As the union government has termed the levying of water cess as illegal and in a circular issued on October 25 has clearly stated that no taxes or duties can be levied by any State on generation or inter-State supply of electricity under the guise of additional charges/ fee on generation of electricity from any source thermal/ hydro/ renewables etc, the deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri has strongly objected to frequent writing of letters by Centre on this issue.As the union government has termed the levying of water cess as illegal and in a circular issued on October 25 has clearly stated that no taxes or duties can be levied by any State on generation or inter-State supply of electricity under the guise of additional charges/ fee on generation of electricity from any source thermal/ hydro/ renewables etc, the deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri has strongly objected to frequent writing of letters by Centre on this issue.
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