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The Indian Taxation Enquiry Committee. Evidence - Lahore Nagpur and Lucknow

1925

Government has to secure certain funds in order to carry on the administration in the best interests of the people and if Government supplies any commodity to a particular community or class of the population and does not charge the commercial value of the commodity there will be a loss of revenue which must be made up partly at the expense of that part of the population that does not use the p [...] To merge water rates and land revenue would make it almost impossible to form any just estimate of the soundness of an irrigation scheme or the adequacy of the portion of the land revenue considered to be the charge for water. [...] It should be remembered in this connection that the supply in four out of the five rivers of the Punjab is completely withdrawn for irrigation in winter and in the case of the fifth river the same condition will soon obtain. [...] (h) That Government as the owner of the water is also entitled to a share of the increased production of the land dim to the application of water to it. [...] A.—They were originally fixed on the quantity of waterequired by each particular kind of crop and that generally happens to correspond with the prices so that you can base your system on either."Q.—What is your view of the objection raised by the Members of the Punjab Council that the Government was not justified in raising these rates because the taxpayer is already paying the interest on th
government politics public policy
Pages
518
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100164
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Frontmatter
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24th January 1925. Lahore
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