New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) 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 the excise department of Delhi government seeking its…
The Delhi government’s excise department is devising ways to dispose 70 lakh bottles of leftover liquor. New Delhi: The Delhi excise department is looking for various options to dispose around 70 lakh unsold liquor bottles bought by private licensees under the now-scrapped liquor policy. The licensees could not sell the bottles as the Delhi government recently scrapped its excise policy and brought…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI) The Delhi government has earned an excise revenue of over Rs 269 crore in the first week of September so far with the retail liquor business being expanded by its four undertakings across the city, officials said Tuesday. [the_ad_group id=”6631″] The four undertakings are running 380 wine and beer stores…
The AAP government’s first excise policy for Punjab has come under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate, with the central agency today conducting search and seizure operations at the residences of Excise and Taxation Commissioner Varun Roojam and Joint Commissioner Naresh Dubey. They were involved in framing the policy of the state, wherein two companies,…
Even as Punjab’s excise policy is under the Enforcement Directorate (ED) scanner, the state has recorded better revenue collections from excise in the first five months of this fiscal compared to the last fiscal. During April to August 2022, the revenue collection from excise was Rs 3,528 crore against Rs 2389 collected last year in…
Chandigarh, September 8: Leader of the Opposition in the Vidhan Sabha Partap Singh Bajwa on Thursday called upon Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to come clean on the state excise policy that is mired in controversy following Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on top Punjab officials. ‘Delhi model’ a failure: SAD SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on…
Delhi’s excise department has recently awarded a licence to open a microbrewery in Saket and it is currently considering four more such applications, officials said. After a pause of over nine months, microbreweries in Delhi are once more ready to welcome beer lovers; the city is likely to have seven such establishments soon, said excise…
NEW DELHI: Government-run liquor stores reopened in the capital after almost 10 months on Thursday as the Delhi government made a transition to the old excise regime. More than 350 retail shops spread across the city, though with fewer brands, started their business on September 1. Customers missed the benefits offered by the Excise Policy…
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…
The excise department has also issued an official order informing about the extension of the existing policy and asked all licensees to pay pro-rata fee for extension period, including security deposit where applicable, to renew their licence and continue to sell liquor in Delhi. Under the revised excise policy 2022-23, the Delhi government is planning…