Montek panel meets Tamil Nadu CM on revenue push

"Each department placed before the Committee the structure and administration of its revenue head, including the use of information technology, the trend in collection, the buoyancy of the head, the longstanding challenges including leakages, evasion, administrative bottlenecks, the gap between potential and actual revenue, a comparison with the practices in other States, and the possible next steps for revenue augmentation in the short, medium and long term," the state Finance department said in a statement.

Ahluwalia and other committee members later met Chief Minister Joseph Vijay and Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu at the Secretariat to brief them on the proposed course of action.

The committee had earlier invited public suggestions via email and has taken note of the responses received, according to the Finance department.