As per Parimal Suklabaidya, the government licensed about 360 liquor “ON SHOP” (Bars) since 2016, while no liquor licences have been issued to “OFF SHOP” (Wine Shops) since 2001. GUWAHATI: During the current state assembly’s question hour, Assam Excise Minister Parimal Suklabaidya stated that the government has given about 360 liquor licences to “ON SHOP”…
Wine culture is nascent but slowly catching on in India, historically, known for its hard liquor drinkers. Modern day wine production was pioneered by the now defunct Champagne Indage with French collaboration in the 1980’s to produce and export sparkling wine Omar Khayyam but varietals were introduced by Grover and Sula in the mid-late 1990’s….
On a cold morning in the early winter of 2019, Shekhar Chauhan reached his small sugarcane farm to start a regular work day, only to find it flooded. The boundary of a nearby drain had broken and water spilled into the farms in the Muzaffarnagar district of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. A…
Calling the existing liquor policy ‘archaic’ and ‘cumbersome’, the Delhi govt made public the new Excise Policy 2021-22 on Monday. The new policy document points to excise as an important source of revenue while noting that the present excise revenue generation is at a sub-optimal level. Aimed at boosting the city’s revenue, the Delhi govt…
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[ad_1] The Delhi government Monday made public its excise policy for 2021-22 which envisages uniform distribution of liquor outlets in the city, including at least two air-conditioned vends in every municipal ward, five super-premium stores, and 10 stores at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The policy makes it clear that the government will exit the…
[ad_1] Punjab’s excise department on Monday said it has engaged IIT-Ropar to conduct an audit of liquor manufacturing units in the state, a move which is aimed to check any pilferage. The excise department has collaborated with an independent agency — the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar — to review and audit the working systems…
Walk-in experience for customers at alcohol shops, promoting microbreweries and allowing bars in hotels, clubs and restaurants to operate till 3 am are some of the reforms brought in, in the Delhi government’s new excise policy aimed at boosting the city’s revenue and also crack down on the liquor mafia. The Excise Policy 2021-22 that…