Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said his government is making every effort to facilitate trade and industry in the state by addressing their issues.
"After improvement and simplification in the taxation process, traders have felt relief in the last three years," he said addressing the inaugural session of the state-level Tax Advisory Committee meeting.
He said several decisions were taken in the state Budget for 2011-12, according to submission given by the Tax Advisory Committee.
A relief of Rs 300 crore was provided to the people of the state by providing VAT exemption on various commodities, he added.
The Chief Minister said the state was ahead in accepting e-payment system and as a result of that, tax worth Rs 7,500 crore is being collected through information technology.
"E-registration, e-payment, e-returns, e-refund have been implemented by the Commercial Tax department for the facility of the tax payers."
Industry Minister Rajendra Pareek, state Planning Board Vice-Chairman VS Vyas, Additional Chief Secretary CK Methew, Principal Secretary (Industries) Sunil Arora and representatives of the trade and industry sector were also present in the meeting.
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