GURUGRAM: To forestall people from consuming in the open, in particular outside roadside vends, the state govt has made two ahatas (small restaurant for drinkers) mandatory for every six liquor stores in the town, under its new excise coverage. The coverage comes into impact from April 1.
The aim of an ahata outside a liquor outlet in the state is to “prevent rowdy and drunken behaviour in public”, an excise respectable said.
As in step with the new coverage, the licence rate for an ahata can be charged at 0.8% of the zone rate with a minimum of Rs four lakh as in comparison to 0.5% of the zone charges final yr, and Rs 2 lakh as minimum.
However, the excise respectable clarified that the price of opening further ahatas has been lowered to 0.four% of the zone charges. The coverage alternatively, has not modified with reference to choice of vends in a zone, which can be six vends and two sub-vends. Gurugram has a complete of 19 zones in the east district and 22 in the west district.
On the request of a Japanese company, the state govt has also made up our minds to allow pub licences (solely for wine and beer sales) in business model township, Manesar.
Though the state govt has retained the much-debated “unmarried dealer” coverage for Foreign Liquor under the excise coverage 2018-19, it has hiked the reserve value for bidding from Rs 50 crore in the current fiscal to Rs 62.5 crore in the next financial yr.
Under the coverage, the licence value for selling Indian-made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) has also long gone up from Rs 1.25 crore this yr to Rs 1.60 crore for the following financial yr. This value used to be Rs 50 lakh in 2016-17. “The rate for this category has jumped 220% in the final two years and will make business supplies dear on the current value,” said an industry skilled.
The price of getting a licence for a microbrewery has also long gone up from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 12 lakh, and the safety deposit has also been hiked from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 3 lakh. “Since Delhi has also opened up licences for microbreweries, this may increasingly create competition. The town businessmen will have to sustain sales to compare up,” he said.
The excise duty and allow rate has been higher around the board for beers in addition to imported international liquors with advent of additional slabs. The perfect building up has been when it comes to draught liquor which has long gone up from Rs 36 in the previous coverage to Rs 40 in this one, and the permit charges has long gone up from Rs 2 this financial yr to Rs 5 in the next fiscal.
While the license charges for bar licenses have remained the same, putting in an additional level of sale inside an current licence has been made pricey, from 15% of the licence rate in this financial yr’s coverage to 20% in the next fiscal.
Bar homeowners have also expressed discontent over the increase in charges to extend the opening time for an additional hour. “From Rs 8 lakh, the extension time charges has long gone up to Rs 10 lakh once a year. This is very high, even in comparison to Delhi. This is difficult hitting on our pockets as there have already been a number of hikes for dealers of imported liquor, which is maximum in call for,” said a Gurugram-based bar proprietor.
The aim of an ahata outside a liquor outlet in the state is to “prevent rowdy and drunken behaviour in public”, an excise respectable said.
As in step with the new coverage, the licence rate for an ahata can be charged at 0.8% of the zone rate with a minimum of Rs four lakh as in comparison to 0.5% of the zone charges final yr, and Rs 2 lakh as minimum.
However, the excise respectable clarified that the price of opening further ahatas has been lowered to 0.four% of the zone charges. The coverage alternatively, has not modified with reference to choice of vends in a zone, which can be six vends and two sub-vends. Gurugram has a complete of 19 zones in the east district and 22 in the west district.
On the request of a Japanese company, the state govt has also made up our minds to allow pub licences (solely for wine and beer sales) in business model township, Manesar.
Though the state govt has retained the much-debated “unmarried dealer” coverage for Foreign Liquor under the excise coverage 2018-19, it has hiked the reserve value for bidding from Rs 50 crore in the current fiscal to Rs 62.5 crore in the next financial yr.
Under the coverage, the licence value for selling Indian-made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) has also long gone up from Rs 1.25 crore this yr to Rs 1.60 crore for the following financial yr. This value used to be Rs 50 lakh in 2016-17. “The rate for this category has jumped 220% in the final two years and will make business supplies dear on the current value,” said an industry skilled.
The price of getting a licence for a microbrewery has also long gone up from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 12 lakh, and the safety deposit has also been hiked from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 3 lakh. “Since Delhi has also opened up licences for microbreweries, this may increasingly create competition. The town businessmen will have to sustain sales to compare up,” he said.
The excise duty and allow rate has been higher around the board for beers in addition to imported international liquors with advent of additional slabs. The perfect building up has been when it comes to draught liquor which has long gone up from Rs 36 in the previous coverage to Rs 40 in this one, and the permit charges has long gone up from Rs 2 this financial yr to Rs 5 in the next fiscal.
While the license charges for bar licenses have remained the same, putting in an additional level of sale inside an current licence has been made pricey, from 15% of the licence rate in this financial yr’s coverage to 20% in the next fiscal.
Bar homeowners have also expressed discontent over the increase in charges to extend the opening time for an additional hour. “From Rs 8 lakh, the extension time charges has long gone up to Rs 10 lakh once a year. This is very high, even in comparison to Delhi. This is difficult hitting on our pockets as there have already been a number of hikes for dealers of imported liquor, which is maximum in call for,” said a Gurugram-based bar proprietor.
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