New Delhi: A record 1.14 crore liquor bottles worth Rs 218 crore were sold in the city between December 24 and December 31 — from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve — in 2022, the data shared by the excise department of Delhi government revealed. December also witnessed an average daily sale of 13.8 lakh…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), in its charge sheet filed in connection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, claimed that due to it, the government suffered a loss of Rs 2,873 crore whereas the accused had a profit of Rs 295 crore. As per the charge sheet, a copy of which is with the ED,…
Brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) that has set up a brewery unit in Mysuru has expressed interest to extend its plant by investing another Rs 500 crore. AB InBev’s Chief Executive (Asia-Pacific zone) Jan Craps met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday and showed interest to invest more in the State, the CMO said in…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday – speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2022 – stressed that the excise policy was scrapped in the national capital because “officers were threatened”. “There was nothing wrong with the excise policy. We took it back because officers were threatened,” the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief underlined….
More than 48 lakh bottles of liquor worth over Rs 100 crore were sold in Delhi on the weekend preceding Diwali, officials said on Sunday. People celebrated Diwali with pomp on Monday after two years of muted festivities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Diwali, October 24 (Monday), was a dry day in the national capital….
Liquor lovers in the Delhi may not have access to their favourite brands this Diwali as multiple issues are plaguing the new Excise Policy 2022-23, which was put into place in September. Under the new alcohol policy in Delhi-NCR, companies must have a warehouse, where they could stock their alcohol stock before sending it to…
NEW DELHI : The new excise policy of Delhi government (2022-23) is likely to be delayed as a high-level committee formed to frame its broad outlines has sought more time to submit its report, officials said on Monday. The committee constituted in August includes principal secretary finance, principal secretary revenue, excise commissioner and an expert…
DAYS after Punjab excise officials wrote to the government to sell liquor by setting up a corporation, Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema Thursday said that the state’s excise collection crossed Rs 4,000 crore-mark within the initial six months of a financial year for the first time ever. Addressing media at Punjab Bhawan, Cheema, the Excise…
The Delhi government’s Excise department on Saturday destroyed more than 10,000 bottles containing 5,516 litres of smuggled liquor seized by its enforcement teams in the recent months, officials said. According to the Excise department, 3,267 litres of illicit liquor was destroyed in Mayur Vihar, 1,285 litres in Sarita Vihar and 964 litres in Tilak Nagar….
Dismissing accusations about the liquor mafia having taken control of the trade in Jammu and Kashmir after the introduction of e-auction, a top excise official said 100 per cent of the liquor licences for wine shops have been issued to domiciles of the Union Territory with revenue realisation touching an all-time high of 217 crore…