Skip to main content

Liquor production increases in J&K State produces 45,01,198 cases of liquor during 2010-11


Liquor production increases in J&K

State produces 45,01,198 cases of liquor during 2010-11
Nitesh Sangral
JAMMU, Mar 26: Jammu and Kashmir has produced 45, 01,198 cases of liquor during 2010-11 thus earning revenue of Rs 184.44 crore.
Official figures reveal that it is 2,45,158 cases more than what was produced in 2009-10, during which only 42,56,040 cases were produced and revenue collected was Rs 156.01 crore.

As per the data, during 2008-09 about 35,32,673 cases were produced in the state and the revenue collected was Rs 133.07 crore. Officials said that sale of liquor has become one of the biggest revenue generating avenue for government, despite various religious and social stigmas attached to it.

However government has not issued any new licenses since past two years and liquor is one of the heavily taxed items. “As per the policy no advertisement of liquor is permitted in state and no shop can display it in glass windows nor can be it sold to a person less than 21 years of age”, official said.

At the moment there are 226 liquor shops owned by private parties in the state. Of these, 135 are in Jammu city, 21 in Udhampur district and 40 in Kathua. Srinagar has 4, Baramulla 1 and Leh has 2 shops.

Recently even the Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather said in Legislative Assembly that it is not possible to impose total prohibition in Jammu and Kashmir like Gujarat. “Imposition of prohibition in isolation is going to prove counter productive and will result in clandestine smuggling of liquor from other states of the country”, Rather said.

He said that it has been observed that imposition of total prohibition results in manufacturing of spurious liquors which is more hazardous for health.
In 1990 Andra Pradesh enforced total prohibition but abandoned it within two years as it gave rise to smuggling of liquor. Officials said that being a tourist state requirements of visitors have to be kept in mind.

It is pertinent to mention here that apart from local production J&K imports huge quantity from outside the state. To deal with the menace of spurious liquor the Excise and Taxation Department has decided to introduce tamper proof holograms on the bottles.

As per the new concept the temper proof multi-coloured holograms seals would be put on each bottle to enable easy detection of the counterfeit products.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

GMC Jammu gets 15 more PG seats, Srinagar bags 29

Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 6: The State Health Ministry' claims regarding increase in PG seats in broad specialties have fallen flat as Medical Council of India has granted only 13 more PG seats to the Government Medical College Jammu, while GMC Srinagar has got 30, thanks for not conducting Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) of faculty members. It is penitent to mentioned, Minister for Health Bali Bhagat assured Upper House that the Principal Secretary H&ME Department handed over the proposal for increase of 133 PG seats in GMC, Srinagar and 107 PG seats in GMC, Jammu, as one time increase in Medical Colleges of State for the year 2018-19. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, through its communication dated March 6, 2018, has conveyed its approval for admitting 15 students in GMC Jammu and 29 for Srinagar for 2018-19. As per notification, in GMC Jammu the total number of existing seats for MD Anaesthesiology was 5 while the seats available ...
Post a Comment
Read more

'Rx: I am busy at my clinic'

Despite official ban, many GMC docs do pvt practice 7/13/2017 Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, July 13: The Vigilance Organisation raided private clinic of a doctor here earlier this week, revealing how government doctors do not care a fig for the official ban on the private practice. The sleuths of Vigilance on Tuesday conducted raid at the clinic of Dr Ashutosh Gupta, the head of Radiotherapy department of GMC Jammu, and found him present there, in brazen violation of the government order which bars the HoDs from private practice. On Wednesday, the Health department placed Dr Gupta under suspension (vide its order number 368-HME-2017) till pending enquiry. Dr Rahul Sharma shall hold the change of HoD Radiotherapy. Wrong practice There are many other HoDs of GMC&H and its associated hospitals, who are indulging in private practice. Owing to weak administration of GMC and others hospitals, these HoDs can be found present in their private ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Ex-principal levels serious charges

'Junior doc runs GMC Jammu' 8/7/2017 Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 7: Dr Zahid Gillani, a former principal of Government Medical College and Hospital, Jammu, has accused his successor, the incumbent principal, Dr Sunanda Raina, of hatching a conspiracy against him that led to his removal from the coveted chair. Dr Sunanda "with zero merit, 3rd after me in seniority, her wakil (advocate) in court says she is senior most above Dr Ganshyam and Dr Shashi…I am sorry to say GMC faculty never said any(thing) for injustice, dear more than 75 DPC, 125 OPG I did, now please speak don't be afraid," Dr Zahid wrote in his Facebook post. "Request Honb'le PM, CM, Bali Bhagat and Honb'le Dr Jatinder Singh for action… Sahib for Zahid 3 orders in two days (three orders have been taken against Dr Zahid within two days) but the liar lady (Dr Sunanda) she is enjoying no enquiry (he talk about baseless allegation level by Dr Sunanda and no action has been t...
Post a Comment
Read more