Punjab: 290 people will get a reward of 10 thousand
The punjab government has started such a scheme, under which 10 prizes will be given every month inevery district of the state. Means 290 prizes will be given every month in 29 taxation districts of the state.For this, on the 7th of every month, a lucky draw will be conducted by the punjab government. The winnerwill be given prizes up to Rs 10,000. This scheme is going to start from October.What is this plan after all?In fact, punjab Chief minister Bhagwant Mann has launched the 'Mera Bill' GST app on Monday. The 'BillLao, Inam Pao' scheme has been launched through this app. Under this scheme, the purchase bill of at leastRs.200 will be uploaded on this app and the one whose name appears in the lucky draw will be rewarded.This reward will be equal to 5 times the tax paid for the goods and services purchased. The names of thewinners of the lucky draw that will be held on the 7th of every month will be given on the website of theTaxation Department, apart from this they will also be informed through the mobile app. A person will beentitled to the prize only once in the draw held on 7th of every month.Will help in stopping tax evasionRegarding this scheme, punjab Government's Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema has said that it willhelp in stopping tax evasion in the state. Cheema told that the GST collection of punjab is very less. Due tothe efforts of the state government, the collection has increased by about 26 percent in one year. But the GSTcollection in punjab is only a quarter of that of Haryana. In the month of July, where the GST collection ofPunjab was Rs 2000 crore, then if we talk about Haryana, the GST collection has reached more than Rs 7900crore here.