Chandigarh, June 1 – The Haryana Excise and Taxation Department today conducted the 3rd round of auction for excise retail liquor vends. In the 3rd round, auctions of retail vends of 6 districts, namely Gurugram (East), Karnal, Palwal, Rewari, Jind and Yamunanagar, were conducted. The bids were opened by the committee chaired by Deputy Commissioners of the concerned districts.
Excise Commissioner Sh. Vinay Pratap Singh stated that the Department has received good response in the 3rd round of excise auctions as compared to the earlier round of auctions with 184 zones getting allotted out of 270 zones. He said wide participation in the auction process of the 184 zones shows a better response to the State’s Excise Policy. The state has been able to secure the licence fee of approx Rs 2707 crore from the auctioned zones of 5 districts, exhibiting a high increase from the license fee received in the same round in last excise policy year. To realise appropriate revenue, the department has decided to cancel the auction of 3 zones against which bids were received today and auction all zones afresh in Yamunanagar. The remaining 142 zones of these 6 districts will again be put for auction in the 1st week of June.
The Excise & Taxation Department has scheduled the next round of auctions for all districts on 3rd, 4th & 5th June.
