Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 15: It took about eight months to the State Government to understand the applicability of terms Line of Control (LoC) and Line of Actual Control (LAC).
In order to provide relief to the traders of Salamabad, Chakoti and Chakan-da-Bagh on goods produced and manufactured within the State and sold across the Line of Control, the Government carried out amendment in Jammu and Kashmir Value Added Tax, 2005 on February 7, 2012 mentioning un-demarcated boundary between India and Pakistan as Line of Actual Control.
It took about eight months to the Government to wake up to the mistake and understand that the term Line of Control is used in the context of India’s un-demarcated boundary with Pakistan while the term Line of Actual Control is used in the context of India’s boundary with China.
Realizing that two terms cannot be used interchangeably, the Finance Department today moved a resolution before the Cabinet seeking approval to amend Sub-Section (1) of Section 55 of J&K Value Added Tax Act, 2005 to replace Line of Actual Control with Line of Control.
The resolution received the nod of the Cabinet.
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