The Haryana Excise and Taxation Department has collected a revenue of Rs 12,615 crore during the ongoing excise auctions. So far, the department has successfully auctioned 1,081 out of a total of 1,194 excise zones across the state.
In a statement, Excise and Taxation Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh on Friday said the retail liquor vends licensees can operate two vends in each zone, thus more than 2,150 retail liquor vends have been opened within the first three weeks under the new excise policy.
He said that in the ongoing auctions now only 113 zones are left for auctions, which are likely to be auctioned within a few days. He emphasized that the excise auctions for retail liquor vends in Haryana is a completely transparent process which is conducted through e-auction portal. Since liquor licensees participate freely in the auction process, the excise zones are auctioned at appropriate price determined by a fair process.
Pratap further said that this year since Cabinet had approved the Excise Policy for a longer period of almost two years upto 31st March, 2027 the department has been able to earn significantly high revenue as compared to the last year’s auction. In the last round of auction which happened on July 3, 2025 the department successfully auctioned 21 more zones at revenue of Rs. 215 crore.
The Excise and Taxation Commissioner while comparing revenue earned from already auctioned 1081 zones in the ongoing auctions with that of last Excise Policy, said that almost same number of zones have been auctioned till now as compared to last year’s auctions but more than twice revenue has already been secured and department is hopeful to successfully conclude excise auctions within few days and surpass the fixed targets set by the State Government. Total license fee generated during previous year from auctions which continued till August, 2024 was Rs. 7025 crore.
Haryana Excise & Taxation Deptt collects Rs 12,615 cr revenue in ongoing excise auctions
Saturday, 05 July 2025 | PNS
| Chandigarh
Haryana Excise & Taxation Deptt collects Rs 12,615 cr revenue in ongoing excise auctions
Saturday, 05 July 2025 | PNS | Chandigarh
