Uttar Pradesh has made it mandatory to obtain a licence to keep more than the prescribed limit of liquor at home.
In UP, a person is permitted to store 1.5 litres each of country-made and Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) liquor and four bottles of beer.
After the amendment in the policy, if anyone wants to store liquor more than the prescribed limit, a licence will have to be obtained from the state Excise department.
Additional Chief Secretary Sanjay R Bhoosreddy said that under the new excise policy, individuals would have to obtain licence to purchase, transport or for private possession or personal bar, liquor in excess of the prescribed retail limit.
He said the licence would be issued on payment of Rs 12,000 as licence fee and a security of Rs 51,000 per year, subject to the prescribed conditions.
The state government has set a revenue target of Rs 34,500 crore for the next fiscal 2021-22 for the Excise department against the expected revenue collection of Rs 28,340 crore in 2020-21.
The additional chief secretary said the state government had hiked the revenue target by Rs 6,000 crore to Rs 34,500 crore for the next fiscal 2021-22 against Rs 28,340 crore of current fiscal 2020-21.
He said to achieve the hike in the target the annual licence fee for country liquor, Indian Made Foreign Liquor retail shops and model shops had been increased by 7.5 per cent for the next fiscal 2021-22.
There is no hike in licence fee for the retail beer shops.