Amid the continuing investigation by Delhi Police’s Financial Offences Waft (EOW) and a faceoff between the Lt-Governor and the Delhi executive, the liquor protection row within the capital has taken a recent flip. With finest two days left for the most modern excise protection to expire, the Delhi executive has made up our minds to head succor to the weak regime of retail liquor gross sales for six months.
The Excise Coverage 2021-22, which was as soon as prolonged twice after March 31 for 2 months every, will expire on July 31.
The excise department is restful engaged on the excise protection 2022-23, which recommends, amongst other things, residence supply of liquor in Delhi. The draft protection has yet to be sent to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena for approval, officers acknowledged.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who additionally holds the excise portfolio, directed the department on Thursday to “revert” to the weak regime of the excise protection for a duration of six months till a recent protection is in situation.
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In accordance with an official doc, the finance department has directed the excise commissioner to coordinate with the heads of 4 firms of the Delhi executive for minute print of liquor vends operated by them earlier than the unique excise protection came into stop from November 17, 2021.
The four firms– Delhi Impart Industrial and Infrastructure Trend Corporation (DSIIDC), Delhi Tourism and Transportation Trend Corporation (DTTDC), Delhi User’s Cooperative Wholesale Store (DCCWS), and Delhi Impart Civil Presents Corporation (DSCSC)– had been working the huge majority of liquor stores sooner than the implementation of the Excise Coverage 2021-22.
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Below the unique protection, 849 liquor vends had been awarded to non-public firms through start bidding. The metropolis was as soon as divided into 32 zones, every with a maximum of 27 vends. In preference to individual licences, bidding was as soon as performed zone-by-zone, with every bidder allowed to expose for a maximum of two zones.
Beforehand, four executive firms ran 475 of Delhi’s total 864 liquor stores. In my conception owned non-public stores numbered 389.
The departments which operated the manager liquor outlets below the weak excise protection had been asked on Friday to manufacture minute print such as names of weak vends, their situation, crew deployed in earlier regimes, rented premises owned by the PSU, and the new effect of dwelling of the premises (vacant or occupied).
Earlier this month, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi suggested a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation i