CAG report on Delhi liquor policy: Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Thursday (February 27) sent the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report on liquor policy to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). PAC will be formed on this matter and the committee has been asked to submit the report in three months.
Along with this, the Speaker has also asked the Excise Department to submit a report on the action taken within a month.
CAG report on Delhi excise policy
The CAG report on 'Performance Audit Report on Regulation and Supply of Liquor in Delhi' was tabled during the first session of the newly-elected Delhi Assembly on February 25. The performance audit report by the CAG of India on the regulation and supply of liquor in the national capital has showed lapses in the functioning of the excise department and its policy, leading to revenue losses exceeding Rs 2,026.91 crore.
The report revealed that payments were made for liquor bottles that were not authenticated through barcode scanning at the Point of Sale (POS).
Delhi's previous AAP government launched the excise policy 2021-22 to massive controversy leading to its top leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal, being jailed. The policy was scrapped following a CBI enquiry recommended by Lt Governor V K Saxena in July 2022.
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