The Green Levy a good proposition
the Environment Conservation Levy Act introduced this month proposes to impose taxes on mobile phones, transmission towers, electrical bulbs excluding CFL bulbs and certain motor vehicles. The Govt. hopes to collect between Rs.500-600mn from this levy. The Environment Ministry has also assured that this money will not be misused. The Environment Minister is definitely doing a good job of work and his integrity has never been in doubt. Hence, there is no reason to suspect that monies accruing to the Environment Conservation levy account will be abused.