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India News: The Hindu Religious Institutions & Charitable Endowment (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which aimed to collect more taxes from state-owned temples, was defeat
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India News: The Hindu Religious Institutions & Charitable Endowment (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which aimed to collect more taxes from state-owned temples, was defeat
The Karnataka Legislative Council rejected the Hindu Religious Institutions & Charitable Endowment (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which aimed to collect more taxes from state-owned temples. The bill, which had passed in the assembly, was defeated in a voice vote in the council, where BJP and JD(S) joined forces against it. Congress, which has a majority in the assembly, may postpone reintroducing the bill until after the Lok Sabha elections.
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.
In a recent assembly session on Wednesday, February 21, the Karnataka government approved amendments to the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment bill, stirring significant debate and controversy across the state. The key provision of the revised bill mandates temples with an annual income surpassing one crore rupees to allocate 10 percent of their earnings […] - Newsx
India News: The Hindu Religious Institutions & Charitable Endowment (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which aimed to collect more taxes from state-owned temples, was defeat