Private Liquor Shops

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.

After reverting to the old excise policy, the Delhi government is likely to operate 500 liquor vends from September 1 in the absence of no private players in the retail sale of alcohol, officials said on Thursday.

A day after keeping the shutters down, retail liquor vends in the city started opening today with Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena approving the AAP government's move to extend excise licences of private liquor vends.

Preempting chaos due to liquor shortage in the city, the Delhi government on Sunday decided to extend existing licences of liquor shops till August 31, officials said.

Uncertainty prevailed over the availability of liquor in the national capital as the private liquor stores in Delhi were scheduled to shut shop from Monday after the expiry of their licenses.

Delhi is staring at a major liquor shortage in the coming days with private wine and beer stores going to shut shop from August 1 after Arvind Kejriwal government's decision to withdraw it's new Excise policy 20221-22.

The Delhi government's excise department has allowed private shops to offer up to 25 per cent discount on the maximum retail price (MRP) of liquor.

A list of liquor prices in Delhi and where to find stores selling them has been uploaded online by the Excise Department to help customers locate the newly opened vends in the city.

Delhi government will formally exit the liquor business as nearly 600 vends run by it will be shut from Tuesday night, making way for new swanky private shops with walk-in facility which will begin operations the next morning under new excise policy

As the city stares at a possible shortage of alcohol and crowding outside vends with 260 privately-run liquor shops shutting shop, the Delhi government on Thursday assured that steps are being taken to ensure people don't face any problem.

As private liquor shops in Delhi prepare to shut down permanently, owners and employees of such establishments said they have started exploring alternate options.

The Delhi government has directed all state-run alcohol outlets to maintain sufficient stocks to deal with a possible shortage in the coming days as all private liquor shops are set to shut shop by September 30, officials said.

Delhi government's excise department on Friday allowed 66 private liquor shops to reopen but asked the owners to follow the odd-even rule, an official said.

An accountant at a private firm lost Rs 92,000 to online fraudsters while trying to buy liquor after they lured him to make payment on the promise of delivering it to his home during the lockdown period, police said on Tuesday.

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.

After reverting to the old excise policy, the Delhi government is likely to operate 500 liquor vends from September 1 in the absence of no private players in the retail sale of alcohol, officials said on Thursday.

A day after keeping the shutters down, retail liquor vends in the city started opening today with Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena approving the AAP government's move to extend excise licences of private liquor vends.

Preempting chaos due to liquor shortage in the city, the Delhi government on Sunday decided to extend existing licences of liquor shops till August 31, officials said.

Uncertainty prevailed over the availability of liquor in the national capital as the private liquor stores in Delhi were scheduled to shut shop from Monday after the expiry of their licenses.

Delhi is staring at a major liquor shortage in the coming days with private wine and beer stores going to shut shop from August 1 after Arvind Kejriwal government's decision to withdraw it's new Excise policy 20221-22.

The Delhi government's excise department has allowed private shops to offer up to 25 per cent discount on the maximum retail price (MRP) of liquor.

A list of liquor prices in Delhi and where to find stores selling them has been uploaded online by the Excise Department to help customers locate the newly opened vends in the city.

Delhi government will formally exit the liquor business as nearly 600 vends run by it will be shut from Tuesday night, making way for new swanky private shops with walk-in facility which will begin operations the next morning under new excise policy

As the city stares at a possible shortage of alcohol and crowding outside vends with 260 privately-run liquor shops shutting shop, the Delhi government on Thursday assured that steps are being taken to ensure people don't face any problem.

As private liquor shops in Delhi prepare to shut down permanently, owners and employees of such establishments said they have started exploring alternate options.

The Delhi government has directed all state-run alcohol outlets to maintain sufficient stocks to deal with a possible shortage in the coming days as all private liquor shops are set to shut shop by September 30, officials said.

Delhi government's excise department on Friday allowed 66 private liquor shops to reopen but asked the owners to follow the odd-even rule, an official said.

An accountant at a private firm lost Rs 92,000 to online fraudsters while trying to buy liquor after they lured him to make payment on the promise of delivering it to his home during the lockdown period, police said on Tuesday.