The excise policy provided that MRP in bold font should be marked in dimension 1cm x 1cm on the top right side of the label of each bottle/tetra pack

LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Friday approved amendment to the Excise Policy-2023-24 that provides for no levy of any processing fee on the renewal of bar licences in the state.

Processing fee for applications for bar licences will be 10% of the licence fee and the renewal fee will be 01% of the licence fee, which has been amended to the extent that in case of renewal of bar licences processing fee will not be charged,” said a press statement issued by Sanjay R Bhoosreddy, additional chief secretary (excise).

The cabinet also modified the provision about procurement of excess liquor. “The provision has been modified to the extent that procurement of liquor in excess of the fixed minimum monthly revenue will not be taken into consideration for determination of minimum monthly revenue in future and new monthly division of annual revenue has been done for beer shops,” it said.

The excise policy provided that MRP in bold font should be marked in dimension 1cm x 1cm on the top right side of the label of each bottle/tetra pack. The cabinet approved an amendment providing that the above restriction will not be applicable in cases of bottles of foreign liquor, beer and LAB.

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