The State government has decided to seek a clarification from the Centre about the issue, official sources said here today.
After a State Cabinet meeting last night, it was decided that Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh would visit New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to discuss the issue.
Media reports had said that the Centre was considering granting of ‘Supra State body’ status to all Nagas settled in the North-east to enable them preserve their ‘identity, tradition and customary laws’.
Senior Manipur Opposition leader O Joy of the Manipur People’s Party said it was an attempt to disintegrate the north-eastern State. – PTI
Road tax to continue in Mizoram
Aizawl, Nov 17 – The Mizoram government would continue to levy road tax in accordance with the Mizoram Taxation and Road Tax Act, 2011 till it was amended, Transport Minister PC Zoramsangliana said here today.
Zoramsangliana told a press conference that a Study Group was being constituted to make recommendations for amendments and these were made, the road tax structure - rates and payments based on a vehicle’s life-time would stay.
The Mizoram Vehicles Taxation Refinement Demand Co-ordination Committee (MVTRDCC), an umbrella organisation of vehicle owners and drivers, was formed after the govt levied road tax on vehicles on a lifetime basis of 15 years and raised tax by 20 % for transport vehicles and 50 % for private vehicles.