image used for representational purpose onlyjaipur liquor in the state is expected to get cheaper by 810 as the state government has slashed the excise duty and has also abolished the covidsurcharge in the new excise policy for 202223 stakeholders believe that the indianmade foreign liquor imfl and beer prices in the state will be slashed after relief in excise duty fees and surcharge a liquor trader said per bottle the government imposes a flat rs 30 on imported liquor and rs 20 on imfl as covid surcharge this will be abolished similarly along with reduction in excise duty the approximately additional excise duty aed is slashed from 34 to 31 this will reduce the beer and imfl prices advt in the new policy central sales tax amount has also been excluded for calculating the excise duty and additional excise duty on imfl and beer moreover the state excise department has also provided discount in bottling fees to beer manufactures for producing more than 70 per cent of production capacity and additional bottling fees if produced less than 60 per cent as there is always a shortage of beer in the state an incentive has been provided by the government said a stakeholder after revising the policy the department aims to earn revenue of rs 15000 crore in the year 2022 2023 however many liquor traders have expressed dissatisfaction over the provision for renewal of their shops rajasthan liquor welfare society president nilesh mewara said that the department is renewing the licenses of the shops on last years highest bidding price and not the reserve price which is a discouraging move for traders for instance the department had fixed an rs 1 lakh reserve price to bid for a shop and a trader quoted rs 2 crore to win the bid this year the department is considering the maximum bid as a reserve price and charging renewable fee on it as per the slab which is a major setback as per the slab the renewal fee varies from 7 to 12 which is imposed on bidding price it is an additional burden on the traders as they struggled to sell the stock last year said mewara tnn published on feb 7 2022 at 0832 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app liquor sale imfl liquor excise duty slashed rajasthan beer liquor prices homenewsrajasthan liquor to get cheaper by 810 as govt abolishes covid tax slashes excise duty