Excise Policy 2025: The Madhya Pradesh government has implemented the new Excise Policy 2025, making many important changes in the rules of liquor sale. Now liquor will not be sold without a POS machine, liquor shops located around religious places will be closed, and it has been decided to shift some shops to new locations.
Also, the government has indicated to increase the price of liquor to compensate for the revenue loss from the closed shops. Apart from this, additional charges will be imposed for serving liquor in bars and restaurants.
Sale of liquor will be banned near religious places
Under the new policy, liquor shops in 19 religious cities and villages of the state will be completely closed from April 1, 2025. The government says that this decision has been taken keeping in mind the respect of religious sentiments and social balance. However, the government fears a loss of revenue due to this, to meet which the prices of other liquor shops may be increased by up to 25%.
Liquor sales will be monitored through POS machine
The government has made it mandatory to install POS (Point of Sale) machines at all shops to increase transparency in liquor sales. This will record every sale digitally and prevent tax evasion. If a contractor sells liquor without a POS machine, he will have to pay a fine of Rs 25,000. This fine may increase further if the rules are violated repeatedly.
Changes in licensing rules
According to the new excise policy, contractors will now have to submit e-bank guarantee, which will be valid till 30 April 2026 and cannot be used for any other work. To compensate for the losses caused by the closure of liquor shops in religious cities and villages, the government has prepared a formula, under which 25% of the annual value of the closed shops will be added to the prices of other shops.
Sale of liquor will be banned in some places
According to the new policy, liquor shops will be completely closed in 13 municipal corporations and 6 gram panchayats of the state. No new licenses will be issued at these places nor will these shops be shifted to any other place.
New rules for liquor sales at commercial events
The government has introduced new license rules for liquor sales at commercial events. Now the fee for serving liquor at events has been fixed from Rs 25,000 for 500 people to Rs 2 lakh for more than 5,000 people.
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