CHANDIGARH: Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise and taxation Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday said that the Excise department has fixed the minimum and maximum rate of beer in order to keep the rates of beer within reasonable limits. He said that the minimum and maximum retail sale price of pints and cans of the beer…
Bhubaneswar: Encouraged with the high growth in collection of Excise Revenue in the past two years, the State Government is eyeing for Rs 10,000 crore Excise and VAT Collection from liquor during the financial year 2023-24. Principal Secretary Excise, Sushil K Lohani reviewed Excise and VAT collection in Excise Sector and it came to fore…
Beer lovers in Delhi are facing a shortage of their favourite brands as many liquor shops do not have refrigeration facilities. Consumers have complained that popular beer brands are missing from the shelves and are being replaced with unknown brands. A senior excise department officer said that there were no specific complaints about any beer…
Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday said that the Punjab Excise Department has registered a ₹2,587 crore increase in revenue during the financial year 2022-23 against the year 2021-22, an increase of 41.41%. He said the Excise Department had collected revenue of ₹88,41.4 crore from the sale of liquor during 2022-2023 against revenue…
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday chaired a cabinet meeting and said that the state government implemented what had been decided in the new excise policy. CM Chouhan said, “It was decided in the excise policy to close the Ahatas (a palace attached to liquor shops to facilitate drinking). I am happy…
Gautam Budh Nagar recorded its highest ever liquor sales revenue of ₹16.52 crore in the financial year 2022-23, officials of the excise department said on Tuesday, adding that this figure is ₹3 crore more than the earnings of fiscal 2021-22. According to the data available with the department, residents in the district consumed 43,453,083 cans of beer,…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed a liquor vendor to operate Duty Paid liquor vend at Chandigarh International Airport till April 10. The order has been passed by the Bench of Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Manisha Batra, while hearing the plea of Liquor World Venture Private Limited. The petitioner, Liquor World Venture…
The Delhi government managed to gross “the highest ever” excise revenue of Rs 5,548.48 crore in 2022-23, officials said on Saturday. With the daily average sale of 17 lakh bottles, the Excise department’s daily average revenue was Rs 19.71 crore, pushing the total revenue over that in 2021-22, said a senior Excise department officer. “We have also surpassed…
RANCHI: After failing to achieve the desired results and the revenue generation targets this fiscal year post implementation of its new excise policy, the excise department has decided to replace its manpower (placement) agencies next month. Earlier this week, it issued tender for the private agencies to apply for manning the retail liquor shops. The…
The Odisha Government on Thursday approved the Excise Policy for the financial year 2023-24. As per the new policy, there will be no increase in the number of FL (foreign liquor)-OFF, premium FL-OFF and CL shops during the year 2023-24, and the license of existing FL-OFF and CL (ENA-based) EP holders will be renewed for…