While
a significant part of the memorandum deals with the issues on VAT, the document
also urges the authorities to have a look at the existing stamp duty levies on
certain industries and have requested the same to be pared.
S
S Patil, president, FKCCI, dwelling on the infrastructure issues in the state
has called for proactive action in developing and maintaining the highways in
the Karnataka on continual basis. “The work on doubling the Bangalore-Mysore
railway line and the long-pending Hubli-Ankola line should be speeded up,” he
further said.
FKCCI
has also joined the chorus in the city calling for the continuation of the
existing HAL airport for short haul domestic flights and short international
flights to Sri Lanka and Maldives, even after the new international airport
starts commercial operations from April 2008.
“Airlines
should also be permitted to use the defence airports at Bidar and Karwar,” he
urged the state.
