Maharashtra to scrap Octroi tax, introduces local body taxCM Prithviraj Chavan announced last week that several municipal corporations in the state will stop collecting octroi and shift to LBT.
28 Mar, 2013, 03.51 AM IST
Maharashtra to do away with octroi completely by year-endMaharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today said octroi will be abolished in the state by December-end.
08 Feb, 2013, 07.41 PM IST
- Fuel pump owners demand removal of octroi on diesel, petrol
The abolition of octroi on fuel would have led to petrol and diesel getting cheaper by 75 paise and 85 paise per litre, respectively, withi...
20 Mar, 2012, 09.49 PM IST
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh favours waiving octroi, local taxes
Admitting that inflation posed serious threat to growth, PM favoured waiving mandi, octroi & local taxes, which impede movement of essentia...
04 Feb, 2011, 01.30 PM IST
- Mumbai's diamond trade may lose sparkle due to high octroi
Diamond traders in Mumbai are unable to find common ground with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on the payment of octroi.
15 May, 2008, 01.23 AM IST
- Octroi abolished in 15 smaller cities
After dragging its feet over abolition of octroi in major cities governed by municipal corporations, the state government on Wednesday deci...
20 Mar, 2008, 05.18 AM IST
- BMC bites octroi bullet, to exempt textiles, garments
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) wants to exempt textile and garments from paying octroi in 2008-09.
05 Feb, 2008, 01.32 AM IST
- Maharashtra to abolish octroi soon: Deshmukh
The Maharashtra government has finalised plans to abolish octroi soon, says Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.
07 Sep, 2007, 11.00 PM IST
- Patil assures to take decision on Octroi abolition
The "complexities" involved in abolition of Octroi was the reason behind delay in a decision on the issue, Maharashtra Assembly was informe...
23 Jul, 2007, 03.50 PM IST
- Halt Rs 100 cr investment on octroi:Merchant asso
Bombay Sugar Merchant's Association asked Maharashtra CM to put a halt on BMC's proposed Rs 100-crore investment on upgradation of octroi c...
16 Jul, 2007, 05.50 PM IST
- Deshmukh forms 14th panel to abolish octroi
Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has decided to form yet another committee to consider scrapping of octroi.
13 Jun, 2007, 12.33 AM IST
- Octroi is here to stay
Maharashtra government is not yet ready to scrap or even phase out the octroi duty in cities governed by municipal corporations.
26 Mar, 2007, 12.48 AM IST
- Gujarat may do away with octroi next fiscal
The tax reform bug, it seems, has bitten states as well. Gujarat may soon join the league and remove octroi.
14 Mar, 2007, 02.13 AM IST
- State unlikely to scrap octroi
The fate of around Rs 4,500-crore revenue that the 10 big municipal corporations of Maharashtra bring in through octroi is hanging in balan...
08 Jan, 2007, 03.25 AM IST
- Cabinet may script end to octroi on Fri
The octroi system of cess collection may finally be given a burial in Maharashtra.
23 Nov, 2006, 03.01 AM IST
- ‘Out with octroi, please’
The Maharashtra government’s study group on alternative sources of revenue for municipal corporations has recommended abolition of octroi.
22 Aug, 2006, 12.31 AM IST
- Octroi lives to die another day
Over a dozen committees in the last 47 years and still counting. All for one mission: to abolish octroi.
24 Jul, 2006, 12.00 AM IST