Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal demanded a free and fair inquiry against all AAP leaders including Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Member of Parliament (MP) Raghav Chadha as well as Punjab government officials who facilitated the scam. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal, on Thursday demanded a probe…
New Delhi: Reducing the prices of alcohol, boosting revenue and ending monopolies — these are some of the stated objectives of Punjab’s new excise policy, which is being touted as a win-win situation for liquor consumers, industry and the state government. Notified in May, the new excise policy also opens the doors for customers to…
In another decision, the Cabinet also gave its nod to allot two special battalions of police to the excise department, in addition to the existing force, for keeping an effective vigil over the excise duty pilferage. This will help in keeping a better check over the supply of illicit liquor in the state from neighbouring…
CHANDIGARH: Despite being one of the key sources of tax revenue, the excise earnings have stagnated in Punjab, yielding low growth rates in recent years, much to the chagrin of the state government. The state excise accounts for 19% of the total tax revenue while the contribution of state Goods and Service Tax (GST) is…
Ludhiana: Excise department Ludhiana has conducted a big operation at the banks of Sutlej river on Friday — raids were conducted at two places and an area of 16km was covered. During the action, the department recovered 52,000 litres of Lahan, which was seized and destroyed by the department. Shivani Gupta, assistant commissioner (excise) Ludhiana…
The AAP government is looking at over 30 per cent increase in excise duty revenue, by implementing a new excise policy from July 1 this year. The policy is also targeted to break the monopoly in both liquor manufacturing and liquor trade. No draw, may opt for tender Govt may do away with allotment of…
Under the excise policy 2022-23, the Delhi government is likely to relax norms for setting up labs at warehouses of wholesalers for testing samples of alcohol to detect spurious elements in them, reported news agency PTI, quoting officials. According to them, the government is expected to allow a wholesale licensee (L-1) to set up just…
Excise teams on Tuesday morning carried out a search operation in Bet area of Ludhiana district, where about 2.8 lakh kilograms of unclaimed ‘lahan’ and 100 litres of illicit liquor were seized and destroyed on the spot. Following the directives of Excise and Taxation Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, Excise Commissioner Varun Roojam constituted four teams…
Chandigarh, May 6 (PTI) The import pass fee on wine has been slashed from Rs 7 to Rs 2 per bulk litre and the letter of intent fee for establishing wine manufactory reduced from Rs 15 lakh to Rs one lakh, as per the new excise policy of Haryana approved by the state cabinet here…
The meeting was co-chaired by additional chief secretary (taxation) to the government of Punjab KAP Sinha and Punjab excise commissioner Varun Roojam. It was also attended by senior officers of the Excise Commissionerate. Asserting that he wanted to frame a fair and transparent excise policy, Punjab excise and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema met with…