Chandigarh administration invites suggestions on excise policy

Before the coming into force of the general election code in the next year, Chandigarh’s administration invited suggestions from stakeholders for the launch of a new excise policy for the financial year 2024-2025. In the current financial year, the excise department of Chandigarh suffered a loss of nearly Rs 150 crore after 18 of its liquor vends went unsold despite many e-auctions in the past nine months.

In the current fiscal, out of a total of 95 liquor vends in Chandigarh, 18 went unsold, following which the department increased the liquor quota of existing liquor vends for the remaining months.