Across Bihar, huge billboards with this piece of advice can be found in every city, village and marketplace. Chief minister Nitish Kumar features prominently on them, as does a toll-free number encouraging people to tip off the authorities on consumption, stocking, sale and manufacture of liquor. Alcohol consumption has been banned in Bihar since 2…
New Delhi: Amid a bitter fight being put by the Delhi BJP and the MCDs run by it against the new Excise Policy, Delhi’s Excise Commissioner on Monday directed all L7Z licence liquor shops to stop offering discounts and rebates on alcohol brands across the city – justifying the move by saying that it was…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (PTI) The Delhi government’s Excise Department on Monday warned liquor stores of action for blatantly violating DDMA guidelines for Covid management after long queues of tipplers were witnessed outside these vends to avail discounts on alcohol offered by them. It also said the liquor stores in the city are required to…
Shimla : A meeting for management of Excise Policy 2022-23 was organised by the State Taxes and Excise Department here today. Principal Secretary State Taxes and Excise Subhasish Panda presided over the meeting. The Principal Secretary emphasised on increasing the revenue collection of the state and operation of trade as per the policy of the…
Bhopal: In a major showdown ahead of the new financial year, liquor shops in Bhopal and Indore were shut down for more than 24 hours. The shops were re-opened after a meeting between members of the contractors association and the government late Friday evening. The shops were shut down at 4 pm on Thursday when…
Only domiciles having immovable property eligible for bid JAMMU: Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, Atal Dulloo on Tuesday reiterated that the new excise policy would ensure that only single vend is secured by a bidder whose eligibility has been capped to the domiciles of Jammu and Kashmir only. While announcing the ‘Excise Policy 2022-23’ here at…
Written by Sharmita Kar | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, New Delhi Liquor shops in Delhi witnesses a sudden rush on Saturday as vendors were offering discounts of up to 35 per cent to increase the sale of foreign liquor in the national capital. The discounted prices thrilled tipplers, so much so that in some areas…
Long queues are a common sight outside of liquor shops in Delhi these days, as vendors are offering hefty discounts on liquor bottles, including Buy One Get One. Liquor stores in some parts of the city, including Jahangirpuri, Shahdara and Mayur Vihar, offered up to 35 per cent discount on certain IMFL brands. This is…
Social activist and Gandhian Anna Hazare announced an indefinite hunger strike from February 14 over the Maharashtra government’s decision to sell wine in supermarkets and walk-in stores. Hazare has written a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister announcing the hunger strike. “If the government does not take back the decision to sell wine considering the sentiments…
Move will bring price rationalization, price parity with other states and mitigate the inflationary pressure. Jaipur : The International Spirits & Wines Association of India (ISWAI), an apex body of the premium alcobev sector, welcomed the Rajasthan Government’s new Excise Policy for 2022-23 and 2023-24, hailing it as a progressive and stakeholder friendly policy that…