Mizoram road tax to continue

Aizawl, Nov 23 :  The Mizoram government would continue to levy road tax in accordance with the Mizoram Taxation and Road Tax Act, 2011 till it was amended, Transport Minister P.C. Zoramsangliana said here today.

Zoramsangliana told a press conference that a Study Group was being constituted to make recommendations for amendments and these were made, the road tax structure - rates and payments based on a vehicle’s life-time would stay. The Mizoram Vehicles Taxation Refinement Demand Co-ordination Committee (MVTRDCC), an umbrella organisation of vehicle owners and drivers, was formed after the government levied road tax on vehicles on a lifetime basis of 15 years and raised tax by 20 per cent for transport vehicles and 50 per cent for private vehicles.