Liquor Vends

India has a higher per capita consumption of illegal liquor than most countries in the neighbourhood

Top BJP leaders on Saturday slammed the AAP over the issues of corruption and pollution, with Union minister Anurag Thakur alleging that the Arvind Kejriwal government focused more on the expansion of liquor vends than education. Campaigning for the upcoming civic body polls here, Thakur claimed that Delhi is suffering due to the Kejriwal government's "corruption and false claims of development". Elections for the 250 wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will be held on December 4. "This is the first government in the country that has focused more on expansion of 'thekas' (liquor vends) than education and its minister, who is in jail and getting a massage there, has not yet been removed from his post," Thakur alleged while campaigning for BJP candidates in Shastri Nagar, Kamla Nagar and Rajendra Nagar wards here. He said the way Satyendar Jain was retained as a minister despite being in jail for nearly six months, showed that the Arvind Kejriwal government was not just ...

Liquor vends across the capital received more stock and witnessed improved business as customers made a beeline to the shops on Friday, day two of Delhi returning to the old excise policy regime. The capital returned to regime within a year on Thursday with the opening of nearly 350 government-run liquor vends and exit of private players from retail business. However, liquor lovers on Thursday had rued the absence of their favourite brands as well as discounts. On Friday, trucks loaded fresh stock were seen outside many liquor vends. Supply is being augmented by the government, Devender Kumar, a vend in-charge said, adding that since morning, two trucks have arrived and they were expecting more. "The situation will improve further in the coming days and we are expecting more customers," Kumar added. Several shop in-charges claimed that customers' arrival has increased but yet to reach its maximum strength. Some customers still rued the lack rebates that were being offered at pri

Under the Excise Policy-2021, Delhi government withdrew itself from the liquor sale business and allowed the issuance of L-1 licences for 849 private retail liquor vendors through open bidding.

Delhi returned to the old excise policy regime on Thursday with the opening of government-run liquor vends in the city and exit of private players from retail business. The Excise department claimed that four Delhi government undertakings have readied 300 liquor stores across the city. However, trade experts said around 240 of them would open on the first day after closure of private vends on Wednesday. Those fond of liquor may also find many of their favourite brands missing from the shop shelves as just 130 IMFL (Indian-made foreign liquor) and 230 foreign brands have been registered so far by the Excise department. The return of old excise policy, which was in force before November 17, 2021, also means that discounts offered by private vends on liquor brands and schemes like one plus one free and one plus two free become a thing of the past for Delhi. Excise officials said teething troubles are expected to persist for some days but liquor supply and brand availability will impro

According to a report, the Delhi govt is likely to operate as many as 500 liquor vends from September 1. The move comes amid the absence of no private players in the retail sale of alcohol

The government had last week extended retail and wholesale licences issued under Excise Policy 2021-22 up to August 31.

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