New Delhi, Jan 11 (UNI) Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Tuesday staged protests across 300 locations in the national capital against the new excise policy of Delhi government. The protest was led by Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta at New Delhi Railway Station. Gupta said “Kejriwal government is encouraging alcoholism here while in…
New Delhi: Restaurants and bars across the city, buoyed by the normalising Covid situation, good turnouts and the promise held by the new excise policy, had paid hefty licence fees in November, even agreed to rent increases in some cases. But instead of the buzzing festive season, business crashed as the coronavirus made new inroads…
The Excise Policy for 2022-23 will come into force from April 1; the UT administration has sought suggestions from various stakeholders within 15 days With the Excise Policy for 2022-23 set to come into force from April 1, the UT administration has sought suggestions from various stakeholders within 15 days. The suggestions can be sent…
Warburg Pincus-owned Parksons Packaging has acquired Manohar Packaging, a Mumbai-based specialist in alcobev packaging. The company, founded in 1994, is one of India’s top producers of carton packaging and the industry leader in the alcoholic beverages segment. The deal was signed in the range of Rs 200-250 crore, said people in the know. The combined…
The police-smuggler nexus has again come to the fore after cops in Rajpura Sadar police station were allegedly found selling extra neutral alcohol (ENA) recently. While an ASI posted as munshi in the police station Sarabjit Singh has been dismissed, SHO Gurpreet Handa faces a departmental probe after being suspended. Senior officials said Sarabjit also…
Mahua, a liquor made from mahua tree, will soon be sold as ‘heritage liquor’ in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Monday that the government will soon have a new excise policy in place that will enable tribals in the state to brew liquor from the mahua tree flowers in…
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has scheduled a high-level meeting on the state’s liquor ban on November 16. This comes after at least 32 people died as a result of consuming spurious alcohol. A total of 15 people died in Bettiah, 13 in Gopalganj, and four in Samastipur. The CM had reportedly mocked the five…
CHANDIGARH: With the onset of the festive season, the International Spirits and Wines Association of India (ISWAI), an apex body of the premium Alcobev sector, urged the Punjab state government for strict checks and enforcement to counter the illicit and spurious liquor trade. The association strongly recommended a balanced, pragmatic and transparent approach to the…
ISWAI suggests 3E framework of Excise, Enforcement and Education to control informal liquor market Illicit and spurious liquor trade is a burden on public health and exchequer Punjab : With the onset of the festive season, the International Spirits & Wines Association of India (ISWAI), an apex body of the premium Alcobev sector, urged the…
Precise tracking systems and administrative coordination are behind the Excise Department’s successes In 2020, Punjab’s Excise Department launched ‘Operation Red Rose’ to curb illicit liquor trading and nail excise-related crimes. A year-and-a-half later, with the use of precise tracking and monitoring systems to check illicit distillation and smuggling of liquor, the results in terms of…