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The Telangana Prohibition and Excise section has received 75,000 applications for 2,620 liquor shops crossed the State arsenic of Saturday evening (October 18), generating ₹2,250 crore successful revenue.
Officials expect the fig of applications to scope astir 90,000 by the extremity of the time arsenic applications proceed to flow, taking full collections to astir ₹2,700 crore, higher than ₹2,645 crore during the erstwhile cycle.
Applicants determination successful for 2,620 liquor shops crossed the State connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement
As of Friday (October 17), the section recorded 50,000 applications. As of 6 p.m. connected Saturday, different 25,000 applications were reported. However, this licensing rhythm has seen a driblet successful information compared to 2023, erstwhile 1,32,324 applications were submitted. Sources from the section attributed the diminution to the accrued exertion fee, which has been raised from ₹2 lakh successful 2023 to ₹3 lakh this year.
Applications for the caller licences were invited done a notification issued successful September, with the submission model unfastened from September 26 to October 18. Each applicant was required to taxable a request draught oregon challan receipt for ₹3 lakh on with the exertion form. Only 1 exertion per idiosyncratic was allowed and applicants could take immoderate store location.
The section volition behaviour a lottery connected October 23 to allot the 2,620 liquor store licences crossed Telangana.
