representative imagethe karnataka government is seriously considering a proposal that allows home delivery of liquor and kicked off extensive consultations with all stakeholders on monday as a first step the excise department is planning to allow online sale of liquor in bengaluru city via mobile apps before extending it to the rest of the state through retail outlets and msil shopsthe state excise department headed by commissioner m lokesh has asked stakeholders to submit their opinion in writing karnataka is looking at launching this service in august if it achieves a consensus on the proposal at least six states including kerala and maharashtra have already launched the online delivery of liquor in the recent months advt bars and restaurants clubs and beer lounges which have been closed in karnataka since march due to covid19 did not get any relief in unlock 30 guidelines announced on wednesday night this may prompt the government to start online sale of liquor an excise officer saidonline sale of liquor will help people stay safeowners of bars and restaurants already reeling under losses due to covid19 urged the government to drop the proposal as it would affect their business further however a senior minister sought to reassure them saying the proposal will take into account market dynamics and no decision will be taken that will affect stakeholderswhen owners of bars and restaurants are suffering heavy losses owing to covid19 the government is trying to push them to the wall said govindaraj hegde general secretary federation of wine merchants association karnataka an excise officer said the move would help ensure social distancing at liquor outlets and bars reduce the number of accidents caused due to drunken driving and help the government earn more revenue with people refusing to come out of their houses to buy liquor because of the rising number of covid cases the online facility will also help them to remain safe he added advt with other revenuegenerating departments showing a slowdown the government is dependent on the excise department to increase its revenue collection the budgetary target for the current fiscal is rs 22700 crore by anil gejji tnn published on jul 30 2020 at 0819 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 home delivery of liquor karnataka govt coronavirus revenues retail unlock 30 lockdown restaurants ecommerce online sale of liquor homenewskarnataka government mulls online sale of liquor