The Excise department is facing problems in allotment of liquor shops in Uttarakhand. Even after end of a month of the new financial year the department is able to allot only 369 shops out of total 619 in the state. However on a positive note the department has garnered more revenue from the sale of these shops as compared with last year. The department has set up a revenue target of Rs 2135 Crore from the sale of liquor shops for the year 2019-20 which is about 20 percent higher than last year. In the new excise policy the department has given priority to the old licence holders as it decided to allot shops to them on rates which were 20 percent more than last year. The department is undertaking a process of E- tendering for the shops which incurred losses in the last financial year. The Excise Commissioner, Deependra Chaudhary said that 369 shops have so far been allotted and the remaining shops are in the process of being allotted by the department. He expressed confidence that the remaining shops would be also be allotted. With a revenue target of Rs 561 Crores, Dehradun district tops the list in Uttarakhand followed by Haridwar which has a target of Rs 362 cr. Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar districts have revenue targets of Rs 259 cr and Rs 224 cr respectively.