Ministerial body reviews tax collection targets.

LAHORE -- The second meeting of the cabinet ministerial committee on resource moAbilization under the chair of Finance Minister Sardar Mohsin Khan Leghari was held in the committee room of the finance department on wednesday. Provincial Minister for Revenue NawAabzada Mansoor Ahmad, Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxation Sardar Asif Nakai, Provincial Minister for AgriAculture Hussain Jahanian Gardezi, chief secretary, SMBR Zahid Akhtar Zaman, secretary finance, Special Secretary Mohammad Ali Randhawa, secretary excise and taxation, secretary health and representatives of the concerned departments attended. The meeting reviewed the tax and non-tax revenues collected in the current financial year. Special Secretary (Finance) MuhamAmad Ali Randhawa briefed about the revenue collected by tax and non-tax departments and added that the Punjab Revenue Authority has collected more taxes than its set target till the month of October in the current fiscal year. The excise and taxation department collectAed 41 percent of the budget estimates while the board of revenue collected 31 percent of the tax.

In terms of non-tax, the mines and minerals department collected 38 perAcent of its revenue estimated in the budget, the police department colAlected 29percent and the irrigation department collected 13 percent. HowAever, the pace of revenue collection in the health department was very slow, while the education department manAaged to achieve 28 percent of its budAget estimates. The 5-point agenda of the meeting included a discount on production index units on the...