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The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on the new liquor policy in Delhi was finally presented in the assembly. CM Rekha Gupta of Delhi presented this report on 25 February. This audit is from 2017-18 to 2020-21.
According to this, changing Delhi’s liquor policy caused a loss of Rs 2,002 crore. The ‘special arrangements’ in some wholesalers and manufacturers in the liquor policy pose a threat to monopoly and brand promotion. The AAP government did not present 14 CAG reports in the House for 10 years.
According to the CAG report, three wholesalers controlled 71% of the total liquor supply. Their commission increased from 5% to 12%. At the same time, there was a revenue loss of 941.53 crore due to not taking timely permission for liquor shops in non-non-real areas.
Learn at 9 points … What disturbances were counted in the CAG report 1. Earlier a person was allowed to keep only two shops, but in the new policy to 54. 2. Earlier government liquor shops were 377, but in the new policy 849 liqueur vends were made, in which only 22 private players got licenses. This promoted monopoly. 3. Earlier 60% of liquor sold from 4 government corporations, but in the new policy any private company could get retail licenses. 4. The government had talked about building a lab in a warehouse for quality checks, but no lab was built. This increased the profit of wholesaler. The government incurred a loss of revenue. 5. Those who were interested in manufacturing-retail were given wholesale licenses. This benefited the same person in the entire supply chain. 6. There was no economic/criminal investigation before granting the license. There was political interference and nepotism in granting liquor license. 7. Licker zone required an investment of 100 crores, but ended it in the new policy. Rules of cabinet approval were also broken. 8. Liquor shops were opened in domestic and mix land use. No approval of MCD and DDA. 9. Quality Standards and BIS were allowed to sell liquor even if there was no report. Some testing reports were given, but the lab was unauthorized. 51% of the reports in the case of foreign liquor were old or missing. Reports of harmful elements were ignored in alcohol.
3 statements of Leader of Opposition Atishi on CAG report
- Excise audit report was presented in the assembly. Its seven chapters are on the excise policy of 2017-21. A chapter is on the new excise policy. The Delhi government had revealed the flaws and corruption of the old excise policy to the people of Delhi. Under that policy, liquor was illegally brought from Haryana and UP. This report is repeating the same thing that we said that the people of Delhi are incurring losses due to the old policy. It is clear from this policy that the AAP government took the right decision by removing the old policy.
- The eighth chapter of this report states that the new policy was transparent, there were measures to prevent black marketing and through it revenue should have increased. When this policy was implemented in Punjab, there was an increase in excise revenue there. Due to this policy, revenue has increased by 65 percent from 2021 to 2025. The report says that if the new policy was applied properly, the revenue would have increased from 4,108 crores to 8,911 crore in a year. This new policy was not implemented, so Rs 2,000 crore less revenue came. It should be investigated who did not allow it to be implemented. Three people are responsible for this- Delhi LG, CBI and ED. This policy makes it clear that the AAP government took the right decision by removing the old policy. We demand that on the basis of this CAG report, an FIR should be registered and action should be taken.
- This report confirmed our point that there was corruption in the sale of liquor. This report shows that more than 28 percent of the corruption was being done by contractors and the money was going into the pockets of brokers. This report shows that there was black marketing of alcohol. Everyone knew which party people belonged to liquor contracts. Liquor contractors made profits by incorrectly calculating the cost price.
Assembly session extended for 2 days According to reports, the Delhi government has extended the assembly session for 2 days. That is, now the session will run on 28 February and March 1. Earlier, information about running the session 3 days i.e. 24, 25 and 27 February was revealed. There is a holiday on 26 February due to Shivaratri.
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