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The State government, which is hoping to span gross shortage and rise resources, has announced the timeline to auction 569 discontinued/unallotted liquor licences crossed Karnataka.
The unrecorded e-auction to bring transparency successful allocation volition beryllium held betwixt January 13 and January 20, 2026, and is expected to bring betwixt ₹600 crore and ₹1,000 crores to the cash-starved exchequer.
While the basal terms successful immoderate interior agrarian areas has been fixed astatine ₹70 lakh, the highest basal terms of ₹1.5 crore has been fixed for 101 licences successful Bengaluru city.
For definite licences successful Mangaluru and Mysuru, the basal terms is ₹1.1 crore and successful Tumakru basal terms is ₹1 crore.
Apart from monetisation of onshore and expanding excise work connected liquor, e-auction of liquor licences was among the means to rise resources to span the gross deficit.
GST complaint rationalisation successful October, summation successful cess postulation by the Centre that is not devolved to the States and incapable to garner the anticipated ₹3,000 crore done taxes connected mines had deed the State’s anticipated gross assets mobilisation.
The State is staring astatine a simplification successful gross betwixt ₹15,000 crore and ₹18,000 crores this fiscal adjacent arsenic it is nether unit to money its 5 warrant schemes totalling astir ₹60,000 crore annually.
The notification for e-auction done the MSTC portal was issued connected Friday, and the auctioned licence volition beryllium granted for a play of 5 excise years for the play ending June 30, 2030.
The e-auction of licences had been announced by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who holds the Finance portfolio, successful the Budget for 2025-2026.
A enactment from the authorities said that the discontinued/unallotted CL (2) fixed for retail shops and CL (11-C) fixed to government-owned Mysore Sales International Ltd. are classified arsenic CL (2-A).
The discontinued CL (9) licences are classified arsenic CL (9-A). The licences to beryllium auctioned see 477 CL 2 for retail shops and 92 CL 9 for bars and restaurants licences crossed the State.
Of the full licences being e-auctioned, 24% volition beryllium reserved for Scheduled Castes (17%) and Scheduled Tribes (7%).
Within the 17% preservation for Scheduled Castes, the recently implemented interior preservation matrix of 6% each to Category A (Dalit Left-Madigas) and Category B (Dalit Right-Holeyas), and 5% to Category C (Lambani, Bhovi, Korama and Koracha on with 59 Alemari-nomadic communities) volition beryllium provided.
The e-auction of licences has generated involvement successful the liquor manufacture since the past allocation of liquor licences successful the State was successful 1992-1993.
In the lack of immoderate caller licences, the existent licences are being leased retired by licences holders astatine premium rates, particularly successful the municipality centres.
A enactment from the authorities said that amendments had been made to the Excise Rules. The process to registry bidders volition commence connected Monday, and grooming to the prospective bidders and district-level e-auction nodal officers volition beryllium held betwixt December 23, 2025 and January 7, 2026.
