Private sector asks the government to bend law and let the overloaded
vehicles ply on the road, despite limited capacity of the roads.
Asking the commerce and supplies minister Shankar Prasad Koirala not to
immediately implement ban on overloaded goods carriers plying on the roads
against road capacity, the private sector representatives said that it would
hurt import export business, and revenue mobilisation.
A team of Federation of Nepal Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI)
led by its president Suraj Vaidya, also asked Koirala, who is also finance and
trade minister, to prepare a standard for the overloaded vehicles.
The overloaded goods carriers that are plying on the road arbitrarily
have damaged the road conditions in the country, as they are over the load
capacity of the road.
Likewise, the umbrella organisation of private sector also asked to
extend the tax exemption offer for one more month as the information could not
reach the grass root level. "It will be practical to extend one month for
the tax exemption offer," Vaidya said.
However the government offer brought through ordinance on the request of
the private sector failed largely due to low turnover of the private sector
itself.
"The offer was brought through the ordinance and it can be replaced
by the ordinance only," the minister said, adding that the incumbent is
handing over the power to the newly elected government soon and in no position
to bring another ordinance.
The deadline will come to an end on January 15, after when the revenue
administration has said that it will come hard on tax defaulters and invaders.
"The tax exemption offer was brought on the request of private
sector through ordinance and the government can do nothing to extend the
deadline," said finance secretary Shanta Raj Subedi, on the occasion.
Asking to take the advantage of tax exemption, he asked the private
sector to understand the legal compliance.
"The
law will take its course after January 15," said chief of the Revenue
Division under Finance Ministry.
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