Chhattisgarh has set a record of sorts with its revenue collections from liquor sale during the past eight months — the period when it took over the entire business of liquor sale in its hands this year.
Owing to a record sale, people of Chhattisgarh have consumed liquor worth Rs 24 billion and the Raipur had topped by spending Rs 3.8 billion on it.
The maximum revenue came from Raipur at Rs 38,98649,791 followed by Durg at Rs 2334668184, Bilaspur (Rs 1624348236) and Rajnandgaon ( Rs 1187182340).
In a written reply to Congress member Bhaiya Ram Sinha, Prohibition Minister Amar Agrawal informed Chhattisgarh Assembly that the State Government mopped up revenue of Rs 24,224,347,888 from 27 districts including CBD and surcharge from liquor sale during the past 8 months.
The Minister further informed that a total 1053 cases of illegal sale, transportation and storage and were filed by the Excise Department from April 2017 till November 29 this year. This includes 68 cases of illegal sale, 30 cases of illegal transport and 939 cases of illegal storage, he informed. The maximum cases were in Bilaspur where 227 cases were filed, he had informed.
Notable, the Chhattisgarh Cabinet in February this year had approved the new ' Excise Policy' to exercise total control over the liquor retailing outlets after the implementation of the policy.