Excise Policy 2021-22

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was today granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in a money-laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The Supreme Court is likely to give its verdict today on interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam.

The Delhi government had implemented the excise policy on November 17, 2021, but scrapped it at the end of September 2022 amid allegations of corruption.

The CBI Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 was manipulated to favour cartelisation and monopolisation in liquor trade in Delhi.

The AAP's Delhi convener Gopal Rai Monday said that it was then Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal who had approved the now-scrapped excise policy now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22 and he should be probed and interrogated too.

The Delhi law department has denied Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's demand for copies of the files related to the now-scrapped Excise Policy 2021-22, official sources said today.

The Excise Policy 2021-22 that the AAP government was not allowed to implement in Delhi has worked wonders in Punjab where AAP is in power, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday.

Private liquor shops will be a thing of the past for the national capital as they will be replaced by over 300 Delhi government vends from Thursday due to the switch over from the Excise Policy 2021-22 to the old regime, officials said on Wednesday.

The Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 was the "best" of its kind and would have earned Rs 10,000 crore every year had the former lieutenant governor not been "asked" to change his decision at the last minute, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has suspended 11 officials for "serious lapses" in the implementation of Excise Policy 2021-22, even as AAP government accused his predecessor Anil Baijal of extending "special favours" to a few private players.

Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has suspended 11 officials, including then Delhi excise commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna and deputy excise commissioner Anand Kumar Tiwari, over "serious lapses" in the implementation of the Excise Policy 2021-22.

The Excise Policy 2021-22, which was extended twice after March 31 for a period of two months each, will come to an end on July 31.

The AAP government Thursday told the Delhi High Court that 489 liquor brands have been registered under its Excise Policy 2021-22 and MRP has been fixed for 428 of them.

The Delhi government today told the Delhi High Court that till now, 200 liquor brands have been registered under the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 and MRP has been fixed for 184 of them.

Delhi government Thursday told Delhi High Court that its new Excise Policy 2021-22 aims at minimizing corruption and providing fair competition in liquor trade and that all apprehensions against it were only fanciful.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was today granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in a money-laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The Supreme Court is likely to give its verdict today on interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam.

The Delhi government had implemented the excise policy on November 17, 2021, but scrapped it at the end of September 2022 amid allegations of corruption.

The CBI Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 was manipulated to favour cartelisation and monopolisation in liquor trade in Delhi.

The AAP's Delhi convener Gopal Rai Monday said that it was then Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal who had approved the now-scrapped excise policy now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22 and he should be probed and interrogated too.

The Delhi law department has denied Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's demand for copies of the files related to the now-scrapped Excise Policy 2021-22, official sources said today.

The Excise Policy 2021-22 that the AAP government was not allowed to implement in Delhi has worked wonders in Punjab where AAP is in power, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday.

Private liquor shops will be a thing of the past for the national capital as they will be replaced by over 300 Delhi government vends from Thursday due to the switch over from the Excise Policy 2021-22 to the old regime, officials said on Wednesday.

The Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 was the "best" of its kind and would have earned Rs 10,000 crore every year had the former lieutenant governor not been "asked" to change his decision at the last minute, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has suspended 11 officials for "serious lapses" in the implementation of Excise Policy 2021-22, even as AAP government accused his predecessor Anil Baijal of extending "special favours" to a few private players.

Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has suspended 11 officials, including then Delhi excise commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna and deputy excise commissioner Anand Kumar Tiwari, over "serious lapses" in the implementation of the Excise Policy 2021-22.

The Excise Policy 2021-22, which was extended twice after March 31 for a period of two months each, will come to an end on July 31.

The AAP government Thursday told the Delhi High Court that 489 liquor brands have been registered under its Excise Policy 2021-22 and MRP has been fixed for 428 of them.

The Delhi government today told the Delhi High Court that till now, 200 liquor brands have been registered under the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 and MRP has been fixed for 184 of them.

Delhi government Thursday told Delhi High Court that its new Excise Policy 2021-22 aims at minimizing corruption and providing fair competition in liquor trade and that all apprehensions against it were only fanciful.