Maharashtra government to make changes in financial system, says Sudhir Mungantiwar

Stressing on the need to improve the state's economic condition, finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said they were trying to remove the loopholes in the existing taxation system and bring in evaders into the tax net.

The state government, which is reeling under a debt burden of over Rs3 lakh crore, also planned to fill up vacant posts in revenue generating departments at the earliest, he said.

"To bring the state in a strong financial position, we have decided to make changes in the existing financial system across departments while making sure common man is not burdened," said Mungantiwar.

"There are certain shortcomings in the existing taxation system. This can be rectified by bringing in tax evaders into the system, which will generate huge revenue," he said.

"The atmosphere of government offices, especially that of sales tax and excise, is unhealthy outside metro cities like Mumbai. How will employees work in such dilapidated conditions and how can we expect people to come forward and visit these offices to pay their taxes?" he said, adding that officials had been asked to renovate these offices located outside Mumbai in a time-bound manner.