In 2022-23, excise department raked in Rs 6,281 crore in revenue (excise duty plus VAT), retaining its position as the second largest revenue contributor for the Delhi government.
With the new excise policy, quality liquor will now be sold in Punjab at lower prices as the government pushes for Indian Made Foreign Liquor in a bid to generate more revenue.
Proposed amendments likely to be placed before Bihar assembly in February, following criticism by CJI Ramana on the way cases under prohibition law are clogging courts.
Court tells Bihar govt to file affidavit by 25 September explaining if it plans to appoint judges and set up courts that deal only with Prohibition law violations.
Since Nitish Kumar brought in prohibition in December 2015, Bihar’s neighbours Jharkhand and West Bengal have seen steady spikes in their excise revenue.
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