April 22, 2025 10:41 am
Excise Department earns revenue of Rs 131 crore against reserve price of nearly Rs 109 crore
May 01, 2023 4:49 pm
The previous auction was a flop show and in the seventh auction, only three vends out of 25 could go under the hammer and this was despite the UT slashing the reserve price by 25 per cent, said an official.
March 28, 2023 8:25 am
Now, after the failed auction, the excise and taxation department has decided to slash the reserve price by six to 10 per cent for the remaining vends.
March 22, 2023 8:06 am
A senior officer of the Chandigarh Administration said, "It is entirely the impact of Punjab policy. But we will keep auctioning the liquor vends till they are sold out."
September 28, 2022 11:07 am
No shops have so far been opened at the airport under the old excise regime, which was implemented from this month after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government scrapped the controversial Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.
June 23, 2022 6:05 am
A functionary of the government said that the policy was expected to fetch good revenue for the state exchequer, “The target is Rs 9,500 crore in this fiscal. Even if we are able to make Rs 9,000 crore, it is not bad at all.”
June 17, 2022 4:59 am
Of 64 groups put out on e-auction, only 14 groups had responded. The excise department has now extended the last date of bidding by five more days
May 11, 2022 1:58 am
Permits will be given to zonal retail licensees who wish to open vends that are bigger than 5,000 sq ft to provide a better walk-in experience.
March 23, 2022 4:12 am
An analysis of the successful bidders this year revealed that no single entity got allotment of more than 10 vends.
July 05, 2021 8:57 pm
There will be 29 vends in the NDMC and Delhi Cantonment areas and 10 retail vends at the airport. The stores in the airport will be allowed to operate round the clock.



