Reaching a milestone, PSU Oil marketing companies (OMCs) have attained an average 10 per cent ethanol blending in petrol across the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the achievement of the 10 per cent target at an event to mark the World Environment Day in the national capital on Sunday (05 June). The OMCs have…
Officials of the Gautam Budh Nagar excise department said that the revenue from the sale of liquor has dipped across the district over the past couple of months, attributing the fall to neighbouring Delhi’s heavy discounts on liquor. “The district stood seventh in the entire state in terms of revenue collection last financial year. Now…
KOCHI: The excise enforcement squad seized 760 litres of spirit concealed in a tank underneath a toddy shop at Thottakkattukara near Aluva on Thursday night. The excise department has arrested two persons and is searching for three persons, including the licensee of the toddy shop, said an officer. The enforcement squad had carried out the…
There has been an increase of over 28% in the excise revenue over the last year after the auction of liquor vends in nine districts of Haryana. Compared to Rs 1,288-crore excise revenue in the year 2021-22, the revenue has jumped to Rs 1,508 crore for the 2022-23 financial year,official sources said. Gurugram (West) reported…
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala Sunday said they have set a target of collecting Rs 9,200 crore in excise revenue for 2022-23. The excise collection in last fiscal was Rs 7938.8 crore, a 17 per cent increase over Rs 6791.98 crore in 2020-21 fiscal. Talking about the new excise policy, Chautala told the mediapersons…
Ranchi, May 5 (PTI) The Jharkhand government has received a total of Rs 19.07 crore excise revenue in the last four days post amendments in excise policy related to rules of wholesale and retail sale of liquor, an official said. The state Cabinet on March 30 had approved four major amendments in the excise policy…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Production of ethanol has increased from 173 crore litres in ESY 2019-20 to 302 crore litres during ESY 2020-21 (October 2020 to Sept 2021), government data showed. “Therefore, ethanol blending has increased by 62 per cent, It was 8.1 per cent in ESY 2020-21, up from 5 per cent in…
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): In order to enhance ethanol production capacities in the country and achieve 20 per cent blending by 2025, the Government of India has decided to open a window of six months for inviting fresh applications from project proponents to set up new distilleries or expansion of existing distilleries to…
ASSOCHAM assures Union Minister Gadkari full co-operation for successful implementation of initiatives New Delhi, April 20 (KNN) Thanking Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on behalf of 450,000 MSME members, Ajay Singh, Sr. Vice President, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) assured him of full co-operation and support in successfully implementing various innovative initiatives….
The country’s sugar production is projected to rise by 13 per cent to 35 million tonne, while exports are likely to be 9.5 million tonne in the ongoing marketing year ending September 2022, according to the Food Ministry. About 99.5 per cent of cane dues amounting to Rs 92,480 crore of the previous year have…