Cash transactions proposed to be capped at Rs 2 lakh
Earlier, while presenting
The Budget on
February 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had proposed the cap to be Rs 3
lakh with effect from April 1.
The government on Tuesday moved a fresh proposal to cap cash
transactions at Rs 2 lakh instead of Rs 3 lakh as provided in the
Budget, as it introduced as many as 40 amendments to the Finance Bill in
an "unprecedented move".
As the Finance Bill was taken up for consideration in the Lok Sabha,
opposition parties like TMC, BJD and RSP protested against the
introduction of the amendments to 40 Acts, saying it was being done in
the form of "back-door entry".
The amendments to the laws like Companies Act, Employees Provident Fund,
Smuggling and Foreign Exchange Act, TRAI Act and Information Technology
Act, have been moved with an aim of making the functioning of tribunals
more efficient by merging the smaller ones and reducing their numbers
from 40 to 12.
The objections by the opposition parties were overruled by Speaker
Sumitra Mahajan who ruled that the 'incidental provisions' involved in
the amendments constitute a 'Money Bill' and therefore can be considered
as part of the FinanceBill.
Among the amendments made to the Finance Bill was a provision to cap
cash transaction at Rs 2 lakh. Earlier, while presenting the Budget on
February 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had proposed the cap to be Rs 3
lakh with effect from April 1.
A penalty of equal amount would be levied in case of violation of the
provision, according to a tweet by Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia after
the amendment was moved.
Jaitley, while defending the move to make amendments, invoked first Lok
Sabha Speaker G V Mavalankar. He said if a substantial portion of a bill
deals with imposition or abolition of tax, then even if it has other
incidental provisions, it still can be introduced as a Money Bill.
"You cannot have a bill which says government will spend Rs 100,000
crore without detailing how it would be spent. You cannot have a bill
where you say there will be 5 percent without specifying what will be
the deduction, what will be the power of assessing officer, appeal
provision... No tax can be imposed without reference to courts or
tribunals.. These are incidental provisions...," Jaitley said.
The Minister said opposition's objection is borne out the language in
Article 110(1) and ever since the inception, the House has been debating
on the word 'only' used in the Article.
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