Madhya Pradesh ruling government decided to retail alcohol at airports and selected supermarkets

Bhopal, Jan 19 (PTI) in the new Excise Police for the subsequent financial 12 months, the BJP authorities in Madhya Pradesh has decided to allow the sale of liquor at all airports in the country and pick out supermarkets in 4 big towns, and difficulty home bar licenses to those earning Rs one crore or extra yearly.

Inside the Excise policy 2022-23, authorized by means of the state cupboard on Tuesday, the authorities additionally decided to shrink retail costs of liquor by means of 20 in step with cent in a bid to ’cause them to sensible.

The cupboard assembly chaired by way of chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also cleared the Madhya Pradesh heritage (traditional) Liquor coverage. beneath the new Excise policy, counters promoting liquor can be opened at all the airports in MP even as licenses for (commencing) such retailers can now be issued in pick out supermarkets in Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Gwalior at a hard and fast charge, an reliable announcement said.

Now, a home bar license can be issued at an annual fee of Rs 50,000 to candidates with an annual character earnings of Rs one crore or more, it stated. beneath the approaching policy, bar licenses may be issued at concessional prices to brief devices being operated by means of the Eco-Tourism Board and the Tourism development enterprise at traveler places. The nation government also decided to simplify the liquor import manner. starting of microbreweries will be allowed in Bhopal and Indore cities subject to No Objection certificate (NOCs) to be issued by way of local civic our bodies and the electricity branch and after securing environmental clearance.

Officers stated that all the liquor stores will now be composite stores to curb the sale of unlawful alcohol. Composite shops are those from wherein investors can sell Indian Made overseas Liquor (IMFL), usa Made liquor and beer collectively. District-degree excessive electricity committees that encompass the collector and MLAs can be empowered to exchange locations of liquor stores, if needed, below the brand new excise policy. except, wine prepared from grapes by farmers in MP can be made duty loose, the officials stated.

The brand new excise policy additionally has a provision of tetra-packing liquor and scanning the QR code to test the authenticity of the product. The Madhya Pradesh cabinet additionally gave its nod to the brand new heritage Liquor coverage, announced by means of the chief minister remaining November, so one can permit tribals to brew liquor from ‘mahua’ (Madhuca) flora in a conventional manner and promote it.

This policy could be later supplied earlier than a cabinet sub-committee which changed into shaped to talk about the history liquor challenge, the officials stated.

Updated by Yukta Daswani