Under the new excise policy, the shopkeepers who take liquor contract will have to sell 10 percent more liquor. In fact, the government has increased the minimum guaranteed quota of country liquor by 10 percent in the new policy. The new policy was approved in the cabinet meeting held on Saturday.
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There is bad news for the wine lovers in Uttar Pradesh. From April 1, their diet will become a bit expensive. This inflation in the prices of liquor is going to come from the new excise policy. Government of Uttar Pradesh new excise policy has been declared. It will be implemented from April 1, 2023. After the implementation of this policy, the amateurs will have to loosen their pockets a bit more. In the new excise policy, the government has increased the rates of country liquor by five rupees and English liquor by ten rupees. At the same time, beer has also been made costlier by five to seven rupees.
In the new excise policy, the government has also made provision for allocation of liquor contracts from model shops. A cabinet meeting was held on Saturday to discuss the new excise policy. In this meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, after discussing all the aspects related to the policy, the new policy was approved. It has been arranged that the license fee of retail liquor and beer vendors in the state will be increased by 10 percent. At the same time, instead of Rs 2 lakh, an annual fee of Rs 3 lakh will have to be paid for serving liquor at the model shop.
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This way the hobby will be heavy on the pocket
Looking at the provisions of the new excise policy, it is being estimated that the price of 200 ml of country liquor with 25 percent strength will increase from Rs 50 to Rs 55 now. At the same time, the price of 200 ml powder of 36 percent intensity will now be Rs 70 instead of Rs 65. Similarly, 42.8 percent strength country liquor, prepared from rotten grains, will now be available for Rs.80 instead of Rs.75. Similarly, English wine glasses will also become costlier by Rs.10. At the same time, the prices of beer will increase from Rs 5 to Rs 7 per bottle.
Shopkeepers will have to sell more liquor
Under the provisions of the new excise policy, the shopkeepers who take liquor contracts will have to sell at least 10 percent more liquor. In fact, the government has increased the minimum guaranteed quota of country liquor by 10 percent in the new policy. Apart from Gautam Budh Nagar’s authority area, Lucknow and Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation area, whatever urban or rural areas are outside their periphery up to five kilometers, the license fee rate of hotels, restaurants and clubs and bars has also been increased. Due to this, liquor and beer will be expensive in these areas also.
Liquor prices were increased in June itself
Let us inform that the Uttar Pradesh government has increased the prices of liquor in June last year itself. This increase in prices was due to imposition of Special Additional Duty on English Liquor ie Special Exercise Duty. In this, there was an increase of 10 to 40 rupees on 90 ml English liquor bottles of different quality.
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