Amid the continued festive season, liquor gross sales within the nationwide capital hit a brand new report with over Rs 447.62 crore in income generated within the fortnight by means of the sale of over 3.87 crore bottles, officers reported on Saturday (November 2). In keeping with the knowledge launched, a large 3.87 crore bottles (together with 2.98 crore bottles of Indian Made International Liquor (IMFL) and 89.48 lakh beer bottles) had been bought within the final 15 days (from October 15 to October 30) from liquor shops run by 4 firms of the Delhi authorities, producing Rs 447.62 crore in income for the excise division.
Officers famous that whereas October 31 (Diwali) was marked as a ‘dry day,’ with no liquor gross sales throughout the nation, important purchases and gross sales passed off on Diwali eve (October 30), with a complete of 33.80 lakh bottles bought. This single-day sale alone yielded a income of Rs 61.56 crore.
Excise Division earns income of Rs 3,047 crore in first half of monetary yr
Based mostly on the information launched, the present yr seems to be a restoration interval for the excise division, which has seen a 7 p.c development in income generated throughout the first half of the monetary yr (April-October 2024) regardless of setbacks because of the withdrawal of the 2021-22 liquor coverage.
Whereas liquor value Rs 2,849 crore was bought within the first half of the 2023 monetary yr, the income generated in the identical interval this yr reached Rs 3,047 crore.
Furthermore, the entire excise income, together with VAT, earned between April and October 2024 stood at Rs 4,495 crore, in comparison with Rs 4,188 crore throughout the corresponding interval of the earlier yr.
“These figures are regardless of disruptions within the ESCIMS software program in September and the transition to the eAbkari system in October. Income movement is steadily being streamlined and scaled up,” a senior official stated.
Retail liquor enterprise hit by COVID, withdrawal of 2021-22 liquor coverage
The retail liquor enterprise within the nationwide capital took successful first because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was later exacerbated by the withdrawal of the brand new excise coverage launched by the Delhi authorities.
Nonetheless, excise officers now count on improved gross sales and income within the coming months, because the division’s operations have resumed normalcy with the appointment of a brand new excise commissioner. The place, which had been vacant for a lot of months following the switch of the earlier commissioner, has now been taken over by Ravi Jha, a 2011 batch IAS officer.
(With inputs from PTI)
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