Excise duty, licence fee kept unchanged in new Rajasthan policy for this fiscal

Jaipur, Feb,04: The new Rajasthan Excise and Temperance Policy for the year 2024-2025 fiscal will not increase excise duty or license fee. However, dealers renewing their licenses will have to pay 10% more as a guarantee amount. The policy also allows producers to raise prices, but there will be no price increase for end customers. There will be no increase in excise duty or licence fee as per the new Rajasthan Excise and Temperance Policy released for the 2024-25 fiscal on Thursday. But the dealers who are planning to renew their licences will have to cough up 10% more as guarantee amount. It also allows producers to increase ex-distillery, ex-bottling and ex-winery prices to meet increasing cost. This, however, will not result in any increase in prices for the end customer, said Nilesh Mewara, the president of Rajasthan Liquor Welfare Association. The policy has kept the number of liquor stores the same as before, with 7,665 outlets under the composite category. “Shopkeepers have the option to renew their licences for the upcoming year, with a 10% increase in the annual guaranteed amount,” says the policy. Anubhav Bhatnagar ,Jaipur