Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday made a big announcement for the common man, saying that VAT on petrol-diesel will no longer be increased in UP. After the meeting of the State Tax Department at his home on revenue collection, CM Yogi Adityanath said, "Keeping in view the larger public interest, we have not imposed any new tax increase in the VAT rate or any new tax in the state. Today, the lowest VAT rate on petrol/diesel is in UP. There will be no increase in VAT in the near future. With this in mind, an attempt should be made to increase revenues in line with the capabilities of the locality.''

CM Yogi directed that efforts should be made for tax collection for the financial year 2022-23, which aims to collect Rs 1.50 lakh crore as Goods and Services Tax (GST) and VAT. CM Yogi also directed the officials to increase the number of GST-registered traders to 4 lakh in the next 6 months. At the same time, CM Yogi also said that traders should be told about the benefits of GST registration/returns.

CM Yogi Adityanath informed that the total revenue collection of the state in the financial year 2017-18 was Rs 58,700 crore, which has increased to about Rs 1 lakh crore in a year. At the same time, the tax collection for the first quarter of the current financial year 2021-22 has been Rs 32,386 crore against the target of Rs 31,786 crore, which can be said to be satisfactory.

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