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Report No. 1 of the year 2024 – Performance Audit on Liquor Supply in Delhi

Date on which Report Tabled:
Tue 25 Feb, 2025
Date of sending the report to Government:
Mon 04 Mar, 2024
Government Type:
State
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Sector Taxes and Duties

Overview

Performance Audit on Regulation and Supply of Liquor in Delhi (Report No. 1 of 2024)

This report contains the results of a Performance Audit conducted on “Regulation and Supply of Liquor in Delhi” covering a period of four years from 2017-18 to 2021-22 to examine Regulation and Supply of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and Foreign Liquor in Delhi.  Audit findings for the period 2017-21include violation in award of licenses, lack of transparency in pricing of IMFL, inadequate control of quality of liquor, weak Regulatory Functioning regarding timely identification and plugging of revenue leakages and acting against smuggling of liquor, lack of rigour in evidence collection and substantiation in cases of violations of Delhi Excise Act/Rules etc.  This Report also brings out deficiencies in the New Excise Policy (2021-22) such as ignoring the recommendations of the Expert Committee formed for suggesting changes for formation of new Excise Policy such as grant of wholesale license to private entities instead of State owned wholesale entity, upfront charging of excise duty in the license fees in place of excise duty to be charged per bottle and applicant being allowed to get a maximum of 54 retail vends in place of an individual being allotted a maximum of two vends; design and award of Licenses and implementation of the policy. Total financial implication of the audit findings is approximately ₹ 2,026.91 crore.

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