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The Bill mandates the state to collect 10 per cent tax from temples generating revenue exceeding Rs 1 crore and 5 per cent from shrines with revenue of between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore. Karnataka Temple Tax Bill: Hindu Religious Endowment Amendment Bill Fails to Pass Legislative Assembly.
The Hindu Religious and Temple Endowments (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was defeated in Karnataka Legislative Council.
The opposition expressed great displeasure against the Religious Endowment Amendment Bill.
The Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment (Amendment) Bill, which was passed by the legislative assembly Wednesday night rejigging the existing matrix to collect more taxes from the earnings of state-owned temples, has stoked controversy.
Minister for Transport, Ramalinga Reddy alleged that BJP is 'anti-Hindu' adding that the party which was in power in 2011 had made the amendments to the Bill.