PRAYAGRAJ Tipplers in Uttar Pradesh are gulping down liquor and beer worth ₹115 crore every day, reveals the latest data compiled by the Prayagraj-headquartered state excise department. According to official records, almost every district in the state records liquor sales worth over ₹2.5 crore- ₹3 crore each day. This is a significant increase from just two years ago when…
Globus Spirits Limited, a leading liquor manufacturer in India, recently launched its premium vodka brand, SNOSKI, in Uttar Pradesh. The launch event was held at FL 2’s of Noida, Lucknow, and Kanpur. SNOSKI is a highly unique vodka crafted from alcohol distilled from the finest winter grains grown in the verdant environments of the Himalayan…
Excise remains a top revenue grosser in Uttar Pradesh for the second consecutive year. The revenue was higher by 14 per cent as compared to the previous fiscal year (2021-22) when the state registered a collection of Rs 36,321 crore. The Uttar Pradesh excise department has created a record by generating revenue of Rs 41,250…
UCKNOW: The UP excise department will provide an indigenous methyl alcohol detection kit to all field staff members by April end to ensure no deaths or mishaps take place due to spurious liquor. The 500 testing kits have been developed with the help of three chemicals. For the first time in several years, no casualty…
To check production, sale and smuggling of illicit liquor during the urban local bodies polls in Uttar Pradesh, the Excise department will run a month-long special enforcement drive from April 14 to May 13, a senior officer said here on Thursday. Additional Chief Secretary Excise Sanjay R Bhoosreddy said that notification has been issued for…
The use of technology has simplified the process for the Uttar Pradesh Excise Department, contributing to their highest-ever revenue of Rs. 41252.24 crore in the year 2022-23, by enabling strict enforcement actions against the manufacture, sale, and smuggling of illegal liquor. As stated in the current excise policy, the U.P government is targetting to mop…
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 Uttarakhand Cabinet has approved a new excise policy under which ₹3 each per liquor bottle will be charged as cess for cow protection, sports, and women’s welfare. Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami chaired a Cabinet meeting where the cess was approved on Monday evening. In the cabinet meeting, CM gave nod to a proposal of…
Overachieving the target stipulated by the UP government, the excise department raked in investments worth Rs 32,500 crore during the Global Investors Summit. ACS, excise, Sanjay R Bhoosreddy said excise department has developed additional revenue streams over the last five-six years. While given the target of Rs 25,000 crore for the summit, the department has received…
According to the official statement by the state excise department, an increment of 10 per cent has been made on licence fees of foreign liquor, beer, cannabis retail shops and model shops Uttar Pradesh is all set to see an increase of 10 per cent in the prices of foreign liquor and beer with the…