Chandigarh, Feb. 26 -- City mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla on Tuesday met chief secretary Rajeev Verma to discuss the financial state of the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC), and requested him to reconcile the civic body's share in cow cess, being imposed on liquor by the excise and taxation department.

Babla pointed out that in 2020, the UT administration had passed a notification approving a specific rate of cow cess to be imposed on liquor sales. However, the excise and taxation department later reduced this cess, resulting in a decline in revenue for the MC.

MC, during the financial year 2022-23, has received an amount of approximately Rs.24 crore from the excise department as cow cess, whereas the amount was reduced to Rs.7.49 cror...