The Rajasthan authorities have constituted a high-level committee to conduct a research of the liquor ban coverage carried out in Bihar. The five-member committee will embark on a research tour to Bihar where they’ll research the coverage and its numerous features to submit an in depth report on its optimistic and destructive features, Rajasthan Excise Commissioner Vishnu Charan Malik advised information company PTI.
The committee contains Further Excise Commissioner CR Dewasi, Udaipur Excise Officer Rajendra Pareek, Barmer District Excise Officer Sanjay Singh, Jodhpur Assistant Excise Officer Gajendra Singh Rajpurohit and Abu Street Excise Inspector Ishwar Singh Chauhan. The committee will be in Bihar for to seven days and talk about the liquor ban coverage with people who find themselves related to it, the commissioner mentioned.
Official sources mentioned a departmental overview was held with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in October to debate sensible features associated to the demand for liquor prohibition beneath the provisions of the Excise Coverage.
Rajasthan earns main income from excise. A goal income of INR 10,500 crore has been set for the top within the present monetary yr (2019-20). Until November, greater than INR 5,500 crore has been obtained beneath the top, sources mentioned.
On this backdrop, Poonam Chhabra, who’s working a mass motion demanding liquor ban within the state, has welcomed the state authorities’s transfer. She expressed hope that the committee can even make some optimistic suggestions on prohibition of liquor in Rajasthan. Gurusharan Chhabra, a former MLA and father-in-law of Poonam Chhabra, had led an enormous agitation for banning liquor within the state and passed away during a fast unto death in 2015.
