04-05-14
Maharashtra Government brought down the targets of revenue recovery for
all administrative divisions except Pune a couple of days prior to end
of financial year 2013-14
By Kartik Lokhande
As a large chunk of the Government officers and
employees was engaged in election duty, Maharashtra Government revised
the revenue recovery targets for all administrative divisions in the
State merely a couple of days prior to end of the financial year
2013-14. Despite elections, revenue collection in Nagpur Division still
touched 97.29 per cent mark compared to the revised target.
Every year, the State Government sets target of revenue collection under
various heads to various administrative divisions and some major
revenue-yielding departments. The major heads for administrative
divisions are Zilla Parishad (ZP) cess, Gram Panchayat cess,
non-agricultural (NA) cess, Nazool charges, revenue from minor minerals,
entertainment tax, revenue recovery certificate (RRC), recovery of loan
given for rehabilitation or in case of natural calamity etc. Besides,
revenue targets are given to the state-level offices under Settlement
Commissioner, Directorate of Town Planning, NA cess, environment charges
etc. For the financial year 2013-14, the Government had set the target
of Rs 3864.0694 crore for all these put together.
However, due to various reasons including drought, excessive rainfall
and floods, untimely rains and hailstorm in various months of the
financial year, there was a demand for downward revision of the targets.
Besides, engagement of a large chunk of the Government machinery in
election duty especially in the last two crucial months of the financial
year translated into virtual non-availability of a substantial number
of officials and employees for regular work of revenue recovery.
Considering these aspects, sources said, the Government scaled down the
revenue recovery targets for the financial year. Barring Pune Division,
where the target was increased by Rs 46.2712 crore, the revenue targets
were revised for all other administrative divisions. Among the
departments, the targets of only Settlement Commissionerate and NA cess
were raised.
As far as Nagpur Division is concerned, the previous target was Rs
401.6742 crore. It was revised to Rs 375.28 crore. As against this, the
provisional recovery at the end of financial year 2013-14 was Rs
365.1259 crore. Thus, revenue recovery in Nagpur Division was Rs 97.29
per cent compared to the revised target. “The recovery could have been
more than this, but the recovery was lower in Bhandara and Gondia
districts. In Nagpur and Gadchiroli districts, even the previous targets
of revenue recovery have been surpassed,” said an official. The revenue
recovery in Bhandara and Gondia districts, at the end of the financial
year, was 36.17 per cent and 67.67 per cent respectively.
It may be recalled that the revenue collection in the financial year
2012-13 was Rs 368.6404 crore as against the target of Rs 329.4221
crore, in Nagpur Division. Then, all six districts in the Division had
surpassed the set target for them.
Revenue recovery in Nagpur Division
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District Target Recovery
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Nagpur Rs 220.0111 cr Rs 220.7596 cr
Wardha Rs 32.5287 cr Rs 29.3137 cr
Bhandara Rs 45.0476 cr Rs 16.2919 cr
Gondia Rs 18.5216 cr Rs 12.5327 cr
Chandrapur Rs 73.04 cr Rs 70.4722 cr
Gadchiroli Rs 12.5252 cr Rs 16.7558 cr
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Original targets and revised ones
for revenue recovery in 2013-14
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Division/Department Original Target Revised Target
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Konkan Division Rs 1630.1702 cr Rs 1210.0069 cr
Nashik Division Rs 424.1756 cr Rs 360.0012 cr
Pune Division Rs 653.7331 cr Rs 700.0043 cr
Aurangabad Division Rs 342.5517 cr Rs 310.0068 cr
Amravati Division Rs 270.6296 cr Rs 220.0099 cr
Nagpur Division Rs 401.6742 cr Rs 375.2800 cr
Settlement Commissioner Rs 126.9676 cr Rs 140.2619 cr
Director, Town Planning Rs 3.9273 cr Rs 3.9273 cr
NA permissions Rs 7.8162 cr Rs 9.6535 cr
Environment Cess Rs 2.4239 cr Rs 1.20 cr
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(The letter of revision of targets was issued on March 29, 2014)
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