Punjab govt decides to impose entry tax on cattle.

BAHAWALPUR -- The Punjab government has decided to impose entry tax on cattle in districts across the province.

The tax has been imposed on cattle movement as the government seeks to ban the functioning of cattle markets in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to a local government source, the department has, through a circular, asked managing directors (MDs) of all cattle market management companies in the province to levy Rs500 and Rs100 per big and small cattle, respectively, on their inter-district entry on the instructions of Punjab cabinet's Standing Committee on Finance and Development.

In the circular, the MDs have been directed to arrange a mode of tax recovery that must start from July 1 in their respective districts. They have been told that the levy would not be collected through contractors but companies' own men to avoidany chances of exploitation of the cattle owners. They have been warned of action if they failed to follow the directions.

The Punjab government has issued orders to levy the district entry fee on cattle in view of the upcoming Eidul Azha when inter-district movement of sacrificial animals would be in full swing.

Several people...