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Haryana Excise and Taxation Commissioner Sh Vinay Pratap Singh informed that the Excise and Taxation Department has been successful in concluding auctions for all 1194 retail liquor vend zones across the State.

He said that since a licensee is allowed to open 2 liqour vends in each Excise Zone, with the completion of auction of all 1194 excise zones, licenses for 2388 retail liquor vends have been issued by the Department to the licensees. Excise Policy 2025?27: government earns record Rs 14,342 crore from retail vends compared to Rs 7025 crore from excise auctions in 2024-25

The Excise Commissioner stated that the government has been able to achieve a high revenue of Rs 14,342 Crore from the auction of retail vends for Excise Policy 2025-27. In last Excise year 2024-25, the state government had collected Rs 7025 Crore from excise auctions. Thus the latest Excise Policy has resulted into a high increase of 13.25% in proportionate revenue from the last year. The auctions this year concluded much early due to the attractive provisions of the Excise Policy 2025-27. In the last year, the auctions could be completed only in the month of August. Vinay Pratap Singh said that Haryana's Excise Policy provides for a fair and transparent mode of excise auctions through a web portal, which resulted in high participation by prospective licensees. Gurugram district with the highest revenue of Rs 3875 Crore accounted for 27% of the State's total revenue.

(editor@dailyworld.in)