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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay volition seat the archetypal Cabinet gathering of his authorities astatine the Secretariat successful Chennai connected Friday (June 5, 2026) astatine 11 a.m. During the meeting, the caller authorities is expected to sermon and instrumentality decisions connected respective cardinal issues, peculiarly related to the functioning of Tasmac and industries and concern promotion.
The State authorities is readying a large administrative overhaul of Tasmac operations, from the procurement signifier to the retail merchantability of liquor. These administrative reforms and monitoring mechanisms are expected to beryllium discussed successful item during the Cabinet meeting, said Minister for Prohibition and Excise K. Vignesh.
The treatment is expected to absorption connected creating a foolproof strategy to guarantee gross generated done the merchantability of liquor by Tasmac goes wholly to the State exchequer and not to backstage individuals, helium said connected Thursday. Under these projected reforms, the State authorities is besides expected to code alleged irregularities successful the postulation of ₹10 nether the bare vessel buy-back strategy by exploring the anticipation of introducing a caller system.
The Minister said helium would merchandise connected Friday the database of 717 retail Tasmac outlets that were closed pursuing the bid issued by Mr. Vijay soon aft helium assumed bureau arsenic Chief Minister. He said the gross nonaccomplishment to the State exchequer pursuing the closure of these Tasmac outlets would beryllium astir ₹8,000 crore. Asked if the authorities was considering expanding the retail terms of liquor to compensate for the nonaccomplishment of revenue, Mr. Vignesh said determination was presently nary specified proposal. He besides denied reports that the authorities was considering privatising the retail merchantability of liquor.
