Telangana to deduct Green Fund from April
Hyderabad: The State government will start deducting one-time annual contribution from the salaries, honorarium and remuneration of public representatives from April this year for the first-of-its-kind Haritha Nidhi (Telangana Green Fund) created to fund the green movement in the State. The one-time contribution will be deducted every year in April payable in May. The TGF […]
Hyderabad: The State government will start deducting one-time annual contribution from the salaries, honorarium and remuneration of public representatives from April this year for the first-of-its-kind Haritha Nidhi (Telangana Green Fund) created to fund the green movement in the State. The one-time contribution will be deducted every year in April payable in May.
The TGF contribution will also be deducted from salaries of all categories of employees of State government, All India Service Officers, State government undertakings including corporations, societies, grant-in-aid and other institutions, universities and schools every year in April. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao announced the establishment of TGF in the State Assembly in October last for effective implementation of the Telangana ku Haritha Haram programme in the State. He had urged the people to take up the responsibility of environmental protection and plantation.
The government proposed to deduct Rs.6,000 per annum from MPs, MLAs and MLCs salaries, Rs.1,200 from Chairpersons of the Corporations and Zilla Parishad Chairpersons, Rs 600 from Chairpersons of Mandal Praja Parishad and Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency Presidents and Rs.120 from Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies, Corporators, Municipal Councillors and Sarpanches.
The State government issued a Government Order on Friday instructing levy and remittance of contributions towards TGF, for which necessary amendments to rules as may be required, should be issued by the departments concerned.
The contribution of works contracts of all engineering departments and corporations in the State in Irrigation and Command Area Development (CAD) would be 0.01 per cent while the contribution from Constituency Development Fund from the Planning department would be 10 per cent.
The contribution for each registration done by the Registration and Stamps Department from the Revenue department would be Rs.50 while the contribution for each issue or renewal of license to shops and business establishments by the Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development department and Labour, Employment, Training and Factories department would be Rs.1,000.
The contribution of each issue or renewal of license and permit to bars and wine shops from the Prohibition and Excise department would be Rs.1,000. Contributions would also be collected for student admissions in all the government and private institutions per annum.
An amount of Rs.10 per student would be collected up to tenth class by the Education department while Rs.15 from each intermediate student, Rs.25 from each degree student and Rs.100 per student who is pursuing professional courses.
The State government has also proposed to deduct Rs.1,200 per annum from All India Service Officers and Rs.300 per annum from all State government Gazetted and Non-Gazetted employees, teachers, grand-in-aid employees including corporations, societies, universities and institutions under the control of State Government.
All the drawing and disbursing officers, accounts officers and finance officers concerned should accordingly deduct TGF contribution and credit the same into the TGF account, said TK Sreedevi, Secretary to Government.
According to Sreedevi, the government issued orders for establishment of TGF in the State to enhance the fruits of massive plantation activity and to provide sustainability to ongoing Telanganaku Haritha Haram in the long run.
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