SHILLONG: The state Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Meghalaya Regulation of Game of Arrow Shooting and Sale of Teer Ticket Ordinance, 2018.
The ordinance was approved by the Cabinet since the Meghalaya Amusement and Betting Tax Amendment Act, which regulated the game of teer, subsumed after the GST was rolled out.
“In the absence of an act to regulate and look into teer, the ordinance was approved,” Home Minister James Sangma told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.
The ordinance will look into issuing of licences, regulation of the game by way of inspection and monitor and regulation of the game.
Sangma said the state government generated revenue of Rs 1,01,27,707 in 2014-15 and Rs 1,73,63,124 in 2015-16.
Earlier, Cabinet Minister Prestone Tynsong said the game was played in the state since decades and the government came up with the Meghalaya Amusement and Betting Tax Amendment Act but since it has subsumed with the passing of GST, the act was treated as repealed and hence the government had to come up with the ordinance.
There are seven organisations authorised by the state government to conduct the arrow shooting in several places of the state. When asked about the teer counters outside the state, Tynsong said the department of taxation was asked to come back with suggestion whether fees can be imposed on those teer counters.
