Jammu, Oct 16 (PTI) Denying allegations that the liquor business in Jammu and Kashmir has been taken over by the liquor mafia, the government has said that 100 per cent liquor licenses for liquor shops have been issued to the local natives only. Excise Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Sharma said in a conversation with PTI that…
Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday said the excise collection of the state had crossed the Rs 4,000-crore mark within the first six months of a financial year for the first time, registering a total collection of Rs 4,280 crore. Addressing a press conference at Punjab Bhawan here, he said…
The Finance Minister revealed that the Excise revenue collection during the current fiscal year registered an increase of 37.62 per cent over last year’s figures for the same period. Highlights He said that during the years 2021 and 2022, the excise revenue collection from April 1 to October 12 was Rs 3110 crore and Rs…
Ranchi, Oct 6: After initial brouhaha, the new excise policy of Jharkhand is now bringing disappointment in terms of falling sales of liquor which at a time has left bosses of the department worried. In a letter addressed to all placement agencies and concerned officials of the department, Joint Commissioner (Excise) Gajendra Kumar Singh has expressed concerns…
Amid assertions by the Opposition leaders that the CM Bhagwant Mann-led government is amending its excise policy, the Aam Aadmi Party today denied any such move. [the_ad_group id=”6631″] With BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Sukhpal Khaira of Congress claiming that the government was looking at amending the excise policy as it came under scanner…
New Delhi: Delhi government has gone back to increasing the number of dry days’ to 21 with closing of liquor vends on such upcoming festivals as Dussehra, Diwali, Eid Milad-un-Nabi, and Valmiki Jayanti among others, officials said on Tuesday. [the_ad_group id=”6631″] Under the previous excise policy (2021-22), the number of dry days were cut to…
VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh government has come up with a new excise policy for 2022–23 beginning from October 1, 2022 and ending on September 30, 2023. Among other things, the policy enables digital mode of payment at all liquor outlets for ensuring transparency. It provides for continuance of the existing number of 2,934 liquor retail outlets. [the_ad_group…
The old excise Policy was brought back from September 1. (File) New Delhi: The alcoholic beverages industry has sought Delhi government’s intervention for the disposal of leftover stock of around 70 lakh unsold liquor bottles- a situation caused by the excise policy switchover. The Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies (CIABC) has written to…
Under the policy, all the 2,934 retail outlets in the state will continue business under the control of Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation Limited (APSBCL) for 2022-23. The APSBCL can also establish walk-in stores as per the requirement without changing the total number of retail outlets under its control. Despite promising phased prohibition, the YSRC…
The Delhi government earned a revenue of Rs 768 crore in one month under the old excise policy regime implemented from September 1, officials said on Friday. The government had reverted back to old excise regime from September 1, withdrawing its new policy (2021-22) implemented from November 17, 2021. [the_ad_group id=”6631″] The Excise Policy 2021-22…