Hyderabad: The excise department officials from Ghatkesar along with the local police arrested five persons on charges of smuggling non-duty paid liquor and selling it to customers. About 521 bottles of liquor worth Rs.12 lakh, 2 cars, a truck and other material, altogether estimated worth Rs.48 lakh, was seized. The arrested persons include T.Harikrishna Goud, A.Jagadeeshwar, A.Surendar, B.Sreedhar…
PANAJI: Even as liquor traders have claimed a loss of business with foreign liquor costlier in Goa than in some North Indian states, the excise department has recorded a 36% rise in revenue from foreign liquor sale in 2022-23. There was also an overall increase in revenue, with the government collecting Rs 865.6 crore, a…
HYDERABAD: The Telangana government is losing anywhere between ₹100 crore and ₹150 crore every month to liquor smugglers who sneak in booze from states where it is comparatively cheap. Sources in the government told STOI that given Telangana’s need for financial resources, especially for its cash-guzzling welfare schemes, it can’t afford this massive leak. Excise earnings are…
Hyderabad: To control the illegal supply of liquor from other States like Goa, Haryana and Delhi, the Prohibition and Excise department has conducted a week-long special drive. The Prohibition and Excise minister V Srinivas Goud on Wednesday said the department was taking all measures to stop illegal liquor from entering the State and the excise officials and staff…
Moonshine Meadery, the first meadery in Asia and India, has recently announced its plans to expand to Gurugram, Haryana, marking its further expansion within the country. The company aims to offer its range of flavorful meads to the mead enthusiasts in the state. Moonshine Meadery’s meads have already been available in city wine shops since…
PANAJI: About 200 people received permission to sublet their licences after the excise department changed the law a year ago. After the Silly Soul controversy, the excise department amended the Goa Excise Act, legalising the subletting of excise licences. Getting an excise licence is difficult for a person from outside Goa as a 25-year residency certificate needs to be…
The department has implemented stringent steps to prevent unlawful activity and assure adherence to laws related to alcohol consumption and sale The Pune state excise department’s enforcement of the law against violators increased by 22% in the fiscal year 2022-23 as compared to the previous year. The department has implemented stringent steps to prevent unlawful…
Excise officials in Goa have upped surveillance over illicit transportation of liquor from the State across the southern border owing to the fiercely contested elections in Karnataka scheduled to be held on May 10. Goa is a known source of large scale movement of alcohol into Karnataka and the State administration had already been sounded…
Canacona Excise has seized 98 bottles of various brands of IMFL while being smuggled out of the State in a Bangalore-based Container supplying Pizza bases to Goa. The Container bearing registration no.KA01 AM5329 was intercepted at Polem border checkpost by Excise sleuths at about 00.30 hrs (12.30 am) of the intervening nights of Wednesday-Thursday, returning…
Plato, the famous Greek philosopher who probably had an answer to every query, is supposed to have said, “He was a wise man who invented beer.” Little wonder, beer is one of the largest consumed alcoholic drinks in the world, with global consumption of 178 million kilolitres in 2020. We Indians, too, love our beer….