DELHI GOVERNMENT ROLLS BACK NEW EXCISE POLICY

July 31, 2022

Amid an ongoing police investigation into the Delhi government’s new excise policy and a faceoff with the Lt Governor who has sought a CBI probe, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced that the government is rolling back the new policy.

About:

  • From August 1, liquor will be sold only through government outlets in the Capital. He said the number of liquor shops will not exceed 850 – as under the previous policy.
  • The new excise policy was introduced in Delhi in November 2021.
  • It made sweeping changes to the nature and functioning of liquor trade in the city. The government exited the customer-end of the trade entirely, shutting all government-run liquor vends, and sale of liquor was handed over exclusively to private players.