CAG flags irregularities in UP excise department
India | July 21, 2019 11:37 ISTAmong the major findings, the report points out are irregular creation of special zones (Meerut) as per the excise policy 2009-2010 to check to smuggle of liquor into the state from neighbouring states which despite not having the desired impact continued over next nine years. The report said licences for retail shops were renewed continuously for nine years (2009-2018) without resorting to any form of open tendering on an annual basis eliminating any possibility of competition in production and sale of liquor at reasonable rates.
