Govt likely to approve rollover of liquor stock lying at warehouses

Delhi government may soon allow the companies to sell a huge stock of leftover liquor, which remained stuck at the warehouses and could not be sold when the Excise Policy 2021-22 was in force, through the corporation-run vends under the prevailing regime.

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Sources said the excise department has prepared a proposal to roll over the old liquor stock and sent it to the government to place it before the cabinet for its approval.

According to an estimate, there are more than 70 lakh liquor bottles beer, whiskey, rum, wine and vodka - which are currently stocked at the warehouses. Sources said the government may allow the brands, which have already been registered by the excise department, to roll over the old stock.