Naidu directs Excise Department to study Haryana’s sub-lease model against belt shops

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu connected Monday directed the Excise Department to instrumentality steadfast enactment against loop shops and asked officials to survey the sub-lease strategy followed successful Haryana to curb the practice. He besides ordered further reforms successful the lottery strategy for allotment of liquor shops, exertion interest structure, liquor recognition system, and different related procedures.

Reviewing the functioning of the section astatine the Secretariat, Mr. Naidu asked officials to analyse the connection to exempt bars from further retail excise taxation and to accord precedence to integer payments wherever feasible.

Officials informed the Chief Minister that the section earned ₹7,041 crore against a people of ₹8,000 crore during the 2024–25 fiscal year. Liquor income registered a 4.52% summation betwixt April 1 and December 17, 2025, successful FY 2025–26. Digital payments recorded an mean maturation of 34.9%, with immoderate districts reporting up to 47%.

To curb the merchantability of spurious liquor, a unsocial recognition fig has been assigned to each bottle. Sales of Indian Made Foreign Liquor grew by 19.08%, portion brew income astir doubled, rising by 95%.

Calling for foolproof implementation of the Hologram Excise Adhesive Labels system, Mr. Naidu said it would assistance cheque counterfeiting and taxation evasion, thereby safeguarding excise revenue.

Ministers Kollu Ravindra and Kondapalli Srinivas, Principal Secretary (Finance) Peeyush Kumar, and Directors Chamakuri Sridhar (Prohibition & Excise) and Rahul Dev Sarma (Excise Enforcement) were among those present.