Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday constituted a three member committee to suggest measures to augment revenues from excise duty.
As the committee will be headed by Excise Commissioner ( Excise ) Sandeep Mishra, it will look into simplifying liquor pricing mechanism and check malpractices and evasion of duty in liquor trader and will submit its report within 15 days to Finance Minister Sisodia.
The primary objective of this committee will be to boost the restaurant and hospitality industry which will help in the recovery of jobs lost due to Corona pandemic and will work on revenue generating models.
Besides to develop business of hotel industry keeping job opportunities amid Corona pandemic, the committee will also to look into changes in excise duty structure that will aid in ease of doing business for the restaurant and hospitality industry in Delhi.
Additional Commissioner (T&T) Anand Kumar Tiwari also a committee member.
Due to Coronavirus Covid -19 pandemic, millions of people working with hotel industry lost their jobs.
“Millions of people work in this industry and this industry produces about 8 percent of the jobs in Delhi. But the pandemic has devastated this industry. The situation has not only affected the employment but also reduced the revenue of the Delhi government,” government official said.