Maha govt gives hospitality sector a boost

The Maharashtra govt has announced the criteria on which taxes and charges will be levied at industrial rates on non-classified hotels in the special hospitality categor y, officials said on Saturday. The govt resolution (GR) on this was issued on Friday. From April 1 this year, all star hotels registered with the tourism ministr y have been able to enjoy tariffs and duties on electricity, water as well as property, development and non-agricultural taxes at industrial rates. For hotels which were not registered with the ministr y, an expert panel was appointed under Tourism Director Dhananjay Sawalkar to define norms, they said.