kolhapur the entertainment tax department of the district collectorate has collected just rs 507 crore in the first eight months of the current financial year when the target is of rs 1175 crore the officials said they will speed up the recovery procedure so that more money would be collected in the remaining four months in the collection so far cable tv is the major contributor followed by movie theatres district enetertainment tax officer kalpana dhawale said the district has three multiscreen theatres which were two in the previous year we are expecting more revenue from it though there is a shortfall in tax collection in the other sectors with 159180 cable tv connections in the district the entertainment tax department has set a target of rs 49 crore from cable operators but it has collected only rs 212 crore 4338 till november this means the department will have to make strobger efforts for more tax collection with its limited staff similar is the picture with other tax collection points such as movie theatres roving theatres directtohome connections and video game parlours in case of movie theatres the department has reported collection of rs 207 crore as against the target of rs 378 crore the gap is mainly due to the tax waiver to some singlescreen theatres in the district marathi movies are also exempted from some taxes by the state government there is no other way to cover up the gap but we will submit it to the government accordingly dhawale said in the dth services section the department has collected rs 935 lakh against a target of rs 2 crore ie hardly 46 the video games parlours have reported a rise in numbers from 75 to 82 in the district however against a target of rs 105 crore the department has collected only rs 593 lakh which is just 5648 the department also recovered rs 15 lakh fine from a theatre chain company that has started its operations in the current fiscal the fine was charged for late application for permission from the entertainment tax department she said sorry picture centre numbers target recovery movie theatres 38 378 207 5484 roving theatre 03 050 026 52 cable tv 159180 490 212 4338 dth na 200 093 4654 video parlour 82 105 059 5648 target recovery in rs crore na not available