfer for procuring crops like paddy, maize and sugarcane (Rabi).
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The scheme will be launched on May 21, which is the death anniversary of former PM Rajiv Gandhi, was taken during.
The amount will be transferred into the farmers' accounts on the basis of registered area and area under cultivation during Kharif crop season 2019, it added.
The cabinet also decided that from Kharif season 2020, a fixed amount will be transferred into the accounts of farmers as agriculture input assistance grant for crops like paddy, maize, sugarcane, oilseeds and pulses on the basis of registered and accrued acreage, the release said.
Additional grant for each acre will be given to those farmers who despite having cultivated paddy in previous crops season year, will cultivate any other crop mentioned in the scheme in the current year, it said.