Liquor in Delhi will cost more from Tuesday as the government
has decided to impose a 70 per cent 'Special Corona Fee' on maximum retail
price, sources said Monday.
IMAGE: Customers carry liquor bottles after
purchasing from a wine shop, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown at Chander Nagar
in east Delhi. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo
The move will boost the
government revenue, which has been hit hard due to the coronavirus-forced
lockdown, but there will be a steep rise in the prices of retails liquor
bottle.
"Seventy
per cent 'Special Corona Fee' has been imposed on the MRP of liquor bottles.
The
new rate will be applicable from Tuesday," a source said.
In a late night
notification, the Finance Department of the Delhi government said, "70 per
cent of the maximum retail price (will be levied) on all categories of liquor
sold through retail licensees for consumption..."
For instance, a liquor
bottle with a maximum retail price of Rs 1,000 earlier, will now cost Rs 1,700
in the city.
The decision comes on the
first day of easing of certain restrictions under the third phase of the
coronavirus lockdown.
The government has allowed
150 State-run liquor shops outside the coronavirus containment zones in the
national capital.
Earlier in the day, Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal said all relaxations in the areas where people violate
social-distancing and other health norms will be withdrawn.
The chief minister's stern
message came amid reports of people flouting social-distancing norms at liquor
shops in many areas of the city after authorities allowed all activities
permitted by the Central government under lockdown 3.0.
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