Special Excise duty on liquor withdrawn
The Hindu
Validity of the duty had come to a close on April 7: L-G’s office
The Lt. Governor has issued an order withdrawing the special excise duty on liquor that had raised the prices of brands on a par with the rates prevailing in neighbouring Tamil Nadu during the peak of the pandemic last year. A release from the Lt. Governor's Office said, the validity of special excise duty had come to a close on April 7. The special excise duty was imposed on select liquor brands when lockdown restrictions were withdrawn last year. The government had imposed 25 % to 100 % on these brands of liquor in the Union Territory to dissuade tipplers from other States from thronging Puducherry as a means to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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