NAKODAR
The government has failed to meet its stamp-duty collection targets in the Mehat Pur sub-tehsil of the district.
Nakodar Tehsildar Harmindar Singh said a sum of over Rs 5 crores was collected during four quarters of the financial year in Mehat Pur sub-tehsil against a set target of Rs10 crore.
The Punjab Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Department (Stamps and Registration branch) had fixed a stamp duty collection target of Rs 342.8 crores for the district. Mehat Pur was targeted to collect Rs 3 crore in the fourth quarter Rs 3 crore in the third quarter, Rs 2 crore in the first and Rs 2 crore in the second quarter, and Rs 10 crore during the financial year.
It had collected a sum of over Rs 96.21 Lakhs during the first quarter against a target of Rs 2 crore, a sum of over Rs 64,11 lakhs during the second quarter against a target of Rs 2 crores, and over Rs 88.86 Lakhs during the third quarter against a target of Rs 3 crores and Rs .2.49 crores in the fourth quarter against a target of Rs 3 crores.