Karnataka assembly passes bill to track, trace tobacco and arecanut to plug GST leakage
Bengaluru, Aug 14 (PTI): The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed a bill to implement a track-and-trace mechanism to plug GST leakage in tobacco and arecanut products.
Piloting the Karnataka Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill for the consideration of the House, state Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said there is a huge difference between sales and what's being declared.
With this bill, track-and-trace mechanism is being introduced into the value chain, using which all ingredients will be tracked, right from the primary product to the final product, and with the help of this, the volume of sales can be detected.
The Bill also aims to curb the misuse of input tax credit (ITC).
"Some people are illegally claiming ITC. There are ITC refund scams being widely reported. We need to apply a systemic fix for this...,” the Minister said.
Meanwhile, the Karnataka Decriminalisation (Amendment of Provisions) Bill was tabled in the Assembly.
The bill provides for tweaking 12 existing laws for “decriminalising and rationalising offences and to further enhance trust-based governance for ease of living and doing business”.
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Man arrested for for raping mute woman in Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.
The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.
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The accused was a caretaker of the company.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.
