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Punjab Govt Approves Excise Policy
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Punjab Cabinet today approved the Excise Policy for the year
2016-1 by i!ple!entin"
#hich the state "overn!ent expects to collect $s %&''0 crore
as a"ainst $s %&0'0 crore in
current year& an increase of about $s '00 crore(
)he li*uor vends for the year 2016-1 #ould be allotted throu"h
dra# of lots in a transparent
!anner& the police !entions(
+)he basic thrust of the policy #as to provide "ood *uality
li*uor at affordable prices to the
consu!ers&+ an official spo,es!an said here(
)he policy #as approved by cabinet at its !eetin" held under the
chair!anship of chief
!inister Par,ash in"h .adal& the spo,es!an said(
)o have fair and healthy co!petition a!on"st the licensee&
!axi!u! retail prices of li*uor
have also been fixed& he said(
+)he rates #ould be displayed by the licensees conspicuously at
their vends( /o licensee
could char"e rates hi"her than the rates fixed by the
epart!ent&+ he said(
)he !axi!u! retail prices of li*uor to be served in the !arria"e
palaces for !arria"es& have
also been fixed and #ould be displayed on the #ebsite of the
epart!ent and the sa!e
#ould be !ade available by the officers of the epart!ent at the
ti!e of issuin" per!its(
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n a si"nificant departure fro! the existin" policy& the
per!it holder could buy li*uor fro!
any li*uor vend in the concerned district& #here !arria"e
function #as to be held(
n the Excise Policy& the sie of the "roups has been reduced
for ensurin" !axi!u!
participation by the s!all and !ediu! licensees(
)he total nu!ber of "roups #ere proposed to be around 600-00 as
a"ainst 226 of last year(
)he nu!ber of retail vends have not been increased and have been
,ept at the last year3s
level 6'00(
)he *uota of country li*uor #as pe""ed at 10(40 crore proof
litres as a"ainst 5(0 crore proof
litres durin" the current year(
)he *uota of 789 has been increased fro! '(%0 crore proof litres
to '(% crore proof litres(
+Additional *uota at the rate of 20: of the basic *uota #ould
also be available to the
licensees at concessional rate&+ as per the policy(
)he *uota of .eer has been increased fro! 412 la,h bul, litre to
440 la,h bul, litres(
)his year& i!port duty on canned beer has been
abolished& he said(
+)his !easure has been introduced #ith the intention to provide
!ore variety of .eer brands
to the consu!ers( )his ti!e& !odel shops #ould also be
established in !ajor Corporation
Cities fro! #here any person could buy li*uor #ithout any
hesitation&+ he said(
)o ensure that no #holesale licensee ;9-14< can indul"e in
retail sale of li*uor& penalties have
been !ade strin"ent(
8or the first violation& license to be suspended for a !onth
or a fine of $s % la,h or both#hereas for the 2nd violation license
to be suspended for three !onths or a fine of $s 10
la,h or both(
n case of 4rd violation& the license #ill be cancelled&
the policy says(
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+)he co!petent authority can revo,e the cancellation only by
recordin" the reasons in
#ritin" #ith a fine of $s 2% la,h&+ the policy says(
=n the total *uota of country li*uor& the Additional 9icense
8ee has been increased fro! $s
24 per proof litre to $s 25 per proof litre(
+)hus& around $s 400 crore #ould be specifically ear!ar,ed
for
education>sports>cultural>!aintenance of herita"e sites
in the current year&+ the spo,es!an
said(
/o li*uor vends #ould be per!itted #ithin the road reservation -
alon"side the national
hi"h#ays and state hi"h#ays(
/o li*uor vends #ould have direct access> visibility fro!
/ational ?i"h#ay> state hi"h#ay(
n order to pro!ote ethanol production and blendin" #ithin the
state the currently levied cess
of $s 2 on per litre has been abolished instead $s 2 per litre
as i!port fee has been levied to
encoura"e ethanol production in the state(
)he Cabinet also "ave approval to a!end rates of property tax of
hotels in urban areas fro!
the year 201%-16(
Any hotel #ith capacity of %0 roo!s or belo# #ould be char"ed $s
6& $s ' and $s 4 per s* ft
instead of existin" $s 6& $s % and $s ' as property tax in
case of A-cate"ory to#ns& #hile $s
' and $s 2(%0 per s* ft instead of existin" $s ' and $s 4 #ould
be char"ed in case of .-
cate"ory to#ns and $s 2 and $s 1(%0 per s* ft for C-cate"ory
to#ns re!ains unchan"ed(
9i,e#ise& any hotel havin" capacity of %1 roo!s or above
#ould be char"ed property tax at
the rate of $s & $s and $s 6 per s* ft instead of $s 5&
$s and $s in case of A-cate"ory
to#ns and $s and $s % per s* ft instead of $s and $s 6 for
.-cate"ory to#ns and $s 6
and $s ' per s* ft instead of $s and $s % for C-cate"ory
to#ns(
?o#ever& these rates #ere for every built up area
irrespective of floor& he said(
)here #ould be not tax on vacant land and par,in" area(
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)he Cabinet also decided to present a bill in the Punjab @idhan
abha in order to sort out the
le"al proble!s #ith re"ard to disburse!ent of "ratuity and leave
encash!ent to the Privately
7ana"ed Aided Colle"es in the state(
t !ay be recalled that the state "overn!ent "ives 5%: financial
aid to 146 private colle"esacross the state and !ana"e!ent of so!e
of the colle"es had filed certain court cases in this
re"ard(
