KATHMANDU, Jan 15: The vehicle and consignment tracking system (VCTS) launched by the Department of Revenue Investigation to control revenue leakage is becoming effective. A total of 103,000 vehicles have been registered in the VCTS, according to the department.
The VCTS, which started last year, has started recording an entry of 20,000 vehicles daily. Dirgha Raj Mainali, director general of the Department said that revenue collection has improved after the implementation of VCTS. “Some 20,000 vehicles are being monitored daily,” said Mainali. “After the implementation, the revenue has increased by billions of rupees.”
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The department had brought this system into use from July 17, 2019. Until this system was used, it was difficult to monitor vehicles transporting goods. Transporters transporting goods worth billions of rupees are now taxed.
The department had implemented VCTS with the objective of controlling revenue leakage. Now, before moving goods from one place to another, the details of the goods to be transported should be entered in the web-based central information system.
He informed that if anyone has transported goods without entering the data into the system, the police will check in between. “VCTS is becoming more and more effective and has prevented revenue leakage,” he said. The department has stated that the businessmen who have not joined VCTS have been fined around Rs 60 million. “We have brought the vehicles that have not joined the system under the legal ambit,” said Mainali.
