Summary
In Delhi, between October 1 and November 16, liquor will be sold only in government shops. Liquor will be sold in Delhi from November 17 under the new excise policy. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has told that under the new excise policy, the process of allotment of licenses has been completed by dividing Delhi into 32 zones.
The Delhi government has intensified the exercise of implementing the new excise policy. Liquor will be sold under the new policy from November 17, while the private liquor center in Delhi will be closed from October 1. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that the liquor shops being sold under the old policy will be gradually winded up.
The sale of liquor at private liquor shops will be stopped from October 1. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has told that under the new excise policy, the process of allotment of licenses has been completed by dividing Delhi into 32 zones. Now shops will be opened in Delhi from November 17 under the new excise policy.
From October 1 to November 16, liquor will be sold only in government shops. On the decision to close private shops and the shortage of liquor at the liquor sales center, Sisodia said that this will be a transition period. In such a situation, selling in government shops will not be a problem.
The licenses of more than 260 shops in Delhi are in private hands. After allotment of licenses in all 32 zones, the government had directed to extend the license of private liquor shops only till September 30. It is clear from this that such shops will be closed from October 1 and in their place the licensees issued under the new excise policy will open shops under the new excise policies from November 17. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia shared that not a single new liquor shop opened in Delhi after 2016 due to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s policies. There were many wards in Delhi where there were more than 10 liquor shops, while many wards did not have a single shop.
They will be distributed equally, so that wherever the liquor mafia is working due to lack of shops, all its doors are closed. In the wards where there were no shops, the liquor mafia used to do business of liquor illegally. There were around 850 legal and 2000 illegal liquor shops in Delhi.
Screws tightened on those selling illegal liquor
Sisodia said that in the last three-four years, the Delhi government made a lot of efforts to crack down on the sellers of illicit liquor and as a result about 7 lakh 9 thousand bottles of illicit liquor were caught in the last two years. The team registered 1864 FIR against the liquor mafia. In the last two years, 1939 people have been arrested. In the last two years, around 1000 vehicles have been seized from liquor mafia. Now with the new excise policy, these illegal liquor mafia will be completely controlled.
Changes will come in the whole system
The Deputy Chief Minister said that with the new excise policy, there will be a lot of changes in this entire system. For any liquor shop, it will be necessary to have a shop of at least 500 square feet. No counter of the shop will open on the road side. Till now, people are seen taking liquor by putting their hands in a window in the government liquor shop. Now this kind of sight will stop in Delhi, whatever the counter will be, it will be inside the shop. He said that it would be the responsibility of the shopkeepers to maintain law and order outside the shop, maintain cleanliness and maintain good environment there.
Alcohol will not be consumed in the open in any way. For this, the shopkeeper will have to install CCTV and make arrangements for security guards etc. If needed, the police will also have to be contacted, but there will not be an environment to drink alcohol in the open, it will be the responsibility of the shopkeeper. New shops will open from November 17. Government shops will remain open during this period.
Expansion
The Delhi government has intensified the exercise of implementing the new excise policy. Liquor will be sold under the new policy from November 17, while the private liquor center in Delhi will be closed from October 1. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that the liquor shops being sold under the old policy will be gradually winded up.
The sale of liquor at private liquor shops will be stopped from October 1. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has told that under the new excise policy, the process of allotment of licenses has been completed by dividing Delhi into 32 zones. Now shops will be opened in Delhi from November 17 under the new excise policy.
From October 1 to November 16, liquor will be sold only in government shops. On the decision to close private shops and the shortage of liquor at the liquor sales center, Sisodia said that this will be a transition period. In such a situation, selling in government shops will not be a problem.
The licenses of more than 260 shops in Delhi are in private hands. After allotment of licenses in all 32 zones, the government had directed to extend the license of private liquor shops only till September 30. It is clear from this that such shops will be closed from October 1 and in their place the licensees issued under the new excise policy will open shops under the new excise policies from November 17.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia shared that not a single new liquor shop opened in Delhi after 2016 due to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s policies. There were many wards in Delhi where there were more than 10 liquor shops, while many wards did not have a single shop.
They will be distributed equally, so that wherever the liquor mafia is working due to lack of shops, all its doors are closed. In the wards where there were no shops, the liquor mafia used to do business of liquor illegally. There were around 850 legal and 2000 illegal liquor shops in Delhi.
Screws tightened on those selling illegal liquor
Sisodia said that in the last three-four years, the Delhi government made a lot of efforts to crack down on the sellers of illicit liquor and as a result about 7 lakh 9 thousand bottles of illicit liquor were caught in the last two years. The team registered 1864 FIR against the liquor mafia. In the last two years, 1939 people have been arrested. In the last two years, around 1000 vehicles have been seized from liquor mafia. Now with the new excise policy, these illegal liquor mafia will be completely controlled.
Changes will come in the whole system
The Deputy Chief Minister said that with the new excise policy, there will be a lot of changes in this entire system. For any liquor shop, it will be necessary to have a shop of at least 500 square feet. No counter of the shop will open on the road side. Till now, people are seen taking liquor by putting their hands in a window in the government liquor shop.
Now this kind of sight will stop in Delhi, whatever the counter will be, it will be inside the shop. He said that it would be the responsibility of the shopkeepers to maintain law and order outside the shop, maintain cleanliness and maintain good environment there.
Alcohol will not be consumed in the open in any way. For this, the shopkeeper will have to install CCTV and make arrangements for security guards etc. If needed, the police will also have to be contacted, but there will not be an environment to drink alcohol in the open, it will be the responsibility of the shopkeeper. New shops will open from November 17. Government shops will remain open during this period.
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