No Green Tax for Govt. vehicles.

G O Ms 649 Home Dated 31.7.2003 introduced Green tax.

Whether such green tax is applicable to Government vehicles?

Green tax is an additional tax levied under Section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Motor vehicles Taxation Act 1974.

G O Ms. 862 Home Tr.I Dept. dated 31.3.1979 exempts the vehicles of all the non commercial departments of the State Government from payment of any tax under the TNMVT Act .

Hence the vehicles belonging to non commercial Dept. of the State Govt need not pay the following taxes:

Regular tax

Greent tax

Road safety tax at the time of registration.