Raipur: On Tuesday, state Finance Minister OP Chaudhary told journalists that the state’s GDP rate had registered a historic growth this time with developments in the revenue front. At that moment, he said the previous Congress government was engaging in corruption by claiming they had purposely skewed the system to enrich themselves. As Chaudhary explained, this mismanagement led to the suppression of automatic revenue for the State treasury. This status quo is right now, and action is being taken to reverse it.
The minister also stated that technology improves the tax system because the process is transparent. This breeds effectiveness as more money is channeled to the government than getting pocketed in the corrupt official’s pockets. He said that the previous regime intentionally threw the system into confusion and the corrupt to better their situation, making the state lose substantially. This problem is still being addressed with several measures being implemented in an attempt to address this problem.
Chaudhary went ahead to clarify how this is to be achieved by introducing technology to ensure that there is no more hiding of taxes and that only honest taxpayers benefit from the system. The government is actively taking measures to develop the police system under the chief minister. The good taxpayers will be rewarded while more funds will be invested in various social amenities such as education, healthcare and infrastructure.
As for the state of GDP, Finance Minister Chaudhary formulated a challenging objective to be achieved during the next 5 years as 10 lakh crore from the existing 5 lakh crore. He emphasized the need to seek for investment to achieve this. Investment and GDP growth will continue historically in Chhattisgarh under Vishnu Deo Sai’s leadership beyond where potential areas for investment are currently being sought.
Chaudhary blamed the previous Congress Government for encouraging corruption and mafia-like operations, which discouraged the investors. Several strategies were used to discourage the investors who made investments, forcing most investors out of the investment.
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