HP Assembly passes three bills without any discussionÂ
Shimla, Sept 22
Himachal Pradesh Assembly passed three bills including HP Municipal Services (Amendment) bill , HP Taxation (Amendment) bill and HP GST (amendment ) bill 2023 without any discussion, unanimously in the house; these bills were tabled in the house yesterday.
Chief Minister who hold the portfolio of finance presented the Himachal Pradesh Taxation Amendment (on Certain Goods Carried by Road) bill 2023 in the state assembly before the launch break. The bill proposed amendment in 1999 parent act was enacted to provide for levy of a tax on certain goods carried by road in the State to validate certain taxes imposed on goods carried by road and for certain other matters connected therewith. The act would render loss tune to Rs 2.35 Cr to state exchequer since tax on certain goods is being levied at different rate for a distance (upto 250 kilometers or beyond ). The amendment was brought to simplify the taxation procedure for the stakeholders. The distance clause is being omitted in the bill so that the tax may be levied on uniform rates without taking into account the distance covered.
Himachal Pradesh Government today tabled in the state assembly to amend the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Services Act, 1994 to bring the posts of Municipal Corporation Shimla, Dharmshala, Solan and Palampur in the state level services.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder SIngh Sukhu who hold the portfolio of Urban development presented the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Services amendment Bill 2023 to replace the ordinance HP MS (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023Â promulgated by the Governor on August, 17 , 2023
The bill aims that posts and recruitment of Municipal Corporations in the State which are not included in the State level services to be brought under the amid of state level services on the line of Municipal Councils and the Nagar Panchayats . The all the services of Municipal Corporations would  be treated as State Cadre. The amendment would have provided the staff and recruitments process of employees in the four new Municipal Corporations including Shimla, Dharamshala, Solan, Mandi and Palampur .
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu also presented the HP GST amendment Act 2023 to amend the taxation on the goods carried by the roads to omit the provision to levy tax on account of distance covered. The amendment was required in the HPGST Act 2017Â to levy the taxation on the betting, casinos, gambling, horse racing, lottery and online gaming. The state adopted this legislation in conformity with the Central Government which has already carried out amendments in the Central Goods and Services Tax Act. 2017. The amendment would bring uniformity in the tax threshold across the Country, it is mandatory for all the State Governments to carry out corresponding amendments in the State Act.
All the bills were passed by voice-vote without any discussion in the house.
