‘Desi liquor’ will not be sold in plastic bottles in Haryana from March 1

From March 1, 2024, ‘desi liquor’ will no longer be sold in plastic bottles in the state. This move makes Haryana the first state in the country to impose such a ban. Divulging more details regarding this in a press conference here in Chandigarh on Sunday, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, who also holds the portfolio of Excise and Taxation Department said further that a 30% increase in GST collection over the past four years, with the state government already achieving a 16% growth this financial year, resulting in the collection of Rs. 32,456 crores as tax. Despite initially setting a target of Rs 36,000 crores for GST collection, Chautala expressed confidence in meeting the target in time.
Deputy CM mentioned that in the excise year 2019-2020, the state government received Rs. 6,361 crores in excise duty tax. In the previous year (2023), until July, the excise tax collection reached Rs. 9,687 crores, and as of January 28, 2024, it has already reached Rs 9,232 crores. He informed that although the target for this excise year was Rs. 10,500 crores, but he is hopeful that by the completion of the excise year, the state government will receive tax of Rs. 11,500 crores, much more than the target.