TN govt presents 2019-20 budget with no new taxes

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Friday presented the state budget for financial year 2019-20 with no new taxes and said that the revenue deficit will reduce in the coming year.

In the budget presented by deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam, who holds the finance portfolio, the government proposed no new taxes but said that the revenue deficit was estimated to be around Rs 14,300 crore.

"With higher SOTR (state's own tax revenue) growth, coupled with the phasing out of the impact of Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (Uday) and pay revision, the state expects to bring down the revenue deficit in the coming years," he said.

The government also announced a number of initiatives in various sectors including implementing a Rs 2,000 crore comprehensive parking management project here.
"It will have underground parking facilities, multilevel parking facilities and on-lane smart parking to accommodate two lakh four-wheelers and an equal number of two-wheelers," Panneerselvam said.

With inputs from PTI.