COVID-19: West Bengal starts online delivery of liquor amid lockdown 3.0
News | May 08, 2020 7:48 ISTWest Bengal State Beverages Corporation (WBSBCL) has started accepting online orders for liquor in state for home delivery.
West Bengal State Beverages Corporation (WBSBCL) has started accepting online orders for liquor in state for home delivery.
Liquor shops in Tamil Nadu are allowed to open from today after the Madras High Court on Wednesday permitted opening of Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) shops.
The Maharashtra government collected more than Rs 100 crore in taxes in three days after liquor shops in the state were allowed to reopen, excise minister Dilip Walse Patil said on Wednesday. Sale of liquor was allowed in parts of the state as the lockdown to contain coronavirus entered its third phase on Monday.
The levy of additional tax on liquor by several state governments, in some cases as high as 75 per cent, will be counterproductive in the long-run as it will hit sales and reduce total collections, industry bodies said.
Home delivery of liquor will start from May 7 in Punjab with the state excise and taxation department issuing an order for opening of liquor vends on Wednesday.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to increase liquor prices in the state, ranging from Rs 5 to Rs 400 per bottle depending upon its size and category of the drink.
The price of liquor in the state of Uttar Pradesh has been increased by the govt amid the coronavirus lockdown. As per reports, different slabs of price rise have been implemented on different types of liquor. A bottle that would normally cost Rs 65 is likely to cost Rs 70 after the rise in prices.
Liquor will be costlier in Haryana too as the state Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, on Tuesday decided to impose a Covid-19 cess on all brands, including country made.
Karnataka sold liquor worth ₹197 crores on Day 2 of the re-opening of shops as the government eased the lockdown restrictions.
Taking a U-turn on its decision, the Tamil Nadu government said liquor shops in Chennai that were supposed to re-open from May 7, will now not be opening from Thursday.
Liquor will now be delivered to your doorstep in Punjab after new guidelines that have been issued to the Excise and Taxation Department. However, the home delivery of liquor will be done between 1 pm to 6 pm from May 6 onwards as liquor shops will also re-open in the state from tomorrow between 9 am - 1 pm.
The Chhattisgarh government has launched a web portal for home delivery of liquor in green zones of the state to avoid crowding at wine shops during the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, an official said on Tuesday.
Liquor shops in Ghaziabad are opening from today (Tuesday, May 5) after they were closed for a period of over 40 days due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country when the government imposed a nation-wide lockdown.
Two persons who were habitual drinkers died in Ghaziabad after consuming nail polish remover, aftershave lotion and sanitizer, while one person who had consumed the toxic chemicals along with them is in critical condition in a hospital, police said on Monday.
The Delhi government on Saturday sought a list of standalone alcohol shops in the national capital, following the Central government's nod for opening such shops with conditions.
Contrary to the Centre's announcement, the Kerala government, here on Saturday, decided to keep the liquor shops shut. According to the new central norms, liquor shops can be allowed to open after May 4.
The Assam government on Saturday allowed reopening of liquor outlets across the state with immediate effect, an Excise Department official said. All shops selling foreign and country-made liquor across the state are allowed to operate with immediate effect, Additional Commissioner of Excise, S K Medhi said in an order.
Even as the Centre's amended guidelines for the COVID-19 lockdown will open up liquor stores in Goa, traders are concerned that they might run out of stocks, as the ban on foreign imports remains in place.
Congress MLA from Sangod, Bharat Singh Kundanpur has written to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot asking him to consider opening liquor shops in the state. In his letter to the CM, Kundanpur argues that if coronavirus can be removed by washing hands with alcohol, then drinking alcohol will surely remove the virus from the throat.
Hit by huge revenue losses due to lockdown, the Rajasthan government has increased excise duty on liquor by 10 percentage points. The state's finance department issued the orders to amend a notification to increase the duty on Wednesday.
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