Agartala, April 27: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today demanded 50 per cent share of the Central tax for the states instead of the current 32 per cent.
Inaugurating a check post at Churaibari on the Assam-Tripura border in North Tripura district, Sarkar said, Centre should sanction 50 per cent share of the Central taxes for the states to ease tax burden on the common people instead of sharing only 32 per cent of the Central taxes to the states.
He alleged that the Centre was raising huge money from the tax payers of the country but maximum portion of the money was being spent by the government to serve the interests of the corporate in the country.
The check post was constructed at the cost of Rs 45 crore having all modern facilities and four weigh bridges.
-Agencies