PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH
EXCISE, TAXATION & NARCOTICS CONTROL DEPARTMENT
LIST OF STARRED ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR
THURSDAY, THE 01ST DECEMBER, 2022
459. *Mr. Arsalan Taj Hussain: Will the Minister for Excise &Taxation be pleased to state:-
Number of vehicles owned by Sindh Government (registered/ unregistered) along with market value of each as well as their tax status with details of vehicles department & designation-wise?
ANSWER
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Chawla, Minister for Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control:
The number of registered vehicles owned by Sindh Government are 11,623. The Department-wise details of vehicles alongwith tax dues, are appended below:
S#
|
Department Name
|
No. of Vehicles
|
Tax Status
|
1
|
Agriculture, Supply & Prices Department
|
440
|
8,979,400/-
|
2
|
Anti-Corruption Establishment
|
90
|
1,379,801/-
|
3
|
Auqaf, Religious Affairs, Zakat & Ushr Department
|
53
|
638,689/-
|
4
|
BBS Youth Development program
|
21
|
145,770/-
|
5
|
Board of Revenue Sindh
|
656
|
9,487,014/-
|
6
|
Chief Minister’s Secretariat
|
126
|
744,585/-
|
7
|
Cooperative Department
|
5
|
39,516/-
|
8
|
Coordination Department
|
4
|
95,101/-
|
9
|
Culture, Tourism & Antiquities Department
|
106
|
2,483,298/-
|
10
|
Education Department
|
955
|
11,043,522/-
|
11
|
Energy Department
|
75
|
634,500/-
|
12
|
Environment, Climate Change & Coastal Development Department
|
50
|
524,388/-
|
13
|
Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control Department
|
120
|
3,434,960/-
|
14
|
Finance Department
|
227
|
1,496,293/-
|
15
|
Food Department
|
50
|
451,979/-
|
16
|
Forest & Wildlife Department
|
139
|
3,064,951
|
17
|
Governor House Sindh
|
13
|
122,305/-
|
18
|
Health Department
|
590
|
9,201,508/-
|
19
|
High Court of Sindh
|
501
|
3,774,481/-
|
20
|
Home Department
|
103
|
1,468,169/-
|
21
|
Human Rights (HR) Department
|
10
|
73,575/-
|
22
|
Industries & Commerce Department
|
46
|
785,879/-
|
23
|
Information & Archives Department
|
80
|
1,760,251/-
|
24
|
Information Science & Technology Department
|
44
|
578,480
|
25
|
Inspector General of Prison
|
55
|
223,489/-
|
26
|
Inspector General of Sindh Police
|
684
|
43,797,387/-
|
27
|
Irrigation Department
|
498
|
7,008,872/-
|
28
|
Karachi Development Authority
|
3
|
127,732/-
|
29
|
Katchi Abadies & Spatial Development Department
|
25
|
123,790/-
|
30
|
Labour & Human Resources Department
|
134
|
1,094,500/-
|
31
|
Law, Parliamentary Affairs Department
|
873
|
5,772,047/-
|
32
|
Livestock & Fishries Department
|
230
|
3,282,636/-
|
33
|
Local Govt. & HTP Department
|
1,151
|
16,032,108/-
|
34
|
Mines & Minerals Development Department
|
71
|
1,476,645/-
|
35
|
Minorities Affairs Department
|
18
|
152,171/-
|
36
|
Not Clear
|
135
|
4,514,000/-
|
37
|
Others
|
191
|
4,421,202/-
|
38
|
Planning & Development Department
|
329
|
3,462,654
|
39
|
Population Welfare Department
|
353
|
5,138,665/-
|
40
|
Provincial Election Authority
|
5
|
154,003/-
|
41
|
Provincial Assembly Secretariat
|
113
|
1,276,066/-
|
42
|
Provincial Ombudsman (Mohtasib)
|
81
|
191,874/-
|
43
|
Public Health Engineering & Rural Development Department
|
128
|
1,848,750/-
|
44
|
Rehabilitation Department
|
7
|
146,330/-
|
45
|
SGA&CD Department
|
1,078
|
14,225,042/-
|
46
|
Sindh Building Control Authority
|
15
|
273,613/-
|
47
|
Sindh Investment Board
|
4
|
90,200/-
|
48
|
Sindh Public Service Commission
|
32
|
194,876/-
|
49
|
Social Welfare Department
|
49
|
857,310/-
|
50
|
Sports & Youth Affiars Department
|
43
|
402,848/-
|
51
|
SRB
|
25
|
7,540
|
52
|
Supply and Prices Department
|
99
|
1,340,112/-
|
53
|
Trasnport & Mass Transit Department
|
44
|
490,026/-
|
54
|
Universities and Boards Department
|
365
|
2,476,020/-
|
55
|
Women Development Department
|
8
|
211,970/-
|
56
|
Works & Services Department
|
273
|
3,439,053/-
|
|
Grand Total
|
11623
|
186,661,946/-
|
Ø A list of Registered Vehicles of Government of Sindh alongwith their tax status, is at Annexure-A placed on the table of the house.
Ø Market value of the vehicles is not ascertained by Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control Department, as it is not required for any tax assessment.
Ø Details of unregistered vehicles, if any, are not available with Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control Department.
2757. *Ms. Rana Ansar: Will the Minister for Excise &Taxation be pleased to state:-
(a) Whether tax is collected from welfare organizations;
(b) If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the detail thereof?
ANSWER
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Chawla, Minister for Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control:
a. Yes, the tax is collected from welfare organizations doing charitable work except MV tax, Property tax & Infrastructure cess.
b. Such exemptions have been granted under relevant Acts / Rules as under: -.
Name of Tax
|
Relevant Act/Rules
|
Motor Vehicle Tax
|
Section-13 of Sindh Motor Vehicle Taxation Act, 1958
|
Property Tax
|
Section-4 (f), of Sindh Urban Immovable Property Tax Act, 1958.
|
Infrastructure Cess
|
Section 14(2)(b) of Sindh Infrastructure Cess Rules-2019.
|
4535. *Mr. Muhammad Ali Aziz: Will the Minister for Excise &Taxation be pleased to state:-
District wise number of motor-cycles, cars and rickshaws registered during 2017-18 along with the amount collected under the head?
ANSWER
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Chawla, Minister for Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control:
District-wise Motorcycles, Cars and Rickshaws registered during 2017-18 alongwith the amount collected under the head is at Annexure Placed on the Table of the House.
6633. *Mr. Sadaqat Hussain: Will the Minister for Excise &Taxation be pleased to state:-
Total number of Mini- Buses and Cars in whole Sindh?
ANSWER
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Chawla, Minister for Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control:
The details of total number of Mini-Buses and Cars in whole Sindh are as under:
S#
|
Vehicles
|
No. of Mini-Buses & Cars registered till 30th April, 2021.
|
1.
|
Mini-Buses
|
16,038/-
|
2.
|
Cars
|
127,9345/-
|
6975. *Ms. Rabia Khatoon: Will the Minister for Excise &Taxation be pleased to state:-
Number of Cars, Buses and Motorcycles registered in Districts of Karachi and Hyderabad during 2018-19 alongwith amount collected?
ANSWER
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Chawla, Minister for Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control:
The details of Number of Cars, Buses & Motorcycles registered in Districts of Karachi and Hyderabad during 2018-19, alongwith amount collected are as under:
TYPES OF VEHICLES
|
NUMBER OF REGISTERED VEHICLES
|
AMOUNT COLLECTED (IN MILLION)
|
Karachi
|
|
|
CARS
|
59228
|
1507.393
|
BUSES
|
173
|
22.901
|
MOTORCYCLES
|
232366
|
167.579
|
Hyderabad
|
|
|
CARS
|
2
|
0.090
|
BUSES
|
0
|
0
|
MOTORCYCLES
|
72895
|
42.055
|
Grand Total
|
364664
|
1740.021
|
7923. *Mr. Sanjay Parwani: Will the Minister for Excise &Taxation be pleased to state:-
Number of officers/officials of Excise Department who were failed to eliminate the use of illegal blue lights and affixing fake Government number plates on vehicles in Jacobabad against whom Government of Sindh has taken action?
ANSWER
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Chawla, Minister for Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control:
As regard to eliminate and taken action against such type of the use of illegal blue lights and affixing fake Government number plates on vehicles, is the responsibility of concerned Traffic Police.
However, the Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control Department, Sindh is frequently conducting road checking campaigns on quarterly basis, in order to collect motor vehicles tax dues from the defaulting vehicles. During such checking Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control Department, temporarily impounds unregistered vehicles and motorcycles as well as plying on open letters by the purchasers, but have not been transferred in their names. Furthermore, seizure and disposal rules under Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1965 are being processed by the Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control Department. Once the rules are passed, effective action against defaulters would be taken.
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