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The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved ‘The Uttar Pradesh Excise (Settlement of Licenses for Premium Retail Vends of Foreign Liquor) Rules, 2020,’ paving the way for sale of certain categories of liquors in malls within the state of UP.
Principal Secretary, Excise Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Sanjay R. Bhoosreddy has informed that so far foreign liquor is being sold in retail shops and model shops in the state of UP. Earlier there was no provision for sale of foreign liquor in malls, in UP. Now licenses in form F.L-4-C will be granted for retail sale of foreign liquor in sealed bottles, in malls operational in UP. These vends will be in addition to the existing shops.
It has also been informed that the license can be obtained by any eligible person, company, partnership firm, proprietary firm or society. The mall in which such vends can open should have a minimum plinth area of 10,000 square feet and it should include departmental stores, super markets or hybrid hyper markets.
The premium retail vends should have at least 500 square feet carpet area and provide customers the facility to walk in the shops and select his/ her choice of brand from the shelves. They have to be air- conditioned and be well decorated with shelves so that various brands are displayed in shelves with a systematic layout plan.
The premium retail vends can sell only those categories of foreign liquor, which are authorised by the Excise Commissioner of UP. Consumption of alcohol on the premises of the vend is not allowed. The premium retail vend can sell only imported foreign liquor brands (BIO), IMFL brands of Scotch or above category, all categories of brandy, gin and wine, brands of vodka and rum with MRP of more than Rs. 700 and above, and brands of beer with MRP of more than Rs.160 per can of 500 ml or equivalent.
The rule has been framed while keeping in view of the increasing trend of shopping in malls. It allows sale of premium brands of liquor in malls. These vends will give access to a wide variety of Indian and imported liquor brands to liquor connoisseurs, besides giving a better shopping experience.
