Pune: Schools in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad areas that own buses to ferry children to and from schools, and private buses used only for transportation of students now have to pay less tax.
According to a notification issued by the state home department, buses that are owned or taken on contract by school authorities and used exclusively as school buses will get a tax rebate. The notification, issued on October 16 this year, has already come into effect.
As per the Bombay Motor Vehicles Tax Act (1958), schools owning buses and contractors using their buses only to cater students have to pay a yearly tax at the rate of Rs633 per seat.
The new tax structure would benefit about 280 buses registered as school buses in Pune and about 115 in Pimpri-Chinchwad areas, besides about 480 contract buses in Pune that ferry only school students.
Shinde said the state home department is also in the process of bringing out the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles (Regulations for School Buses), Rules, 2010. The rules entail the dos and don'ts for school bus owners.
"School buses would be yellow for people to easily identify them and drive carefully near such a bus to avoid mishaps," Patil said.
According to a notification issued by the state home department, buses that are owned or taken on contract by school authorities and used exclusively as school buses will get a tax rebate. The notification, issued on October 16 this year, has already come into effect.
As per the Bombay Motor Vehicles Tax Act (1958), schools owning buses and contractors using their buses only to cater students have to pay a yearly tax at the rate of Rs633 per seat.
The new tax structure would benefit about 280 buses registered as school buses in Pune and about 115 in Pimpri-Chinchwad areas, besides about 480 contract buses in Pune that ferry only school students.
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Shinde said the state home department is also in the process of bringing out the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles (Regulations for School Buses), Rules, 2010. The rules entail the dos and don'ts for school bus owners.
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"School buses would be yellow for people to easily identify them and drive carefully near such a bus to avoid mishaps," Patil said.
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