The Madhya Pradesh BJP government has decided to impose a complete ban on sale and consumption of liquor by closing down all alcohol shops at 19 different places, including 17 holy towns, in the state including Ujjain, thE hometown of Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav, where the world famous Lord Mahakaleshwar Temple is situated.
The Delhi government has also declared dry days on Swami Dayanand Jayanti and Guru Ravidas Jayanti, and liquor shops will remain closed on these days as well.
The Delhi Deputy Chief Minister claimed that his party's government brought in a new excise policy to curb graft but Central agencies were used to threaten shopkeepers as well as state officials.
The self-styled bootlegger claimed that some policemen were partners with him in his liquor business.
A circular issued by Deputy Commissioner (Excise) T Sudhakar said that liquor, arrack and toddy shops will remain closed from Friday night till Monday morning when the Union Territory is going for a lockdown.
An ad valorem tax (according to val.ue) may be levied on Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and foreign liquor to boost sales
Under the e-token system customers are allotted a specific time to purchase alcohol.
The Covid- cess will reasonably increase revenues from liquor sales in HP.
Liquor shops were shut for almost 40 days due to the lockdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak.
When checked, the website was not working, to which the government responded by saying "there's heavy rush currently, it will be up soon".
