The State Government on Monday rolled back its decision allowing sale of liquor at grocery shops and general stores in State. The decision to this affect was taken at the State Cabinet meeting here on Tuesday. The State Government few months back took a decision under which grocery shops and general stores were allowed to sell liquor from their outlets.
As per the proposal, any grocery shops filing GST (Goods and Services Tax) on Rs 30 lakh income were to get license. The proposal was in form of amendment of the 2018 excise policy.
State Cabinet Coordination Department Secretary in-charge Ajoy Kumar Singh said, “The Government decided to roll back its earlier decision as the Excise department did not receive any application for selling liquor through grocery or general stores.” The State Cabinet taking a U-turn in liquor policy assumes importance as Jharkhand Government in last three years has amended its excise policy twice. Earlier, liquor was sold through the auctioning of licenses. From 2017, the State government started selling liquor through government shops.
However, not having succeeded in increasing revenues with this measure, the State again amended its policy and started auctioning the liquor shops from April 1, 2019.
The State Cabinet also took a decision under which automobile dealer were given the power to make temporary registration of vehicles. Earlier, the District Transport Office (DTO) had the power to issue temporary registration of vehicles, but with Cabinet decision the automobile dealer within the specified jurisdiction can make temporary registration of vehicles.
The State Cabinet also gave its nod for signing a deal with ICICI payment gateway for online submission of various taxes of urban local bodies. With the cabinet decision, people can now avail the facilities of ICICI payment gateway for paying holding tax, property tax, labour cess and others.The State Cabinet also gave its nod for creating service guidelines of teachers working at ad-hoc basis at university post graduate departments and constituents colleges.
Sources said that with new service rules, the ad-hoc teachers working at universities and constituents colleges on per class basis cannot demand for making their job permanent.
Sources said that with today’s Cabinet decision, the Government can check the demands of various teachers’ body who are demanding regularization of their jobs.
The State Cabinet also gave its nod for setting up Jharkhand State Backward Finance and Development Limited. Decision on making guidelines in Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) 2019 was also given nod at Cabinet meeting. The State Cabinet gave nod to 21 agenda mostly from land reforms and registration, health and others.