In Assam Budget, BJP-led govt. proposes ‘green cess’ on polluting industries

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Finance Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah says the State’s budget size has expanded almost threefold to over ₹2 lakh crore over 10 years; the green cess would be levied on stone crushers, coke-based industries, brick kilns, transfer of second-hand vehicles, and in commercial extraction of groundwater