Exempt ‘double tax’

It is no more a cake walk for the people in Jammu and Kashmir to buy a vehicle with registration outside the Union Territory as the government has started taking stringent actions against those who are found without set documents of the vehicles. However, the people here have raised questions over the series of steps taken in this regard as some of the decisions vis-à-vis re-registration of the vehicles are against their aspirations. It was the 9 percent token tax levied on new cars that forced people to look for non local cars as an option given their economic conditions. Since those cars have already paid the said amount in their respective states what sense does it make to burden the common man again? It seems that the administration has lost touch with the ground realities and thus has been coming up with the decisions that are not favoring the common masses. In just five days of time, the chaos has forced the owners of these vehicles not to come out with the vehicles. The re-registration of the vehicles is though an appreciable step, but there is a need to address the concerns of the common masses as well. The decision has not only left the owners of these vehicles to suffer, but also are giving losses to the people affiliated with buying and selling of these vehicles. The administration must consider withdrawing the directive issued regarding repayment of token tax and time limit for re-registration of non J&K vehicles.